This document summarizes the winners and commended photographers from the Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2018 competition. It lists the overall winner, category winners and runners-up for categories such as Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year, At the Water's Edge, View from Above, Live the Adventure, Light on the Land, Small World, Spirit of Travel, Under Exposed, and Wildlife Insight. The winning and commended photographs came from photographers based in countries around the world and featured natural landscapes and wildlife from locations across the globe.

1. Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2018
Overall Winner and Light on the Land-Robert Birkby
(UK). Near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England.

2. Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2018

3. Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year-Riccardo Marchegiani (Italy). Simien National Park, Ethiopia.

4. Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year-Runner-up, Anya Burnell (UK). Berry Head, Brixham, Devon,
England. A common blue butterfly perching on some dry wheatgrass ready to roost as the sun was setting

5. Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year-Commended, Josiah Launstein (Canada). Porcupine Hills near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada

6. At the Water’s Edge-Winner, Roberto Marchegiani (Italy). Lake Martin, Louisiana, USA.

7. At the Water’s Edge-Runner-up, Alex Wrigley (UK). Wastwater, Lake District, England

8. At the Water’s Edge-Commended, Ian Snowdon (UK). Saltburn by the Sea, North Yorkshire, England.

9. At the Water’s Edge-Commended, Mark Cornick (UK). Reynisfjara, Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland

10. At the Water’s Edge-Commended, Matthew James Turner (UK). Kallur, Kalsoy, Norðoyar, Faroe Islands

11. At the Water’s Edge-Commended, Chris Fletcher (UK). Grand Union Canal, Olton, Solihull, England.

12. View from Above -Winner, Tom Putt (Australia). Namib Desert, Namibia.

13. View from Above-Runner-up, Roie Galitz (Israel). Lake Kuril, Kamchatka, Russia.

14. View from Above -Commended, Ross Farnham (UK). Farnborough, Kent, England

15. Live the Adventure-Winner, Greg Lecoeur (France). Rangiroa, French Polynesia

16. Live the Adventure-Joint Runner-up, Alison Perkins (Australia). Sistema Sac Actun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

17. Live the Adventure-Joint Runner-up, Alex Palmer (UK). El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

18. Overall Winner and Light on the Land-Robert Birkby (UK). Near Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England.

19. Light on the Land-Runner-up, Daniel Laan (Netherlands). Storvatnet, Flakstadøya, Lofoten, Norway.

20. Light on the Land-Commended, Sven Tegelmo (Sweden). Lunsen nature reserve, Uppsala, Sweden.

21. Light on the Land-Commended, Marcio Esteves Cabral (Brazil). ESO Paranal astronomical observatory, Chile

22. Small World-Winner, Stefan Gerrits (Finland and Netherlands). Parainen, Finland.

23. Small World-Runner up, Jay Birmingham (UK).
Wyming Brook, Peak District, England. A small mossy
island with a solitary bonnet mushroom growing on it

24. Small World-Commended, Pete Hyde (UK). Loch Ard Forest, The Trossachs, Scotland

25. Small World-Commended, Daniel Trim (UK). Sandy Heath, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. A European beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) carrying a European honeybee.

26. Spirit of Travel-Winner, Matt Parry (UK). Varanasi, India. 64-year old SiyaRam hangs
from the beams above the wrestling pit in Varanasi, India, in the middle of doing
stomach crunches as part of an intense warm up routine that belied his age.

27. Spirit of Travel-Runner-up, Peter Racz (Hungary). Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia.

28. Spirit of Travel-Commended, Jeremy Flint (UK). Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea.

29. Under Exposed-Winner, Greg Lecoeur (France). Shetland Islands, Scotland.

30. Under Exposed-Runner-up, Pier Mane (Italy and South Africa). Protea Banks, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

31. Under Exposed-Commended, Judith Conning (Australia). Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga.

32. Wildlife Insight-Winner, Salvador Colvée Nebot (Spain). Valencia, Spain. A pair of common kestrels
(Falco tinnunculus) using dead agave flower plants as a perch from which to access the waterhole

33. Wildlife Insight-Runner-up, Jose Fragozo (Portugal). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

34. Wildlife Insight-Commended, Roie Galitz (Israel). Pyramiden, Svalbard, Norway.

35. Wildlife Insight-Commended, Christoph Ruisz (Austria). Lake Neusiedl region, Austria. A European hare (Lepus europaeus) on a cloudy morning in March

36. Wildlife Insight-Commended, Olav Thokle (Norway). Isfjorden, Svalbard, Norway

37. Wildlife Insight-Commended, James Lewin (UK). Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.

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