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Phuoc Phan USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Amateur "Balance Rock and Juniper" Joshua Tree National Park, California |
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Jeremy Senior New Zealand 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Amateur "Kotanui Island" Whangaparaoa Peninsula, New Zealand, 2013 |
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Volker Birke Germany 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Amateur "It's Full of Stars" Dead gum trees at Menindee Lake by night, New South Wales, Australia |
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James McClean USA Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "a_Night the Aurora Wouldn't Stop!" February 2008, Chena Hot Springs Resort outside Fairbanks Alaska. The skies erupted this night and glowed for hours on end. |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Flamboyán" Cayey, PR. |
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Sebastien Beun Belgium Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Kirkjufellsfoss" Kirkjufellsfoss, Western Iceland. That day was particularly cloudy and rainy and I just managed to get that shot before getting totally drenched. |
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Volker Birke Germany Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Menindee" Dead gum trees at Menindee Lake during sunset, New South Wales, Australia |
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Wilco Dragt Netherlands Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "Reynisdrangar" |
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Karmen Orlic Croatia Honorable Mention Nature Amateur "With a smell of sea" |
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Alexander Nerozya Russia Nominee Nature Amateur "Mountain spirits and the Milky Way" Altai heaven and earth Ergakskaya Early on in the journey to Ergaki conceived like frame, but it so happened that the sky could not shoot there. The sky shot in the Altai. |
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Aliah Jan New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Moonlight Glow" |
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Allen Lubitz USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Here's Looking At You" |
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Allen Lubitz USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Flirtation" |
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Alvarez Penalver Julio Spain Nominee Nature Amateur "Volcanos sunrise" Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, Java Island. |
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Anil Sud Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Morning light" Early morning fog in rural India |
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Anil Sud Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Fall Color" Fall color in glory in Colorado |
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Anita Mukherjee Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Pyramid Lake" A peaceful afternoon at Pyramid Lake in Jasper, Alberta |
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Argo Argel Estonia Nominee Nature Amateur "forest" dark and misty forest. location finland |
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Arja Redel Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn Snow" |
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Arja Redel Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "First Snow" |
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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Dune 49" Spent several days photographing the amazing dunes at Sossusvlei in Namibia. The last morning I was rewarded with amazing colors to complement one of the true wonders of this planet. |
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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Monolith" Walking down to Fissel lake on this morning I knew I might catch some amazing light on the Matterhorn; I was in awe when the sunrise hit the peak presenting the matterhorn in brilliant copper! |
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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Lavender Dreams" First light on the lavender in Valensole |
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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Majesty" Fall Colors at the Maroon Bells |
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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Glory Arch" First Light at Mesa Arch |
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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Luminescence" Sitting here on a predawn Icelandic summer morning I am mesmerized by the water splashing on the basalt columns creating a magical luminescent glow |
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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Arctic World" Camera: Nikon D3 - Lens: Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8 - Greenland 2011 |
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Barbara Martin USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Mirrored Soul" Trees often do mirror our souls! |
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Barry Brukoff USA Nominee Nature Amateur "BRISTLECONE PINES l" This is a series of images of the Bristlecone Pines in the White Mountains of the Sierra Nevada range. The Bronzetone series was developed in the traditional darkroom, now converted to digital. |
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Bob Tetro USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Teton View from Cunningham Cabin" |
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Bobby Samuels USA Nominee Nature Amateur "PROFILIN' BUTTERFLY" TAKEN AT THE BUTTERFLY FARM IN ST. MAARTEN |
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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Fire in the snow" |
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Christian Schweiger Germany Nominee Nature Amateur "Fragile World" On the beach in front of the glacierlagoon Jökulsarlon |
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Dale Duncan-Johnson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Tall Trees in Fog" |
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David Curelea Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Life On The Banana Blossom Boat" Life On The Banana Blossom Boat. Photographed in Vietnam. As a fallen Banana Blossom floats at sunset, nature's life makes the most of the situation. |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Moment in the Sun" |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Underwater Forrest " |
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Douglas A. Yates USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Triangulating Winter" Breakup on the Tanana River in Alaska. Some ice floes are bigger than trucks, others are smaller and can be lifted into view of a camera. |
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Emo Gene Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Future History" Painted Hills, Oregon |
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Emo Gene Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Between the Hills" Painted Hills, Oregon |
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Fabien BRAVIN France Nominee Nature Amateur "It's raining again" A butterfly waiting for better weather in a californian poppy |
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Helen McFadden Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Cascade" A small cascade of water catches reflections of the red rocks of the sides of the deep gorge and the blue sky in the remote Pilbara area of Western Australia |
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Helmuth Mayrhofer Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "princes' plume" |
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Hennie Kempen Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Butterfly2" Where to next |
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Hennie Kempen Netherlands Nominee Nature Amateur "Mud Elephant" Boiling mud captured at a figurative moment |
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Ignacio Palacios Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Hamersley Gorge" Hamersley Gorge in Karijini National Park, Australia |
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Ignacio Palacios Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Dales gorge" Dales gorge little waterfall in Karijini National Park |
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Ignacio Palacios Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Kermits Pool" Kermits Pool in Hancock Gorge, Karijini National Park |
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James Peterson USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Pottery Arch, Monument Valley, Arizona" Off the beaten path, one finds a unique perspective on a sacred landscape. |
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James McClean USA Nominee Nature Amateur "a_Setting Moon and Aurora, Chena Hot Springs Alaska" The skies turned green over the Arctic for Saint Patrick's Day 2013. One of the best displays of aurora anyone has seen in over a generation. |
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James McClean USA Nominee Nature Amateur "a_Aurora over Charley Dome, Chena Hot Springs Resort Alaska" |
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Jan Follby Sweden Nominee Nature Amateur "Straw" |
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Jeremie NOEL France Nominee Nature Amateur "a_Northern snail" Northern light in Luosto, in Finnish Lapland. |
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Karen Morton New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Vacant" |
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Ken Koskela USA Nominee Nature Amateur "End of Day at Deadvlei" Evening light striking the orange dunes at Deadvlei |
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Kevin Briggs USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Glacier Point" The magnificent landscape of the Perito Moreno Glacier |
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Larry Alford USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn Mist" Autunm foggy morning in a pine forest. |
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Lea Foster USA Nominee Nature Amateur "The Little Skipper 2" Fiery Skipper on Gaillardia |
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Leo Pelletier Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "INDIAN TEA" TEA PLANTAION IN MUNNAR , PROVINCE OF KERALA ,INDIA |
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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Nature Amateur "Antarctica Iceberg" Antarctica Iceberg became visible to me on a stormy afternoon from Cuverville to Wilhelmina Bay. As we got closer the clarity and contrast was unbelievable. Where did it come from-where is it going? |
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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Nature Amateur "Sag Sunset" Take a deep breath and just be....... |
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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Nature Amateur "New Vista" New View Through a Classic Window |
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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Crater's Landing" Spiritual Look at the Valley - Canyonlands, Utah |
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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Moon Catcher" Catching the Moon in Dead Horse State Park, Utah |
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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Emerging Beauties Reflected" Fall sunset lighting up the leafless tree tops. |
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Marek Potoma Czech Republic Nominee Nature Amateur "The Rain and The Beach" |
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Maria Kaimaki Greece Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn Interlude" |
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Marianna Armata Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Armata-Marianna_Sun Catchers" a macro shot of a glorious sunset seen through Goats Beard seeds |
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Mario Bejagan Cardenas United Arab Emirates Nominee Nature Amateur "The Magnificent Arabian Oryx in the Desert" During my expedition amidst the desert of United Arab Emirates; I was so lucky to photograph into its natural habitat the endangered Arabian Oryx. In 1972, the Arabian Oryx was declared extinct in the wild. |
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Mark Kelly Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Pine Feathers" Subtle autumn colours near Queenstown NewZealand |
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Mark Kelly Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Trio" Autumn colours near Queenstown NewZealand |
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Mark Roberts USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Stand Off" Moss Beach, Ca |
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Mark Seawell USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Garden of Eden" My friend Kipp's has a special backyard with a stream running through it and the Garden of Eden |
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Mark Seawell USA Nominee Nature Amateur "3 sisters" Trees emerge from the morning mist like a dream..3 sisters |
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Mike Isaak Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "a_Aurora" My favorite image from the aurora event of Sept. 9, 2011. It is very rare to see the aurora so strong when the fields are still green. A full moon iluminated the foreground. |
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Nicola Roberto Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Into the wild" |
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Nicola Roberto Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Sunset" |
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Phuoc Phan USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Mono Lake Milky Way" Milky way over Mono Lake south tufa reserve |
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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee Nature Amateur "Marbaek " |
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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Sulptures on the sand" Driftwood, South Carolina, USA |
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Ron Harper Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Autumn Milkweed" Gorgeous in Spring, stately in autumn. |
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Ronny Ritschel Canada Nominee Nature Amateur "Orange Glow" |
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Sally Phillips New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Life Cycle - Monarch" A Monarch Butterfly just hatching and caterpillar feeding on the Swan plant |
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Sally Phillips New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Meeting my former self " Monarch Butterfly and Caterpillar meeting on a branch |
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Sally Phillips New Zealand Nominee Nature Amateur "Mantis Mating" Say it with Flowers - Praying Mantis Mating |
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Samuel Feron France Nominee Nature Amateur "Ages" A walk on volcano in Kamchatka, Russia. |
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Samuel Feron France Nominee Nature Amateur "On the Road" In the Highlands, Iceland |
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Samuel Feron France Nominee Nature Amateur "Nowhere Wave" Isle of Arran, Scotland |
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Samuel Feron France Nominee Nature Amateur "Red Fall" In the Highlands, Iceland |
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Scott Bycroft Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Cape Clairault" Cape Clairault, Western Australia. Shot at sunrise with a full moon setting to the west. It's an attempt to capture the moment competing ambient light illuminates the landscape. |
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Sebastien Beun Belgium Nominee Nature Amateur "Seljalandsfoss" One of the most famous waterfalls of Iceland, Seljalandsfoss is particular in the way that one can just walk behind it. |
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Silvano Caliaro Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "just a day" switzerland |
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Silvano Caliaro Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "mirror" saturday afternoon |
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Silvia Lisotti Italy Nominee Nature Amateur "Ice" Iceland |
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Slobodan Blagojevic USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Nature's Colors" A thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. |
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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee Nature Amateur "flare" |
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Timothy Poulton Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "The Awakening" Dicky Beach Australia |
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Timothy Poulton Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Blue Straggler" Batemans Bay Australia |
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Tom Seiler Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Northwestern Fjord" Alaska |
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Tom Seiler Switzerland Nominee Nature Amateur "Dolomites" Italy |
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Vidya Kane USA Nominee Nature Amateur "Aspen Leaves and Snow" I made this image during the first snowstorm in Aspendell, CA. I was drawn to this scene as the delicate aspen leaves looked like sugar coated popsicles. |
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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Nature Amateur "Low Clouds" Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. |
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Wendy Broekx Australia Nominee Nature Amateur "Iceberg" Svalbard, Norway |