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Karen Hanley Colbert USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Amateur "Symbiosis IR" The ability to capture invisible light and then letting my creativity flow is the complete joy of shooting in Infrared. |
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James Peterson USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Amateur "Lone Cottonwood in Pool Canyon" A gnarled Cottonwood Tree withstands the elements in a secluded canyon near Lake Powell (color infrared image). |
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Ian Shand New Zealand 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Amateur "Dancers on a Sun Seared Stage" Dead Vlei, Namibia, frozen in time against the backdrop of a huge dune - see the people in the far distance |
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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Summon" |
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Klaus Tesching Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Antelope" Antelope Canyon 2016 - Page (AZ) |
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Dmitry Arkhipov Russia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Arctic Landscape" North Atlantic |
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Dale Duncan-Johnson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "-10" White Out on the slopes |
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Darren Moore UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Inner Sanctum" |
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Harrison Denman USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Winter" Beaver Creek, CO |
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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "H2O" The syenergy of three forms of H2O |
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Kieron Monahan USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Clock Work Loch Rocks" Rannoch Moor, Scotland. |
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Eduardo Fujii USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Ocean Symphony" |
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Rolf M Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Adleyarfoss" |
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Dale Duncan-Johnson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Middle of Nowhere" Alaskan Haul Road |
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BD Richardson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The Trees in the Lake" |
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Philippe Moes Belgium Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Sensuality" detail of a giant sand dune in the namib desert (with a big lens) in the beggining of the day -like the navel of the desert |
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James Vodicka Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Milkshake" Turimetta Beach, Australia. |
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Linda Treleaven Canada Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Ode to Monet" |
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Heather Firth USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Earth Erotica: Sensual Voluptas" Earth entreats us, "Tender my sacred flesh with loving care and I shall forever delight your senses pure and fair." |
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Morris Asato USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Torrey Pines Sapling" |
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Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Sand Dunes at Sunrise" Sand dunes at sunrise in Namibia |
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Dieter Schweizer Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Brúarfoss" A long time exposure of Icelandic Waterfall "Brúarfoss" in winter time. |
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Lea Foster USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Dandelion and Dew Drops" A dandelion at seed stage with rain droplets all over it. |
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Ellin Pollachek USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Tree in Waiting" |
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Luca Izzo France Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Horseshoe-Bend" Thanks to the nature that gave me this show and this magic moment D800 - 16/35/16mm F16 1/3 sec ISO 100 |
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Aleksandr Romanov Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Tundra" Taz peninsula |
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Alfio Alessandro Finocchiaro Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Rural Winter Landscape" Sicilian rural landscape: layered meadows of colours in the Sicilian countryside, Italy. |
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Andrea Evans Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Brilliance" The brilliance of a storm. |
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Andrea Evans Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Lightning Fire" |
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Andrea Evans Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Setting Moon" Early morning moon setting. |
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Andrea Evans Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Let Loose" Wild lightning storm |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Big Bang" |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Milkyway" |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Vermillion Lake" |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Peaks" |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Trident" |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Nature Amateur "In Search" |
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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Nature Amateur "Contrasts" |
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Anthony Wadham UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Giant Catcus" Colourful Giant Catcus, Patatya. Thailand |
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Anthony Ranieri Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Transcending Monument" Moonlight lighting the Monument, the Stars struggle to be seen. |
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Attila Simon Romania Nominee Nature Amateur "Half-light" |
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Balbi Manjon Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Trees in the Fog" |
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Balbi Manjon Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Landscape" |
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Bencai Gong USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Harmonious World" taken in Peru |
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Benjamin Freeman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Floating" Jökulsárlón, Iceland |
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Bernard Werner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Cheshire Moon" |
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Bernard Werner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Let the Sun Shine In!" |
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Bernard Werner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Stormy Weekend" |
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Bhawna Gulab South Africa Nominee Nature Amateur "Yin" Yin |
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Bhawna Gulab South Africa Nominee Nature Amateur "Fever Tree Forest" Fever Tree Forest |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Allstrom Point Rocks 2436" Allstrom Point Rocks 2436 |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, Iceland 1920" Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon Iceland 1920 |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sela River, Iceland 3225" Sela River Iceland 3225 |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sigoldufoss Waterfalls, Iceland 1294" Sigoldufoss Waterfalls Iceland 1294 |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Bandon 5108" Bandon 5108 |
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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Prospect Point Iceberg" Iceberg, Prospect Point |
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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Iceberg Bransfield Strait" Iceberg, Bransfield Strait |
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Brian Finger USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Lone Survivor" |
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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn" |
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Claudio Beffa Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise on Amaharashi" Islet in Amaharashi coast, Toyama. This is one of the most scenic seascapes in Japan and its beauty has been versified in the Manyoshu by the poet Otomo no Yakamochi. |
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Danny Valk Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Plitvice Lakes" Plitvice Lakes (Croatia) on a foggy morning in September 2015 |
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Darren Moore UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Tempest" |
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David Martin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Gazing into Forever" Night scene in Glacier National Park, Montana |
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David Martin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Melting Away" Early morning at Lake McDonald, in Glacier National Park, Montana |
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David Martin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Navajo Blanket" Painted Hills state park in Oregon. This image was photographed in the afternoon when the light was rather harsh. The colors of the clay were muted, creating a watercolor look to the image. |
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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue Light At Boneyard" I loved the way the treeing the foreground was pointing to the tree still standing. Itmademe think of the strength the little tree had to endure the power of the ocean. |
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Dieter Schweizer Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Tierra del Fuego" I found this colourful landscape at the South of Argentina in the area of Tierra del Fuego |
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Douglas Killourie USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Breathtaking" Saguaro Lake, Arizona. |
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Douglas Killourie USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Daybreak" Along the Bush Highway, Arizona. |
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Ed Mays USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Shore" The place of dreamers |
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Enrique Waizel Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Fog under the Bridge" A cold morning before new year's eve .... |
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Erik Fremstad USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning Light" The sunrise burns through a bur oak tree shining upon a patch of showy sunflowers. |
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Erik Fremstad USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Wonders" The Badlands of South Dakota, formations over 75 million years old under billions of stars in the Milky Way. |
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Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "Nebelhaube" Gebirge in Island |
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Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "Strandgemälde" am roten Sandstrand in Island |
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Frans van Hoogstraten Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "The Rhythm of Silence" Highland tree, moving in the wind / Wester Ross / Scotland |
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Gerald McDowell USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise on a Foggy Morning" Sunrise on a Foggy morning at Blue Grass Fish & Wildlife |
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Gerry Ligon Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Turimetta" The calm before the storm |
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Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "A Splurge of Colors" During the bloom of wild flowers in Castelluccio (Italy), the vivid colors of flowers and the gentle curving slope of this spot allowed me to create a pointillism painting-like picture I had in mind. |
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Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Rio Tinto Impressions - Psychedelic Rocks" There is magic in Rio Tinto, a surprising and unexpected landscape in Spain. Abandoned by the man, it offers the most spectacular aspect of the transformed nature. |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Iceland's Colors" Iceland is an extreme land and it is extreme even in its infinite colors, yellow sulfur, iron red, black lava, white ice in an amalgam that takes your breath away |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "An Explosion of Light" When in the early morning we entered the Bayerischer Park in Germany, we were delighted by this spectacular effect of the rays of sun trough the trees of the forest |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Countryside (2)" Colors of countryside of Enna Sicily |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Bamboo Forest" Japan - Kyoto - Bamboo Forest |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Castelluccio Colors" Italy - Norcia - Castelluccio plateau |
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Grace Ho Malaysia Nominee Nature Amateur "Breaking Sun on Sanur Beach" I captured this sun breaking moment at Sanur beach, Bali, after the stormy raining morning. Life is full of surprises, you will never know what will happen next... |
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Helen McFadden Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Torres del Paine Sunrise" Sunrise at the magnificent Torres del Paine, Patagonia |
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Howard Ehrlich USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Other Side of Iceland" one of the most diverse and beautiful places on earth |
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Howard Ehrlich USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Ice Berg, Jokulsson Lagoon, Iceland" The Iceberg looks like it was made of glass |
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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Colours in the Solitude" Dunes, Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia. In the noon sunshine the vibrant colurs of the dunes are almost overpowering |
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Ingo Hecker Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Leaf" |
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Irina Spagnolo Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Tree in Vondelpark" Nature and the city |
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James Peterson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Nocturnal Refuge" An alternate universe is germinated by blending light painting and ambient city light at Watson Lake, Arizona. |
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James Meldrum USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Promise" A picture of a double rainbow |
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James Peterson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Pinnacle" An infrared image of one of the remarkable peaks in New Mexico's Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. |
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James McNelis USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Rock Secrets ll" Rock Secrets Series |
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Jan Follby Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Forest Colors" |
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Jill Snyder USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Indomitable" Indomitable: That which cannot be subdued or overcome. Yellowstone Park |
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Jon Trombetto USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Rockfall Spire" Hrandrangi (Rockfall Spire) in northern Iceland, a lava spire that remains w/ the rest of the ridge after much of the original mountain, fell away |
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Kah-Wai Lin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Aurora at Stetind" Beautiful aurora over Stetind Mountain in Norway |
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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Clouds At Play 4c IR" The ability to capture invisible light and then letting my creativity flow is the complete joy of shooting in Infrared. |
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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Bent Tree IR" The ability to capture invisible light and then letting my creativity flow is the complete joy of shooting in Infrared. |
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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Clouds At Play 2c IR" The ability to capture invisible light and then letting my creativity flow is the complete joy of shooting in Infrared. |
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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee Nature Amateur "A Walk Before The Storm IR" The ability to capture invisible light and then letting my creativity flow is the complete joy of shooting in Infrared. |
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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Giants of the Forest" |
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Karl Franger Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Almost A New Moon" Moon over Cape Disappointment, Washington State, USA |
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Keith Ellul Malta Nominee Nature Amateur "Qarraba" Qarraba - Magical Places |
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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Forest (2)" This forest in the mountains the Alps |
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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Lake in the Alps" This lake in the mountains in the Alps during the autumn |
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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Mountains and Reflection" This lake in the mountains in the Alps during the autumn |
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Kit Snider USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Stillness" |
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Laszlo Perlaky USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Frozen Lake" On a cold morning in December, I stopped one of the frozen lakes at Bosque del Apache NWR, and I was impressed by the smoothness of the ice and the underlaying water. |
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Laszlo Perlaky USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Gull Point Trees at Dawn" I set up my camera at dawn, and waited for the fast changing light, before sunrise at Gull Point Drive area at Lake Yellowstone. I liked the reflections and when the clouds got color, I photographed. |
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Latha Ekambaram Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Enchanting " I am always enchanted by the beauty and Magnificience of the Niagara Falls, which itself is a Natures Wonder! The Rainbow on top of Niagara was like an icing on the cake! Couldnt resist capturing both at that moment! |
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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Countryside (1)" Countryside |
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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Death Valley (2)" Death Valley |
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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Nature Amateur "White Dove" White Dove Greenland |
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Laurie McCormick USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Golden Hour" Golden Hour in the Arctic |
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Lesia Maruschak Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Latitude 55.610770 / Longtitude 12.605163" No.1 |
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Liko Subakti Indonesia Nominee Nature Amateur "Smokin' Volcano" Picture of the recently erupted Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra from the close by mountain. I |
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Liko Subakti Indonesia Nominee Nature Amateur "Bluetiful Toba" The Captivating, Hipnotizing, and Bluetiful Toba, North Sumatra |
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Liko Subakti Indonesia Nominee Nature Amateur "Two Worlds" The borderline between the two worlds... |
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Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning Has Broken" |
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Lo Kee France Nominee Nature Amateur "False Pretense" Sunrise ripping off the sky from side to side like a scar over the old harbor town of St-Malo, France. Or you could see a yellow watercolor brush on a black canvas... |
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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Nature Amateur "Solitude (1)" On this day the Barent Sea had only solitude. |
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Luan Cox New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue Lake in the Winter" |
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Luca Eugeni Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Black and Yellow" The beach close to Vic - Iceland |
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Luca Eugeni Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "The End of the Day" Blue Hour by the Pusiano Lake (Italy) |
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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Wild Alps" Wild Alps - Appenzell with Säntis |
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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Doomsday" Doomsday over Fehmarn, Baltic Seq |
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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Good Mornig Valaise" |
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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunset Valaise" |
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Maria Fancello Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Themoss and Thesea" A view from the edge of a cliff in Stoneheaven- Dunnottar Castle, Scotland |
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Marshall Gould USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Standing Guard" |
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Marshall Gould USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Monolith" |
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Mihai Florea Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Jan Juc" |
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Mihai Florea Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Queyan" |
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Nathan Wirth USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sonoma State Beach" A sunny, early afternoon on the Sonoma Coast of California. |
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Nathan Wirth USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Ocean Beach" Winter rainwater finds its way to the sea at twilight. |
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Nick Green UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Layer Cake" black white and blue striped iceburge floating in an icelandic lagoon |
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Paulo Mittelman Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "Resistance" The survival of a small tree, on a destroyed building in the Central neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro. |
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PoHua Lin Taiwan Nominee Nature Amateur "Mountain" The shape of the rock like a Chinese "mountain" |
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Raimund Feiter Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Orange" |
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Richard Zimmerman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Untitled (1)" |
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Richard Greene USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Indian River, 2014" |
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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Reflections (2)" The reflections of northern lights in a lake of Iceland |
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Robson Rogan Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Snow Ghosts" Mother nature's snow ghost creation, British Columbia, Canada |
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Robson Rogan Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Angel Dust" Angel Dust for a brief moment in time. British Columbia, Canada |
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Ross Outerbridge Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Angry Skies" |
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Sally Stevens USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Mystical Island " This tiny Island is in the Mysty Fjords area of Ketchikan, ;Alaska |
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Sally Stevens USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The End Of Storm At Sea" ALaska, one of the most magnificent places on earth. |
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Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Antarctica" |
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Stefan Kneidl Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Tranquility" |
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Stefano Coltelli Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Plitvice Falls" |
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Stephen Weaver USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Storm Over Bison" A Spring storm builds over the bison herd at the Medano Ranch with the Sangre de Cristo Range and great sand dunes in the background |
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Taeyeol Lee Korea (South) Nominee Nature Amateur "Water Color" Isle of Harris / Scotland |
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Terrance R Pack Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Ominous" |
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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Star Trail Reflection" 8 hour exposure shows star trail reflections in small tarn by Mt. Rainier |
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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Flower Field in Patagonia" Flower Field contrasts against Torres del Paine, Patagonia |
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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Matterhorn and Golden Larches" The Matterhorn is framed by golden larches on a beautiful October day |
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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Deadvlei Late Evening" Stormy skies against a camel thorn tree in Deadvei, Namibia |
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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Watch" |
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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee Nature Amateur "11" |
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Tilly Meijer Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Antelope Canyon" |
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Tilly Meijer Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Aurora Borealis" |
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Tim Lucas Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Dreamy Icelandic Sunset" Is it the ocean powering in around the massive rock stack, is it the contrast between the black Iceland sands and the white water, or maybe its the grasses on the cliff faces that get your attention. |
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Tim Lucas Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Supermans Cave" On Jökulsárlón Beach in Iceland the massive clumps of ice form some amazing shapes, letting you imagination run wild can lead you astray. Have i found supermans castle? |
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Timofey Tararin Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Frozen" Beautiful aftermath of freezing rain. |
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Tony DeSantis USA Nominee Nature Amateur "All Together" More to a wave than what the eye can see. Captured by slow speeds and movement. |
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Tony DeSantis USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Scroll" Movement and texture that is only captured by speed and direction in the morning sun. |
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Vadim Linetskiy UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Smooth Evening on West Coast" |
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Vadim Linetskiy UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Highland Evening Light" |
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Vadim Linetskiy UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Three Dots" |
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Vincent Morban Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Arrowhead" Art imitates reality |
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Viral Padiya India Nominee Nature Amateur "White Dunes" White Sand Dunes |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Nature Amateur "Last Minute" Dorado sunset PR |
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Wes Pettus USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Tunnel View, Yosemite Natl. Park, California" The iconic view of the Yosemite Valley as you drive into the valley from the mountain tunnel. |
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Willa Davis USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Waltz of the Jellyfish" Capture of the mezmerizing dance of the jellyfish in the Birch Aquarium Institution of Oceanography |
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Wojciech Rozanski UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Alone in White" two trees in the mist |
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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Fogbow" A fogbow in Baltimore (Ireland). |
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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise" Cap Martinet (Ibiza). |