The best nature photos from Sony’s 2024 Alpha Awards

Feast your eyes on the best nature and landscape photos from this year's Sony Alpha Awards.

Sony has unveiled the finalists for the ninth annual Sony Alpha Awards, an annual competition that celebrates the best photographers in Australia and New Zealand.

This year, the competition saw over 2,600 images submitted by both amateur and professional photographers, all captured using Sony Alpha cameras and lenses.

The 2024 event features 11 categories, with many of the showstopping images coming from the nature and landscape entries.

Here are the finalists from 2024.

John Ford - Te Mata Peak

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John Ford - Te Mata Peak v2

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Geoffrey Hui - A Beakful of Fish

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Ross Gudgeon - Coconut Octopus

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Lewis Burnett - Window to the Soul

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Clayton Harris - The Breacher

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Peter Hutchins - And This One is Mine

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Vikrant Deshpande - What a Catch

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Rowan Dear - Hunting for Dragons

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Ross Mastrovich - Piwakawaka Hunt

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Scott Thompson - Night Fall on the Salt flats

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Keith Campbell - Lindis Pass NZ

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Scott Howes - Minimalistic Landscapes of Biei Hokkaido

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Mitchell Wong - Mothers Necklace

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Mike Hobbert - Lake George NSW

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The winners of the ninth annual Sony Alpha Awards will be announced on Friday 27 September.

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