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Daisy Gilardini Canada 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Professional "Northern Lights" Tent and Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) - Wapusk National Park - Manitoba - Canada |
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Manuel Cosentino Italy 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Professional "Behind a Little House" |
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Harold Ross USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Professional "Charlotte Woods" In my work, an actual scene, combined with the illusory nature of light painting, sets up a resonance in the interaction between "real" and "unreal". For me, there is a spirited glow to these images, and a sense of stillness and quietness, which I find evocative and beautiful. |
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Martin Oeggerli Switzerland Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Love is in the air (Salix caprea)" Pollen grains are tiny carriers of the male genome in plants. The pollen of the purple willow (Salix caprea) measures only 20-30µm in diameter. The image was produced using a scanning-electron-microscope and the resultant black-and-white scan was additionally post processed (colorized) to be finally enjoyed in full color. |
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Caterina Bernardi USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Hawaii" Hawaii at sunset |
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Mauro Risch Australia Honorable Mention Nature Professional "underneath the surface" Amazon river micro ecosystem layers |
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Charles Emerson UK Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Buachaille Etive Mòr" |
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Ren Navez USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Down and Dusted Joshua Tree" |
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Josh Blumental USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "PHOENIX" |
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Theo Allofs Canada Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Boulders in ocean" Round boulders on West Coast; South Island, New Zealand |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee Nature Professional "Polihale I" 8 vertical images timed for water motion then stitched together to achieve a near 180 degree panorama of Polihale on Kauai's west side. |
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Adrian Davis USA Nominee Nature Professional "Atlantic Horizon" Cape Cod, USA |
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Adrian Davis USA Nominee Nature Professional "Pines In Fog" Maine, USA |
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Aladino Di Prinzio Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Jesus" |
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Alistair Keddie UK Nominee Nature Professional "Snowy Wood" Heavy snow blankets the hills around Eaglesham and coats the trunks and branches of a little island woodland catching the last golden light of day. |
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Allen Russ USA Nominee Nature Professional "Grass and Pond, Isle of Skye" |
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Allen Russ USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sentinel Cherry, (30 Minutes at Peak Bloom)" This photograph was taken at the peak bloom of the cherry trees in 2009 at the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. During the creation of this photograph an estimated 1000 tourists would have walked through the scene. This photograph is part of an ongoing book project which will benefit the Trust for The National Mall and their efforts at rehabilitating and maintaining the National Mall and its monuments. |
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Anthony Ghiglia USA Nominee Nature Professional "Green Almond" This image was captured while swimming in Nicaragua with a 100mm. Moments after this image was shot one of the worst storms I've ever witnessed rolled in. |
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Anthony Ghiglia USA Nominee Nature Professional "Electric Shack" I captured this image during one of the most amazing lightning storms to hit Southern California in recent history. The historical shack at Windansea Beach in La Jolla can be seen in the foreground. |
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Anton Gorbachev Russia Nominee Nature Professional "Bush" Island Sant’Andrea, Italy, 2011 |
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Axel Fassio Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Mother fig tree" Huge fig tree protecting a cultivated field in Tigray, Ethiopia. |
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Axel Fassio Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Anxious native tree" Tree is frightened by a huge rock on Cordillera Blanca, Peru. |
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Bruno Falcao Brazil Nominee Nature Professional "Paradise" Recreio dos Bandeirantes in Rio de Janeiro, beautiful and little known. |
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Camille Moirenc France Nominee Nature Professional "Bauxite in Provence" dead trees in a pond, bauxite mining, Provence, Bouches du Rhone, France september 2010 |
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Carol Sharp UK Nominee Nature Professional "Winter web" |
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Chris Gordaneer Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Maybreeze 5" |
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Cortez Austin USA Nominee Nature Professional "Cockscomb and Grasshopper" Crofton, MD |
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Craig Cameron Olsen USA Nominee Nature Professional "honey bees (2)" honey bees in my fence |
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Cristiano F. Burmester Brazil Nominee Nature Professional "Predator" Predators attacking smaller fish |
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Debra Jansen USA Nominee Nature Professional "Orchid" |
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Diane Weiss USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sun Field" Sunflower field outside of the Ford Motor Company world headquarters in Dearborn, MI. |
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Diane Weiss USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dead Sunflowers" Dead sunflower field outside of the Ford Motor Company world headquarters in Dearborn, MI 360 Panoramic photo. |
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Dilip Bhatia India Nominee Nature Professional "Ladakh 02" |
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Douglas Walker Canada Nominee Nature Professional "cloud" nature's dance |
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Douglas Walker Canada Nominee Nature Professional "jellyfish (1)" |
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Dragomir Vukovic USA Nominee Nature Professional "One" Looking for a place to be quiet, the wild life refuge, going into a meditation...opening up my eyes and that one was there. |
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Elly Prestegard Norway Nominee Nature Professional "fjord" reflections in a fjord, western Norway |
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erik hijweege Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Geysir 2 Iceland" |
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erik hijweege Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Geysir 3 Iceland" |
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Fabian Bernal Colombia Nominee Nature Professional "Jellyfish (2)" |
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Frank Weston USA Nominee Nature Professional "Prophecy?" A foggy sunrise creates an ominous vision |
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Gareth Rockliffe USA Nominee Nature Professional "Manchester" Dawn over the Atlantic |
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Gareth Rockliffe USA Nominee Nature Professional "Erosion 3" Humankind tries to hold off mother nature but always fails in time |
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Gareth Rockliffe USA Nominee Nature Professional "erosion 2" |
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Gary Annett Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Firestarter" Northern Territory, Australia |
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Gary Annett Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Fyans Sunrise" Lake Fyans, Victoria |
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Gilbert van Ryckevorsel Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Salmonworld" Atlantic salmon qualify our freshwater resources |
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Greg Stroube USA Nominee Nature Professional "Isla" |
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Harrie van Kessel Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Torres del Paine, Chili" Pehoe Lake viewed from the west on a windy day. |
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Harrie van Kessel Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "El Calafate" The Perito Moreno glacier, the south side, where people go to walk the glacier. |
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Heinz Baumann Switzerland Nominee Nature Professional "After the storm" Denti della vecchia, Ticino, Switzerland |
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Ian Waldie Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Dark Cave" A completely lightpainted image of a cave at Avalon, NSW |
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Idell Conaway USA Nominee Nature Professional "Bubble Coral" Plerogyra sinuosa |
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James Randklev USA Nominee Nature Professional "Glacier NP" Sunrise over St. Marys Lake, Glacier NP, MT |
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Jean Berard Mexico Nominee Nature Professional "deap sea" |
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Jeff Eden UK Nominee Nature Professional "Namibia dunes" Namibia dunes |
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Jenny E. Ross USA Nominee Nature Professional "Ice Castle" Iceberg detail, Antarctica. From the series (a work in progress) "ICE: Visions of Polar Transformation" which is part of the ongoing project Life On Thin Ice™. |
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John Tozer Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Campaspie River Rochester, Australia" |
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John Scanlan USA Nominee Nature Professional "A Place to Dream" |
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Jonathan Andrew Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Freezing Loch." Freezing Loch with Liathach in the background, Torridon Hills, Northwest Highlands, Scotland |
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JOSE ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ SALAS Spain Nominee Nature Professional "rooked tree" El Hierro Island |
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JOSE ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ SALAS Spain Nominee Nature Professional "One rock" Asturias, Spain |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Nature Professional "White Mushroom Upside Down" |
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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Nature Professional "Two Yellow Mushrooms" |
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Judy Davis USA Nominee Nature Professional "Lotus-Study4" Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC |
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Karla Novaro Mexico Nominee Nature Professional "PETRIFIED FOREST" |
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Kaye Davis New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Pylon" The manmade landscape |
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Manuel Cosentino Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Wheat Fields n7" |
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Manuel Cosentino Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Tuscany" |
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Manuel Cosentino Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Stendhal Syndrome" |
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Marco Codutti Italy Nominee Nature Professional "IMPERMANENCE" Stone trown in the water of a lake - Fusine Lakes- Northern Italy |
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Marco Codutti Italy Nominee Nature Professional "WATERCOLORS" Winter shot in Raccolana Valley (Ud) - Northern Italy |
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Markus Renner Austria Nominee Nature Professional "Dyrhólaey" |
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Matt Walford UK Nominee Nature Professional "Pink Dresses." Surreal Landscape, with dresses as flowers. Created using digital Photography and a modified Flatbed-scanner. |
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Matt Davis UK Nominee Nature Professional "Great Glen" Glen Affric, Scotland |
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Michael Norton Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Float" |
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michel perrin New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Southern Beauty" Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand |
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Michele Doucette USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dragonfly" |
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Michele Doucette USA Nominee Nature Professional "Grasshoppers" |
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Miguel Angel Nalda Spain Nominee Nature Professional "landscape" |
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Milko Marchetti Italy Nominee Nature Professional "ISLAND" ISLAND, March2011, canon eos 7d + 10-17 Tokina - 1/160s f22 100iso |
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Nicola Majocchi USA Nominee Nature Professional "Nicaragua_01" Tobacco field on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua 2009 |
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Noni Carroll Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Space Rabbit" |
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Paul Bride Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Element 01" The Namib desert in Africa is said to be the oldest desert on earth. This image is the first element in a four part series of the strongest elements that have shaped our planet as individuals, water, fire, deserts, and ice but also, how they share an over-powering connection between them. Our environment and climate dictates how we adapt, how we grow food and how we live – we are at the mercy of what that element dictates, not only as individuals, but also as communities, and as a global society. |
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Paul Bride Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Element 04" The Arctic hosts the largest icebergs in the northern hemisphere, this image is the fourth element in a four part series of the strongest elements that have shaped our planet as individuals, water, fire, deserts, and ice but also, how they share an over-powering connection between them. Our environment and climate dictates how we adapt, how we grow food and how we live – we are at the mercy of what that element dictates, not only as individuals, but also as communities, and as a global society. |
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Paul J Harvey UK Nominee Nature Professional "Volcanic beach2" Ice shells on volcanic beach |
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Paul J Harvey UK Nominee Nature Professional "Volcanic beach3" Ice shells on volcanic beach |
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Paul J Harvey UK Nominee Nature Professional "Lunar lake" Lunar landscape at the top of a mountain |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Nature Professional "East Passage Sunrise" A Winter sunrise over the East Passage of Narragansett Bay in Southern Rhode Island illuminates the horizon in brilliant color. |
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Peter Lik USA Nominee Nature Professional "Lilies of the Pond" Simplicity in nature is so powerful. I was shooting the fall colors in Acadia National Park, Maine, and wanted something special. On a hike the previous day, I noticed this delicate composition of reeds and lilies in a shallow pond, but was unable to shoot as the wind was strong. I hiked back in, and the stillness of the late afternoon had completely transformed the shot. The reeds reflected perfectly, and the multi-colored lilies added a special element to their tranquil moment. The silence of the day was broken only by my shutter. This image captured my feelings of our delicate, fragile planet in a simplistic abstract. |
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Peter Lik USA Nominee Nature Professional "Pele's Whisper" The feeling I had on this early morning is hard to describe. As I hiked out under moonlight over the smoldering crunchy lava, an eerie electricity filled the air and I couldn’t help but think that something momentous was in store. It wasn’t until much later that I realized what may have been responsible for that feeling. A mate of mine informed me of the story of Pele, the Goddess of Fire in Hawai’ian folklore. A volatile and, at times, vindictive goddess, Pele took pleasure in her power to both destroy the land and also create it. Legend has it that she and her sister Namaka-o-kaha’l, Goddess of Water and Sea, constantly sabotaged each other causing Pele to move down the island chain before finally claiming the Mauna Loa mountain on The Big Island. You can visualize her fair profile in the upper left–it’s as if she is blowing, or whispering, into the ocean causing the steam to part on the surface of the water below. I get chills every time I look at it. It’s my shot of a lifetime. |
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Peter Lik USA Nominee Nature Professional "Pristine" These pristine waterfalls have to be one of the most amazing places on the planet. The mossy garden in the foreground and the huge logs perfectly framed this shot. Volcanic activity from millions of years ago had formed the perfect terrace for the water to flow down and the long exposure helped capture softness and the serenity of the area. Heavy snowfall the previous night opened nature’s flood gates, allowing me to set up my tripod in a virtual cloud of mist. Just looking at this shot takes me back to the area, and I can almost feel my lungs filling with the fresh mist. |
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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Sand and Sea 2" Twilight over Stonetool Sandblow 2 |
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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Sand and Sea" Twilight over Stonetool Sandblow |
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Rajesh Dhungana Nepal Nominee Nature Professional "Insect" catterpiller insect enjoying with flower |
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Ren Navez USA Nominee Nature Professional "Volcanic Meander" |
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Rhona Wise USA Nominee Nature Professional "Spiny" A Florida Spiny Orb Weaver looks like he's smiling as he hangs on his web. |
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Robert Cobcroft Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Edwards Lane" Edwards Lane New England Australia |
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Roberta Murray Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Sky High" |
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Roberta Murray Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Downdraft" Taken with pinhole lens |
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Rodney Lough USA Nominee Nature Professional "Desire" Canyonlands National Park, UT |
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Rodney Lough USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Subway Station" |
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Rodney Lough USA Nominee Nature Professional "Vu Ja De" Targhee National Forest, Idaho |
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Rosa Isabel Vazquez Spain Nominee Nature Professional "Crater" Islandia |
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Russell Stewart Stone UK Nominee Nature Professional "Spring Mist - Rydal Water - England" Taken on a beautiful misty spring morning |
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Russell Stewart Stone UK Nominee Nature Professional "Reflections - Rydal Water - The Lake District - England" Taken on a beautiful misty day in spring |
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Saori Kurioka USA Nominee Nature Professional "Red Hibiscus" Beauty of Nature |
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Sascha Unger Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Tangled" Schooling Thread-fin Pearl Perches at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia |
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Sascha Unger Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Jellyfish Lake" Situated on a uninhabited archipelagos off the coast of Korror (Micronesia) this lagoon was cut off from the sea, forming a lake which now hosts thousands of jellyfish. |
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Sietske de Vries Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "dutch sky" |
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Simon Barnes UK Nominee Nature Professional "Salisbury tulips " Easter tulips in Salisbury, England. |
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Simon Barnes UK Nominee Nature Professional "Poppies & Barley" Poppies & Barley, Pimperne, Dorset. |
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Stanislav Shmelev UK Nominee Nature Professional "Complex Systems Dorset" Complex Systems Dorset |
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Sturla Strand Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Misty Avenue 3" The Stavnes Avenue near Son in Norway spring 2007. |
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Tatiana Botton USA Nominee Nature Professional "Tree of Life # 1" |
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Tatiana Botton USA Nominee Nature Professional "Tree of Life #3" |
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Thomas Steuer Germany Nominee Nature Professional "SAR - Search and Rescue" View of a castaway |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Source Hver" |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Foss" |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Ice " |
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Ulrika Malm Sweden Nominee Nature Professional "Hosta" Early spring, Hosta in morning light. |
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Werner Branz Austria Nominee Nature Professional "MEDOW" |
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Werner Anderson Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Landingsite" |