Categories and prizes

Footage showing the beauty, harmony and diversity of Russia's landscapes.

Highlights from the life of wild animals living in our country.

Shots that convey the grace and complex organization of a world that is difficult to see with the naked eye. Photographic works that show small natural objects in close-up. The beauty of the surrounding world appears in exquisitely beautiful details, distinguished by the subtle beauty of the forms.

Pictures of natural phenomena of different seasons in all their diversity.

Footage demonstrating the grandeur, diversity and beauty of the pristine nature of our country. Forests and fields, mountains and waterfalls, rivers and lakes, seas and oceans. Pictures full of majesty and scope or intimate, idyllic and pastoral, full of colors and emotions or melancholic. The presence of urban elements in the frame is allowed only in exceptional cases, as compositionally justified details, but not as the main subject of photography.

Awarded for the best shot taken in specially protected natural areas (SPNA). The winner of the prize is determined by the partner of the Photo Contest: “VTB Bank” PJSC.

Awarded for the best shot of animals in their natural habitat obtained using a camera trap or an automatic photography system. The winner of the prize is determined by the partners of the contest: the center “Amur Tiger” ANO and “PhosAgro” PJSC.

Photographs of a non-man-made object are accepted, demonstrating the beauty of nature in unusual color and compositional solutions, as well as evoking an emotional response from the viewer. The partner is the Art, Science and Sport Foundation.