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Charlotte Gibb USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Professional "Autumn Aglow" On this cold Autumn morning, frost clung to the branches of the willows as the first light of the morning sun lit up their golden foliage. |
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Richard Mack USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Professional "Cathedral Trees" A stand of trees in Oregon. Waiting to be cut down for paper show their true beauty. |
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Michele Palazzo USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Professional "American Eagle" An Eagle shaped by the shadows and light on the lower Antelope Canyon in Arizona |
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Torleif Lie Norway Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Desert Cathedral" I was amazed by the beauty of this underground cathedral. Every step exposed a unique scene of exquisite contrast and brilliance. Sony A7RII, Zeiss Batis 18mm |
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Peter Svoboda Slovak Republic Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Red light line" Image taken in French Alps as the very last light illuminated only the thin line crossing the walls of the high mountains above Camonix. |
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Warren Keelan Australia Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Emanate" Two waves collide under a moody cloud-filled sky. Captured with Canon 5DMV + Canon 70-200mm IS II 2.8 + Aquatech water housing |
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Wendi Schneider USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Crescent & Crow" Denver, CO - pigment ink on kozo over white gold leaf from Evenings with the Moon, illuminated images inspired by the poetry of the moon |
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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Kerekere" |
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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Approaching Rain" |
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Craig Bill USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Canyonscape" Storm at Horeshoe Bend |
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Charlotte Gibb USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Aspens And The Blue Light" Just before sunset, during a magic moment when the light behind the trees turns a mystical blue before the sun dips below the horizon. |
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Adolfo Enriquez Calo Spain Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Ray Lights" Very early in the morning, the first rays of the Sun filter through the fog in the Douro River, the trees are responsible for combing these rays of light. The small droplets of water contained in the |
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Samuel Feron France Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Terraces" Rice Terraces in winter. Full of water they allow complex and multiple reflexions in the morning. China. |
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Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Milky Way at Te Henga" Bethels Beach / Te Henga , West Coast Auckland region ,New Zealand |
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Robin Hayes USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Emergence" The calm, water and setting sun on Rabbit Island, New Zealand |
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Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Icebergs" Sunset Glow on Icebergs in Antarctica |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Benguela BGH1" The Benguela Current is a cold sea current originating from Antarctica and only finding its way north along the southwest coast of Africa. The formation of the Namibian deserts is the cause thereof. T |
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David Frutos Egea Spain Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Cold & Warm" Envuelto entre tonos frÃos y cálidos se puede apreciar los que parece un rostro de algún tipo de ser. La figuración a veces puede engañar a nuestro cerebro y hacerle ver cosas que no lo son en re |
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Will Enos USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Buena Vista Moon" Cold and fog along the river |
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Romain Tornay Switzerland Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Kaamos" Finland, December 2007 |
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Stan Stansfield USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Geyser run off at Yellowstone N.P." |
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Wouter van der Sar Netherlands Honorable Mention Nature Professional "The future is bright" Alentejo, Portugal. |
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James Long Iceland Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Snaefellsnes Sunrise" Taken in mid winter on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in Iceland just before a storm rolled in |
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Peter Svoboda Slovak Republic Honorable Mention Nature Professional "All Together" Herd of sheeps feeding in the morning light in wavy Tuscan fields |
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Marcio Cabral Brazil Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Electric Sunset" Electric Tempest at sunset, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, - 70 200/ f16, 13 sec, iSO 160 |
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Charlotte Gibb USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Sentinels" These Aspen were part of a larger, very beautiful scene, but I was struck by the simplicity of including just this small grouping of trees. |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee Nature Professional "Wave" Ke'e Beach, Kaua'i, Hawai'i |
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Adolfo Enriquez Calo Spain Nominee Nature Professional "Seaweed" |
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Alan Barker Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Arnhem Land's Australiana" The wildlife and colour alike explode from the earth throughout the Arnhem Land wetlands. The contrasting tones, the vastness of their reach; this is Australia. |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Tree of stone" about 4000 m over sealevel, real nature, who can survive |
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Anastasia Woolmington Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Where dreams are born" Andean Condors on the hunt in Torres del Paine National Park |
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Ann Elliott Cutting USA Nominee Nature Professional "Squall" |
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Annie Katz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Yellowstone Misty River" It was very early in the morning in Yellowstone & freezing cold. The mist was rising from the river as I took this shot. It lasted all of about two minutes so I felt lucky to have captured this scene. |
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Arne Rasmussen Denmark Nominee Nature Professional "Landscape With Clouds #1" |
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Ashley Garrett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Smooth Sailing" Nice, France 2018 |
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Brian Eastwood New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Lake Mapourika" |
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Carol Sharp UK Nominee Nature Professional "Frosted Papaver somniferum" |
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Carol Horigan USA Nominee Nature Professional "Adrift" Shot while heading down river on a bamboo 2 person raft as day is breaking |
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Charlotte Gibb USA Nominee Nature Professional "Morning Has Broken" The Spring of 2017 had record runoff in Yosemite Valley. The Valley’s wide meadows were transformed into shallow lakes, creating opportunities for ducks and early-bird photographers alike. |
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Chris Becker USA Nominee Nature Professional "Moon Over Atlantic #14" Moon reflection on the Atlantic Ocean during a full moon. Investigating themes of time. Divided into sections - the relationship between sea and sky, they take on an abstract geometry. |
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Con van Staa Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "lonely tree" |
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Craig Bill USA Nominee Nature Professional "Rainbowland" Peru's Rainbow Mountain |
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Craig Blacklock USA Nominee Nature Professional "Mineral seeps, Lake Superior" Mineral seeps and Lake Superior, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, U.S.A. |
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Craig Blacklock USA Nominee Nature Professional "Rainbow BWCAW" Double rainbow over Brule Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
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Craig Blacklock USA Nominee Nature Professional "Reflections of Lake Powell" Sunlight reflecting on cliffs above Lake Powell, Utah, USA. |
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Craig Blacklock USA Nominee Nature Professional "White Water Lilies" White water lilies in St. Croix River, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
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Craig Bill USA Nominee Nature Professional "Hells Calling" Night hiking inside Antelope Canyon, AZ, USA |
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Dan Norris USA Nominee Nature Professional "Park Avenue Sunrise" Colorful monsoon season sunrise at Park Avenue, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah. July 18, 2018, 6:08 am. Canon 5D Mark IV. |
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Dan Norris USA Nominee Nature Professional "Totem Pole, Yei Bi Che and Milky Way" Totem Pole, Yei Bi Che and Milky Way. Monument Valley Tribal Park, Utah, Arizona. Conditions were perfect as the sliver of a crescent moon lit the landscape and the Milky Way was brilliant in the sky. |
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David Magee UK Nominee Nature Professional "Neolithic Study 1" Dunworley, West Cork, Ireland 2018 |
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David Sieczkiewicz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Eye Contact" |
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Edwin Mangabat Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Bay of Fires" The Bay of Fires is a bay on the northeastern coast of Tasmania. The Bay of Fires is a region of white beaches, blue water and orange-hued granite, the colour of which is actually produced by a lichen |
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Eric Loh Yong Kim Singapore Nominee Nature Professional "Falling leave" |
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Evgeny Dubinchuk Russia Nominee Nature Professional "Ice hummock on Lake Baikal at sunrise" Sunbeams shine through the transparent ice hummock at the stunning sunrise on Lake Baikal in winter |
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Frank Bevans USA Nominee Nature Professional "clouds" Under a Texas sky |
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Frank van Groen Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Heimat #1" splitted willow tree. Project: Heimat |
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Gary Latham UK Nominee Nature Professional "Ramsgate Blue" Weather front coming in over the English Channel, Ramsgate, Kent, England |
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Giuliano Del Gatto Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Praia da Ursa" Wind blows close to the Portugal coast line, at the Praia Da Ursa. |
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Gretchen Troop USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dragons Over the Canyon" After the sun leaves, the blue twilight settles over the Grand Canyon looking west, and the clouds create dragons dancing over the remnant light. |
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Igor Emmerich UK Nominee Nature Professional "KwaZulu-Natal" KwaZulu-Natal, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province", is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994. |
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Jacqueline Da Costa UK Nominee Nature Professional "Raindrop" I usually wait until it has stopped raining before I go out to photograph raindrops, but this time I ventured out while it was still raining. A perfect globe of rain. |
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Jan Smid, MQEP Czech Republic Nominee Nature Professional "Oasis" Panorama compiled from total of 6 frames (6 exposures in one row). |
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Jan Smid, MQEP Czech Republic Nominee Nature Professional "Odyssey of an Avenue II" Panorama compiled from total of 5 frames (5 exposures in one row). |
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Jason Knott UK Nominee Nature Professional "Peaks" Mountain range, China |
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Jean Rouzaud France Nominee Nature Professional "Fragile Objects" In natural areas where man does not penetrate. Accumulation of dust and leaves on gently flowing water. A drop of water or the wind will destroy this fragile atomic construction. |
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Jeff Grant Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Landmannalaugur study" |
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Jens Ellensohn Austria Nominee Nature Professional "Birken" Schlosswald |
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Jiri Jiroutek Czech Republic Nominee Nature Professional "Jested" |
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Joel Biddle UK Nominee Nature Professional "Meteor" Rock Study, Cyprus |
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Johan Luykx Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Norway" Norway |
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Johan Van Cutsem Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "dasht e lut" dasht e lut desezrt in iran is the hottest desert on earth temperatures up to 70 C , measured by nasa. during my visit it rained which gave a very special light and ... clouds |
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Johannes Frank Iceland Nominee Nature Professional "Aurora at Reykjanes Peninsula" Reykjanes Peninsula,Iceland,beach, Northern Lights |
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Jonas Kroyer Denmark Nominee Nature Professional "Northwest" North sea, western coast of Denmark |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Nature Professional "Lotus 1" Water Lilies Series |
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Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Fankland River Canola Fields" |
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Kousuke Kitajima Japan Nominee Nature Professional "colony" Plant colony. |
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Kunio Nakaoka Japan Nominee Nature Professional "Snow fell in Ootoyoâ… " |
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Laurencine Lot France Nominee Nature Professional "Rising again" Ile-Tudy, Brittany, 2018 |
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Louis Gaillard France Nominee Nature Professional "black sand 2" |
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Lynn Clayton New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Scoresby Sound, East Greenland" Deep in the Scoresby Sound we came across fields of glorious icebergs. |
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Lynn Clayton New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Jokusarlon Lagoon" A stormy sky above the Jokusarlon lagoon in Iceland |
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Manfred Merz Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Morning Dream" |
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Mark Gray Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Afterlife" |
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Mat Beetson Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Mangrove on Mars" A tiny mangrove found on the mud flats nestled amongst hundreds of mud-crab holes. The silty white mud meets the pindan red beach only found in Broome Western Australia |
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Mikael Buck UK Nominee Nature Professional "Purple Heather Bloom, Isle of Man" Every year, towards the end of August and beginning of September, large parts of the Isle of Man are covered in blooming purple heather. The purple flowers cover the hills and mountains on the island |
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Mike Drazdzinski USA Nominee Nature Professional "Evening Light Show" Between lightning and the reflection of the water, Mother Nature creates one breathtaking view. |
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Neal Panton Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Fade Away" Arches National Park, Utah |
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Nigel Hicks UK Nominee Nature Professional "Sunset Surf" Atlantic surf crashing against rocks at sunset; Sandy Mouth, Cornwall, Great Britain. |
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Patrick Desgraupes France Nominee Nature Professional "Old Olive Tree" Portrait of an Old Olive Tree |
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Patrick Sampson UK Nominee Nature Professional "Glen Coe, 2018." |
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Paul A Wright UK Nominee Nature Professional "Sinking Sun" A simple composition yet inspiring image captured by UAV or drone out at sea over the Atlantic Ocean in Cornwall. |
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Pep Ventosa USA Nominee Nature Professional "Olympic Boulevard, One" Tree and its surroundings, captured in the round. |
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Peter Svoboda Slovak Republic Nominee Nature Professional "Torres del Paine stormy winds" Hurricane force winds taken by the Lago Pehoe using a longer exposure time. One of my most challenging shot ever because of the extreme wind and rain. Takenin Patagonia-Chile |
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Peter Svoboda Slovak Republic Nominee Nature Professional "Monte Rosa Sparkling Night" Ultra wide panoramic image taken in the Swiss Alps. Image is showing serene, but freezy atmosphere of that evening. |
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Romain Tornay Switzerland Nominee Nature Professional "Perfect Line" Iceland, February 2018 |
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Romain Tornay Switzerland Nominee Nature Professional "Lonely Ice" South Iceland, February 2018 |
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Ruth Yates Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Blue Formation" As Blue as the ocean and as rich as the land |
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Sacha Ineichen Switzerland Nominee Nature Professional "Balance" . |
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Scott Dere USA Nominee Nature Professional "Monsoon" The Monsoon season certainly gave meaning to its name down in the Arizona desert. Raging storms everyday made for some great photographic opportunities. |
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Silvio Kramar Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Fable" Victoria, Australia |
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Stefan Nimmesgern Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Dhaulagiri II" Dhaulagiri mountains, Asia, Nepal, Climbing, Dolpo, |
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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Contrasti nei calanchi A" Italy-Atri |
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Steven Duncan Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Natural Bridge" Natural Bridge is a waterfall formed by a natural cave in under a river on the Gold Coast, Australia |
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Steven Friedman Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Golden Autumn Fog" Autumn fog in the Smoky Mountains NP |
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Stone Peng USA Nominee Nature Professional "simple beauty" less is more, empty is full |
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Susan Dykstra Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Mystery Forest" Imagination is key! |
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Thor Elias Engelstad Australia Nominee Nature Professional "La Mer-Coast Series" Proceeds from prints in the Coast series will be donated to The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization, developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. |
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Tobi Asmoucha Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Northern Lights" The northern lights dancing over Prosperous Lake, Northwest Territories. |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Benguela BGS3" The Benguela Current is a cold sea current originating from Antarctica and only finding its way north along the southwest coast of Africa. The formation of the Namibian deserts is the cause thereof. T |
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Torleif Lie Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Buffalo" I was amazed by the beauty of this underground cathedral. Every step exposed a unique scene of exquisite contrast and brilliance. Pentax 645Z, Pentax 90mm f/2.8 D FA 645 Macro ED AW SR Lens |
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Torleif Lie Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Gaia" In Greek mythology, Gaia, also spelled Gaea, is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother of all life: the primal Mother Earth goddess. |
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Viral Padiya India Nominee Nature Professional "White Dunes" White Dunes |
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Walt Thirion USA Nominee Nature Professional "Glacial Sunrise" The rising sun slowly brings a touch of warmth to the frozen glacial landscape. |
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Wendi Schneider USA Nominee Nature Professional "Evening with the Moon" Denver, CO - pigment ink on kozo over white gold leaf from Evenings with the Moon, illuminated images inspired by the poetry of the moon |
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Will Enos USA Nominee Nature Professional "LandRover Adventure" Adventure Overland Thru Remote Wheatfields |
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Wouter van der Sar Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Discoloration" alentejo, Portugal. |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Nature Professional "Colorful Puppy" |