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Floating People Raf Willems
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Aerial
Professional

"Floating People"
Topshot of people floating in innertubes, while attending a concert on the lake.



Beach aerial view Songquan Deng
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Aerial
Professional

"Beach aerial view"
Beach aerial view with people and umbrella in Spain.



Mudflat Tree Mat Beetson
Australia

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Aerial
Professional

"Mudflat Tree"
Mudflats at low tide leave behind some pretty amazing patterns



Run Nick Addison
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Run"



Reaping Jeff Camden
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Reaping"
An aerial still captured as a part of a campaign for a large agriculture company.



Autumn in the Dolomites Kevin Krautgartner
Germany

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Autumn in the Dolomites"
Unique colors of the autumn.



Treble Clef Ty Stedman
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Treble Clef"
From the 'Winter's Ant Farm' series shot from a helicopter over the ski fields of New Zealand. It is as much an anthropological study as it is representative of a winter landscape shot over Aotearoa.



Untitled Vasiliy Ryabovol
Russia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Untitled"



color desert Xuehua Jiang
China (PRC)

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"color desert"
This image was shot from a helicopter flying over sand dune in Namibia.



Mining Pattern. Alf Manciagli
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Mining Pattern."
Aerial photography mining pattern.



Red Cross 3 Colin McRae
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Red Cross 3"
Aerial View of Salt Pond in San Francisco Bay



river delta Xuehua Jiang
China (PRC)

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"river delta"
This image was made from a helicopter flying over a river in Lencois, Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses in Brazil. The park includes 70 km of coastline, and an interior composed of rolling san



March For Our Lives Jacky Chapman
UK

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"March For Our Lives"
March For Our Lives rally against gun violence on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of people of all ages gathered at Pennsylvania Avenue demanding an end to mass school shooting



The Metropolis of the Dead Songquan Deng
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"The Metropolis of the Dead"
Aerial view of Cementerio de la Almudena (Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery) in Madrid, Spain. Approximately 5 million people, larger than the population of Madrid itself, were buried here from 1884 to 19



Dark Ice Kevin Krautgartner
Germany

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Dark Ice"
A glacier river system in Iceland, captured in a dark mood from above.



Garden joSon
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Garden "
Tulip garden in Washington, usa



 Super bloom-wildflowers 03 joSon
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

" Super bloom-wildflowers 03"
Wildflowers from spring of 2019 superbloom in California U.S.A



Yellow Line Yoshiteru Yamamoto
Canada

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Yellow Line"



Alien Landscape Paul A Wright
UK

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Alien Landscape"
Aerial drone image taken during sunrise at one of the many 2019 crop circle occurrences. Are they man made mystery or alien art?



Nestle Denesa Chan
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Nestle"
An outbreak of molten lava glows orange amidst the cooled black volcanic rock as seen from a helicopter flying above the Kilauea volcano’s lava flow, Pu'u O’o, on the Big Island of Hawaii.



Anthropogenic # 9 Torleif Lie
Norway

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Anthropogenic # 9"
A series of images portraying the impact of humankind's destructive industrial practices on the natural environment. The images portray the terrible beauty of mining's toxic impact on the land, whilst serving as a reminder of man's folly. Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. This affects global warming, environmental degradation such as ocean acidification, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, creating an ecological crisis, and ecological collapse.



Anthropogenic #12 Torleif Lie
Norway

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Anthropogenic #12"
A series of images portraying the impact of humankind's destructive industrial practices on the natural environment. The images portray the terrible beauty of mining's toxic impact on the land, whilst serving as a reminder of man's folly. Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. This affects global warming, environmental degradation such as ocean acidification, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, creating an ecological crisis, and ecological collapse.



Wink Tom Putt
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Professional

"Wink"
Saltworks, Namibia, Africa, March 2019



Intertwined Ali Kabas
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Intertwined"
Flock of flamingos walking in water at the Aegean coast. The intertwined colors and texture of the water evoke an abstract oil painting for me. From the "Untamed" series.



Tentacles Ashley Garrett
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Tentacles"
Lanai, Hawaii



Cliff Hanger Ashley Garrett
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Cliff Hanger"
Lanai Hawaii



neural network city Chris Sattlberger
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"neural network city"
Downtown Los Angeles, where human architecture looks like a computer board - or is it the other way round ?



Untitled Cinzia Camela
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Untitled"



Orange Lime One Colin McRae
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Orange Lime One"
Aerial View of Salt Pond in San Francisco Bay



Port Adelaide Craig Moodie
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Port Adelaide"
Aerial study of a Port Adelaide Road Project in South Australia



SVP-1 Dana Hursey
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"SVP-1"



Prismatic Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Prismatic"
Along the Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY.



Tidal Pool Kogelbay Eric Miller
South Africa

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Tidal Pool Kogelbay"
The near idyllic Kogelbaai tidal pool nestled under the Kogelberg mountains outside Cape Town.



The meeting George Kavanagh
Ireland

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"The meeting"
The meeting



Golden Beach - St. Ouen Gina Socrates
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Golden Beach - St. Ouen"



I am in the Public Eye H. Allen Benowitz
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"I am in the Public Eye"
“I Am in The Public Eye”; Who can solve the mystery behind this caption? New York, NY 2015



Deep Pool James Fox
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Deep Pool"
Winter in Yellowstone



Nevado de Toluca Jean Berard
Mexico

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Nevado de Toluca"



Drumsticks Jeff Grant
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Drumsticks"



Ulaangom Johan Van Cutsem
Belgium

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Ulaangom"
altai mountains Mongolia end of winter , sheep and goat search for food high up on the barren colourfull mountains many animals don't survive the winter foto johan van cutsem



Tulip Land joSon
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Tulip Land"
people walking in tulip field, Washington, usa



Covered in Salt Kevin Krautgartner
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Covered in Salt"
Aerial view on a dry salt evaporation pond in southern Europe.



Unity in Diversity Kevin Krautgartner
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Unity in Diversity"
Abstract patterns of Icelands unique coastline.



Tidal Painting No. 3 Kevin Krautgartner
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Tidal Painting No. 3"
Aerial view on abstract tidal flats, which are coastal wetlands formed in areas where there is a sufficient supply of fine-grained sediment and tides dominate over other hydrodynamic forces. This p



Course of Time, 2018 Luiza Lavorato
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Course of Time, 2018"
Part of the series Water as Art. Aerial photography showing water veils and snow.



On the way from above Marek Czarnecki
Poland

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"On the way from above"
Picture take with drone in Europe



Pastels Mark Gray
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Pastels"
Salt Mine, Western Australia



Dragon Mark Gray
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Dragon"
Tailing Ponds, Western Australia



Hare Mark Gray
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Hare"
Sand Dunes, Shark Bay - Western Australia



The Beauty in the Death of a Sea Mark Holtzman
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"The Beauty in the Death of a Sea"
The Salton Sea is drying up due to the decrease in the inflow of water.This has raised the salinity causing many type of fish to perish. The dust from the sea has also cause health issues to residents



Shades Mark Gray
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Shades"
Salt Mine, Western Australia



Tree Mark Gray
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Tree"
Shark Bay, Western Australia



Pink Salt Lake Mat Beetson
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Pink Salt Lake"
The colour of this lake is formed from algae that thrives in a salt rich water environment and thus turning the colour of the lake pink, the water level is low leaving behind colourful dried salt



sagrada familia Michael Hitoshi
Japan

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"sagrada familia"



The Power of the Sea Neil Spence
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"The Power of the Sea"
A wind farm in the Thames estuary.



Perspective Nousha Salimi
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Perspective"
Bryant Park,NYC.2018



Time for Dodger Baseball Paul Turang
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Time for Dodger Baseball"
Game 1 World Series 2017



Lake Hotel Yoga Sessions Pygmalion Karatzas
Greece

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Lake Hotel Yoga Sessions"
A promotional photo shoot for The Lake Hotel in Ioannina Greece. Yoga instructor: Fay Balomenou. Photoshoot: August 2019. Client: The Lake Hotel.



Dune Du Pilat Richard Seymour
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Dune Du Pilat "
Aerial photo of Dune Du Pilat, Bordeaux at Dawn



Dunes - Lake Michigan Richard Mack
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Dunes - Lake Michigan"
The dunes at Ludington State Park in Michigan on the shores of Lake Michigan.



il Tagliamento a Ragogna Stefano Ciol
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"il Tagliamento a Ragogna"
Ragogna-Italy



Cascade Steven Manolakis
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Cascade"
Aerial photograph over Lake Eyre, South Australia.



Blue Dragon Steven Manolakis
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Blue Dragon"
Aerial photograph over Lake Macleod, Western Australia.



Displace Steven Manolakis
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Displace"
Aerial photograph over Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia.



Cell phone time Stone Peng
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Cell phone time"
Cell phone time



Into the Blue Tom Putt
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Into the Blue"
Shark Bay, Western Australia



River of Fire Tom Putt
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"River of Fire"
Iceland, May 2018



Blue Tom Putt
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Blue"
Shark Bay, Western Australia



Flight Tom Putt
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Flight"
Saltworks, Namibia, Africa, March 2019



Anthropogenic #10 Torleif Lie
Norway

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Anthropogenic #10"
A series of images portraying the impact of humankind's destructive industrial practices on the natural environment. The images portray the terrible beauty of mining's toxic impact on the land, whilst serving as a reminder of man's folly. Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. This affects global warming, environmental degradation such as ocean acidification, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, creating an ecological crisis, and ecological collapse.



Anthropogenic #1 Torleif Lie
Norway

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Anthropogenic #1"
A series of images portraying the impact of humankind's destructive industrial practices on the natural environment. The images portray the terrible beauty of mining's toxic impact on the land, whilst serving as a reminder of man's folly. Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. This affects global warming, environmental degradation such as ocean acidification, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, creating an ecological crisis, and ecological collapse.



Anthropogenic #4 Torleif Lie
Norway

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Anthropogenic #4"
A series of images portraying the impact of humankind's destructive industrial practices on the natural environment. The images portray the terrible beauty of mining's toxic impact on the land, whilst serving as a reminder of man's folly. Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. This affects global warming, environmental degradation such as ocean acidification, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, creating an ecological crisis, and ecological collapse.



Anthropogenic #7 Torleif Lie
Norway

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Anthropogenic #7"
A series of images portraying the impact of humankind's destructive industrial practices on the natural environment. The images portray the terrible beauty of mining's toxic impact on the land, whilst serving as a reminder of man's folly. Human impact on the environment or anthropogenic impact includes changes to biophysical environments and ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources. This affects global warming, environmental degradation such as ocean acidification, mass extinction and biodiversity loss, creating an ecological crisis, and ecological collapse.



Hilton Midtown Guadalajara Victor Elias
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Hilton Midtown Guadalajara"
Girl swimming in the pool from above



Snakeriver Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Snakeriver"



Freedom Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Freedom"



Polygon Xuehua Jiang
China (PRC)

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Polygon"
Here some polygons patterns shot over the Canadian tundra. These are formed by freezing and thawing which moves the earth. In the winter the cold causes the frozen soil to shrink, and cracks form. In



Mackenzie River delta Xuehua Jiang
China (PRC)

Nominee
Aerial
Professional

"Mackenzie River delta"
This image was shot from helicopter over the majestic Mackenzie River Delta. Which is one of the largest river deltas in the world. The river carries lots of sediment, hence the grey color. Here some