# Belgian Photo Awards: Bronze in Category Landscape Nature

URL: https://jvn.photo/belgian-photo-awards-bronze-in-category-landscape-nature/
Last updated: 2026-09-22

> This morning I had the pleasure to discover I have received the Bronze medal in the very first edition of the Belgian Photo Awards. The image that was commended is a recent shot, which I took deep in the Icelandic Highlands during stormy weather.

This morning I had the pleasure to discover **I have received the Bronze medal in the very first edition of [the Belgian Photo Awards](https://belgianphotoawards.com/winners)**. The image that was commended is a recent shot, which I took deep in [the Icelandic Highlands](https://jvn.photo/gallery/icelandic-highlands/) during stormy weather. I am proud and grateful having received this award and want to take the opportunity to also congratulate all the other talented photographers who placed and/or won their respective categories. It is an honour to be listed with so many talented people.[image_with_animation image_url=”1136220″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”1136309″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”]

*I captured this vertical panorama during really windy and rainy conditions deep in the [Icelandic Highlands](https://jvn.photo/gallery/icelandic-highlands/) last summer. What really stood out to me is the saturated greens which you get in such wet conditions.*

## Other Commendations

While I took the Bronze medal in the Nature Landscape category, a few images also got other commendations which I have listed below.[image_with_animation image_url=”1136287″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”1136315″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”]

*This portrait of a young polar bear posing on top of an iceberg in [East Greenland](https://jvn.photo/eastern-greenland-exploring-the-solitude-of-scoresbysund/) is a shot that will forever stay in my memories.*

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*The young polar bear looked like he was smelling us when we approached it closely in [East Greenland](https://jvn.photo/eastern-greenland-exploring-the-solitude-of-scoresbysund/).*

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*This sandstorm during one of my [photo workshops](https://jvn.photo/photo-workshops/) last July was one of the highlights during last summer to me. I am glad I put up my drone and battled the windiest conditions I have ever flown in.*

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*This penguin rookery was super high up on a mountain in the Lemaire Channel, which I visited [last February in Antarctica](https://jvn.photo/antarctica-photography-at-the-edge-of-the-world-part-1/).*

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*I got really close up to Háifoss during [my photo workshop with Mads Peter Iversen](https://jvn.photo/photo-workshop-report-icelandic-highlands-2024-with-mads/). Thanks to favourable wind conditions, I managed to get very close allowing me to take this super wide-angle shot.*

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*No shortage of blue ice in Antarctica. I captured this on [my recent trip in February](https://jvn.photo/antarctica-photography-at-the-edge-of-the-world-part-1/).*

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*Another highlight from the one of the [photo workshops](https://jvn.photo/photo-workshops/) I hosted last summer. We had really beautiful conditions that evening.*

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*I captured this lava tree during the first eruption at Sundhnúksgígar last December.*

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*This image, which was also commended during the Natural Landscape Photography Awards, is one of my favourite shots from 2023.*