Header

Aerial - Amateur

Shanty Town Barbara Brown
Australia

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Aerial
Amateur

"Shanty Town"
Shanty town on outskirts of Swakopmund Namibia



An S Bend In Life Bruce Fraser
Australia

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Aerial
Amateur

"An S Bend In Life"
Image taken in Perth CBD Western Australia on a cold winters evening



Abyss Brigitte Bourger
French Polynesia

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Aerial
Amateur

"Abyss "



Abandoned, Wimmera Paul Dodd
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Abandoned, Wimmera"



Water Park Paul Dodd
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Water Park"



Bed of Petals Jill Carson
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Bed of Petals"
self portrait of woman laying on ground below blooming trees



Boats Marcin Jucha
Poland

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Boats"
Colorful boats waiting for their turn on Lake Bled in SLovenia



Scheveningen Beach Hague NL Eric Wiles
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Scheveningen Beach Hague NL"
People on the Scheveningen Beach in the Hague NL



Wild Brittany Magali Chesnel
France

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Wild Brittany"
Seagulls enjoying the low tide and the seaweeds in a colored wild Brittany landscape. Barnenez, France -August21



Shadow the circular tree Lorenzo Di Candia
Italy

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Shadow the circular tree"
view from the top of the famous Tuscan cypresses, highlighting their beautiful sinuous shadows at dawn



Surf and Turf Lev Tsimring
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Surf and Turf"
Eroded limestone cliffs meet the roaring Pacific ocean at the Torrey Pines Natural Reserve in La Jolla, California



Flowering time Giovanni Sonsini
Italy

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Flowering time"
The incredible colors of the fields of Castelluccio plateau - Umbria - Italy



Observant Suzanne Schwartzman
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Observant"
Looking Down on the lone man in the temple.



Time To Reflect Bruce Fraser
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Time To Reflect"
An aerial image taken of the Coogee Jetty Perth Western Austlia



Snake Marcin Jucha
Poland

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Snake"
Curvy road trough snow covered forest



Angels II Olav-Inge Alfheim
Norway

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Angels II"
Bodoe winter 2020



Mentone Pier Paul Dodd
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Mentone Pier"



Harmony Andrea Jones
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Harmony"
River delta in Iceland runs into several different streams, creating beautiful colors and patterns.



Rice Harvesting Anindita Roy
Bangladesh

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Rice Harvesting"
As the part of rice harvesting farmers are working in the field. They are cutting down the rice crop with simple hand tools like sickles. Before taking the rice crop to home they put down the crops in



Turbulent Anne Neiwand
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Turbulent"
The Flight to the 12 Apostles in Victoria



Awash Anne Neiwand
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Awash"
The colours and pattrerns of our ocean always still delight me.



New York, New York Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"New York, New York"
A captivating view of one of the greatest cities in the world!



Ride The Snake Anne Schlueter
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Ride The Snake"
The bottom of Grimes Canyon from above, with the last afterglow of sunset and a few riders on the road below. Playing The Doors "The End" and "End of the Night" inspired the shot and the title.



Whisper Anne Schlueter
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Whisper"
This is a photograph of 600 feet below sea level, taken from 5200 feet above sea level. Death Valley National Park



Salt Lake Abstract #1 Barbara Brown
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Salt Lake Abstract #1"
Patterns caused by gypsum mining of salt lake



Salt Lake Abstract #2 Barbara Brown
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Salt Lake Abstract #2"
Patterns caused by gypsum mining of salt lake



Salt Lake Abstract #3 Barbara Brown
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Salt Lake Abstract #3"
Patterns caused by gypsum mining of salt lake



Net Fishing Barbara Brown
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Net Fishing"
Manually deploying fishing nets, Shark Bay



Harvest WA Bruce Fraser
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Harvest WA"
A bumper crop for all the farmers in Western Australia this year. Image taken north of Esperance Western Australia



Our Outback Bruce Fraser
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Our Outback"
Huge dust clouds from our harvesters in Western Australia. Image taken north of Esperance Western Australia



Aquatic Algae Christine Goerner
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Aquatic Algae"
Aquatic algae in shades of green and yellow-green appear in the deep, blue waters of this reservoir creating intriguing floral abstractions visible only from an aerial perspective.



Golf Of Course Danny Valk
Netherlands

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Golf Of Course"
At a flight from the Netherlands to the Azores I took this picture of a golf course.



Industrial Harbour Danny Valk
Netherlands

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Industrial Harbour"
At a flight from the Netherlands to the Azores I took this picture of an industrial harbour.



LRV Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"LRV"
Aerial view of VLT Fortaleza near the beach.



Jesuit Monastery Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Jesuit Monastery"
The Jesuit Monastery of Baturité (Ceará, Brazil) is located in a forest reserve in the mountains of the same name.



Triangular Sand Pattern Despina Kyriacou
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Triangular Sand Pattern"
Abstract sand pattern formed by the ebb and flow of the sea.



Sunset in the Meadows, Edinburgh Douglas Vernimmen
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Sunset in the Meadows, Edinburgh"
Aerial view of the Meadows, the place where all the locals gather together for barbecue or playing sport



Moray Place, Edinburgh Douglas Vernimmen
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Moray Place, Edinburgh"
Aerial View of New Town, Edinburgh



The bowl Gino Ricardo
Netherlands

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"The bowl"
The bowl is a art/architecture piece build on the lowest point of the Netherlands. It's not only an art piece but also a place where you can interact with the huge piece of architecture.



Barolo vineyards Giovanni Sonsini
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Barolo vineyards"
Photo taken from an hot air balloon flying over the Barolo hills - Italy



Rural geometry Giovanni Sonsini
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Rural geometry"
Castelluccio fields from above - Umbria Italy



Namib desert n 1 Giovanni Sonsini
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Namib desert n 1"
Photo taken from an helicopter flying over the Namib desert at sunset



Circle View Gwen Solomon
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Circle View"
View of Columbus Circle, NYC



Swirls From Above Harvey Silber
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Swirls From Above"



Sa Calobra Henrique Murta
Brazil

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Sa Calobra"
Among all the details of a complex composition, water outstands. Water represented by an ocean, a string and a round lagoon. A round pool that shines green from the bottom of the valley. Before reachi



Tarde Mallorquin Henrique Murta
Brazil

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Tarde Mallorquin"
By Mallorcan cliffs, contemplating the movement of a glowing shpere.



The Mavic Puzzle Henrique Murta
Brazil

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"The Mavic Puzzle"
tst



Unity James Lee
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Unity"
For George Floyd



Yangon Street from Above Kathleen Gerber
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Yangon Street from Above"
Classic street and surrounding area from out hotel in Yangon, Myanmar



Peleʻs Return Leslie Gleim
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Peleʻs Return"
Hawaii Island



Green Sand Beach Leslie Gleim
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Green Sand Beach"
Hawaii Island, Hawaii



Lava River Leslie Gleim
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Lava River"
Hawaii Eruption 2018



Genesis 1 Leslie Gleim
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Genesis 1"
Mauna Kea, Hawaii



Seagulls above saline Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Seagulls above saline"
Guérande, August 2021. Seagulls flying above the salt marshes at sunset.



Fozen Swiss Lake Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Fozen Swiss Lake"
Aerial view above the frozen Lake Caumasse, Switzerland. December 2021



Oyster landscape of Ré island Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Oyster landscape of Ré island"
Aerial view of the production of oysters growing in the open sea and the salt marshes. Island of Ré August 2021



Eco-grazing Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Eco-grazing"
Sheep are grazing important areas to be maintained, while saving mechanical use and favor a natural mowing of green spaces. It's eco-grazing. Guérande, France - August 2021



Save and plant trees Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Save and plant trees"
Trees are important to our existence and for the well-being of the planet at large. Here appearing a tree from the salt marshes, at low tide, on the Ré island. August 2021



Venice - like a dream in the clouds Manfred Stein
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Venice - like a dream in the clouds"
Venice appears even more magical and impossible from the air than from the ground. If Venice didn't exist, it would have to be built.



Cassis Lighthouse Manfred Stein
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Cassis Lighthouse"
Cassis is a beautiful seaside resort about 40 miles from Marseille. The drone recording shows the water quality particularly well



Ancient arena of Arles Manfred Stein
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Ancient arena of Arles"
The ancient Roman arena is located in the center of Arles. A beautiful and well-preserved testimony that is still used for events today.



Bled Marcin Jucha
Poland

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Bled"
Island on Lake Bled in Slovenia



I want to be alone today Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"I want to be alone today"



Inversion Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Inversion"
Slopovo (Slovakia)



Family Weekend Masoud Shokrnia
Iran

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Family Weekend"



The lagoon border Matteo Busetto
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"The lagoon border"
One of the sandy beaches separating the Adriatic sea from the Venetian lagoon in Northeastern Italy, captured from a helicopter of the Emergency Medical Service



Endless green Matteo Busetto
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Endless green"
Flying over the Po Valley (Northern Italy) whit a rescue helicopter, I captured some iconic shots of this wide, unbroken plain, one of the largest in Europe.



Monastery in the clouds Michael Paramonti
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Monastery in the clouds"
French vosges at St. Odile



Livy Michael D. Peters
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Livy"
The journey Begins



The Spirituality of Life Mohammad Rahman
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"The Spirituality of Life"
The Spirituality of Life, Bangladesh



Suspended city Paola Francesca Barone
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Suspended city"
Napoli e Vesuvio nella foschia



Mystic Landscape on Sunrise Partha Roy
Singapore

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Mystic Landscape on Sunrise"
Mystic Landscape on Sunrise



Morning Myst Partha Roy
Singapore

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Morning Myst"
Morning Myst



Mystic View of Dalat Partha Roy
Singapore

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Mystic View of Dalat"
Mystic View of Dalat



Fire Line Partha Roy
Singapore

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Fire Line"
Evening road lights through mountain. Taken using DJI Mavic pro 2.



Scrap Metal Yard Paul Dodd
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Scrap Metal Yard"



Braide River Abstract #2 Paul Hetzel
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Braide River Abstract #2"



Komatsu Paul Dodd
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Komatsu"



Melbourne from Albert Park Lake Paul Dodd
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Melbourne from Albert Park Lake"



Yellow Umbrellas Susan Vizvary
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Yellow Umbrellas"
If you're patient, the whole row will be completed.



The farm in the ocean Vladimir Karamazov
Bulgaria

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"The farm in the ocean"
Every day, people from small fishing villages go fishing in the ocean or work on their farms. These are oyster farms that require a lot of work. Oysters become ready to eat after 3-4 years. The man in



Night View of New York Harbor Yuan Zhang
China (PRC)

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Night View of New York Harbor"
On Jan. 1. 2020, I had a chance to enjoy the beautiful night view of New York Harbor on the terrace of a high rise building in Lower Manhattan.The sunset glow was still there and it was beautiful.