Ricardo Da Cunha Australia 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Amateur "Altiplano Painting"

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Marco Enderli Switzerland 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Amateur "the hornet"

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Tim Owen USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Amateur "Spirit" The Navajo people consider Antelope Canyon to be a sacred site with deep religious significance. Do you see the spirit? [the "negative" (individual pixels) was not altered–global adjustments only]

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Ricardo Da Cunha Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "First Light"

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Jurius Jurius Indonesia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Up and Personal" In Biei Area.... One of enthusiast just ignore rest of us go up and close with the Object.... Interesting action

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Michael Paramonti Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Mehringer Heath" Germany, Rhinland-Palatinate

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Ian Shand New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Bugs Eye View" An alternative view of a toadstool in the forest to the usual straightforward image. Riverhead Forest New Zealand 2020.

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Raphael Seiler Switzerland Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "bloodmoon" A rare sight...

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Carr Ward USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Fiddlehead Falls" Ozark waterfall during sunrise

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Ruth Grindrod UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Winterton on sea brooding " Summer storm light over the sea at Winterton Norfolk uk

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Doug Testa USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Snow Dunes" Spring Snow

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Janet MacCausland USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Aroura By Campfire" It intended to capture the trees overhead, lighted by campfire. I adjusted the exposure by adding wood and stirring the fire. I was delighted at the aroura which appeared.

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Dominique Dubied Switzerland Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Celebrity" A lone tree under the spotlight of spring in the Swiss countryside, Switzerland

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Rachel Nixon Canada Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Iona Beach" A unique, seemingly remote idyll surrounded by mountains – in fact, a narrow nature reserve close to the busy Vancouver airport on the west coast of Canada. Captured on a summer evening.

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Laguna Blanca" The "Laguna Blanca" is located in Southern Bolivia at 4350m of altitude within the "Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve". The characteristic whit that gives the lagoon its name depends on a h

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Hilda Champion USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Dancer in the Forest" Look for the light in the darkness. You will find it in unexpected places.

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Angel" A pigeon perches on a pine tree on a foggy morning.

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Ellin Pollachek USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Surviving the Thar"

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Maryellen Aoibhell Stewart Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "On Clouds"

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Renate Wasinger Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur " birch forest"

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Peter Nestler USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Into the Night" A lone vehicle drives into the night

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Martin Babarik Slovakia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Single" The Muran Prielom natural monument is attractive mainly thanks to caves, that were manned by prehistorical people. But local trees are attractive as well. The old single oak on picture is a dominant in the middle of a teenage beech forest. The true king.

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Vincent Morban Canada Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Bow Glow" Bow Lake morning. The ice was not out yet. You could see for miles.

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Ian Shand New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Desert Night" After a day of wild animal viewing at Etosha Pan, Namibia, the dust in the air created this opportunity for a composite image. Namibia.2015

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Bruce Fraser Australia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Firey Sky" Long exposure image taken in Mandurah Western Australia, as a result of some bush fires not normally see in Autumn. Image taken with a Canon 5D IV SS 1502 sec, f/10, fl 24, ISO 100

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James Peterson USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Yucca at Yei Bi Chei (Infrared)" A clear spring morning in the back country of this Navajo Nation Tribal Park provides a perfect scene for an infrared camera to capture.

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David G Jones UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The Lone Tree" This image is my favourite so far of the iconic little tree in Wales on the side of Llyn Padarn.

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Nick Green UK Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Aliens" Aliens hiding in plain sight disguised as ancient oak trees

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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "The Lost World" A trek of about 9 miles that runs between the border of France and Italy, going through a wild and primeval landscape. Parc National du Mercantour. France/Italy 2014

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Adriana Kastelan Croatia Nominee Nature Amateur "autumn" autumn on sea

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Aki Backman Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Snow Horse" Snow Horse over Lenzerheide, Switzerland

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Andrea Biscosi Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Hills"

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Andreas Bruglacher Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA"

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Anita Schiedeck Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "summertime"

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Anne Neiwand Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Wonder Mountain" This mountain makes you stop and wonder, wonder what forces of nature put it into this shape

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Yosemite Valley Fog" A view in Yosemite National Park of El Capitan and the Half Dome.

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Icelandic Falls" This image of waterfalls was taken in Iceland.

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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Nature Amateur "Snowflowers"

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Antonio Bernardino Coelho Portugal Nominee Nature Amateur "Under my Umbrella" Small snail over a small stone with moss. When i saw this small snail in that place i remember Ryana´s song and take this photo.

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Bill Jonscher USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Lake Erie at sunrise" The sky over Lake Erie at Cedar Point, Ohio glows with color just before sunrise.

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Blaine Reid USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Long Unwinding Road" The Ring Road cuts a stark yet bleak path through the beautiful, undeveloped majesty of Eastern Iceland, near Egilsstadir.

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Carla Maloco UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Stillness" The Highlands of Scotland.Taken in Spring.

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Five O'Clock" Napa Vineyards, California

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Charita Carter USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunrise in Santa Inez" Sunrise over Lake Cachuma Area in Santa Ynez Valley

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Christine Goerner Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Dry Lake Waves" Detail of the lake basin of Lake Mungo– an ancient lake in the Australian outback, dry now for thousands of years.

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Chuck Hebert USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Fallen Doorway" A fallen branch of an oak tree creates a doorway at the entrance of a hike along the hillside.

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Cindy Starr USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Mauna Kea View" On top of one of Hawaii's volcanoes

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Clara Gamito Portugal Nominee Nature Amateur "Glacial" Gorner Glacier and Monte Rosa, from Gornergrat - Pennine Alps, Switzerland.

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Craig Lefebvre USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunset over Castle Rock"

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David Quinn USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Japanese Maple 7" This image celebrates the beauty within the tree itself both in terms of the fiery color and the sculptural quality of the branches.

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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Glorious Morning" A ball of fire exploded in between the trees!

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Debra Achen USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn Shadows #1" The angle of the mid-autumn sun creates drama with vivid colors and shadows.

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Demetrio Jereissati Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "Patagonia" torres del paine in chilean patagonia is one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the world

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Dominique Genin Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "Swan Song" At the end of the day, the swan songs to thank the sun for its gifts.

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Don Hooper UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Two Trees" Two trees on the horizon of a field of brightly coloured oil Rapeseed. The trees appear to be the same species but one of them shows a colour that would be expected in the Autumn but this is in Spring

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Don Hooper UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Lichen Tree" A Lichen covered tree displaying the final few leaves of Autumn on a misty Scottish day.

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Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "ant" an ant climbs a fern branch

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Eunice Vasques Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "Victoria" Water Lily in Pantanal, Brazil

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Fabio Rossi Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Seascape"

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Felice Willat USA Nominee Nature Amateur "View From the Bridge" Across from the spectacular Columbia Gorge waterfalls, I found this scene on the other side of the bridge.

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Frank D'Amato USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Milky Way City Light" Nature and civilization collide

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Frantisek Rerucha Czech Republic Nominee Nature Amateur "Firebugs" What one considers insignificant can be a place to live. Everything alive has a home somewhere.

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Frederic Deschenes Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "The Magicians"

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Gary Lopez USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Flaming Star" Like a powerful storm, the energy from a massive blue star folds and twists the surrounding dust and gas, its turquoise light reflecting and scattering through the enormous, churning cloud.

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Geoffrey Olsen Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Snow Storm in the Rockies" Being in the right spot to see a major snow storm in the Rockies is a real treat.

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Gerry Ligon Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Psychedelic Furs"

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Gillian Hunt UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Searching the Cosmos"

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Laguna Roja" The incredible colors of Laguna Roja - South Bolivia

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Guenther Reissner Austria Nominee Nature Amateur "Canyonlands Sunset" the sun is setting over Canyonlands NP in southern Utah.

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Harry Karavias Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Reine, Lofoten" Reine, Lofoten

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Henrique Murta Brazil Nominee Nature Amateur "Fjord Garden" A series of delicate gardens adorn the surroundings of a world-class natural monument. The short arctic fall has scattered its colors throughout the land. Little red spheres and yellow leaves become o

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Hilda Champion USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Orchestra" The orchestra in the big swamp overture.

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Inigo Calles Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Asturian coast 2" Between rocks

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Inna Malostovker USA Nominee Nature Amateur "All By Its Lonesome" Landscape in Nebraska

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Ivan Vucetic Croatia Nominee Nature Amateur "Olive Tree" Star Trail above the beautiful olive tree bathed in moonlight

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Jackie Rosenthal USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Dynamic Landscape in the Palouse" Dynamic lines in the sky as mirrored on the earth.

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James Meldrum USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Clearing Storm"

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Jessica Margo USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Resilence" This Key West tree shows a resilent spirit to survive.

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Joan Caulfield New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Aotearoa (New Zealand): The Land of the Long White Cloud" Cumulous and Altocumulous cloud formation over Russell, New Zealand

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Kathryn Johnson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Celestial Wonder" Taken near Fairbank, AK

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Kathy Sergio USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Cottonwood trees blurred" Cottonwood trees blurred at Bosque Del Apache

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Keith Manning USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Fiery Dolomite Sunrise" I was the first one up before sunrise. The cloud cover was so thick I couldn't see a star in the sky. As the sun was rising the clouds began to break over the peaks.

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Kensaku Tsutsui Japan Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning fog" A lone waterfowl trails on the surface of the lake in a deep morning fog.

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Klaus Blumhofer Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "4 trees in sunset"

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Larry Bean USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Salmon Lake Ephemeral" A brief moment as the sun moves behind a ridge in late afternoon on Salmon Lake, Montana.

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Lee Grossman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Your geology dollars at work #2"

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Lee Grossman USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Your geology dollars at work #5"

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Maria-Camilla Fiazza Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Tempest in the vineyard" In-camera reverse panning of a vineyard in the Veneto region of Italy.

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Mariya Chechulina Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Volga savannah" This photo was taken by me in Russia, on the sandy beaches of the Volga river. I used an expired soviet film "Svema DS 4", thanks to which I got such unusual colors and coarse-grained texture.

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Mark Appleton Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Moody Reflections" Capturing the contrast in colours within the coastal storm, where the water acts as glass on the sand producing reflections as if a mirror while the ocean surges around it.

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Martin Bigmore Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Paradise Gate" A beautiful rainbow appears perfectly placed over the jetty

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Badlands Rainbow" The Badlands near Wall, South Dakota, USA

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Michael Rausch USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sands of Time" Sand fall within the walls of a slot canyon.

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Michael Paramonti Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "In the Woods" South-West Germany

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Mitchell Anolik USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Misty Morning"

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Neil Williams USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Force Of Nature" The morning light hits the rushing water in Sweetwater Creek State Park just west of Atlanta, GA

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Nelson Rudiak USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunflower Sunset" Spectacular sunset over a sunflower field in full bloom.

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Nelson Rudiak USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Acadian Birches" The end of fall in Acadia National Park. The contrast of the red leaves and white birches are what drew me to this scene.

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Nick Green UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Time Tunnel" Entrance to a magical world

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Pat Maycroft UK Nominee Nature Amateur "Heading Home to Roost" Saw this amazing cloud formation at sunset. I only discovered this flock of birds when downloading to computer.

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Patrick Dumortier Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "trees"

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Paul Christener Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Silent Moments #03" Silent Moments, #03

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Peter Krenek Slovak Republic Nominee Nature Amateur "Distant storm" Thunderstorm near High Tatras, Slovakia

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R Rose Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Mother Natures Knife of Light" Mother Natures Knife of Light

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Ricardo Da Cunha Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "A Fleeting Reveal"

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Ricardo Da Cunha Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Painterly Dawn"

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Rob Bekker Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Birches" Fall colors surrounding these three birches

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Rolf Hoesli Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "sun reflections" sun reflections

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Ross Thompson Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue sea-edge" Caught watching the patterns in movement.

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Rowena English Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Mono Idols" Mono Lake, California

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Ruth Ball Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Swaying Fox Tail"

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Stefano Degli Esposti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Dream" Blurred skyscape at dawn time, from Project Sky Poetry, Bologna (I)

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Steffen Mueller Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Where Do We Go From Here?" In a time of uncertainty - can we repair the cracks?

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Tim Lucas Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Ying and Yang" The juxtaposition of smooth vs rough of the two antarctic glaciers creates a striking contrast, revealing the nature of freshly exposed ice vs the aged and crumbled surface of its counterpart

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Tim Owen USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Solitude" Solitude is the "state of being alone". But it does not mean you are lonely. Some people enjoy the freedom of solitude. So is this tree happy or sad that it is alone from the trees hidden in the mist?

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Timofey Tararin Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Fog" Shortly before dusk, a thin veil of fog covered a swampy valley, leaving only the tops of the bushes clearly visible.

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Vincent Morban Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "First Snow" First snowfall of the season in Banff at Vermilion Lakes. Storm just pulling out.

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Baltic Sea Dusk" Nikon D850, Zeiss Distagon T* 15/2.8, Heliopan ND 1.8, tripod, LE, taken on the Island of Poel, Timmendorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Baltic Sea, after sunset.

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