20/10/2026
I just had to make a winner post after the latest VTN Österreich competition 😄 I still can’t really believe that I won the overall Austria's “Nature Photographer of the Year 2026” award and also the “Best Photo of 2026”. Seeing my name there for both of these awards still feels a little unreal.
In this post you can see all 8 shots that ended up somewhere in the top ten across the different categories. I had to crop some of them a little differently to somehow make them fit the 4:5 Instagram format 😅 But I really wanted to show them all together in one post again.
And one thing I definitely want to mention: every single image in this post was shot on OM SYSTEM DACH equipment. A lot of these photos were only possible because of the size, stabilization and macro possibilities of the system, especially in the field and in difficult conditions. So this result would honestly not have been possible for me without it.
I am incredibly happy about these results and especially about seeing so many of my images doing well across different categories. A huge thank you to the jury and to VTN Österreich ❤️
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