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Debbie Rubin USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Amateur "Morning Glow" The Spanish Moss growing on the magnificent cypress trees was incredible. They were encased in spider webs resembling hairnets keeping their curls in place. |
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James Alan McClean USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Amateur "Solar Eclipse over Svalbard, March 2015" A picture perfect total solar eclipse over the Norwegian island of Svalbard, March 2015 |
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Keith Ellul Malta 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Amateur "Beyond the Horizon" Beyond the horizon |
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Silvia Lisotti Italy Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Old trees in the desert4" Deadvlei, Namibia |
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Darren Moore UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Free Fall" Silver Falls State Park, Oregon |
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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The right place at the right time !" Myanmar |
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Peter Voss Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Midnight on my balcony" Greenland , Ilulissat |
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Mohammad Rahman Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Alone in the river bank" https://mohammad-rahman.com/ |
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David Frutos Egea Spain Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The Fallen Idol V" |
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Paul Byrne Ireland Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Ode to Autumn" Ode To Autumn by John Keats (1795–1821) Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun......... Forest, Slovenia. |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Hooker" |
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Tony Gorham New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Moeraki Boulders (1)" Moeraki Boulders |
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Pablo Madanes Argentina Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "AUTUMN TREE" |
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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "alert" |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Art In Nature" |
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Minas Stratigos Greece Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Milky way in Skyros" That night i could see the milky way in the sky with naked eye. I shot three different exposures for this image, 20 seconds each. |
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Federica Violin Italy Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The edge of world" |
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Pekka Isomursu Finland Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Autumn Dream" An old pier on a foggy lake and under the northern lights. Syöte National Park, Finland. |
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Marianna Armata Canada Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Mushroom residents" |
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Sylvia Wright Canada Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Dancing Fireflies" |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Ice cave" I took this photo of an ice cave in Iceland near the Jokulsarlon lagoon. I was impressed by the green color of the ice |
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Wes Pettus USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Joshua Tree, Ca _0163C2" Shot on a recent trip to Joshua Tree using a infrared converted camera. |
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Tim Lucas Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Flushing The Oven" Watching the water and judging the waves allowed me to capture the water flowing out of the hole in the rock stack, and to maximise the water movement through the scene. |
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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Cave" |
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Andreas Bruglacher Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise,Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Patagonia,Chile" |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Ice Cube" |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Storm" |
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Anthony Ranieri Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Skye Mountain" In the land of Skye, the mountains touch the clouds. |
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Bencai Gong USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Gong Bencai Rainning fishes" taken in Komodo , Indonesia |
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Berry Bingel UK Nominee Nature Amateur "NORTH SEA VIEW # 4" View over the North Sea with moody cloud illuminated by afternoon sun |
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Bob Neiman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Tybee Island Stars 6265" Tybee Island Stars 6265 |
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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Los Cardones NP, Argentina" |
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Claudio Beffa Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Ocean scales" Hashikui Iwa, a group of rocks that forms a straight line 850m long, located in Kushimoto, Japan. Image taken during the twilight, in autumn. |
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Danny Valk Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Spring at Home" You can see nature in full swing right from your livingroom. |
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David Sieczkiewicz USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Stampede" |
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David Frutos Egea Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Cold & Foogy Morning in the Swamp" |
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DeAnne Warner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Last Night" A Last Night, Montauk, NY, April 2016. |
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DeAnne Warner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Canyon Tree" The Canyon Tree, Snake River Canyon, Idaho, July 2017. |
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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Sun, Moon And Stars Celebrate The Night" What a wonderful sight to behold at two in the morning--a blending of night, daytime and mystical ambience. |
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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Perfect Hat" This was a perfectly amazing feat to grow a tree atop a boulder. Where on earth was the earth to nourish such a beautiful tree? |
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dhruv ashra India Nominee Nature Amateur "Bhudda In trance" Long exposure of the Galaxy in valley of Spiti at 14500ft. |
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Dieter Schweizer Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Thunderstorm" Thunderstorm over a cactus field in the Andes (Argentina) |
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Dvir Barkay USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Eternal Rains Will Come " A Storm passes over the Tetons during the Autumn Season |
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Edwin Mangabat Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Astronomy and Reflections" Reflection of Milky Way galaxy taken at the remote location in regional Queensland Australia |
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Elena Bolshakova Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Deep Secrets" When I took this picture I’ve got a feeling that time have suddenly collapsed in this point. In front of me at the same time there was past, present and future of those trees. |
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Ellin Pollachek USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Heron Against Pink Sky" The Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary just past dawn |
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Erik Fremstad USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Black Hills Gold" The only gold of the Black Hills I want can be seen on clear moonless nights. |
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Erika Valkovicova Czech Republic Nominee Nature Amateur "Dragon's Eye" Aurora dancing above the Dragon's Eye on Uttakleiv beach in Lofoten |
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Federico Antonello Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Antonello-Federico_Ocean" Shot taken during a sunrise in Tenerife. |
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Gautam Kamat Bambolkar India Nominee Nature Amateur "Geometrical Show" I wonder whether we would have to carve out dummy ice to show our future generations how snow once looked out in the landscapes. |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Smoking and boiling ground" Iceland is an island where the nature is queen, wild and primitive, a volcanic land that continuosly trembles, smokes and boils |
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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Crete Senesi" I took this photo in the Siena countryside called "Crete Senesi" in the late fall at sunset when the light caresses the ground ripples and makes them like silk. |
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Glenn Vanderbeke Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "Wijnendale light" That morning at Wijnendale castle. |
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Hilda Champion USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Simplicity" Quiet, pared down landscape of the Altiplano on Chile |
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Hilda Champion USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Old Pier Sunset" Soothing Sunset over Gulf of Mexico |
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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Moonrise at Uluru 2" Soundlessly it floated into the night sky on schedule, the photograph planned months before |
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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Moonrise at Uluru 1" Excitement as it silently emerged in the afterglow of day above the horizon on schedule and the compass heading expected |
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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Mount Taranaki, New Zealand" Mount Taranaki from "the Bruce" at Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand |
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James Alan McClean USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Nantai-san Sunrise" Well deserved view after hiking Mount Nantai throughout the night to catch the sunrise from the summit. |
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James Alan McClean USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Reykjavik Moonrise" What do you call it when the Moon does not set, but barely touches the northern horizon before rising again? Beautiful! |
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Jan Bellamy New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "The Setting Sun" |
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Jeff Olson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Wasteland" |
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Joan Caulfield New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise at Bryce Canyon" |
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Jober Costa Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "Dunes" Vale de La Luna / Atacama Desert - Chile |
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Keith Ellul Malta Nominee Nature Amateur "Surfside II" |
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Kellie Klein USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Transiency" Transiency, from the series Meditations on Water |
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Kent Wisner USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Storm and Sunrise I" Beauty and threat coexistence examined in an ongoing project |
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Kurt Westbrook USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Marshland Twilight" Spectacular twilight ushers out winter |
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Larisa Korzhenevskaya Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "A quiet evening in blue" The Volga River and lonely boat |
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Larry Colby USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise over the ocean" Sunrise over the ocean from the far end of the pier. The sun rose to a perfect position, the clouds parted to give this spotlight effect. |
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Leba Marquez USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Rice Terraces" Northern Vietnam. Planting season. |
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Leif Sohlman Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Yellow Autumn " Yellow mountains. A view over a Scottish from Quirang mountain. The landscape coloured in orange and yellow this fall day. In the ska are lots of clods. This image was captured on October 15, 2017 |
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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Nature Amateur "Arctic Blast" it was cold and windy on this sunrise. Heading out in an Arctic Blast can be one of the most captivating moments in Svalbard. Landscape is crisp and with full of color. It is intense leaves you warm |
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Magnus Karlson Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue Ripple" Blue Ripple |
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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Zermatt Trail" Zermatt Trail |
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Margrieta Jeltema Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "populieren in de lente" Northern italy |
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Mary Foster Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Peace and Tranquility" Foster Mary Jane Peace and Tranquility |
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Mary Beth Jarrosak USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Missionary Ridge" |
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Matty Karp Israel Nominee Nature Amateur "Karp_Matty_Huang_Shan" Huang Shan majestic mountains at dusk |
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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Cornfield" Knee high by the 4th of July |
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Mohammad Rahman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Tranquil" mohammad-rahman.com |
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Nathan Wirth USA Nominee Nature Amateur "to the light" Oregon Coast Line |
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Nick Green UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Jagged edge" ice on the beach in iceland , thirty seconds later it was destroyed by the next large wave |
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Nicola Roberto Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Sardinia coast n.2" |
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Nicole Wallace Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "A Stormy Summers Afternoon" Durras North Australia - After a hot summers day the southerly winds build and bring with it dark thunderous skies. |
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Nicole Wallace Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Kata Tjuta Dreaming" Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Australia - Experience the beauty of Kata Tjuta watching the colours change throughout the day. |
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Nigel Bullers Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Mirror" mirror image in the water |
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Partha Roy Singapore Nominee Nature Amateur "Rocky Sunset" |
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Patricia Turo USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Spring Melody" A camera movement shot along a canal at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge captured the array of colors projected on a small grassy knoll. |
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Paul Byrne Ireland Nominee Nature Amateur "Seaside" An experiment with Intentional Camera Movement (ICM). Bamburgh, Northumberland, UK. |
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Paul Byrne Ireland Nominee Nature Amateur "Swirl" Glenevin Waterfall near Clonmany, Donegal, Ireland. |
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Paul Byrne Ireland Nominee Nature Amateur "Dingle Dreaming" Dunquin, County Kerry, Ireland. |
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Paul Williams UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Power of Nature" The force of nature can never be underestimated |
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Pekka Isomursu Finland Nominee Nature Amateur "Iridescent Cloud Trail nr 1" Iridescent clouds near the sun are reflected from a ferry trail that gives them a fan-like shape. The sea was exceptionally calm, adding a nice ripple effect to the image. |
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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Meltwater Iceberg" Greenland , Disco Bay |
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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Glacier Water Delta" Greenland , Disco Bay |
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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Meltwater Fontaine" Summer in Greenland |
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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "I ' m not going away in summer !" Greenland , Ilulissat |
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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "I turned around to show my beauty !" Greenland , Ice Fjord |
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Raimund Feiter Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Thunderstorm in Nevada Desert" May be First Nations can describe the power of nature here. |
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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "colors from the cosmos" Reine, Norway |
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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Walkin' lightin'" A storm near Piacenza, Italy, hits the hills. |
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Silvia Lisotti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Old trees in the desert1" Deadvlei, Namibia |
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Silvia Lisotti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Old trees in the desert3" Deadvlei, Namibia |
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Stefano Coltelli Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Val d'Orcia" |
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Steve Elliott UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Distant Shores" A telephoto view along the Jurassic Coast, Dorset. |
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Taeyeol Lee Korea (South) Nominee Nature Amateur "White sea" When the rain clouds approach to your eyes, the sky and the sea begin to change. It permeates into a symphony created by nature and draws a watercolor.In isle of harrise/scotland .November 2016 |
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Tal Lassman Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Twillingate Icebergs Alley" Twillingate Icebergs Alley |
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Terry Self Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "White Barn" White barn captured during the approaching storm. |
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Tilly Meijer Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Kirkjufell mountain" Kirkjufell mountain in Iceland |
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Tim Lucas Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "The Junction" When the wind stops, and the water flowing down the river slows to trickle, the large expansive pools seem to take on a magical role, a mirror to the world around them. |
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Vadim Linetskiy UK Nominee Nature Amateur "The Cloud" |
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Valentin Denyset France Nominee Nature Amateur "Multiplicity" After a long day of walking, I contemplated from a refuge located on the highest peak of the Reunion Island (Piton des Neiges, 3069m), the wonderful Milky Way. A unique instant. |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Nature Amateur "Fallen Oak" Old tree after Hurricane Maria. |
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Wladia Drummond Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "touching the moon" The nature integrated in its characteristics. The drought reveals traces and unites elements. |
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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Sea storm" Ibiza |