Thanks to coronavirus lockdown restrictions, it hasn’t been a bumper year for photography.
With restrictions on movement both nationally and internationally, most cameras have been limited to selfies and the living room window, but a few brave souls still managed to get out enough to snap some stunning shots.
The Nature TTL Photographer Of The Year Awards celebrate the very best in nature photography, and this year more than 8,000 images competed for the £1,500 grand prize, in categories ranging from animal portraits to underwater and landscape.
The PA news agency has put together some of thier favourite shots…
OVERALL WINNER: The World Is Going Upside Down, Thomas Vijayan
![orangutan in tree](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101312/993ec2e7-c434-41a3-96e3-4fddc20d5ee3.jpg)
Animal Behaviour, Highly Commended: Dust Bath, Bence Maté
![Wild dog puppies playing](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101320/3e327aaf-2808-4a2c-9383-77b30f9252fb.jpg)
Animal Behaviour, Highly Commended: Fun For All The Ages, Thomas Vijayan
![A group of grey langurs](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101339/e8bd4912-ee4b-42b0-a8a2-5426695f972c.jpg)
Animal Behaviour, Highly Commended: Floral Bath Tub, Mousam Ray
![A crimson sunbird](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101334/c662a466-f1dd-47f6-8923-578966f80638.jpg)
Underwater, Runner-up: Round, Zhi’yue Shi
![A coiled eel](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101318/45398fcc-4ae1-4d2d-9a7c-9e631b4864a4.jpg)
Underwater, Highly Commended: My New Toy, Celia Kujala
![A Steller sea lion](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101324/1c29f784-518a-495d-8524-bccc7f7ba2b6.jpg)
Underwater, Highly Commended: Bluebottle Sunrise, Grant Thomas
![A bluebottle jellyfish](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101329/907f956f-5939-42c8-8228-7ab147aef81f.jpg)
Underwater, Highly Commended: European Whale Sharks, Nuno Vasco Rodrigues
![A whale shark](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101335/eec387bc-8908-4b65-8fdc-58ce685e2613.jpg)
Small World, Runner-up: Nature’s Pitfall, Samantha Stephens
![Two salamanders](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101316/e84d3f07-951f-4fce-92bf-7b9083211461.jpg)
Small World, Highly Commended: 3… 2… 1… Takeoff!, Christian Brockes
![An acorn weevil](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101328/58a602ae-0c96-4e66-bed7-887f9d0331a0.jpg)
Small World, Highly Commended: Bee Wolf with Honeybee Prey, Simon Jenkins
![The solitary bee wolf](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101337/2b649a2e-cf2f-4a39-8fa5-0776533807e7.jpg)
Wild Portraits, Highly Commended: Snow Monster, Amit Eshel
![A rare Pallas' Cat](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101319/76d7489d-3c2a-4abd-83d7-ef9565bc8843.jpg)
Wild Portraits, Highly Commended: A Predator’s Playground, Charl Stols
![A lion cub](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101326/9c3cf28e-d5b6-4c55-b251-1691a5ea9cd1.jpg)
Wild Portraits, Highly Commended: Kangu ,Tomasz Szpila
![A lowland gorilla](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101346/5ab3f3bc-1e3e-4b5d-9846-bba7e34c1775.jpg)
The Night Sky, Category Winner: The Eye, Ivan Pedretti
![Geological strangeness on Uttakleiv Beach](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101310/80015b2c-2ea3-4e1b-aae9-a5279da4e072.jpg)
The Night Sky, Highly Commended: Purple Skies, Bence Maté
![Wading birds illuminated by flashes of forked lightning](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101322/860187f2-fb48-47b2-b85f-f73a506796cc.jpg)
Under 16, Runner-up: Fight In The Mountains, Raphael Schenker
![Two young mountain goats](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101314/2ce80e61-6ff0-4e33-a998-c992126e3c2b.jpg)
Urban Wildlife, Highly Commended: The Door, Jose Luis Ruiz Jiminez
![A barn owl](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101332/3bccf121-dd74-494c-b8a4-f96f8cf9fd94.jpg)
Landscapes, Highly Commended: Bled, Tomasz Rojek
![Dawn breaks over Lake Bled](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101341/e4e03539-82a4-4cd1-af9f-c7be63589249.jpg)
Camera Traps, Highly Commended: Moonwalker, Vladimir Cech Jr
![A homemade camera trap captures a roving northern lynx](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2021/06/02101348/b9155387-4046-4eb7-83d0-613e550d6a61.jpg)
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