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Victoria Parnall-Vaughan UK 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Professional "White Out" |
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Thomas Kokta USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Professional "African Night Skies" Lack of light pollution highlights quiver trees and night sky in Namibia |
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Dennis Frates USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Professional "Zion Majesty" Sun peaking through storm clouds at East Temple. Zion National Park, Utah |
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Dennis Frates USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Ancient Knarl" Gnarled exposed roots of Bristlecone Pine Tree. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Inyo County, California |
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Karthikeyan Shanmugasundaram India Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Harmony of Life" One fine day i went out to take my regular macro pictures...when time was rolling i realized it was already sunset and thought to call it a day... suddenly i noticed a bunch of lacewing eggs on top of |
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Idell Conaway USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Plerogyra Sinuosa" White bubble coral feeding, from the reefs of the Philippines |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Smoke On The Water" Sea spray at sunset along the Na Pali coast |
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Clayton Hairs Australia Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Subtle Beauty" |
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Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "African Night and Dead Trees" No light pollution displays the starry sky in Nambia. |
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Glenn DeWitt USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Hudson River Abstract #155" dense fog on the Hudson River |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Earthworks" Sunrise light; Death Valley, CA |
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Sabrina Caramanico Italy Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Fireflies" Summer 2015 |
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Rodney Lough Jr. USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Cathedral Forest" Outside of the Dalles, Oregon, USA |
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Daniel Bommarito USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Canyon Spirit" Antelope Canyon, Arizona |
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Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Aurora and Tent" Aurora borealis and Tent, Arctic |
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Hamish Mitchell Canada Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Antelope Canyon" A walk through Antelope Canyon allows the viewer to witness first-hand the beauty and power of nature. The way the light dances on the canyon's finely textured walls is truly a captivating experience |
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Konstantin Grebnev Russia Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Atlantic Light" |
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Yuri Dojc Canada Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Magic Forest" Old forest near Eugenia Falls in Canada |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee Nature Professional "Oceans XVI" Storm clouds over the ocean with sunlit foreground. |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee Nature Professional "High Voltage" Lighting across San Luis Valley as seen from Great Sand Dunes National Park |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee Nature Professional "Use Your Illusion" The feeling of being under water and yet on solid ground. |
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Adam Dorn USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Secrets of Cady Creek" |
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Adam Dorn USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Light Show of Au Train Beach" |
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Adam Dorn USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Calm Before the Storm" |
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Adam Dorn USA Nominee Nature Professional "Galactic Home" |
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Adam Dorn USA Nominee Nature Professional "Celestial Bloom" |
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Alberto Cicchini Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Il Raggio" Brutto tempo nel mare Adriatico un grande raggio di luce raggiunge il mare con l'onda che prende forma |
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Alexander Milligan USA Nominee Nature Professional "Laughing" Waves, water, sun, sand, laughing |
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Amanda Smith USA Nominee Nature Professional "Calm after the Blizzard Snow Cap" It never ceases to amaze me, the power and destruction of Mother Nature, followed by some of the most serene and peaceful beauty I have ever seen. |
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Andreas Bruglacher Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Landmannalaugar, Iceland" Landmannalaugar,Iceland, August 2010 |
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Andreas Bruglacher Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Tuscany, Italy" Tuscany,Italy, April 2013 |
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Andy Goodwin USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dragonfly on Lettuce Leaf" From a series on nature and texture |
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Arnaud Gras France Nominee Nature Professional "Le Jardinat" Petit havre de paix en Ardeche |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Overwhelming Arctic Landscape with Inhabitant" Svalbard, Norway |
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Az Jackson Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Tree of Life" Setting sun behind a tree in Matong State Forest, NSW, Australia |
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Az Jackson Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Red Planet" An alien-like landform in the middle of Arizona, Horseshoe Bend is a gorge hundreds of feet deep and one of the most interesting rock formations on the planet. |
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Bernd Opitz Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Last Winter Flakes" Austria April 2015 |
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Blaine Siesser USA Nominee Nature Professional "Lake Erie" Lake Erie in the morning. Just before the sun rises. This long exposure of the wind kissing the waters reveals a morning solace of comforting colors and beauty. |
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Chris White UK Nominee Nature Professional "Loch Avon, Dawn" Dawn Shot of Loch Avon, Cairngorms national park Scotland |
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Clayton Hairs Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Live amongst the Dead" |
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Clifford White Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Danube Sunset" Spectacular sunset over the romantic Danube River in Austria, handheld shot on board the longship Viking Vidar while cruising the Danube |
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Con van Staa Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Sunrise" Port Macquarie |
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Craig Bill USA Nominee Nature Professional "Terraquest" Antelope Canyon, AZ, USA |
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Craig Bill USA Nominee Nature Professional "Gates of Eden" Columbia River Gorge, OR, USA |
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Daniel Bommarito USA Nominee Nature Professional "Perseid Meteor Shower" Zion National Park, Utah |
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Dean Cooper Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Riverbed" |
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Dean Cooper Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Different" |
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Eric Taylor USA Nominee Nature Professional "Milky Way at the Beach" Evening glow and the milky way on the beach |
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Evgeny Dubinchuk Russia Nominee Nature Professional "Ice Hummock on Lake Baikal" One of the wonderful sunsets on frozen lake Baikal |
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Franz Messenbaeck Austria Nominee Nature Professional "Curved Lines And Dust" Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California |
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G Sharad Haksar India Nominee Nature Professional "Glowers On The Beach 2" Shot In Iceland during winter. |
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G Sharad Haksar India Nominee Nature Professional "Isle Of Calm" Shot In Iceland during winter. |
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G Sharad Haksar India Nominee Nature Professional "Jagged Edge" Shot In Iceland during winter. |
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G Sharad Haksar India Nominee Nature Professional "Glowberg's On The Beach 1" Shot In Iceland during winter. |
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Gareth Rockliffe USA Nominee Nature Professional "Beaver Creek" Dusk at Beaver Creek |
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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee Nature Professional "Moon Light on the Coast" moon light on the coast |
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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee Nature Professional "Hidden sun" Hidden sun |
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Glenn DeWitt USA Nominee Nature Professional "Hudson River Abstract #453" fog and ice reflection...... early winter morning on the Hudson River. |
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Glyn Davies UK Nominee Nature Professional "Beyond the Pool" An empty rock pool is a symptom of the over exploitation of our seas, whereas in my own childhood every pool was teaming with life, as were the oceans |
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Glyn Davies UK Nominee Nature Professional "Five Minute Intensity in Darkness" A solitary house bathed in late afternoon sunlight in dramatic weather overlooks this secluded little cove on North Anglesey, where streams run down to the sea. |
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Glyn Davies UK Nominee Nature Professional "Two Guiding Lights" Light beams from South Stack lighthouse pierce upwards through a thick bank of sea fog at dusk, caused by a phenomenal temperature inversion. The North Star shines overhead |
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Glyn Davies UK Nominee Nature Professional "Candy Floss Rollercoaster" This undulating set of hills seen in a pink dusk, is locally known as the roller-coaster, the foothills to Wales' highest mountain, Snowdon. |
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Glyn Davies UK Nominee Nature Professional "Light Notes, Snowdon" Patches of light over the slopes of the huge & imposing massif of Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain studied during changeable bad weather |
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Istvan Vizner USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Pit" My Bisbee Years |
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Jeff Grant Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Pastel Light" |
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Jennifer Ribout-Hilder Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Divine" |
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Jennifer Idol USA Nominee Nature Professional "Power" Remember nature's power to transform a place … still, boiling, and magnificent. |
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johan vipper USA Nominee Nature Professional "Cloud 2" |
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johan vipper USA Nominee Nature Professional "Cloud 3" |
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Jonathan Andrew Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Islet of Tindholmur, Vagar, Faroe Islands" |
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Kim Sokola Switzerland Nominee Nature Professional "Goa" |
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Lee Scott USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Color and Texture of Haleakala" The colors and textures of Haleakala reveal themselves along the Sliding Sands Trail, Maui. |
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Leora Eger-Dreyfuss Israel Nominee Nature Professional "Namib Dunes" |
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Luigi Fieni Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Soul Steps XV" The memories of a pilgrimage: a purification through the journey, not the worship of its sacred destination. The shrine is just the end of a prayer started with the beginning of the pilgrimage. |
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Malissia Simpson USA Nominee Nature Professional "Movement is the Thing" Jelly Fish fascinate me and are sometimes difficult to photograph. These are Upside Down Jellies. |
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Marc Cartwright USA Nominee Nature Professional "Invasion " Los Angeles |
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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Nature Professional "Scarlet Ramifications" Japanese Maple in all of its splendor. A distant relative of the Oregon relative. |
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Paul Foley Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Rainbow Sunset" After a storm passed over Werri Beach the sun, clouds and still wet air combined to put on this amazing light show. |
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Pete McCutchen USA Nominee Nature Professional "Striations" |
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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Mangrove" Mangrove sapling growing amongst reeds |
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Peter Meyer Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Flames 2" Fuel Reduction Fire overlooking a lake |
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Robert Maynard UK Nominee Nature Professional "Tree Island " l arrived the Lake but unfortunately couldn't see the tree island so l stayed until I saw a break of light in the fog which showed a calm and smooth reflection on the surface of the water. |
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Rodney Lough Jr. USA Nominee Nature Professional "Beauty Creek" Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada |
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Rodney Lough Jr. USA Nominee Nature Professional "Everythings Gonna Be Alright" Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon, USA |
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Rodney Lough Jr. USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Bird Bath" Black Rock Desert Nevada, USA |
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Rodney Lough Jr. USA Nominee Nature Professional "San Script" Navajo Indian Tribal Reservation, Arizona, USA |
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Roy Pope USA Nominee Nature Professional "Fall Moonrise, Superstition Mountains, Arizona" Fall Moonrise, Superstition Mountains, Arizona |
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Samuel Feron France Nominee Nature Professional "Untitled (2)" |
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Samuel Feron France Nominee Nature Professional "Untitled (3)" |
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Sascha Unger Australia Nominee Nature Professional "The Three Sentinels" Junction Pool – Karijini National Park / Western Australia |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Morning Light (1)" A magic morning of light and elements, hand held photograph shot with Nikon DF and Voightlander 20 mm fixed manual lens |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Waves" A very low angle for this my favourite subject seascapes. |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Hail Storm" A massive hail storm hits Sydney May 2015 . |
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Steven Massart Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Snow at Sunset" |
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Theresa Scarbrough USA Nominee Nature Professional "Benbulben" Benbulben rock formation with sheep, County Sligo, Ireland |
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Theresa Scarbrough USA Nominee Nature Professional "Uragh Stone Circle" Uragh Stone Circle with waterfall in Gleninchaquin Park, Tuosist, County Kerry, Ireland |
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Theresa Scarbrough USA Nominee Nature Professional "Atlantic" Atlantic ocean wave at sunrise. |
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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee Nature Professional "Tent and Northern Lights" Aurora borealis and Tent, Arctic |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Beaufort 7" The wind acts like a periodic curve, a waved line where a rise is followed by a fall and calm returns. With this metaphor as our inspiration the series “Beaufort” was created. |
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Tom Lindboe Denmark Nominee Nature Professional "Yosemite" |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Kangia 1" Arctic series by Tom D. Jones |
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Tom Lindboe Denmark Nominee Nature Professional "Hidden Stories - Waterfall" |
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Tony DeSantis USA Nominee Nature Professional "A New Beginning" Crushing the waves at The Wedge-Newport Beach |
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Tracy Ryan Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Argyle Sunset" Lake Argyle in the Kimberley, Western Australia a perfect sunset spot to savour the colours and reflections. |
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Wei Tan USA Nominee Nature Professional "After an Avalanche" The remaining snow after an avalanche on the peak of Mount Charlotte at the Bench Glacier, Chugach National Forest, Alaska. July 2014 |
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Youngsook Zhang USA Nominee Nature Professional "Bryce Canyon " Bryce Canyon UT,USA |
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Youngsook Zhang USA Nominee Nature Professional "Subway" Subway,UT,USA |