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Eduardo Fujii USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Amateur "Aloe Vera Garden" |
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Joshua Sarinana USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Amateur "Break" |
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Carol Zulman USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Amateur "About Time" The Palouse is an agricultural area in the northeastern United States that features rolling hills and pastoral landscapes. Its majesty fills one with a sense of wonder and wellbeing. I was awed by how light and shadow played on the fields of wheat and i wanted to capture its abstract geometric shapes. This photograph was the thematic work for my first landscape show: About Time. The title had a double meaning; the subject of the show was about time, and it was about time that I had my first solo show. |
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Ruth Grindrod UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Luskentyre in Aqua " Luskentyre beach is on the Isle of Harris - Scotland. Some stunning storm light with long expsoure created a memorable moment |
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Jan Follby Sweden Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Coastal colors" |
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Wes Pettus USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Joshua Tree, California" An approaching storm in Joshua Tree (infrared version). |
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Johannes Bosgra Netherlands Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Schoorl, The Netherlands, from the series Strepen" In the series Strepen (2018), I’m creating images that exist in the liminal space between abstraction and representation.The minimalist seascapes capture the essence of colors, forms and shapes. |
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Michael Pachis USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Buzz Off" |
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Paul Christener Switzerland Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "In Search of Silence - Saint-Anna" In Search of Silence - Saint-Anna |
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James Peterson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Arboreal Quartet, Mammoth Hot Springs (Infrared)" These four ghostly trees were killed years ago by the advancing and toxic waters and mineral deposits of this volcanic hot spot in Yellowstone National Park. But they seem more majestic than ever! |
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Kensaku Tsutsui Japan Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Full Moon (1)" The full moon rising over the cherry trees in full blossom. |
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Adrian Per Romania Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Path Under the Shadows " A sunny winter day in the Mehedinti County Forest . It gave me a good reason to shoot the woods and the shadows on snow. |
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Darren Moore UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Geology" |
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Andreas Bruglacher Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Lago Cerro and Torre Cerro, Los Glaciares NP, Argentina " |
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Amr El-shafei USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "storm" Supercell at sunset. |
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James Peterson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Moonrise over Coal Mine Canyon" The name of this beautiful spot in northern Arizona reflects the visible seams of coal, but it also has layers of red and white sandstone that are eroded into a dazzling array of spires and hollows. |
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Cindy Starr USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Autumn Willow" Boston Public Garden |
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Nick Green UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Misty wistmans" Green nicholas |
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Manfred Voss Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Eternal" Timeblendign of a Lavendafield in France / Provence |
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Abdulla AlMushaifri Qatar Nominee Nature Amateur "Green Desert " |
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Andrea Evans Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Sky Marine" Oncoming storm. |
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Andreas Ender Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "Enlightenment" the spirit of NATURE - Enlightenment - energetic photo-art / concept art |
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Andrew Dickman Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Mushroom" |
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Antenor Leonello Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "colorful late afternoon in the wetland" |
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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Ice Bridge Paradise Harbour" |
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Bryan Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Pinnacle Rock" Sitting below the Tacking Point Lighthouse, this violent shard of earth is known by locals as 'Pinnacle Rock'. |
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Carrie Cheng Hong Kong Nominee Nature Amateur "Magnificent winter night" Full moon, majestic mountain, white snow plus amazing aurora bourealis altogether made an awesome picture, orchestrated by Mother Nature . |
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Charita Carter USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Ancient Hands" Petroglyph of indigenous Hands in Red Rock Canyon National Conservancy outside of Las Vegas. |
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Danny Valk Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Ice Land" Picture taken last year in Iceland. These are big chuncks of glacier ice, floating in a river.. |
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Danny Valk Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Moon Landscape" Picture taken last year in Iceland. There's the landscape with Icelandic horses, mountains and the moon. Luckely for me, on that day there also were very rare cloud formations. |
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David Martin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Heaven and Hell Touch" The Milky Way photographed over Hell's Canyon and the Snake River along the Idaho-Oregon border. |
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David Tomek Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Framed by nature " Taken from close to the summit of Mount Warning, New South Wales - Australia |
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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "A Jungle Sunrise" The way the light filtered in among the lush foliage was breathtaking. |
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Ellin Pollachek USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn" |
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Eric Girouard Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Desert Layers" The first rays of morning sun strike the hills of the Ódáðahraun desert in northeast Iceland. |
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Eric Wiles USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Hawaii Sunset" Sun setting through clouds behind the mountains in Hawaii |
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Eric Wefald USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Winter River" Emily Dickinson wrote: "Winter under cultivation, Is as arable as Spring." Days long blizzards, or even the storms of our lives, may become cultivation and nourishment for the very stuff of life; for golden hope on the river. |
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Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "the sky is bleeding" after sunset in germany |
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Fabio Giachetti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "In to the fog" |
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Federico Antonello Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Looking for the bends" Senja, Norway. A beautiful night under the Northen Lights. |
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Federico Antonello Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "The gift" Dolomites, a beautiful sunset near the area of Mondeval. |
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Georgette Aleiferi Greece Nominee Nature Amateur "My Heart" I had to descend nearly 500 steps to photograph the latest colors of the day at this beautiful part of Crete island in Greece. preveli |
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Georgette Aleiferi Greece Nominee Nature Amateur "First Color" waking at 4 photographing the first color of the day mountain ASTRAKA Tymfi |
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Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "When the sunlight meets the shadow" Game of sunlight and shadow of low clouds on the plateau of Castelluccio di Norcia (Italy) highlighting the magnificent bloom of wild flowers. |
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Giuseppe Ferraro Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Antelope Canyon Double Sunbeams" This picture was taken last summer in the Antelope Canyon In Arizona. It was a hectic day at the canyon; I remember I had to wait quite a bit to get a clear scene in front of me. Luckily enough the do |
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Glenn Vanderbeke Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "Eruption" |
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H. David Stein USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Frigid Fractal - 9040" Ice crystals on a window when the temperature and humidity are optimal |
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Harald Weimann Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Snow" Photo belongs to my project "Odenwald" |
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Hennie Kempen Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Drops on leaves" The structrure nature shows, do not cease to amaze me |
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Hennie Kempen Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Firy sky" Holland is famous for it's skies, now also for it's sunsets? |
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Holger Nimtz Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Mediterranean Sea" Cyprus | intentional camera movement |
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Ivan Pesic USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Fields of Castelluccio" Castelluccio, Umbria, Italy. July, 2018 |
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James Meldrum USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Cathedral of Trees" |
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Jenny Verdonk USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Curtain Call" A final show of sunlight at Yosemite National Park. |
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Jongsun Lee USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Total Eclipse" August 21st. 2017. The most amazing thing that I have ever seen. I went to Kentucky from New Jersey. I did not using any camera filter at all. Just wait perfect moment to take this. |
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Karl Glanville Malta Nominee Nature Amateur "San Blas" San Blas is a small beach in the northern coast of the island of Gozo that forms part of the Maltese Archipelago, situated in the Mediterranean sea. During summertime, it offers some breathtaking sunrise views, as can be seen in my image. |
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Karolin Schild Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Awakening Gods" Driving up the road to Mt Cook in New Zealand, there is something truly amazing about the mood when you look up to the sky on a rainy day and see nothing but a dense blanket of gray. |
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Kathryn Johnson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Twins" |
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Keith Ellul Malta Nominee Nature Amateur "Diver's Cove 2" |
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Keith Ellul Malta Nominee Nature Amateur "Revisiting an old friend" |
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Langston Hill USA Nominee Nature Amateur "One Thunderbolt " I took about 70 to 80 pictures of the sky trying to capture the lightning. This was the sole photo that clearly shows lightning. |
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Lauren Mason USA Nominee Nature Amateur "A Rainy Morning in Iceland" The Blue Lagoon |
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Leif Sohlman Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Light on top" Light on top. Mountain top partly hit by sun an October day 2017 on isle of Skye, Scotland. Plants on the mountain is coloured in orange by plants. The sky is covered with clouds. |
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Leo Salazar USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Royal palm roots" Roots of Roystonea palm |
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Lisa Kimura USA Nominee Nature Amateur "lost in the chrome forest" |
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Lois Alexander-Mandel USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Painted Rocks" |
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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Nature Amateur "Antarctica Mystery" |
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Maciej Wojcik Poland Nominee Nature Amateur "Harris colors" |
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Maciej Wojcik Poland Nominee Nature Amateur "Storm over Monument Valley" |
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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Abyss" Abyss in the clouds, seen from the Swiss Alps - taken on analog |
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Manuel Martin Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Riverdreams" Well, a very old shot I made two years ago when I was visiting this area here. The morning was really promising when I reached the area and in fact when the light came it was like being in a autumn dr |
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Martin Bigmore Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunset Harmony" Sunset over Jawbone Reserve, Williamstown, Victoria. |
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Mary Anne Chilton USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Woosh" |
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Masoud Shokrnia Iran Nominee Nature Amateur "Real Dream" Fog swallowed the jungle like a monster that swear everything. Everything is wet and moist at the highest elevation of the forest of Shanderman located Gilan province. |
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Michele Nagle USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Unearthly" Moving and cascading water creating a misty and foggy effect |
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Michelle Lake Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Exhale" |
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Michelle Lake Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Underwater Garden" |
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Mihai Florea Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Mulwalla" |
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Nathalie Postic France Nominee Nature Amateur "Full moon (2)" Paris |
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Neil Williams USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Nature Ballet" Branches sticking out of a quiet lake in the morning fog resemble the elegance of ballet. |
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Nick Green UK Nominee Nature Amateur "A chance of rain" |
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Oana Daian Romania Nominee Nature Amateur "My Inner Country II" In my explorations through profound Romania, I try to capture the pure essence of these lands. My photos recreate a country that is born first in my soul. It is a genuine country, close to the sky. I |
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Paul Licman Czech Republic Nominee Nature Amateur "Unearthly world" Over our heads is such a world ... |
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Peter Wingerter Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "The Durdle Door" |
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Peter Stadler Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "wild country" Caucasus, Georgia 2018 |
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Peter Nestler USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Rushing into darkness" The last light of day quickly falls into night. |
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Philippe Gueuning Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "Miroir de Digue" Walking along the sea |
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Regina Cserna Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "Twin-Island" Reflection of a small island in the colourful lake tenno |
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Rick Wagonheim USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Kirkjufell Midnight Sunset" Midnight Sunset in Iceland |
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Roberto Maciel Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "Bannalpsee" All the beauty of the Alps reflected in Lake Bannalpsee, located in Nidwalden - Switzerland, at 1580 meters altitude. The paradise of the climbers and those who seek peace and tranquility. |
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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Striking the Matera Sassi" Matera, 2019 European Culture Capital |
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Rolf M Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Dunes" Northsea-dunes on the island of amrum |
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Rowena English Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Steadfast" The Wanaka Willow Tree has stood the tests of time and weather, starting out in 1939 as a fence post |
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Ruth Grindrod UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Snow and Reeds " Snow and Reeds at Reedham Norfolk uk After some heavy snow the reeds created patterns and lines like a patchwork |
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Sajeesh R India Nominee Nature Amateur "Mystique" A calm and soothing morning mist covering the tall trees in the valley creates an artistic view of Ooty. |
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Sean Chen Taiwan Nominee Nature Amateur "A road to sky" Taiwan, a beautiful island where has the largest number and density of high mountains in the world. |
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Simone Arrigoni Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Burning lightning" This huge lightning is captured inside an imposing cumulonimbus which unleashed a storm on a September night in Cape Maleas, on the edge of the Peloponnese, Greece. |
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Steve Elliott UK Nominee Nature Amateur "River of Mud" Taken on the Jurassic Coast. Following heavy rain, a river of the mud eroded from the cliffs moves slowly towards the waves. |
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Tim Mulcahy USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Silent Greens" |
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Todd Ross Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning Mist" Calm, cool Autumn morning on Vancouver Island |
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Valentin Denyset France Nominee Nature Amateur "Engulfing" One of the most devastating storms in Paris. Through huge hailstones, watching and capturing this supercell with a lightening bolt above the Eiffel Tower created a splendid scene. |
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Valentin Denyset France Nominee Nature Amateur "Explosion" During a 30-day solo polar expedition above the Arctic Circle, I slept in this wonderful place in Lofoten islands. Through the storm and the rain, this sunset exploding over the mountains was magical. |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Nature Amateur "Raindrops Spider Web" Early morning at 37F |
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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue " Sunny day on a transparent beach of Ibiza. |