Nature - Professional

Seavers Road David Skernick
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Seavers Road"
I just about crashed my truck when I rounded a curve and spotted this perfect cloud.



Six Thirty AM Shapes Strong City Kansas Glen McClure
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Six Thirty AM Shapes Strong City Kansas"
From the series Grasslands



Braided River Study #1 Marc Koegel
Canada

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Braided River Study #1"



alberino Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Honorable Mention

"alberino"
a lonely tree in Tuscany before the storm



Majestic Waters of the lake Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Honorable Mention

"Majestic Waters of the lake"
Avery nice Display of natures fury of the Lake Erie



Misty Tuscany Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Misty Tuscany"
a mistic foggy morning in San Quirico D'Orcia



DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #33 Bob Canepa
USA

Honorable Mention

"DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #33"
Canepa-Bob_DUNEWORK ! TRANQUILITY #33



Glory in the shadows Mark Seawell
USA

Honorable Mention

"Glory in the shadows"
The earth gesture in hidden places...glory in the shadows



LADY DUNE Jason Joyce
UK

Honorable Mention

"LADY DUNE"
Mother Nature at her best.



Monterey Pine 5 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention

"Monterey Pine 5"
A Monterey Pine along the Pacific Coast of California.



Antarctic Scene 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention

"Antarctic Scene 1"
A wide shot in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Cactus 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention

"Cactus 1"
A saguaro cactus outside of Tuscan, AZ using a digital tintype process.



the haunted forest Gio Fleming
France

Honorable Mention

"the haunted forest"
The Dark Edges in Northern Ireland, a stretch of road winding through twisted trees



Human being in Nature Claude Ka Kit Tsang
Hong Kong

Honorable Mention

"Human being in Nature"
On the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia, white clouds flutter in the endless blue sky, black land stretches to both sides, and a lhut stands on the field make people realise how small the Man is.



Trampled Alys Williams
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Trampled"
The chaos of the human footprint upon the intricate beauty of nature.



sand dune Frank Bevans
USA

Honorable Mention

"sand dune"



Ham Lands Justin Pumfrey
UK

Honorable Mention

"Ham Lands"



Dune Shapes at Silver Strand Glen McClure
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dune Shapes at Silver Strand"
From the continuing series, The West of ireland



Saguaro Bloom Gabriella Giannini
USA

Honorable Mention

"Saguaro Bloom"
Native to Arizona, finding a California 90+ yr old Saguaro is not common..



Aftermath Mirek Weichsel
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Aftermath"
Red River after flood. Winnipeg, Canada.



Collision Peter Meyer
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Collision"
When an incoming wave meets the outgoing wave.



Panarea Elian Island, Sicily_3223, 2022 Edoardo Romagnoli
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Panarea Elian Island, Sicily_3223, 2022"
Picture taken in Panarea during a storm, the 21st of August 2022 at 9.15 p.m.



Evening Magic Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Honorable Mention

"Evening Magic"
Sometimes the the wind let up and the snowfall was gentle.



SKY LINE Robert Coates
Canada

Honorable Mention

"SKY LINE"
Near the Saskatchewan-Alberta border in Canada, and was a sign of a former prairie homestead.



Iceberg 4 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention

"Iceberg 4"
An iceberg in the Iceberg Graveyard in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Life & Death David Frutos Egea
Spain

Honorable Mention

"Life & Death"
This nature scene is an oxymoron where life and death are presented together.



At Surf's Edge, Cannon Beach, Oregon Matt Sievers
USA

Honorable Mention

"At Surf's Edge, Cannon Beach, Oregon"
Where sea ends and land begins is an unceasing ballet. Here the sea draws a line in the sand as to where it reigns supreme.



Ice Poles Joel Simpson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Ice Poles"
Ice stalagmites that form every winter in the Viðgelmir Lave Tube Cave, Iceland



Ice Field, Alaska Layne Kennedy
USA

Honorable Mention

"Ice Field, Alaska"
A broken ice field in Central Alaska takes on the look of melting meringue.



Tree tunnel Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Tree tunnel"
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Ripple Effect Alfonso Calero
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Ripple Effect"
Our actions move things like a ripple in a pond.



HEAVENS MIRROR Jason Joyce
UK

Honorable Mention

"HEAVENS MIRROR"
I almost crashed my car as I turned the corner and was presented with this Scottish Highlands vista.



Stormchasers Adam Regan
UK

Nominee

"Stormchasers"
Kite surfers catching the winds on the tail of a storm as it heads out to sea.



Cardiac Canyon #2 Alan Lemire
USA

Nominee

"Cardiac Canyon #2"
Erosion in wave form in Cardiac Canyon



Dunes #3 Alan Lemire
USA

Nominee

"Dunes #3"
Dune Abstract



Dunes #2 Alan Lemire
USA

Nominee

"Dunes #2"
First light on a dune.



small antarctic island Alexander Friedrich Beck
Germany

Nominee

"small antarctic island"
Photo is taken in Antarctica with analog middle format



Antarctica 1 Alexander Friedrich Beck
Germany

Nominee

"Antarctica 1"
iceberg, photo taken with analog middle format



DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96 Bob Canepa
USA

Nominee

"DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96"
Canepa-Bob_DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96



Paris Storm Brian LaCas
Canada

Nominee

"Paris Storm"
Storm viewed from Eiffel Tower



Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee

"Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary"
The mist rolled into the estuary from the sea



Tidal Basin Cameron Davidson
USA

Nominee

"Tidal Basin"
Tree alongside the Tidal Basin in DC, dying due to extreme high tides overflowing the tidal basin.



Lone Tupelo Charles Bush
USA

Nominee

"Lone Tupelo"
A B;acl amd White Infrared photograph of a Tupelo Tree in the waters of Miller's Lake



lightning strike Christos Aggelidis
Greece

Nominee

"lightning strike"
Sudden summer storm over Parga



Lone Pine Clark James Mishler
USA

Nominee

"Lone Pine"
Lone Pine, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite National Park, 2023



Minas Gerais Daniel Mansur
Brazil

Nominee

"Minas Gerais"
Nikon D810



Brushed by light Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee

"Brushed by light"
The last rays of the evening light brushes across the patterns of this desert dune.



Hemlock Falls Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee

"Hemlock Falls"
Hemlock Falls, South Mountain Reservation, NJ.



Lightening Strikes David Gubernick
USA

Nominee

"Lightening Strikes"
Lightening Storm Over The Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, California



Aladdin's Moon Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Nominee

"Aladdin's Moon"
Half moon and summer cloud formations over Lake Kalliojärvi, 2022



The day awakens. Doc Winkler
Germany

Nominee

"The day awakens."
A foggy morning in the Alps.



Alone Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee

"Alone "
Its a long journey to be alone but we will make it someday never give-up



The Brain Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee

"The Brain "
Under water for million years water has carved this awesome rock formations



Last Light Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee

"Last Light "
And when I thought was done the nature give me one more opportunity to paint with light and shadows



THE COLOR OF A GOOD DAY Fausto Fontana
Italy

Nominee

"THE COLOR OF A GOOD DAY"
The color of a sad and boring melancholy day When I see that there is a particular light or clouds,



Jelly Florian W. Mueller
Germany

Nominee

"Jelly"
Jellyfishes. Dance like nobody's watching...



early morning fog Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee

"early morning fog"
the Tuscany country



Solitude's Radiance Gio Fleming
France

Nominee

"Solitude's Radiance"
Ireland. Amidst the vast emptiness, a solitary tree on a cliff receives a gentle embrace from the su



the dantesque lift Gio Fleming
France

Nominee

"the dantesque lift"
Is this chairlift transporting people or souls?



Dugort Light Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Dugort Light"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Falling Cloud Texture Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Falling Cloud Texture"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



White House on the Hill, Ardmalin, County Donegal Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"White House on the Hill, Ardmalin, County Donegal"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Hazy Light Minaun Cliffs Achill Island Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Hazy Light Minaun Cliffs Achill Island"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Barrel Sponge Grant Stirton
Canada

Nominee

"Barrel Sponge"
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia



Lenticular Cloud Hal Tearse
USA

Nominee

"Lenticular Cloud "
Lenticular cloud over Torres del Paine NP - Chile



Almost Dark Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee

"Almost Dark"
The beauty of black.



Lightfall Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee

"Lightfall"
There is always light somewhere, even in the darkest places.



Pescadero Fog Jay Watson
USA

Nominee

"Pescadero Fog"
Morning fog over Pescadero, CA



Iceberg 2 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Iceberg 2"
An iceberg in Niko Harbour located in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Iceberg 3 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Iceberg 3"
Early morning light on and iceberg in the Antarctic Peninsula.



Iceberg Detaail 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Iceberg Detaail 1"
A detail of an iceberg in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Antarctic Scene 2 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Antarctic Scene 2"
A wide shot in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Cactus 2 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Cactus 2"
Saguaro cactus outside of Tuscan, AZ using a digital tintype process.



Cactus in the Snow Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Cactus in the Snow"
Saguaro cactus in the snow outside of Tuscan, AZ using a digital tintype process.



Monterey Pine 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Monterey Pine 1"
A Monterey Pine along the Pacific Coast of California.



Monterey Pine 4 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee

"Monterey Pine 4"
A Monterey Pine along the Pacific Coast of California.



ABOVE 1 Joan Grabel
USA

Nominee

"ABOVE 1"
Flying above the San Juan Islands



Ice Bubbles, Kerið Crater Joel Simpson
USA

Nominee

"Ice Bubbles, Kerið Crater"
The water in Kerið Crater, Iceland, freezes hard, trapping Miro-like bubble patterns.



Ice Embeddings, Kerið Crater Joel Simpson
USA

Nominee

"Ice Embeddings, Kerið Crater"
Kerið Crater ice also freezes wave forms, with intermittent pocket populations of bubbles.



Watzmann Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Nominee

"Watzmann"
Mount Watzmann



Sunset Spot #7 John Siskin
USA

Nominee

"Sunset Spot #7"



Latrigg Cloudscape Julian Elliott
UK

Nominee

"Latrigg Cloudscape"
Morning light across the snow covered fells of the Lake District national park from Latrigg



The Queen's Castle Julian Elliott
UK

Nominee

"The Queen's Castle"
Looking down on the Queen's castle near to Lo Manthang, Nepal



Bruton Justin Pumfrey
UK

Nominee

"Bruton"



Levels Justin Pumfrey
UK

Nominee

"Levels"



In the deepest area of your soul you will find a landscape Karel Mus
Belgium

Nominee

"In the deepest area of your soul you will find a landscape"
Landscapes are an unconditional dialogue, a conversion without rules, obligations and restrictions.



Dry Rain Kevin Vandivier
USA

Nominee

"Dry Rain"
Afternoon rain shower at White Sands, New Mexico.



Ancient Cove Kimara Wilhite
USA

Nominee

"Ancient Cove"
An ancient cove on the SE coast of Scotland, on the North Sea



Waves of Mammatus-Clouds Kirsten Heer
Germany

Nominee

"Waves of Mammatus-Clouds"
Kirsten_Heer



Cerro Torre Klaus Fengler
Germany

Nominee

"Cerro Torre"
Cerro Torre and Torre Egger with the Torre Valley, Patagonian, Argentinien.



Magic Moments: Blind Skiers on Tour in the Swiss Alps Lily Solmssen Moureaux
USA

Nominee

"Magic Moments: Blind Skiers on Tour in the Swiss Alps"
Magic Moments: Blind Skiers on tour in the Swiss Alps



Akakus Desert Luciano Monti
Italy

Nominee

"Akakus Desert"
meditation



Cloud Over Morro Rock Lynne Eodice
USA

Nominee

"Cloud Over Morro Rock"
A cloud forming over Morro Rock, Morro Bay, CA



SCENIC LUNCH BREAK AT INDUS RIVER Marie-Pascale Vandewalle
Belgium

Nominee

"SCENIC LUNCH BREAK AT INDUS RIVER"
Wherever you go in Ladakh, the scenic Himalaya mountains and prayerflags are always with you.



Whiteout Coming Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee

"Whiteout Coming"
A family vacation in Joshua Tree, California, began with the most wonderful blizzard.



Respite Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee

"Respite"
Eventually the storm let up.



Between Light and Darkness Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

"Between Light and Darkness"
Antelope Island somewhere between light and darkness



From the shore Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

"From the shore"
I witness nature spinning its web of wonder as a funnel cloud seems to erupt from the sky. I take it all in..from the shore.



Eagle Head Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

"Eagle Head"
The light pours through the walls of a remote slot canyon and I capture the moment...eagle head



Cloud breaking Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee

"Cloud breaking"
National Park Low Tatras, Slovakia



In the spruce forest Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee

"In the spruce forest"
IR Photography



He needs the rain Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee

"He needs the rain"



Mounga Evening Michael Venz
New Zealand

Nominee

"Mounga Evening"
Evening at the Mounga, Rapa Nui



Existing Michelle Ranee Johnson
USA

Nominee

"Existing"
The beautiful Yayan Waterfall (Ahwahnechee name for Cascade Falls). Yosemite National Park, CA.



Desert Sunset Mike DeCesare
USA

Nominee

"Desert Sunset"



Ominous Nathalie Lauzon
Canada

Nominee

"Ominous"
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean



Boneyard Wish Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee

"Boneyard Wish"



BACKLIT RIDGE Nigel Moyes
Australia

Nominee

"BACKLIT RIDGE"
Ridgeline of Craggy Pines at Roaring Meg, Queenstown NZ.



Morning Grace PATRICIA DINU
USA

Nominee

"Morning Grace"



Brays Reef Paul McClenaghan
Australia

Nominee

"Brays Reef"



as above so is below Paul A Wright
UK

Nominee

"as above so is below"
an aerial drone image captured at 300 feet during a brief moment without rain during fierce storms



Vlei Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee

"Vlei"



Un Momento Soñado PAULO OLIVIER HANSHING
Chile

Nominee

"Un Momento Soñado"
Los primeros rayos del sol, combinados con la niebla, regalaron un momento de ensueño.



The Tree Paulo Pampolin
UK

Nominee

"The Tree"
Tree by the river in Espirito Santo, Brazil



Maelstrom Peter Meyer
Australia

Nominee

"Maelstrom"
When an incoming wave meets the outgoing wave.



Anatomy of a Tree Rainer Thrum
Germany

Nominee

"Anatomy of a Tree"



Fly fishing Richard Oakland
UK

Nominee

"Fly fishing"
Spiders threads caught in the late winter sunrise in an ancient woodland



The Firmament Robert DeRosa
USA

Nominee

"The Firmament"
A clearing storm captured before sunrise over the Great Salt Lake



The Clearing Storm Robert DeRosa
USA

Nominee

"The Clearing Storm"
Snow continues to fall in the South over the Great Salt Lake as the storm clears in the North



Lines in the Sand Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee

"Lines in the Sand"
Patterns in the sand, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado



Sun Stream Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee

"Sun Stream"
Clearing storm on Combers Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada



TIL OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN Robert Coates
Canada

Nominee

"TIL OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN"
The long shadows stretching across my morning walking path complimented the streaking sky, and presented a compelling image.



asphalt fall Rotem Pushinsky
USA

Nominee

"asphalt fall"



Landscape Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee

"Landscape"
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Farmland Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee

"Farmland"
Spain



Duplication Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee

"Duplication"
Spain



The Maelstrom Scott Wurzel
USA

Nominee

"The Maelstrom"
The original Maelstrom in the Lofoten Archipelago, Norway



Pine Trees Shinji Ichikawa
Japan

Nominee

"Pine Trees"
An artwork created by photographing pine trees from various angles and arranging them into a single



Italy_Dolomiti Stanislaw Chomicki
Germany

Nominee

"Italy_Dolomiti"



Stay Stephen Hayes
Ireland

Nominee

"Stay"
This image was captured during blue hour at the amazing Copper Coast in Waterford, Ireland.



Where Sea meets Shore, Magic Happens Steve Sorensen
USA

Nominee

"Where Sea meets Shore, Magic Happens"
Watching the tide layer itself upon the shore...mesmerizing.



Industrial Light & Magic Steve Zmak
USA

Nominee

"Industrial Light & Magic"
August 16, 2020-This rare thunderstorm set off some of the largest fires in California history.



South Swell Steve Turner
Australia

Nominee

"South Swell"
Massive swell East Coast Sydney Australia May 2023



Woodland Impressionism2 Susan Dykstra
Canada

Nominee

"Woodland Impressionism2"
ICM Impressionism



Stillness Susanna Patras
USA

Nominee

"Stillness"
Morning light in the Algarve, Portugal



Sedona Canyon Timothy Cotter
USA

Nominee

"Sedona Canyon"



Fujimi Lake Mother Tree Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

Nominee

"Fujimi Lake Mother Tree"
The mother tree that always watches over



swamp of fog Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

Nominee

"swamp of fog"
My favorite forests and swamps were swallowed up by fog, exuding immense beauty.



Iguazu Victor Elias
USA

Nominee

"Iguazu"
The sheer power of mother nature displayed at Iguazu Falls



Volcan Road Victoria Parnall-Vaughan
UK

Nominee

"Volcan Road"



Ibiza 2 Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee

"Ibiza 2"



Intimate Aspens Will Enos
USA

Nominee

"Intimate Aspens"
A small clump of Aspens in late fall. Winter and Snow are about to begin.



Grand Teton William Lulow
USA

Nominee

"Grand Teton"
Grand Teton, Grand Teton, NP Wyoming, USA



Desert Scales Zach Miller
USA

Nominee

"Desert Scales"
The desert has no shortage of stories - just take a look at all the cracks in the rocks.



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