Winners of Wildlife POTY 2018 revealed

THE WINNERS of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPOTY) competition were recently revealed at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London. As featured in last, top prize and the accolade of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 went to Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten for his striking image, ‘The Golden Couple' (below), but lots of other powerful and moving photographs were honoured too. Sixteen-year-old Skye Meaker was named Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018 with his charming portrait of a leopard waking from her sleep in Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana. Skye has reportedly wanted to be a nature photographer since receiving his first pocket camera at the age of seven. ‘With precisely executed timing and composition, we get a coveted glimpse into the inner world of one of the most frequently photographed, yet rarely truly seen, animals,' says competition judge and past winner Alexander Badyaev.