'There would have been no image without it' — why WPOTY 2026 winner used an infrared camera for his comical winning shot of elephant spraying zebra with water

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  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 winners announced
  • James Lewin won the Animals in their Environment category
  • He used an infrared converted Nikon Z7 II camera and budget lens for his winning shot

This week I attended the press preview of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, where I had the opportunity to absorb the winning photos on display and meet many of the photographers who took them, and discuss their work.

As fortune would have it, I got chatting with James Lewin, winner of the Animals in their Environment category, as we waited to get into the venue. The British photographer lives in Kenya, where he took his winning photo — it's a country I know well, having lived there for years myself, so naturally we hit it off.

We both know the challenges facing outdoor photographers in this region: a...

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