<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/work/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/a-glimmer-of-light.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Glimmer of Light</image:title><image:caption>A red deer emerging from deep shadow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/a-sky-of-starlings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Sky of Starlings</image:title><image:caption>A dense flock of starlings moving across a pale sky.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/angry-bird.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Angry Bird</image:title><image:caption>A small bird facing the camera in a high-key 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silhouettes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/cry-of-the-coyote.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cry of the Coyote</image:title><image:caption>A coyote howling from a snow-covered ridge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/dawn-dragonfly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dawn Dragonfly</image:title><image:caption>A dragonfly in silhouette against a warm sun.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/deers-dusk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deer&apos;s Dusk</image:title><image:caption>A deer standing beneath the crown of a solitary tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/eschers-ensemble.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Escher&apos;s Ensemble</image:title><image:caption>A flock of birds forming an Escher-like pattern.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/evolution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Evolution</image:title><image:caption>Wildebeest reduced to horizontal motion across white.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/feathered-four.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Feathered Four</image:title><image:caption>Four flamingos gathered in a high-key landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/flock-of-gold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flock of Gold</image:title><image:caption>One bird lifting above a vast colony glowing in golden light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/flying-flow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flying Flow</image:title><image:caption>A murmuration flowing around a tree and lamppost.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/fox-in-white.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fox in White</image:title><image:caption>An arctic fox turning into an expanse of snow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/gannets-gift.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gannet&apos;s Gift</image:title><image:caption>A northern gannet arriving with seaweed in its beak.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/giraffe-between-earth-and-sky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Giraffe Between Earth and Sky</image:title><image:caption>A lone giraffe held between earth and a dark sky.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/glassy-goose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glassy Goose</image:title><image:caption>A backlit goose framed by wings, water and flying droplets.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/golden-bison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Golden Bison</image:title><image:caption>A bison held in warm backlight between white and shadow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/graceful-crane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Graceful Crane</image:title><image:caption>A Japanese crane in flight against a dark field.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/hello-world.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hello World</image:title><image:caption>A swan chick looking through the feathers of an adult.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/hidden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hidden</image:title><image:caption>A wild subject almost entirely absorbed by darkness.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/love-poem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Love Poem</image:title><image:caption>A heart-shaped leaf resting in a dark stream.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/minimalist-mycology.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Minimalist Mycology</image:title><image:caption>A lone mushroom isolated in a broad white field.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/mirror-murmuration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mirror Murmuration</image:title><image:caption>Red knots flying low above their reflections.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/misty-majesty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Misty Majesty</image:title><image:caption>A deer&apos;s antlers rising from mist and white space.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/northern-gannet-colony.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Northern Gannet Colony</image:title><image:caption>Northern gannets gathered across a dark colony.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/pac-man.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pac-Man</image:title><image:caption>A mushroom resembling Pac-Man against black.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/pelican-portrait.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pelican Portrait</image:title><image:caption>A pelican facing the camera in a near-white portrait.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/pencil-drawn-periphery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pencil-Drawn Periphery</image:title><image:caption>A backlit pine reduced to delicate lines in darkness.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/polar-power.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polar Power</image:title><image:caption>A polar bear approaching through a white Arctic landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/random-trees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Random Trees</image:title><image:caption>A winter forest reduced to a sparse graphic rhythm.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/seabird-on-the-edge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seabird on the Edge</image:title><image:caption>A seabird perched on the edge of a dark cliff.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/seabird-stare.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seabird Stare</image:title><image:caption>A seabird looking directly into the frame.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/shaped-by-nature-love-curve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shaped by Nature -&gt; Love Curve</image:title><image:caption>Two flamingos forming a heart-shaped curve.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/silent-strength.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Silent Strength</image:title><image:caption>A leopard climbing the trunk of a high-key tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/snowfall-squirrel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snowfall Squirrel</image:title><image:caption>A squirrel held in a dark field of falling snow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/squeeze-in.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Squeeze In</image:title><image:caption>A great egret holding several small fish.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/steam-and-strength.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Steam and Strength</image:title><image:caption>A bison silhouette surrounded by breath in deep darkness.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/the-other-way.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Other Way</image:title><image:caption>A solitary animal turning against the movement around it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/try-to-hide.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Try to Hide</image:title><image:caption>A wild subject concealed in a near-black landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/twilight-titans.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Twilight Titans</image:title><image:caption>A bison herd moving through warm evening light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/water-lily-in-black-water.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Water Lily in Black Water</image:title><image:caption>A single water lily floating in black water.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/winter-tree-drawing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Winter Tree Drawing</image:title><image:caption>A snow-covered tree rendered as faint lines on white.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/work/flock-of-gold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/flock-of-gold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flock of Gold — Alex Pansier</image:title><image:caption>One red knot lifts its wings above a dense flock at sunrise in Snettisham, Norfolk.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/werk/flock-of-gold/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/flock-of-gold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flock of Gold — Alex Pansier</image:title><image:caption>Eén kanoet spreidt zijn vleugels boven een dichte groep soortgenoten bij zonsopkomst in Snettisham.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/work/misty-majesty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/misty-majesty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Misty Majesty — Alex Pansier</image:title><image:caption>The antlers of a deer emerge from pale grass against a nearly white background.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/werk/misty-majesty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/misty-majesty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Misty Majesty — Alex Pansier</image:title><image:caption>Het gewei van een hert komt op uit het lichte gras tegen een bijna witte achtergrond.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/work/love-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/love-poem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Love Poem — Alex Pansier</image:title><image:caption>A yellow heart-shaped leaf floats in a dark stream, crossed by narrow silver reflections.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/werk/love-poem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/love-poem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Love Poem — Alex Pansier</image:title><image:caption>Een geel, hartvormig blad drijft in donker water tussen smalle zilveren reflecties.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/minimalist-wildlife-photography/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/polar-power.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polar Power</image:title><image:caption>A polar bear approaching through a broad white Arctic landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/glassy-goose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glassy Goose</image:title><image:caption>A backlit goose reduced to wings, water and flying droplets.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/dawn-dragonfly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dawn Dragonfly</image:title><image:caption>A dragonfly silhouette held against a glowing orange sunrise.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/squeeze-in.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Squeeze In</image:title><image:caption>Several tiny fish held beneath the bill of a backlit great egret.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/minimalistische-wildlifefotografie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/polar-power.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polar Power</image:title><image:caption>A polar bear approaching through a broad white Arctic landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/glassy-goose.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glassy Goose</image:title><image:caption>A backlit goose reduced to wings, water and flying droplets.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/dawn-dragonfly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dawn Dragonfly</image:title><image:caption>A dragonfly silhouette held against a glowing orange sunrise.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/squeeze-in.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Squeeze In</image:title><image:caption>Several tiny fish held beneath the bill of a backlit great egret.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/book/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/book/new/alex-pansier-from-nature-to-art-content-bison-herd-sunset-spread.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The opening journey</image:title><image:caption>Open book showing a bison herd moving through golden evening light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/book/new/alex-pansier-from-nature-to-art-content-reindeer-snow-landscape-spread.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scale and stillness</image:title><image:caption>Open book showing reindeer crossing a quiet snowy landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/book/new/alex-pansier-from-nature-to-art-content-snowy-forest-spread.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nature reduced to line</image:title><image:caption>Open book showing a snowy forest reduced to delicate vertical lines.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/book/new/alex-pansier-from-nature-to-art-content-abstract-bird-portrait-spread.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The real meets the abstract</image:title><image:caption>Open book pairing an abstract bird portrait with dark graphic forms.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/book/new/alex-pansier-from-nature-to-art-content-duck-water-pattern-spread.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Light, shadow and rhythm</image:title><image:caption>Open book showing a duck moving through rhythmic black-and-white water patterns.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/book/new/alex-pansier-from-nature-to-art-content-minimalist-penguin-page.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Room to slow down</image:title><image:caption>Open book showing a single minimalist penguin in a white field.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/projects/stranger-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-wave-over-lone-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Last Tree — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A wave of starlings breaking over a solitary tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-by-dutch-windmill-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Time and Motion — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A murmuration flowing past a traditional Dutch windmill.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-starlings-in-autumn-treetop-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Departure — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Layered starling movement emerging from an autumn treetop.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-serpentine-flock-by-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Serpentine — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A starling murmuration curling like a dark ribbon beside a tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-over-houses-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Above the Houses — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A dense flock of starlings suspended above a row of houses.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-circular-flock-and-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drawn into a Circle — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A circular multiple-exposure pattern of starlings framed by a tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-over-tree-line-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Collective Current — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A vast starling murmuration flowing above a line of bare winter trees.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-starlings-around-streetlight-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Urban Orbit — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Thousands of starlings circling a glowing streetlight in Oss.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-human-form-murmuration-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Human Shape — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A murmuration forming the fleeting silhouette of a human figure.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-looking-up-through-trees-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canopy Static — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A dense flock of starlings filling the sky between dark branches.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-starlings-and-autumn-canopy-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Autumn Frequency — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Layered starlings vibrating above an autumn tree canopy.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-flock-flowing-past-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flow Past a Tree — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A broad current of starlings moving past a grounded tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-layered-flight-pattern-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Layered Flight — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Repeated bird forms creating a dense abstract flight pattern.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-around-crane-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Industrial Current — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>A starling murmuration flowing around the arm of a construction crane.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-exhibition-gallery-view-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stranger Things in Exhibition — Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Visitors viewing works from Stranger Things in a gallery exhibition.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/projects/ink-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-dark-inkcap-silhouette-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nocturne — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A slender inkcap reduced to a luminous line in darkness.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-delicate-inkcap-rosette-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>After Bloom — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A delicate inkcap seen from above like a fading flower.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-curved-inkcap-droplet-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Last Drop — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A curved inkcap releasing a single black droplet.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-deliquescent-inkcap-droplet-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deliquescence — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A dissolving inkcap curving into a black droplet against warm bokeh.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-ribbed-inkcap-with-fly-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ribbed Surface — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A small fly standing on the ribbed edge of an inkcap mushroom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-twin-inkcaps-in-shadow-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Two Figures — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Two inkcap mushrooms rising as quiet figures from darkness.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-inkcap-after-rain-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>After Rain — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A dark inkcap with fine droplets held along its cap.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-tiny-inkcaps-in-bokeh-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Small Company — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Two tiny inkcap mushrooms against soft circular light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-dissolving-inkcap-on-white-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dissolve — Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>A tall white inkcap dissolving into dark liquid at its rim.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/projects/untamed-sculpture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-claw-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claw — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A backlit stag beetle claw becoming a calligraphic line.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-in-flight-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Release — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A stag beetle opening its wings against a white field.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-armour-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Armour — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A close view of a stag beetle&apos;s dark shell catching narrow bands of light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-abstract-stag-beetle-face-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Face — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>An abstract frontal view of a stag beetle dissolving into soft grey forms.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-profile-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Profile — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>The elongated profile of a stag beetle reduced to black gesture on white.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-on-bark-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At the Edge — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A stag beetle emerging from behind tree bark in a dark green landscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-mandibles-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mandibles — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A stag beetle&apos;s mandibles appearing as mirrored sculptural forms in darkness.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-at-edge-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Suspended — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A tiny stag beetle held at the edge of a soft monochrome field.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-exhibition-gallery-view.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untamed Sculpture in Exhibition — Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>A visitor viewing the Untamed Sculpture series installed in a gallery.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/projecten/stranger-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-wave-over-lone-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Last Tree - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een golf van spreeuwen boven een eenzame boom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-by-dutch-windmill-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Time and Motion - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een spreeuwenzwerm trekt langs een Nederlandse molen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-starlings-in-autumn-treetop-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Departure - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Meerdere vluchtbewegingen van spreeuwen boven een boom in herfstkleuren.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-serpentine-flock-by-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Serpentine - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een spreeuwenzwerm buigt als een donker lint langs een boom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-over-houses-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Above the Houses - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een dichte spreeuwenzwerm boven een rij huizen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-circular-flock-and-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drawn into a Circle - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Meervoudige belichting van een cirkelende spreeuwenzwerm naast een boom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-over-tree-line-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Collective Current - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een brede spreeuwenzwerm boven een rij kale winterbomen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-starlings-around-streetlight-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Urban Orbit - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Duizenden spreeuwen rond een brandende lantaarnpaal in Oss.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-human-form-murmuration-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Human Shape - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een spreeuwenzwerm die even op een menselijke figuur lijkt.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-looking-up-through-trees-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Canopy Static - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een dichte spreeuwenzwerm tussen donkere takken.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-starlings-and-autumn-canopy-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Autumn Frequency - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Spreeuwen in meervoudige belichting boven een bladerdak in herfstkleuren.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-flock-flowing-past-tree-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Flow Past a Tree - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een brede stroom spreeuwen langs een boom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-layered-flight-pattern-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Layered Flight - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Herhaalde vormen van vogels in een abstract vluchtpatroon.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-murmuration-around-crane-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Industrial Current - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Een spreeuwenzwerm rond de arm van een bouwkraan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/stranger-things/stranger-things-exhibition-gallery-view-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stranger Things in een tentoonstelling - Stranger Things</image:title><image:caption>Bezoekers bekijken Stranger Things tijdens een tentoonstelling.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/projecten/ink-art/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-dark-inkcap-silhouette-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nocturne - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een slanke inktzwam als een verlichte lijn in het donker.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-delicate-inkcap-rosette-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>After Bloom - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een inktzwam van bovenaf, met de vorm van een verwelkende bloem.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-curved-inkcap-droplet-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Last Drop - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een gebogen inktzwam met één zwarte druppel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-deliquescent-inkcap-droplet-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deliquescence - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een vervloeiende inktzwam met een zwarte druppel tegen een warme, onscherpe achtergrond.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-ribbed-inkcap-with-fly-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ribbed Surface - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een vliegje op de geribbelde rand van een inktzwam.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-twin-inkcaps-in-shadow-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Two Figures - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Twee inktzwammen tegen een donkere achtergrond.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-inkcap-after-rain-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>After Rain - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een donkere inktzwam met fijne waterdruppels langs de hoed.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-tiny-inkcaps-in-bokeh-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Small Company - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Twee kleine inktzwammen tegen zachte lichtcirkels.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/ink-art/ink-art-dissolving-inkcap-on-white-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dissolve - Ink-Art</image:title><image:caption>Een hoge, witte inktzwam waarvan de rand vervloeit tot donkere druppels.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/nl/projecten/untamed-sculpture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-claw-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claw - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Het uiteinde van een poot van een vliegend hert als een dunne lijn in tegenlicht.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-in-flight-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Release - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Een vliegend hert opent zijn vleugels tegen een witte achtergrond.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-armour-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Armour - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Smalle banen licht op het donkere dekschild van een vliegend hert.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-abstract-stag-beetle-face-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Face - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>De kop van een vliegend hert van voren, deels vervaagd tot zachte grijze vormen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-profile-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Profile - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Het profiel van een vliegend hert als een zwarte vorm op wit.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-on-bark-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At the Edge - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Een vliegend hert komt achter boomschors tevoorschijn tegen een donkergroene achtergrond.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-mandibles-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mandibles - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>De kaken van een vliegend hert als twee vormen in het donker.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-stag-beetle-at-edge-web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Suspended - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Een klein vliegend hert aan de rand van een zachte, monochrome achtergrond.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/projects/untamed-sculpture/untamed-sculpture-exhibition-gallery-view.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Untamed Sculpture in een tentoonstelling - Untamed Sculpture</image:title><image:caption>Een bezoeker bekijkt Untamed Sculpture tijdens een tentoonstelling.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://alexpansier.com/awards/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-natural-landscape-photography-awards-third-place-intimate-landscape.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Natural Landscape Photography Awards — Third Place · Intimate Landscape (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Love Poem: a heart-shaped yellow leaf floating between pale reflections on dark water, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-natural-landscape-photography-awards-third-place-frozen-worlds.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Natural Landscape Photography Awards — Third Place · Frozen Worlds (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Frozen Falls: a lone tree beside a frozen waterfall, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-bird-photographer-of-the-year-silver-birds-in-flight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bird Photographer of the Year — Silver · Birds in Flight (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Patterns: guillemots in flight above Hornøya, photographed in black and white by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-bigpicture-art-of-nature-finalist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition — Art of Nature Finalist (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Love Poem — a heart-shaped deciduous leaf drifting on a dark autumn stream in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-asferico-honorable-mention-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Asferico — Honorable Mention (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Be Different. In a world of uniformity, one stands apart. While the masses move as one, true strength lies in daring to fly your own path. This lone silhouette challenges the rhythm, reminding us that beauty often lives in contrast.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-asferico-honorable-mention-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Asferico — Honorable Mention (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Blade Barrier — wind turbines and a murmuration of European Starlings in Deil, The Netherlands, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-british-wildlife-photograpy-awards-honorable-mention-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>British Wildlife Photography Awards — Highly Commended · Animal Portraits (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Misty Majesty. Antlers of a deer stand out against a plain white background, giving the scene a simple but striking look. Because the body is hidden, the focus is fully on the shape of the antlers. This minimal view makes the animal almost abstract, yet still powerful. With no distractions around it, the image shows how much impact just a small detail of nature can have.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-british-wildlife-photograpy-awards-honorable-mention-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>British Wildlife Photography Awards — Highly Commended · Black &amp; White (2026)</image:title><image:caption>A Squirrel and a Tree in Silhouette. This photo was taken in a park near London. The oak tree that stood there was very popular with the many gray squirrels. Occasionally they walked on this tree, which allowed me to make this beautiful silhouette against the sky. No bait was used, only patience and natural light.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-cupoty-category-2nd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Close-up Photographer of the Year — Category 2nd (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Love Poem — a heart-shaped leaf drifting on an autumn stream in Den Bosch, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-festival-oiseau-nature-special-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature — Special Mention (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Mirror Murmuration. Hundreds of red knots fly in a tight flock just above the water. The birds form a dense pattern of wings and bodies, while their reflections stretch into soft vertical shapes across the smooth surface below. The image shows the moment the flock moves low over the water in one flowing movement.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-groene-camera-category-winner-zoogdieren-reptielen-en-amfibieen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Category Winner Zoogdieren, reptielen &amp; amfibieën (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Puddled Paddler. A frog obscured by the swirling mists of water, creating a ghostly silhouette in a cloud of bubbles.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-groene-camera-runner-up.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Runner Up (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Webbed Wheel. In the dark, a bicycle wheel sits covered in layers of spiderwebs, its metallic spokes turned into delicate structures. A small yellow caterpillar moves across the threads, introducing a surprising hint of life. The contrast between the man-made object and the web of insects reveals how long the wheel has been untouched.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2026-nordic-nature-photo-contest-category-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nordic Nature Photo Contest — Category Winner (2026)</image:title><image:caption>Flowing Forms. This image captures the raw beauty of Iceland&apos;s coast from high above. A river, colored by the earth it carries, cuts a path through the wide beach. The sand here is pitch black, created by volcanoes long ago. Against this dark ground, the water looks just like flowing liquid gold. You can see it twisting and turning until it finally reaches the sea. There, the golden water meets the rough, white waves of the ocean. The photo does not rely on many different colors to tell a story. Instead, it uses just three powerful tones: gold, black, and white. This simple mix makes the contrast very intense and draws your eye directly to the shapes and the way the water moves across the land.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-asferico-winner-bird-category.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Asferico — Winner Bird Category (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold. At sunrise in September 2024, tens of thousands of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) huddled together at Snettisham, Norfolk, England. This dense formation, bathed in golden light, is a survival strategy during high tide, offering protection from predators and conserving energy. One bird momentarily broke from the group, its wings catching the light in a fleeting moment of individuality. No baiting or attraction was used; this image reflects their natural behavior. Red Knots are long-distance migrants, traveling up to 15,000 km annually, relying on vital habitats like these for roosting and feeding during their journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-bird-photographer-of-the-year-gold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bird Photographer of the Year — Gold (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Feathered on Panels. A lone bird rests on a vast field of solar panels along the highway in the Netherlands,a striking symbol of the tension between green energy and nature. As we transition to sustainable power, the infrastructure often claims scarce space that could have been left for wildlife. This spontaneous moment captures that paradox: progress requires space, but at what cost to nature? No bait was used,just a fleeting encounter between a bird and a man-made future.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-emotionailes-overall-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Emotion’Ailes — Overall Winner (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold. At sunrise in September 2024, tens of thousands of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) huddled together at Snettisham, Norfolk, England. This dense formation, bathed in golden light, is a survival strategy during high tide, offering protection from predators and conserving energy. One bird momentarily broke from the group, its wings catching the light in a fleeting moment of individuality. No baiting or attraction was used; this image reflects their natural behavior. Red Knots are long-distance migrants, traveling up to 15,000 km annually, relying on vital habitats like these for roosting and feeding during their journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-finn-grand-prix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival International Nature Namur — Grand Prix (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold. At sunrise in September 2024, tens of thousands of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) huddled together at Snettisham, Norfolk, England. This dense formation, bathed in golden light, is a survival strategy during high tide, offering protection from predators and conserving energy. One bird momentarily broke from the group, its wings catching the light in a fleeting moment of individuality. No baiting or attraction was used; this image reflects their natural behavior. Red Knots are long-distance migrants, traveling up to 15,000 km annually, relying on vital habitats like these for roosting and feeding during their journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-fotonoja-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FotoNoja — Honorable Mention (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Winged Wanderers. Aerial view captures swans gracefully flying over contrasting dark sands and silvery streams, creating a striking natural composition.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-glanzlichter-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glanzlichter — Honorable Mention (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold. At sunrise in September 2024, tens of thousands of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) huddled together at Snettisham, Norfolk, England. This dense formation, bathed in golden light, is a survival strategy during high tide, offering protection from predators and conserving energy. One bird momentarily broke from the group, its wings catching the light in a fleeting moment of individuality. No baiting or attraction was used; this image reflects their natural behavior. Red Knots are long-distance migrants, traveling up to 15,000 km annually, relying on vital habitats like these for roosting and feeding during their journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-natuurfoto-van-het-jaar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Natuurfoto van het Jaar (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Cockchafer Curiosity. Against a bright, high-key sky, a male Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) displays its magnificent, fan-like antennae. Captured in May 2024 in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, The Netherlands, this image is a play on perspective. I found the beetle perched naturally on a branch. To create this &quot;aerial&quot; viewpoint without disturbing the insect, I held grass blades upside-down above it and then rotated the final image 180 degrees. This creative composition highlights the insect’s impressive sensory organs, where the seven &quot;leaves&quot; of the antennae are fanned out to detect female pheromones. The result is a clean, minimalist aesthetic that isolates the subject in the wild.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-groene-camera-runner-up-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Runner-up (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Groene Camera · 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-lowland-photo-contest-highly-commended-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Highly Commended (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Pond Perspectives. This is a unique view of baby frogs, or tadpoles, from below. See them swim and play, with tall trees in the background. This is a fresh way to learn about these little creatures and the places where they live.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-lowland-photo-contest-highly-commended-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Highly Commended (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Webbed Wheel — a bicycle wheel covered in spiderwebs, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-lowland-photo-contest-highly-commended-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Highly Commended (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Silent Shadow — a bird and its oversized shadow on a textured wall, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-montier-festival-category-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Montier Festival — Category Winner (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Come and Go. Like black ink flowing across a white canvas, a massive flock of European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) sweeps towards a roosting tree in Herwijnen, The Netherlands. Captured in January 2024, I used an in-camera multiple exposure technique to create this effect. By layering multiple moments of the flight into one image, the photo emphasizes the fluid, synchronized pattern of the birds as they move together. The dark shape of the tree and the solitary lamppost act as anchors, standing still against the rushing, chaotic movement of the swarm as they gather for the night.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-montphoto-category-winner-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MontPhoto — 1st Award · Art in Nature (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Love Poem — a heart-shaped leaf drifting on an autumn stream in Den Bosch, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-montphoto-category-winner-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MontPhoto — 1st Award · Birds (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold. At sunrise in September 2024, tens of thousands of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) huddled together at Snettisham, Norfolk, England. This dense formation, bathed in golden light, is a survival strategy during high tide, offering protection from predators and conserving energy. One bird momentarily broke from the group, its wings catching the light in a fleeting moment of individuality. No baiting or attraction was used; this image reflects their natural behavior. Red Knots are long-distance migrants, traveling up to 15,000 km annually, relying on vital habitats like these for roosting and feeding during their journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-montphoto-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MontPhoto — Honorable Mention (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Bird Burst — Common Murres in flight around the bird cliffs of Hornøya, northern Norway, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-natural-landscape-photography-awards-third-place-abstract-landscape.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Natural Landscape Photography Awards — Third Place · Abstract Landscape (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Trapped in Ice: an aerial view of fractured ice and a face-shaped rock in Iceland, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/portfolio/selected/flock-of-gold.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nature Photographer of the Year — Highly Commended · Birds (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold, Highly Commended in Birds at Nature Photographer of the Year 2025.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-nature-ttl-highly-commended.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nature TTL Photographer of the Year — Highly Commended (2025)</image:title><image:caption>A Warning from the Wild. In Iceland, I was photographing the structures and textures of old fishing nets when I suddenly noticed a crow’s foot emerging from the tangle. What began as an abstract study of lines and patterns shifted into something unsettling and symbolic. The sharp black claw contrasts against the woven nets, creating a dialogue between human activity and the traces of wildlife. This unexpected detail turns the image into more than just texture,it becomes a quiet reminder of their uneasy intersection.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-new-york-photographer-of-the-year-overall-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New York Photography Awards — Overall Winner (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Flock of Gold. At sunrise in September 2024, tens of thousands of Red Knots (Calidris canutus) huddled together at Snettisham, Norfolk, England. This dense formation, bathed in golden light, is a survival strategy during high tide, offering protection from predators and conserving energy. One bird momentarily broke from the group, its wings catching the light in a fleeting moment of individuality. No baiting or attraction was used; this image reflects their natural behavior. Red Knots are long-distance migrants, traveling up to 15,000 km annually, relying on vital habitats like these for roosting and feeding during their journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-nordic-nature-photo-contest-category-2nd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nordic Nature Photo Contest — Category 2nd (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Winged Wanderers. Aerial view captures swans gracefully flying over contrasting dark sands and silvery streams, creating a striking natural composition.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2025-nordic-nature-photo-contest-creative-nature-image-of-the-year.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nordic Nature Photo Contest — Creative Nature Image Of The Year (2025)</image:title><image:caption>Yellow Meets Yellow. In April 2024, on the serene waters of Iceland, I captured this Common Eider gliding gracefully through vibrant reflections. The golden hue mirrored in the water seamlessly complements the bird’s yellow bill, creating a harmonious interplay of color and texture. This moment stood out as a perfect fusion of nature and surroundings, where a simple reflection transformed the scene into a visual echo of the eider’s distinct markings.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-cupoty-challange-something-beautiful-finalist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Close-up Photographer of the Year — Challenge Something Beautiful Finalist (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Puffin Profile. In this photograph, a puffin stands out in a low-light setting, with its colorful beak gently illuminated against a dark background. The subtle lighting brings out the bird’s unique features and creates a quiet, mysterious mood. The contrast between the lit beak and the shadows adds a touch of elegance to the scene.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-the-comedy-wildlife-awards-finalist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Finalist (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Hello World! / Bugs Life. This images shows the happy life of a Red Ant, looking down to us. The photo was taken in a dark forrest nearby in The Netherlands last autumn. I like the tones of this autumn leaf. So warm. It was hard to take this image because of the fast moving Ant, but with a little help of a flashlight I was able to freeze the motion.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-emotionailes-winner-artistic-vision.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Emotion’Ailes — Winner Artistic Vision (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Gulls are Great!. As nature photographers, we always seem to be on the lookout for unique species. And sometimes we go too far. We forget all the beauty around us! Subjects that lie before our feet. The common species, such as the seagull. That is why I pay tribute to these beautiful birds. Gulls are Great!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-finn-honorable-mention-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival International Nature Namur — Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Cry of the Coyote. On our trip to Grand Teton, we were waiting at a spot known for sightings of bighorn sheep when we suddenly heard the distant howls of coyotes. We searched for a while, scanning the landscape, and then, off to our left, we spotted a coyote standing right on the ridge of the mountain. I quickly aimed my camera, and, luckily, the coyote howled once more, giving me the perfect moment to capture this shot. It was truly a stroke of luck,a moment of pure joy! This photograph, titled “Cry of the Coyote,” captures that exact scene: a lone coyote standing proudly on a snow-covered ridge, silhouetted against the winter sky. Its head is tilted back in a haunting howl, with the sound echoing through the cold, still air. The desolate, snowy landscape emphasizes the wild spirit of the coyote, as it becomes one with the vast, untouched surroundings. The muted tones of the snow and rocks create a minimalist backdrop that draws all attention to the solitary figure of the coyote, highlighting its resilience and strength. The image tells a story of solitude and survival, embodying the raw, untamed essence of the wilderness. This moment of connection between the animal and its environment invites viewers to feel the chill in the air and the deep sense of isolation, making it a truly unforgettable memory from our journey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-finn-honorable-mention-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival International Nature Namur — Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Mating Moments — Common Toads swimming beneath the surface of a pond in Drenthe, The Netherlands, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-honorable-mention-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Droplet Dance. A damselfly flutters its wings, sending droplets flying like magical bubbles in the air. A dance of water and wings.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-honorable-mention-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Tadpole Tangle — a cluster of tadpoles wriggling together in water, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Honorable Mention · Groene Camera · 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Honorable Mention · Groene Camera · 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Honorable Mention · Groene Camera · 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Ink-Art. Ink-Art is een fotoreeks die de unieke schoonheid van inktzwammen vastlegt, ontdekt op een weelderige mesthoop in een weiland nabij Uden, Brabant. Gedurende een periode van ongeveer twee maanden heb ik herhaaldelijk deze locatie bezocht, in afwachting van nieuwe verschijningen van deze inktzwam uit de compost. Hierbij stond ik letterlijk met mijn laarzen diep in de mest om deze prachtige zwammen op verschillende manieren vast te leggen. De keuze voor een portretformaat in deze serie was een bewuste, om een Fine-Art gevoel te creëren. Het is fascinerend hoe een zwam, groeiend in mest, verandert in een kunstwerk. Ik hoop dat jullie net zoveel van deze serie genieten als ik van het maken ervan heb gedaan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Ink-Art. The image shows a drop of black liquid dripping from an inky cap mushroom (Coprinus comatus). The mushroom’s curved cap and the viscous, dark liquid create a striking visual contrast against the plain white background. The simplicity of the composition emphasizes the natural elegance and mystery of the mushroom.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Honorable Mention · Groene Camera · 2024.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Ink-Art</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-portfolio-honorable-mention-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Portfolio Honorable Mention (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Ink-Art. Ink-Art is een fotoreeks die de unieke schoonheid van inktzwammen vastlegt, ontdekt op een weelderige mesthoop in een weiland nabij Uden, Brabant. Gedurende een periode van ongeveer twee maanden heb ik herhaaldelijk deze locatie bezocht, in afwachting van nieuwe verschijningen van deze inktzwam uit de compost. Hierbij stond ik letterlijk met mijn laarzen diep in de mest om deze prachtige zwammen op verschillende manieren vast te leggen. De keuze voor een portretformaat in deze serie was een bewuste, om een Fine-Art gevoel te creëren. Het is fascinerend hoe een zwam, groeiend in mest, verandert in een kunstwerk. Ik hoop dat jullie net zoveel van deze serie genieten als ik van het maken ervan heb gedaan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-groene-camera-winner-black-and-white.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Winner Black &amp; White (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Bird Eating Flowers — sparrows flying among multiple-exposure wind turbines in Herwijnen, The Netherlands, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-lowland-photo-contest-category-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Category Winner (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Drifting Through Reflections — an autumn leaf and bridge reflections in De Pettelaar, Den Bosch, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-lowland-photo-contest-overall-winner-lowland-photographer-of-the-year.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Overall Winner Lowland Photographer Of The Year (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Safe Haven — gulls on brightly coloured shipping containers above Oss, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-lowland-photo-contest-runner-up.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Runner Up (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Pac-Man — a mushroom viewed from above in the autumn woods of Den Bosch, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-vogelwarte-3rd-place.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Swiss Ornithological Institute Photo Competition — 3rd Place (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Frozen Flight. A lone bird soars gracefully among the snow-dusted trees of the taiga, its wings spread wide against the serene winter sky. The quiet beauty of the forest, blanketed in white, creates a peaceful backdrop for this moment of natural elegance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2024-vnf-club-competition-natuurfotograaf-van-het-jaar.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VNF Club Competition — Natuurfotograaf van het Jaar (2024)</image:title><image:caption>Guarding the fort. During the breeding season in Drente, Netherlands, I captured this underwater scene of a frog seemingly guarding a ‘fort’ of eggs. Drawn to the intricate underwater world, I aimed to showcase the delicate balance of life beneath the surface.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-biophotocontest-finalist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>BioPhotoContest — Finalist (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Ears and Eyes in a Forest. In this close-up, a fur seal&apos;s eye and ear take center stage, drawing attention to the intricate details of its dark, textured coat. The captivating image offers a rare glimpse into the mesmerizing world of this elusive marine creature.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-cupoty-minimal-challenge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Close-up Photographer of the Year — Minimal Challenge (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Over the Moon / Outer Space. Not the earth from outer space, but the swirling body of an Elephant Seal. Photographed on the beach in South Georgia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-the-comedy-wildlife-awards-finalist-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Finalist Series (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Enjoy Your Day — a ground squirrel photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-the-comedy-wildlife-awards-finalist-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Finalist Series (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Finalist Series · Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-the-comedy-wildlife-awards-finalist-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Finalist Series (2023)</image:title><image:caption>True Love — fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-the-comedy-wildlife-awards-finalist-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Finalist Series (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Curious Little Guy — a Siberian ground squirrel photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-finn-finalist-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival International Nature Namur — Finalist (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Bird&apos;s Bastion — a meadow bird on an old metal structure in the Dutch countryside, photographed by Alex Pansier.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-finn-finalist-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival International Nature Namur — Finalist (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Look West. During a photo trip to Finland I was able to photograph the Black Woodpecker in a winter setting. The structure of the tree, with snow on the branches, appealed to me enormously, after which I tried to capture not only the woodpecker, but the whole.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-runner-up-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Runner-up (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Award-winning fine-art nature photograph by Alex Pansier — Portfolio Runner-up · Lowland Photo Contest · 2023.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-nature-photographer-of-the-year-category-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nature Photographer of the Year — Category Winner (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Big Wing. A black woodpecker peers out from a hole in the trunk of a tree, its red crown catching the light. Most of the image is covered in shadow, with only part of the bark’s texture softly lit. The bird’s form blends into the dark, and its shadow creates the shape of a giant wing stretching into the black space. This hidden shape inspired the name Big Wing.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-nature-photographer-of-the-year-peoples-choice-award.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nature Photographer of the Year — People’s Choice Award (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Glassy Goose. A goose in backlight, where you can see its head through the wings, as it flaps its wings and the water drops fly around.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-nd-awards-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ND Awards — Honorable Mention (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Deer&apos;s Dusk. Deer&apos;s Dusk captures a tranquil moment in nature, where a deer quietly grazes under the towering silhouette of a majestic tree. The near black-and-white palette lends the scene an ethereal quality, drawing focus to the intricate details of the tree and the gentle form of the deer. Set against a muted sky, the image evokes a sense of serenity and timelessness, inviting viewers to appreciate the simple yet profound beauty of the natural world.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-sony-world-photography-awards-shortlist-open-competition.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sony World Photography Awards — Shortlist Open Competition (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Frozen Feet. In an almost otherworldly frame, a solitary chinstrap penguin traverses an expansive ice floe, its path revealed by the striking blue patterns etched into the frozen surface. As the penguin ventures towards the distant edge, this captivating scene highlights the resilience and grace of life in Earth&apos;s most unforgiving landscapes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-vnf-club-competition-category-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>VNF Club Competition — Category Winner (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Twilight Titans. Bathed in warm, golden light, the photograph captures silhouettes of majestic bison, lovingly cared for by a devoted farmer. This timeless image symbolizes the profound bond between humans and nature.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-wildartpoty-commend-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WildArt Photographer of the Year — Commend (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Stag at Dawn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-wildartpoty-commend-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WildArt Photographer of the Year — Commend (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Protection. This image shows a Musk Ox mother with her two little ones. She was on the lookout in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park in Norway. I really like the mountain lines that feel like a big arrow to give the Musk Ox all the attention.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2023-wild-art-photographer-of-the-year-commended.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WildArt Photographer of the Year — Commended (2023)</image:title><image:caption>Wonderful Waterplants. That morning, I set out with my macrolens to photograph butterflies. However, my attention was diverted by a bunch of branches partially submerged in water, shimmering in the morning light. Using the same macrolens, I took a high-key shot that transformed the ordinary scene into something ethereal. The experience taught me the valuable lesson to always remain open to the beauty in unexpected places.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-comedy-wildlife-awards-highly-commended.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Highly Commended (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Jumping Jack. A red squirrel jumps during a rainstorm, so you can see the drops flying around.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-groene-camera-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Groene Camera — Honorable Mention (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Urban Fox. A Fox in an industrial area in the Netherlands.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-highly-commended.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Highly Commended (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Shining Snail. A delicate snail is captured in a moment of serene beauty, illuminated against a dark background. The shell’s intricate patterns and the snail’s gentle movement evoke a sense of calm and contemplation. This image showcases the quiet elegance of nature’s small wonders.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Untamed Sculpture</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Untamed Sculpture</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Stag Deer Detail</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Untamed Sculpture</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Untamed Sculpture</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Vigorous with a Gentle Drop</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-lowland-photo-contest-portfolio-winner-photo-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lowland Photo Contest — Portfolio Winner (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Untamed Sculpture</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2022-world-nature-photography-awards-silver.jpg</image:loc><image:title>World Nature Photography Awards — Silver (2022)</image:title><image:caption>Stuck in Life. This photo of a seal, taken on the island of Dune, touches me. The animal seems to have cataracts and has also become entangled in a fishing net. Literally Stuck in Life. Yet it is as if the creature has a smile on his face and he seemed used to the net. This contrast really appealed to me. Taking the photo in high-key allowed me to approach this contrast even more.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-chromatic-awards-3rd-place.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chromatic Awards — 3rd Place (2021)</image:title><image:caption>Enjoy your Day. Flowers and seeds are the favorite food of this curious squirrel species. On a large lawn somewhere in a suburb of Vienna I was able to capture these critters beautifully.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-cupoty-challenge-winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Close-up Photographer of the Year — Challenge Winner (2021)</image:title><image:caption>True Love</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-glanzlichter-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Glanzlichter — Honorable Mention (2021)</image:title><image:caption>Hello World! / Bugs Life. This images shows the happy life of a Red Ant, looking down to us. The photo was taken in a dark forrest nearby in The Netherlands last autumn. I like the tones of this autumn leaf. So warm. It was hard to take this image because of the fast moving Ant, but with a little help of a flashlight I was able to freeze the motion.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-international-photography-awards-1st-place-nature-wildlife.jpg</image:loc><image:title>International Photography Awards — 1st Place Nature / Wildlife (2021)</image:title><image:caption>The Gang</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-monochrome-awards-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Monochrome Awards — Honorable Mention (2021)</image:title><image:caption>Try to Hide</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-nd-awards-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ND Awards — Honorable Mention (2021)</image:title><image:caption>Woodland Study</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2021-sony-world-photography-awards-1st-place-the-netherlands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sony World Photography Awards — 1st Place The Netherlands (2021)</image:title><image:caption>Hello World! / Bugs Life. This images shows the happy life of a Red Ant, looking down to us. The photo was taken in a dark forrest nearby in The Netherlands last autumn. I like the tones of this autumn leaf. So warm. It was hard to take this image because of the fast moving Ant, but with a little help of a flashlight I was able to freeze the motion.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2020-finn-public-award.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Festival International Nature Namur — Public Award (2020)</image:title><image:caption>Happiness / Geluk. Perched atop a weathered fence post, a pair of Little Owls (Athene noctua) share an intimate moment of connection. The composition captures a perfect balance between stillness and motion; one owl stands poised while its partner clings to the wood, wings majestically splayed to reveal intricate plumage patterns. Their beaks meet in a tender greeting, highlighting the strong social bonds of this charismatic species. Set against a soft, diffused green background, the image isolates the subjects, emphasizing the rich textures of the lichen-covered wood and the delicate softness of their feathers. This fleeting interaction offers a beautiful glimpse into the affectionate lives of these small rural predators.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://alexpansier.com/images/awards/2020-national-geographic-public-award.jpg</image:loc><image:title>National Geographic — Public Award (2020)</image:title><image:caption>Curious Little Guy. 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