Small but Mighty Print

The magical Small but Mighty image of a tiny owl won Luca Lorenz the Rising Star Award 2025 in our sixty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

The secretive Eurasian pygmy owl hunts using both sight and sound, striking silently. This unusual black-and-white composition makes the most of the background silhouettes, which Luca felt suited a bird that lives among the shadows.