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Raf Willems USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Aerial Professional "Junkyard" Junkyard where people come look for car parts. Shot straight down. |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Aerial Professional "loneliness" |
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Stefano Lunardi Austria 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Aerial Professional "Tennis fields" |
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Ovi D Pop Romania Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Snake Eyes" A copper mine waste lake |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Red Sand Beach 001" Broome, Western Australia |
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Tom Brownold USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Anthropocene canvas" Abandonded roadside camp ground swimming pool |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Hutt Lagoon 083" Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia |
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Xuehua Jiang China (PRC) Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Farm" |
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Pascal Curtil France Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Snow shaping in the wild" An amazing bird view of groomers shaping snow while nordic skiers start their journey |
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Xuehua Jiang China (PRC) Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Delta river #1" This shots, made from above, are all from the same river in Iceland. They were all shot this summer from about 200m altitude from a helicopter. |
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Raf Willems USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Artistic Swimmers" Artistic Swimmers in a pool. Many thanks to Ovia Entertainment and Lake Las Vegas Sports Club. |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Wisp" Tidal flats on a falling tide |
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Coby Cooper USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Balloons in Capadocia" Capadocia Turkey ballooning at sunrise |
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Scott Portelli Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Intertwined" The rivers and glacial run off intertwine to create intricate patterns across the waterways in iceland's Vatnajokull National Park. A phenomenon that occurs in only a few places in the world. Iceland. |
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Stuart Chape Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Blue rivers" |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Bullae" A celebration of the interface between the drying salt and receding water on a remote salt lake in the warm evening light |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Aurum" Vibrant golden light reflects on the edges of evaporating water on a drying salt lake |
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Ali Kabas USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "A Piece of Bliss" Some spots on our very special planet look spectacular from high above. Oludeniz lagoon is one of those places. Shot while flying in my paramotor. |
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Raf Willems USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Selkie On Ice" This image has been shot on a block of ice in the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon in Iceland. |
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Chad Holder USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Kids Swimming" |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "artefakte 1" |
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Mark Holtzman USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Salton Sea #391" Intense colors line the shore of the Salton Sea caused by the reseeding water and the hyper salinity. This has become a major health issue. I took this from a Cessna 206 airplane. |
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Mark Holtzman USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Salton Sea #382" Fascinating designs floating on top of the Salton Sea. I took this from a Cessna 206 airplane. Do to the loss of water and evaporation, the Salton Sea has become a major health issue. |
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Sidney Cheung Hong Kong Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "A tough life with Hope" |
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Ovi D Pop Romania Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Season's Road" A road in 3 seasons |
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Cate Brown USA Honorable Mention Aerial Professional "Bonnet Aerial #1" Some see smoke rising, some see a tornado... I'll let you decide |
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Zig Koch Brazil Honorable Mention Aerial Professional " The end of day" The greenhouse at the Jardim Botânico de Curitiba contrasts with the city's profile at the end of the day. |
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Alberto Cicchini Italy Nominee Aerial Professional "Frecce Tricolori" Le Acrobazie delle frecce tricolori Porto sant'epidio |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Aerial Professional "summer - harvest" |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Aerial Professional "marina" |
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Ben Kopilow Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Salt Lake" |
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Cate Brown USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Majestic Fragility #5" Frozen brackish ponds, as seen by drone |
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Elmer Laahne Thailand Nominee Aerial Professional "Eagle Eye" Koh Samui - Thailand |
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Elmer Laahne Thailand Nominee Aerial Professional "Dakota Sunset" Vintage DC 3 Dakota Airplane |
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Gene Sellers USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Reflecting Pools" |
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Hilda Champion USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Impressions of Andalusia" Soft rolling hills in the evening light – the painterly landscapes of Andalusia. |
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Javier Bohorquez USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Dusk in the sky" |
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Jonathan Wood Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Paddle Out" Surfers paddle out through the surf during a morning session at Byron Bay on the East Coast of Australia |
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Jonathan Wood Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Queen Mary #2" Aerial view of the cruise ship Queen Mary II from 2000 feet |
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Kevin Krautgartner Germany Nominee Aerial Professional "Coral Exploration" Aerial view of a unique shaped coral reef which is explored by kayakers. |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Ballidu 083" Ballidu, Western Australia |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Ballidu 111" Ballidu, Western Australia |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Ballidu 151" Ballidu 151 |
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Kingsley Burton Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Karijini 5 020" Karijini, Western Australia |
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Luc Vervliet Belgium Nominee Aerial Professional "Flowing to the Sea" |
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Lucy Pope UK Nominee Aerial Professional "Crazy Horse 2" Crazy Horse ii in the low, winter sun at 4000ft, before dark. |
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Malissia Simpson USA Nominee Aerial Professional "After burner" I surprised myself when I caught the engine flame, what a rush! |
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Ovi D Pop Romania Nominee Aerial Professional "The seasons labyrinth" Two nudes in a labyrinth shot in two seasons |
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Pal Hermansen Norway Nominee Aerial Professional "Ice calligraphy" Patterns on newly frozen lake,Norway |
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Paul Turang USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Staples Center" |
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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Lucky" A single tree managed to escape being burnt during a wildfire that swept through the rest of the forest |
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Robbert Hagens Netherlands Nominee Aerial Professional "Floating solar kite" This floating invention by a Dutch company looks like a kite from above. From above it looks small and insignificant, but it is 17x17 meters. It is switchable and suitable for the sea. |
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Robin Ward USA Nominee Aerial Professional "All Swell" |
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Ron Schwager USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Tehama Gold" In an undiscovered area of rural California the farm land meets the coastal foot hills in a land of enchantment. This drone aerial was made from about 300 feet. |
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Steve Zmak USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Riptide" Big flat sandbars where the ripples of crystal clear water are just a few inches deep, coming from every direction, and colliding to form new ripples. Not circular, but ribbons of light and shadow. |
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Steven Hans Lindner USA Nominee Aerial Professional "Sedona Ballooning at Dawn" View from a hot-air ballon of Sedona Red Rock with mountain at dawn |
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Stuart Chape Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Laponian landscape #1" |
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Tomas Neuwirth Czech Republic Nominee Aerial Professional "Mont Saint Michel" Northern Normandy, France |
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Tomas Neuwirth Czech Republic Nominee Aerial Professional "Gateway to the Sea" Étretat, France |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Texere" Delicate structures of woven mud slowly reveal themselves on a falling sunset tide |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Saltatores" Delicate textures are revealed in the runout tide, like dancers on a sandy stage |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Mango Tides" Warm sands meet cool waters on a falling tide on the Western Australian North West coast |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Diamonds in the Sky" Shining pockets of salt seem to float like diamonds in a virtual sunset sky, |
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Tony Hewitt Australia Nominee Aerial Professional "Bloom" Nature's bloom and a myriad of watercolors are revealed in the early light on a tidal estuary in Western Australia |
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Xuehua Jiang China (PRC) Nominee Aerial Professional "Delta river #2" The crystal clear and shallow river runs over black volcanic sand and it is only in the deepest parts of the river where you can see the blue color that comes out only when the sun is shining. |
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Zig Koch Brazil Nominee Aerial Professional "Curved Walkway" The graphics of this curved walkway caught my attention on a drone flight. |
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Zig Koch Brazil Nominee Aerial Professional "UFO in The Park" The Wire Opera House in Curitiba is an unusual building seen from above, it resembles a UFO! |