Abstract - Amateur

Piano Andrea Kornfeld
Hungary

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Piano"
This is an old piano from Hungary



Adam and Eve Hugh Jones
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Adam and Eve"



American Bull Rider #5 Daniel Kencke
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"American Bull Rider #5"
A long exposure captures the energy and elegance of the contest between cowboy and bull.



Cacophony 2 Eduardo Fujii
USA

Honorable Mention

"Cacophony 2"



Jump Helen Jolliffe
UK

Honorable Mention

"Jump"
composite of 3 images shot up through a trampoline



A Lne2 Yasuteru Kasano
Japan

Honorable Mention

"A Lne2"



Life of water Arja Redel
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Life of water"
Steady flow of water.



#1 from Reflection Series Vanessa Bertagnole
Australia

Honorable Mention

"#1 from Reflection Series"
Roma Italia, 2008



Spiral Marisol Pastor
Spain

Honorable Mention

"Spiral"



Footpath after rain Abhijit Nandi
India

Nominee

"Footpath after rain"



Manhattan Feeling AL&K Photography
Portugal

Nominee

"Manhattan Feeling"
New York City, Downtown Manhattan



pulling apart Aleta Cortes
USA

Nominee

"pulling apart"



Touching Aleta Cortes
USA

Nominee

"Touching"



The Window Box Alexandra Alcorn
USA

Nominee

"The Window Box"
From the window of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN.



Ice Wonder Amy Vonheim
Norway

Nominee

"Ice Wonder"
A study of the double peony tulip 'Ice Wonder' growing in the spring garden.



Mist of Intrigue Andrew Edmunds
Australia

Nominee

"Mist of Intrigue"
Photographed with Canon EOS 600D, 18-55mm lens, 25mm ext tube........but "What is it"?



The way... Andrey Grinyov
Latvia

Nominee

"The way..."



Olto #19 C E Morse
USA

Nominee

"Olto #19"



Olto #14 C E Morse
USA

Nominee

"Olto #14"



Emptiness Charlene Sammut
Malta

Nominee

"Emptiness"
Botanical Garden, Poland



Untitled (1) Chong Kok Yew
Malaysia

Nominee

"Untitled (1)"



Confluence David Hylton
USA

Nominee

"Confluence"



Fishtail David Jakelic
Croatia

Nominee

"Fishtail"
Reflection of a boat



Lignes De Paepe Freddy
Belgium

Nominee

"Lignes"
Luxemburg



Effervescence Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee

"Effervescence"
Surface ice on a stream



Ink A Dink Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee

"Ink A Dink"
Surface ice on a stream



Source Movement Ed Sancious
USA

Nominee

"Source Movement"



Cacophony 1 Eduardo Fujii
USA

Nominee

"Cacophony 1"



Flagpoles Emil Stojek
Poland

Nominee

"Flagpoles"



Waiting to be Opened Emo Gene
Canada

Nominee

"Waiting to be Opened"



Just Handle It Emo Gene
Canada

Nominee

"Just Handle It"



OverHead Gerald McDowell
USA

Nominee

"OverHead"



Caress of an Angel Wing Gloria Pereyra
USA

Nominee

"Caress of an Angel Wing"



Colosseum Rome Hugh Jones
USA

Nominee

"Colosseum Rome"
I spent two weeks exploring Florence, Rome, Cinque Terre, and Athens - and photographing these cities through a wineglass. A very unique and enjoyable experience.



Alice in Wonderland Hugh Jones
USA

Nominee

"Alice in Wonderland"
binary machine code translation of Alice in Wonderland



Post Constructivist Man Hugh Jones
USA

Nominee

"Post Constructivist Man"
taken with a two element homemade pinhole lens. Image of a construction site.



Escher Apartments Hugh Jones
USA

Nominee

"Escher Apartments"
taken with four element homemade pinhole lens. image of a construction site.



Across the Universe Hugh Jones
USA

Nominee

"Across the Universe"



dreams are made of this Hugh Jones
USA

Nominee

"dreams are made of this"
the metro and waterdrops



Weird Ivana Kupenova
Bulgaria

Nominee

"Weird"



Icarus James Warren
USA

Nominee

"Icarus"



Abstract Jennifer Bucheit
USA

Nominee

"Abstract"



Playing Soccer in Cuba Jim McKinniss
USA

Nominee

"Playing Soccer in Cuba"
Havana, Cuba



H-Headlines 01 Kirill Surov
Canada

Nominee

"H-Headlines 01"



Chaos Klaus Tesching
Germany

Nominee

"Chaos"



Mud Kristian Kjaer Moe
Denmark

Nominee

"Mud"



Dewdrops Leah Lallier
USA

Nominee

"Dewdrops"



Alien Visitor Marco Benedetti
Switzerland

Nominee

"Alien Visitor"
Stone Faces (we would never see)



Poetry of Motion - Dance 12 Marina Chen
USA

Nominee

"Poetry of Motion - Dance 12"
Marina Chen likes to experiment with slow shutter speed in order to capture the traces of time and space in motion which can create surreal and poetic feelings of moving images.



DISNEY CONCERT HALL Mark Paulda
USA

Nominee

"DISNEY CONCERT HALL"
Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles California - Looking Up At Curves



Abstract 2011 95 Markku Saijets
Finland

Nominee

"Abstract 2011 95"



Chimneys 2 Marziyeh Heydarzadeh aghdam
Iran

Nominee

"Chimneys 2"
.



100 feet under Mishu Vass
Romania

Nominee

"100 feet under"
This is from Turda Salt Mine, Romania. Bird view, long exposure, bw, since the place is ultra photographed and I wanted something else than the usual documentary/tourist shot.



Zénith Nancy Hill
Canada

Nominee

"Zénith"



"Trust" Is Written In Black And White Neil Sharpe
Canada

Nominee

""Trust" Is Written In Black And White"
Stress and pressure trigger emotions that can emotionally overwhelm the individual, including feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt, repressed anger, and intense feelings of loneliness, isolation, depression and despair. When we search for clarity, for a reason to believe in ourselves, on close examination, nothing seems in focus, nothing seems to be really there. Accordingly, this image is deliberately blurred, distorted, cast out of focus, and blown out, in order to mimic the effects of stress, pressure, and the emotional responses. Technique: a video is made with a low resolution, e.g. 240p, uploaded to YouTube, and reviewed frame-by-frame to increase distortion and noise. A photograph is taken of the selected frame on a computer monitor, and the resulting image is further processed in Photoshop to overload the final photograph in terms of both resolution and noise.



The sea inside Omid Alliani(Amiri)
Iran

Nominee

"The sea inside"
let it talk for itself.



All that traffic. Pedro Farias-Nardi
Dominican Republic

Nominee

"All that traffic."
Reflections on a car, La Habana, Cuba.



Petals Porus Khareghat
India

Nominee

"Petals"
The cascading ripples in the Petals



the geode Regina Cserna
Austria

Nominee

"the geode"
the geode, Paris 2009; sharply difined twisted mirror reflections observed by a spectator covered in blurring



Ghosts Remo Camerota
USA

Nominee

"Ghosts"
A study in the spontaneous beauty of distortion.



Alone Richard Douglas
Canada

Nominee

"Alone"



car-crash Roberto Pastore Galderio
Italy

Nominee

"car-crash"
borderline



HORIZONTALS Robi Ganguli
India

Nominee

"HORIZONTALS"



Tunnel Vision (2) Roger Parvin
USA

Nominee

"Tunnel Vision (2)"
Riding through Missionary Ridge Tunnel



Underground Whiteout Rupert Horst Portugaller
Austria

Nominee

"Underground Whiteout"
Distorted impression of an underground aisle in a hospital.



Untitled (4) Sandro Tedde
Italy

Nominee

"Untitled (4)"



Chasing a deer bear Sergey Majorov
Russia

Nominee

"Chasing a deer bear"
Majorov



Bridge Seta Karabadjian
Canada

Nominee

"Bridge"
Reflection of bridge at Girona, Spain



Place for Peace Shaikh Jan Mohammad
India

Nominee

"Place for Peace"
Peacefull



Reaching out to you Shashwat Nagpal
India

Nominee

"Reaching out to you"
Thimphu, Bhutan, 2011



Captured Beauty Shirley Land
USA

Nominee

"Captured Beauty"
Monterey Aquarium



Mind Deadline Shohreh GolAzad
Iran

Nominee

"Mind Deadline"
sometimes significant is hidden in insignificant.that,s what i love about abstract.



Outside the box Stephan Brauchli
Switzerland

Nominee

"Outside the box"
Zebra's head detached from its body in the land of Picasso. To me it seems like the Zebra inside is laughing (something about that glint in its eye) as if it knew what I am framing.



Balloons Rising Susan Annable
USA

Nominee

"Balloons Rising"



windy Uri Mahlev
Israel

Nominee

"windy"
windy



White Works Vol. I Uwe Langmann
Germany

Nominee

"White Works Vol. I"



Tunnel vision (1) Vivek Chandrashekaran
Netherlands

Nominee

"Tunnel vision (1)"
Den Bosch



WALL OF PARIS Wolfgang Koehne
Germany

Nominee

"WALL OF PARIS"
I found this wall painting in a corner of a crappy parisian area



Lamp Xuess Wee
Singapore

Nominee

"Lamp"
The lamp broke the column of lines on the sides of an office building



Nena II Zbigniew Sokolowski
USA

Nominee

"Nena II"
Nena with to be born Enzo



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