Ahead of Rosh Hashana, members of the Israeli Nature Photography Association selected the best photos taken in Israel throughout the last Hebrew lunar year.
The Israeli Nature Photography Association was initially established to promote Israeli nature in the photography field. Its goals are to help to preserve the ecosystem in Israel, provide education for the recognition and preservation of nature and the environment, and raise awareness of us environmental matters amongst the photographers community and society altogether.
The association is a non-profit organization that was established by nature photographers, meant to offer opportunities for photographers nationwide to grow through collective learning, sharing, and through meetings and lectures.
An fox at sunrise
(Photo:Yaron Schmid)
The turtle and the dragonfly
(Photo: Tzachi Finkelstein)
A pair of rabbits
(Photo: Haim Shochat)
Red-footed falcon
(Photo: Ilan Menashe)
Desert views
(Photo: Mordi Shamir)
Mating
(Photo: Tzur Bar)
Palestine sunbird
(Photo: Ofek Vald)
Green-underside blue
(Photo: Samir Chamza)
Two Little ringed plovers
(Photo: Uri Kaufman)
Gazelles in the snow
(Photo: Liora Levin)
White-throated kingfisher
(Photo: Yaniv Sahar)
Red fox
(Photo: Irena Or)
Three owls
(Photo: Yochai Yeruchami)
Sunset in Machtesh Ramon
(Photo: Matan Fisher)
Persian fallow deer
(Photo: Liron Shapira)
Eagles at war
(Photo: Gadi Shamila)
Cyclamen
(Photo: Yaakov Sar Shalom)
Fire salamander
(Photo: Chen Ein-Dor)
Cormorants at the Bonim beach
(Photo: Moshe Coehn)
Ammophila rubripes
(Photo: Liat Kachlon)
Circus in the Hula valley
(Pablo Rudaeff)
Common linnets
(Photo: Shraga Alon)
Sunrise at the Dead Sea
(Photo: Tzachi Finkelstein)
Mimic octopus
(Photo: Gil Koplovitch)
Sunrise at Bental Reservoir
(Photo: Meital Bitton)
Flamingo in Eilat
(Photo: Gal Sherbelis)
Wasp and dragonfly
(Photo: Ori Doron)