India, Oct. 16 -- London, October 16, 2025 - Indian wildlife photographer Rahul Sachdev has been awarded the coveted Highly Commended title at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2025, hosted by the Natural History Museum, London. Selected from over 60,000 global entries, his image - a slow-shutter portrait of an elephant dissolving into a forest of towering greenheart trees - has been recognised for its deeply atmospheric portrayal of harmony between animal and habitat.

"For anyone serious about wildlife photography, standing on the NHM stage someday is the dream. If not everyone, it definitely was mine," says Sachdev. "To have my work chosen from tens of thousands of entries still feels surreal. It hasn't fully sunk in."

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