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Broken Robert Bolton
UK

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Aerial
Amateur

"Broken"
Salt pans in the Camargue, South of France. The color is owing to algae that give flamingos their color. Taken from an open sided helicopter with the aim of taking abstract but colourful photographs.



Salt Farm Workers Harvesting Saurabh Sirohiya
India

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Aerial
Amateur

"Salt Farm Workers Harvesting"
Laborers at work in salt pan where they move salt to form circular lines allowing a slow evaporation under the hot sun. At the end of the day, salt will be collected in baskets it's a really hard job



The land of fire Jose Miguel Picon Chimelis
Spain

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Aerial
Amateur

"The land of fire"
Iceland



Fracture Robert Bolton
UK

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Fracture"
The salt pans of the Camargue, South of France, taken from a helicopter in October 2023. I was aiming for a very minimal abstract shot.



5 boats Mirco Waterstradt
Germany

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"5 boats"
Bird's eye view of the Black Lake (Durmitor Nationalpark)



Cabbage Harvest, Bacchus Marsh Paul Dodd
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Cabbage Harvest, Bacchus Marsh"
Cabbages are planted and harvested at different times leading to the variation in colour from green to blue



LAUNDRY Romy Klein
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"LAUNDRY"



Birds Eye View Guenther Reissner
Austria

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Birds Eye View"
Autumn colors in the Austrian Alps, shot with my drone.



Time for a Drink Yuan Zhang
China (PRC)

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Time for a Drink"
Spectators at the Churchhill Downs, Kentucky, enjoy their pleasant time, on May 3, 2019.



Salt Lake, Shark Bay, Western Australia Barbara Brown
Australia

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Salt Lake, Shark Bay, Western Australia"



X Robert Bolton
UK

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"X"
Salt pans in the Camargue, South of France. The color is owing to algae that give flamingos their color. Taken from an open sided helicopter with the aim of taking abstract photographs.



Triple Chutes at Funtown C E Morse
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Triple Chutes at Funtown"
Closed for the season, the afternoon sun casts shadows on the three chutes at Funtown



Icelandic River Andrew Ilachinski
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Icelandic River"
Icelandic River



Pink on blue Magali Chesnel
France

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Pink on blue"
Flamingos taking off above a slat marsh of Camargue - South of France. Dec2023



Before The Bow Peter Hergesheimer
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Before The Bow"
On the tall ship, R. Tucker Thompson in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.



Over Alaska David DesRochers
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Over Alaska"
Winding river near Cook Inlet, Alaska



Shelter Path Frank Proost
Luxembourg

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Shelter Path"
Lonely tree illuminated by sun rays framed by tractor tracks amidst of a canola field



Pit #284 C E Morse
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Pit #284"
Unintended art created by heavy equipment



Tunnel of Stairs Suzanne Schwartzman
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Tunnel of Stairs"
Aerial View of Escalators



Tributaries Pratibha Reddy
USA

Honorable Mention
Aerial
Amateur

"Tributaries"



Freezing Morning In Romanian Carpathians Adrian Per
Romania

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Freezing Morning In Romanian Carpathians"
In Brasov county, Romania, Magura Valley.,Piatra Craiului Mountains 2200m in the background



Crescent Anne Schlueter
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Crescent"



Another Swirl Anne Neiwand
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Another Swirl"
The Kimberly region of Australia hosts the most amazing water patterns



My Heart's a Maze Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"My Heart's a Maze"



Tidal Tree, Derby Western Australia Barbara Brown
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Tidal Tree, Derby Western Australia"



Underwater Sand Patterns, Shark Bay, Western Australia Barbara Brown
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Underwater Sand Patterns, Shark Bay, Western Australia"



Having A Bad Day Bruce Fraser
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Having A Bad Day"
Sunset with a Mavic Pro 3



Frozen Estuary #524 C E Morse
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Frozen Estuary #524"
Long shadows cast upon the frozen estuary



Crescent Carol Zulman
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Crescent"



Never-Never Land Christine Goerner
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Never-Never Land"
Aerial landscape of South Australia



Heartland Christine Goerner
Australia

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Heartland"
Textures and colours of the central Australian landscape



In the Shadow of the Tower Cindy Poulin
Canada

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"In the Shadow of the Tower"



Hot Rods Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Hot Rods"



Crosswalk Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Crosswalk"



Bunny in the Snow Diane Gelvin
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Bunny in the Snow"
Hard rock rabbit resting in the snow.



Tasman River Delta Erin Jacob
New Zealand

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Tasman River Delta"
Tasman River flows into Lake Pukaki from the Tasman Glacier lake. Aoraki Mt Cook National Park



Winter Harald Schmidt
Austria

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Winter"
Photography of a burning house during an early morning train ride through a winter landscape, Switzerland 2016



Downward Spiral Harvey Silber
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Downward Spiral"



In Flight Jane Kreinberg
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"In Flight"
I was fortunate to capture this moment in time, with the graceful pelicans seemingly unfazed by the air show happening in their neighborhood.



Looking for the gates of paradise Jose Miguel Picon Chimelis
Spain

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Looking for the gates of paradise"
Menorca, Balearic Islands



Palouse Farm Kathi Mangel
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Palouse Farm"
The view overlooking the farms of the Palouse



Flying above a colorful saline Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Flying above a colorful saline"
Greater Flamingos flying above the colorful saline of the St Martin island, based in Southern France.



Blue lagoon for flamingos Magali Chesnel
France

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Blue lagoon for flamingos"
Flamingos flying above a wild beach of the Mediterranean sea.



through the clouds Mirco Waterstradt
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"through the clouds"
reflection of Bobotov Kuk in Black Lake at first ray of sunshine



painted by Autumn Mirco Waterstradt
Germany

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"painted by Autumn"
Bird's eye view of colorful trees in Berlin's Tiergarten



Rescue Norman Robbins
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Rescue"
Display of the aerial rescue squad at the Stuart Florida Air show 2022



Hamnoy and Olstind Olav-Inge Alfheim
Norway

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Hamnoy and Olstind"
Lofoten Norway



Fox River from 12,000 Feet Rebecca Waters
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Fox River from 12,000 Feet"
Fox River "braids" in New Zealand taken from an open door helicopter. 2018



Spirit of Rothko Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Spirit of Rothko"
Salt pans in the Camargue, South of France. The color is owing to algae that give flamingos their color. Taken from an open sided helicopter with the aim of taking abstract photographs.



65 and In Full Bloom Roxanne Darling
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"65 and In Full Bloom"
Drone photo captured at Unicorn Square on Maui; self-portrait, age 65



Iceland Aerial2 Ruth Grindrod
UK

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Iceland Aerial2"
The rivers form abstract patterns flowing to the sea



Coral Reef #02 Sandra Jasmin Nieuwenhuijsen
Ireland

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Coral Reef #02"
Nieuwenhuijsen-Sandra-Coral-Reef-#02



Icelandic Blues Sarfraz Durrani
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Icelandic Blues"
The icelandic highlands are remote and hard to get to. But it is the palce that is closest to the primordial earth as it was billions of years ago, when life was just beginning to take hold



City of Angels Silvano Paiola
Italy

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"City of Angels"
In the beginning of November I spent some days around Serbian Villages. That day was a typical autumn day and the sky was solid gray. I stayed about three hours flying above the area looking for some



Red Giant Steve Gelineau
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"Red Giant"
Marblehead Harbor, Massachusetts USA. Sunrise over Children's Island. The glint of the day's new sun is captured in the windows of the boats sitting at anchor in the harbor.



purple mountain majesty Susan Vizvary
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"purple mountain majesty"
from the highest point in Spokane Washington, you can see the rolling hills of Palouse



The Red Truck Suzanne Anton
USA

Nominee
Aerial
Amateur

"The Red Truck"
Follow the light