WPY 2025 preview

Staff · Issue 146, Sep/Oct 2025 · pp. 25–26

Products mentioned: Nikon D850, Nauticam housing, Sea & Sea strobes, Sony A7R II, Nikonos RS 13mm f2.8 lens, Inon Z-240 strobes

Wildlife Photographer of the Year, presents a sneak peek of its sixty-first competition, which will be showcased in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, from Friday 17 October 2025. The category winners and the prestigious Grand Title and Young Grand Title awards will be announced on Tuesday 14 October 2025 at a ceremony hosted at the Natural History Museum by wildlife TV presenters and conservationists Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin. The ceremony will be available to watch live on the Natural History Museum’s YouTube channel. www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy WPY 2025 preview by Laura Gosney Jelly Smack Summer Ralph Pace, USA Highly Commended, Underwater Ralph Pace (USA) finds himself in the middle of a mass or ‘smack’ of Pacific sea nettles. To try to protect himself from stings while taking this photograph, Ralph smeared petroleum jelly on any skin not covered by his wetsuit. The tr…