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The Dark Side Of The Dune Jonathan Gregson
UK

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
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Professional

"The Dark Side Of The Dune"
A shaft of sunlight highlights the ridge of a giant dune in Deadvlei, Namibia.



Hurricane Ian offshore shelf cloud Lee Gordon
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Nature
Professional

"Hurricane Ian offshore shelf cloud"
As Hurricane Ian approached the west coast of Florida, a breeder band on the east coast generated this shelf cloud



Alone Annette Wijdeveld
Netherlands

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Nature
Professional

"Alone"



Actias luna Moth Lyne Raff
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Actias luna Moth"



Caged nature Ron Steemers
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Caged nature"



Cold Road Ahead Jonny Thompson
UK

Honorable Mention
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"Cold Road Ahead"
Just a cold morning, heading out to work on the farm



Forest Hill Park Mickey Strider
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Forest Hill Park"
A misty and foggy blue hour at Forest Hill Lake in Richmond, Virginia.



Autumn 2 Werner Branz
Austria

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Autumn 2"
Autumn 2



Iceolation Suzan Mandla
Canada

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Iceolation"
A single leaf at the river's edge, frozen in time.



Nature's heart Monique Felber
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Nature's heart"
A capture of the tunnel di pini in the Parco Regionale Migliarino in San Rossore when I all of a sudden perceived that huge heart at the end of the tunnel.



Pandora Marcio Cabral
Brazil

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Pandora"
180º panoramic nightshot of wild flowering field and the Milky Way arc.



La grande abbuffata Daniele Testa
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"La grande abbuffata"
Two wasps feast on ripe persimmon



Green Diamond Diego Stamato
Brazil

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Green Diamond"



12 Apostles Carley Rudd
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"12 Apostles"
A misty orange glow engulfs towering cliffs along the Great Ocean Road coastline



The last one Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"The last one"



Pollenating Glenn Goldman
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Pollenating"
Maui, Hawaii



5 O'Clock Somewhere Gene Sellers
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"5 O'Clock Somewhere"



Tandem Rainbows Charlotte Gibb
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Tandem Rainbows"
Through the many years and seasons photographing in and around Yosemite Valley, I’ve learned how the light behaves. But I've only witnessed this phenomenon once.



Golden Hour, Colorado Steve Sorensen
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Golden Hour, Colorado"
When the light is just right.



Natural Mosaic #2 David Frutos Egea
Spain

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Natural Mosaic #2"
The banks of the Rio Tinto, in Spain, are full of ephemeral details waiting to be discovered by eyes that know how to see.



FFK Werner Branz
Austria

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"FFK"
FKK



Morning mood Tony Sweet
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Morning mood"
Image made at Williams pond in northern Baltimore Country in Maryland



Light Terje Skaare
Norway

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Light"
Septemberlight in Stryn/Norway



Past, Present or Future? Karen Jordan
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Past, Present or Future?"
In parched earth of Iceland, a fumarole vents volcanic gases, while distant figures appear eerily shrouded in steam, all evoke an image of earth’s past, present, and unchecked climate-warming future



It's the Simple Things in Life Marjorie Lord
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"It's the Simple Things in Life"
Infrared Intentional Blur



Solitude Daniel Tremblay
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Solitude"
Pure winter light on a lovely lone tree in the middle of a snow pillows field!



Moonrise Kingdom Cate Brown
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Moonrise Kingdom"
Swimming for sunset turned moonrise



Fire on the Mountain Joseph Antonetti
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Fire on the Mountain"
Sunrise at Lake Louise



Trunk Show Gene Sellers
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Trunk Show"



Desert Color Gene Sellers
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Desert Color"



Rising Tide Nigel Hicks
UK

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Rising Tide"
At dusk a lone rock resists the rising tide.



The great melt Johan Van Cutsem
Belgium

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"The great melt"
small ice particles are all that remains of a majectic iceberg when it breaks into pieces and becomes part of the big melt, picture taken august 22 in scoreby sound greenland



Blue Trees Carol Brightbill
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Blue Trees"
Evening Snow



Whitefish Blues Jamie Leasure
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Whitefish Blues"



Abstracting Eternity #1 Zixiong Jin
China (PRC)

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Abstracting Eternity #1"
This is a cloud complex I captured using a telescope, optical filters, and monochrome cameras for a month of exposure



Boabs Alan Barker
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Boabs"
The instantly recognisable bomb tree, stands proudly on the landscape, gathering the evening hues.



Anangu Country Alfonso Calero
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Anangu Country"
Uluru in Central Australia is home to the Anangu Aboriginals.



Tree Of Life Alfonso Calero
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tree Of Life"
Located in Ormiston Gorge in Central Australia



Dune Walls Alys Williams
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Dune Walls"
Walls of sand in the Sahara (Erg Chigaga, Morocco)



Blue Ice Ashley Garrett
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Blue Ice"



Slow Drip Ashley Garrett
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Slow Drip"



BSP Audrey Mc Mahon
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"BSP"



Mt Buffalo Ben Kopilow
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Mt Buffalo"



Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee
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Professional

"Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary"



Uzbekistan Aral sea Britta Radike
Germany

Nominee
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Professional

"Uzbekistan Aral sea"
Aral sea looses water so fast - every year it is some meter of more mud and later dessert ground.



Cachuma fog Cameron Carothers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Cachuma fog"



Etheral Carrie Johnson
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Etheral"



Aqua Vision Cate Brown
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Aqua Vision"
Barreling waves if you're 6 inches tall



Beneath The Oaks Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Beneath The Oaks"
Autumn is my favorite time of year in Yosemite Valley. It is a quiet time of year when the river is gentle and the falls trickle. Best of all, the Oaks begin to change into their Fall colors.



Blue Yellowstone Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Blue Yellowstone"
Before the warm sun rays reach the depths of this canyon, the landscape is seen by the camera as monochrome shades of blue.



Oasis Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Oasis"
Deep inside the Grand Canyon, life flourishes in the desert.



The Spirit Returns Cheryl Stockton
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"The Spirit Returns"
Nothing better than travel - to beautiful places



Origin of Life Cheryl Stockton
USA

Nominee
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"Origin of Life"
From the depths of my soul I connect



Whale at Sunset Coby Cooper
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Whale at Sunset"
Humpback Whale in Antarctic Sunset



Off Big Sur #1 Colin McRae
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Off Big Sur #1"
Storm Clouds Forming Over The Pacific Ocean



Explosive Con van Staa
Netherlands

Nominee
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Professional

"Explosive"
Amazing Sunset



Cold Stream Daniel Tremblay
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Cold Stream"
There is nothing quite like the sound of water cascading down a river under a beautiful starry sky in the Canadian Rockies!



Last Breath Daniel Tremblay
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Last Breath"
Very few moments I have witness in my life were as amazing as this one! This was winter wonderland at its finest!



Oaks in the Rain Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Oaks in the Rain"
Rainfall brings a wet silence to the Yosemite Valley. The cloud filtered light is cool, blue, and moody. A very special time in a very special place.



Reflection Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee
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"Reflection"
The first stormy skies of the summer monsoon light up the evening sky over this California Sierra Nevada Lake.



Enchanted Walk Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee
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"Enchanted Walk"
First snow of the season, Cherry Hill Preserve, Montgomery, NJ.



When The Leaves Are Gone David Winegar
USA

Nominee
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"When The Leaves Are Gone"
Winter aspens at first light, after the leaves are gone. East Canyon - Utah, USA



Frosting on Gold David Winegar
USA

Nominee
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"Frosting on Gold"
First snow on fall leaves - La Sal Mountains, Moab Utah - USA.



Electric David Sieczkiewicz
USA

Nominee
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"Electric"
A sunrise greets the day along the beautiful south shore of Maui. The waves crash in the early light, casting a cool blue shade upon the tropical ocean. The surf erupts above the sandy shallows, creat



Shipwreck Tufa David Gubernick
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Shipwreck Tufa"
Shiipwreck Tufa After Sunset, Mono Lake, Eastern Sierras, California



Sky Falls Deborah MacEwen
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Sky Falls"
Was able to capture this just after a rain during fall season, the colors were so saturated and the falls seem to being coming from the sky.



Grand Prismatic Spring Dolly Kabaria
India

Nominee
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"Grand Prismatic Spring"



Fire in the mountains, Taos_New_Mexico Donald Graham
USA

Nominee
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"Fire in the mountains, Taos_New_Mexico"
Forest Fire, Taos, New Mexico 2022



Days End...fire & ice Doug Gibbons
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"Days End...fire & ice"
Lake Superior's frozen horizon enduring it’s final rays on a brisk February day.



Sunset In Triopetra Duschan Tomic
Italy

Nominee
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Professional

"Sunset In Triopetra"



Paited by God Eduardo Loria
Costa Rica

Nominee
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Professional

"Paited by God"
The moving clouds show us the effect of brushtrokes, with their color, movement, and texture; as our creator paints with his brush a new day for us. // 40 photos blended together



The Son Also Rises Eleszabeth McNeel
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"The Son Also Rises"



Ocean Shoreline Elizabeth Holmes
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Ocean Shoreline"
Ocean Shoreline, Ponquogue Beach, Hampton Bays New York.



Impressionist Sky Emilia Kashfian
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Impressionist Sky"



Death Valley Dunes Eric Renard
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Death Valley Dunes"



North of the 49th parallel #2 eric lajeunesse
Canada

Nominee
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Professional

"North of the 49th parallel #2"
North of the 49th parallel, it is my look at the story of a life, that of a man, that of my father. It is also my look at the call of the north, this call so strong for him.



Baikal Erika Valkovicova
Czech Republic

Nominee
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Professional

"Baikal"
The magical frozen Lake Baikal at night.



Paradise does exists Feyona Van Der Molen
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Paradise does exists"
mad this one some time ago.. but remains im my head... (rural France)



Seahorse by the sea Frances Suter
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Seahorse by the sea"
A weird and amazing seahorse/shell figure embedded in some rock at the beach



Rooted To The Sky Gareth Rockliffe
USA

Nominee
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"Rooted To The Sky"
"Our roots run through everything"



Around The Bend Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Around The Bend"



By The Dawn's Early Light Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"By The Dawn's Early Light"



Falling Water Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Falling Water"



Mist Of Time Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Mist Of Time"



Portal Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Portal"



Rock Of Ages Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Rock Of Ages"



Smoky Mountain Morning Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Smoky Mountain Morning"



Textures Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Textures"



Measureless To Man Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Measureless To Man"



What Lies Beneath? Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"What Lies Beneath?"



Loch Elit Geoffrey McKillop
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Loch Elit"



storm brewing George Kavanagh
Ireland

Nominee
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Professional

"storm brewing"
storm brewing



Yellowstone NP, Norris Geyser Basin #1 Gerard Luthi
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Yellowstone NP, Norris Geyser Basin #1"



Pinkcipressini Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Pinkcipressini"
My spirit regenerates in front of this range of colors, where everything seems soft with a taste of candy and with a muffled sound.



Tuscan Lights Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tuscan Lights"
Each of us looks at life through our heart. Two people looking at the same landscape can perceive it in a completely different way. Beauty is everywhere even in a simple blade of grass...



Storm Light at Mulranny Beach Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Storm Light at Mulranny Beach"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Reflected Shapes, Mulranny Strand, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reflected Shapes, Mulranny Strand, Ireland"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Spotlight at Doo Lough Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Spotlight at Doo Lough"
From the continuing series, The West of ireland



Coral Reef #3 Grant Stirton
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Coral Reef #3"
Sargeant Major, Hurghada, Egypt



Sea Change Guy Brooksbank
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Sea Change"



Royal Poinciana H. Allen Benowitz
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Royal Poinciana"
Since admiring famous artist A. E. Bacchus' 1960s royal poinciana tree paintings, my patience for the best one to come into my vision arrived for this capture, Miami Shores Golf Course, Miami, FL 2022



Headland Cove – Point Lobos Harvey Duze
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Headland Cove – Point Lobos"
View of Headland Cove and part of Cypress Grove at Point Lobos State Natural Preserve.



Sunrise over Botany Bay-Sydney Ilia Uzunoski
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Sunrise over Botany Bay-Sydney"
Early in the dawn just the sun came out in full over the bay.



Mounts Botanical Garden Irene Hill
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Mounts Botanical Garden"
Mounts Botanical Garden



The Lure of the Beach Irene Hill
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"The Lure of the Beach"



Nature's Prayer j. Madison Rink
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Nature's Prayer"
Santa Monica mountain range



Flow James Bourret
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Flow"
Watchin' the River Flow. Salmon River near Stanley, Idaho



Night sea Jan Brunclik
Czech Republic

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Night sea"
Sardinia Island



The islands #478 Janice Tieken
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The islands #478"
From a chronicle of sky and islands at dusk



Easterly Color Bomb Jasmine Lee
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Easterly Color Bomb"
Playing with alternative camera methods to ignite my creativity. This was created by intentionally panning the camera while the waves rolled in during sunrise. East Coast, Australia



Cloud Crest Jasmine Lee
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Cloud Crest"
Oh to be a bird and start each day soaring near the clouds. Sunrise, Queenstown, New Zealand



Light Painted Shoreline #2 Jeff Saxman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Light Painted Shoreline #2"



A Quiet Spectacle Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"A Quiet Spectacle"
The end of the day at the Great Sand Dunes in South central Colorado



That Quiet Place Within Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"That Quiet Place Within"
A quiet and serene sunset in the Colorado high country.



Unforgettable Morning Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Unforgettable Morning"
Dramatic sunrise at the Moulton Barn in Teton National Park



Torrey Pines Cactus Jennifer Silverberg
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Torrey Pines Cactus"
On break from a commercial shoot in San Diego. Taking a breath.



Torrey Pines Scape Jennifer Silverberg
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Torrey Pines Scape"
On break from a commercial shoot in San Diego. Taking a breath.



Dragon Canyon Joerg Schwalfenberg
Germany

Nominee
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Professional

"Dragon Canyon"



Monkey Beach Jonathan Wood
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Monkey Beach"
Monkey Beach on the South Island of New Zealand at Sunrise with morning mist



No Man's Land Karen Jordan
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"No Man's Land"
In an arid, forbidding landscape, volcanic steam rises from infertile desert soil of NE Iceland, dramatizing a seeming dichotomy between what we see on the surface and the energy that can lie beneath.



Good Morning Bryce Canyon Kim Bova
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Good Morning Bryce Canyon"
Morning Brilliance at Bryce Canyon National Park.



Mountain Time Kimberly Genevieve
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Mountain Time"
She’s beauty and grace



Blurred Grasses Konrad Perlman
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Blurred Grasses"
In My Front Yard



Silent Waves Lars Gesing
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Silent Waves"
The never-ending wavy farmlands of the Palouse take on an ethereal feel as the early-morning sun paints a wonderful display of light and shadow on the land.



Hurricane Dorian Offshore Storm Lee Gordon
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Hurricane Dorian Offshore Storm"
Hurricane Dorian churns up an offshore storm



Aurora Dance over Moon Lake Lee Scott
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Aurora Dance over Moon Lake"
The aurora dances over Moon Lake, Alaska.



Balance Leeanne Mason
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Balance"
Balancing Rocks standing sentinel overlooking the ocean.



Forest Louis Gaillard
France

Nominee
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Professional

"Forest"
Birch forest in swampy area



Rock Cloud Marcia Loor
Canada

Nominee
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"Rock Cloud"
Landscape reflection shot in the Laurentides, Quebec.



Mirage Marcio Cabral
Brazil

Nominee
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Professional

"Mirage"
Dunes and lake at sunset in the largest desert in Brazil Lençóis Maranhenses.



Landscape near the Volcanic Lake Margrieta Jeltema
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Landscape near the Volcanic Lake"
Tuscia



The wolf lightscape Markus Gmeiner
Austria

Nominee
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Professional

"The wolf lightscape"
THE SHADOW OF A WOLF



Mount Pilatus after Sunset Martin Zurmuhle
Switzerland

Nominee
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"Mount Pilatus after Sunset"



Tropical sunset Massimo Giorgetta
Italy

Nominee
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Professional

"Tropical sunset"
Indonesia - West Papua - is half picture at golden hour in waieco island



New Perspectives Matteo Cirenei
Italy

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"New Perspectives"
The sea at Lignano, near Venice, seen from a terrace during the pandemic



Light paiting #1 Mauro Zorer
Italy

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"Light paiting #1"
Painting with light on a summer evening in Val d'Orcia



Storm at Sea Mike DeCesare
USA

Nominee
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"Storm at Sea"



Out for a Stroll Mike DeCesare
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Out for a Stroll"



Wizards' Hiding MM Boguszak
Czech Republic

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Professional

"Wizards' Hiding"
Photography of sand dunes, creative processing. Sand dunes were created by obeying the laws of physics, their geometrical shapes, smooth and perfect, are a visible representation of an almost flawless



Embers Nathalie Lauzon
Canada

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"Embers"
Sailing along Florida



Royal Gorgeous Nathanael Rehlander
USA

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Professional

"Royal Gorgeous"
Fluffy Clouds Hover Over the Royal Gorge, Cañon City, CO



Smoldering Nicol Hockett
USA

Nominee
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"Smoldering"



Icesculptures Oysten Glenne Kristiansen
Norway

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"Icesculptures"
Fullmoonilluminated coastal landscape from Stavern,Norway. 30 sec exposure



The red jumper Pal Hermansen
Norway

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"The red jumper"
Pheapous stridulus jumping



Milky Way Reflection Paul Dileanis
USA

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"Milky Way Reflection"
A small salt pool in the middle of a desert landscape reflects the Milky Way.



The last light of day Paul A Wright
UK

Nominee
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"The last light of day"
An image made possible by drone, hovering just 40 feet above the water some distance out in the surf. Using traditional techniques like dodge & burn to create my style.



Icelandic Lights Paul M. Murray
USA

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Professional

"Icelandic Lights"
The night skies of Iceland can offer a beautiful display of dancing color from the plasma-like emissions of the Northern Lights.



The Last Dance Paul M. Murray
USA

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Professional

"The Last Dance"
In Namibia's Sossusvlei dunes region, these petrified trees have transformed but they remain contributing in their unique way to the landscape.



El Lugar de mis Sueños Paulo Olivier Hanshing
Chile

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"El Lugar de mis Sueños"
Los primeros rayos del sol se posan sobre el cordón de dunas mientras la niebla matinal empieza a hacer su retirada. Desierto de Atacama.



Afternoon in red Pedro Noel da Luz Guerreiro
Portugal

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"Afternoon in red"
Afternoon sunset in the Porto de Mós beach in Portugal.



Maelstrom Peter Meyer
Australia

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"Maelstrom"
An incoming and an outgoing wave collide with each other.



Light Blue Pierluigi Gualano
Italy

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"Light Blue "
Lac du Mont Cenis at Sunrise



Caparica gold Rainer Thrum
Germany

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Professional

"Caparica gold"
Sometimes we know we are in the right spot at the right time, and that we want to share it with somebody



Ararat Rainer K. Lampinen
Finland

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Professional

"Ararat"
Ararat



Mood Indigo Regis M Lefebure
USA

Nominee
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"Mood Indigo"
looking directly overhead at clouds in a late summer sky at twilight



Sunset, Clingmans Dome Richard Mack
USA

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"Sunset, Clingmans Dome"
Clingmans Dome is the highest peak in the eastern US. It Draws photographers to this spot in Great Smoky Mountains NP for sunrise, sunsets and stars.



Lupin Falls Robert Nowak
USA

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Professional

"Lupin Falls"
Lupin Falls, Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada



Dunes Robyn Finlayson
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"Dunes"
Sand falls across the dune edges of Sandy Cape, Fraser Island (Woakoh, K'gari)



Milky Way, Meteors, White Place, New Mexico Roy Pope
USA

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"Milky Way, Meteors, White Place, New Mexico"
Milky Way, Meteors, White Place, New Mexico



Reflection Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reflection"
France



Iceberg Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
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Professional

"Iceberg"
Iceland



Port d'Aval Sunset Scott Wurzel
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Port d'Aval Sunset"
Porte d'Aval in Étretat, France has long been loved by painters, including Monet. It's still an incredible place to make landscapes. This is one of three formations in the small, sea-side town



Conor Pass Scott Wurzel
USA

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Professional

"Conor Pass"
Ireland is so much more than green. A technicolor sunset on Conor Pass, Co. Kerry, Ireland.



Vision of the reef Serge Melesan
France

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Professional

"Vision of the reef "
From the coral reef to the mountain everything is linked



Choungui Serge Melesan
France

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Professional

"Choungui "
Mont Choungui from Mayotte at sunset



Red Galaxy in the Valley Shinya Itahana
Japan

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Professional

"Red Galaxy in the Valley"
The autumn leaves found in the magnificent wilderness shone like a red galaxy in space. (Shimane, Japan)



K'spisx - Thunder Silvino Gonzalez Morales
Colombia

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Professional

"K'spisx - Thunder"
K'spisx - The thunder is the grandfather spirit for the Nasa people. I've been living, working, sharing and loving life with my second family for many years now. A second family proud of their Nasa ancestors but who have built a life in the lands of the Ampiu people. The nights there are full of the sounds of nature, the heat of the fireplace, the voice of the elders, and the memory of the ghosts who take care of the land and their inhabitants. Nature always reminds me of how small I'm in the big scheme of things and also reminds me of how valuable and big, each experience is at the same time. It is a constant call for humility and to be respectful.



One Last Shot Stefan Schnebelt
Germany

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Professional

"One Last Shot"
One last shot ... before it gets any worse. The weather conditions at Connor Pass (Ireland) were too bad to photograph, but something grabbed me as the sky, mountains and land became one.



Baja california Stefano Lunardi
Austria

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Baja california"



Cleddau River Stephan Romer
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cleddau River"
First light on the Cleddau River, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand



Wilson Creek Chasm Stephan Romer
New Zealand

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"Wilson Creek Chasm"
Deep in the Wilson Creek Chasm, Haast Pass, South Island, New Zealand



Frosty Fiordland Stephan Romer
New Zealand

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"Frosty Fiordland"
A frosty morning in the Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand



Sea Mist Steve Turner
Australia

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"Sea Mist"
North Coast NSW Australia , single image raw capture basic retouch.



Industrial Purple Light & Magic Steve Zmak
USA

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"Industrial Purple Light & Magic"
The August 16, 2020 storm that lit California on fire for months. While I was in awe of the spectacle, I had no idea of all the destruction it was igniting. There's bioluminescence in the surf, too.



Hills with Mt Sedona Steven Hans Lindner
USA

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"Hills with Mt Sedona"
Hills and mountains on route 89 going north into Sedona



Norfolk Island ficus trees Stuart Chape
Australia

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"Norfolk Island ficus trees"
200-year old ficus trees on Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean



Wave Terje Skaare
Norway

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"Wave"
Summer time Hoddevik/Norway



Evanescence Thierry Cerpolet
Canada

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"Evanescence"
Between poetry and imagination, this winter treescape in Quebec Eastern Townships highlights the vegetal beauty of trees in our landscape



Yellow and lake Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

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"Yellow and lake"
I have never seen such a rare sight.



Usori lake Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

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"Usori lake"
my favorite lake



Blizzard in Tsugaru Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

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"Blizzard in Tsugaru"
Winter blizzard in Tsugaru, Japan.



Lighting Tony Gale
USA

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"Lighting"
Lighting at nigh from an airplane window



Medicine Lake 2 Tony Hewitt
Australia

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"Medicine Lake 2"
Burn scars on a remote mountain lake in the Canadian winter, remind us of nature's incredible recuperative powers



Resurgence Tony Hewitt
Australia

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"Resurgence"
A stand of trees stands defiant in the face of recent bush fires



Middlehurst Winter 3 Tony Hewitt
Australia

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"Middlehurst Winter 3"
Autumn colors punctuate the winter landscape in the south island of New Zealand



Jammed Vince Kehn
Canada

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"Jammed"
Greens and light greys highlight a fallen log stuck in the water current.



Supernova Warren Keelan
Australia

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"Supernova"
Early morning sunlight bursts through the vortex of a dark water flaring wave. Captured on the NSW South Coast, Australia



Wintertime Werner Branz
Austria

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"Wintertime"
Wintertime



Blue Hour, Calumet Bluff Will Fields
USA

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"Blue Hour, Calumet Bluff"
This image was created in the “blue hour” after sunset on a day when the wind chill was -30 degrees Fahrenheit. But it was that brutal cold that led me to the biting iciness of this image.



Strawberry Moon William King
USA

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"Strawberry Moon"
Strawberry Moon rises over the Marine Park Nature Center creating a magical moment with the Marine Parkway Bridge.



Gate Rock Wilma Roesch
Germany

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"Gate Rock"
..you see it from the other side..



Abstracting Eternity #2 Zixiong Jin
China (PRC)

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"Abstracting Eternity #2"
This is a dark nebula (LDN1622) I captured using a telescope, optical filters, and monochrome cameras for a month of exposure



Abstracting Eternity #4 Zixiong Jin
China (PRC)

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"Abstracting Eternity #4"
This is a panorama of the milky way across four seasons I captured using a telescope, optical filters, and monochrome cameras for a month of exposure



Abstracting Eternity #5 Zixiong Jin
China (PRC)

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"Abstracting Eternity #5"
This is an emission nebula (IC1805) I captured using a telescope, optical filters, and monochrome cameras for a month of exposure