Nature - Amateur

Half Moon over The Cockscomb, Arizona James Peterson
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Nature
Professional

"Half Moon over The Cockscomb, Arizona"
The moon flirts with fast moving clouds and iconic Arizona spires.



Indus jayanta roy
India

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Nature
Professional

"Indus"
River indus is the mother of Indus Valley Civilization,one of the oldest ancient civilization.



Moonrise Manish Mamtani
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Nature
Professional

"Moonrise"
Moon rising in Yosemite Valley



The Mask Pierre-Bernard Cognein
France

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"The Mask"
I want to capture animals differently



Milky Way Stars 2822 Bob Neiman
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Milky Way Stars 2822"
Milky Way Stars 2822



Aurora Borealis (1) Giulia Furlan
France

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Aurora Borealis (1)"
Northern lights in Henningsvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway.



Lofoten Flow Felix Inden
Germany

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Lofoten Flow"
The famous cabins (Rorbuer) of Lofoten islands in their stormy and wild environment.



Rage yusup yogaswara
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Rage"
wave is creature of ocean



Secret Light francesco paoli
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Secret Light"
Secret Light is an intimate,peacefull and silent interpretationof the Antelope Canyon, Arizona. USA



Mammatus Clouds Stephen Weaver
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Mammatus Clouds"
Mammatus clouds developingfrom a large thunderstorm in Eastern El Paso County, Colorado



Beaten by the Wind Daniel Castilloux
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Beaten by the Wind"
My 9 month trip in New Zealand took me to Slope Point, the most southerly point of the South island in New Zealand. Facing the Southern Ocean it receives the full brunt of the extreme weather coming from the South. Despite the regular high winds, some trees survive there, although they are well battered by the winds. On the day I visited, there wasn't even a puff of wind, but just looking at the landscape one could almost feel the power of the winds here.



Clam Shell Glenn Haworth
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Clam Shell"



Mesquite Dunes and Beyond Don Whitebread
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Mesquite Dunes and Beyond"
Complimentary curves of dunes and stars in Death Valley National Park, California



Winter Joins Pierre Pellegrini
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Winter Joins"
Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 124sec



Masai Mara Landscape Shankar Subramanian
India

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Masai Mara Landscape"
A scenic evening sunset by the Mara- Africa



Icon of Elegance Peter K.C. Ho
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Icon of Elegance"
Jellyfish - an icon of elegance & art form. Photographed in spring 2015.



Oak II Nathan Wirth
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Oak II"
Hills of Marin County, CA. USA



Death Valley Sunset Dunes Adam Felde
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Death Valley Sunset Dunes"



Hoopers Trees Alison Sargent
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Hoopers Trees"
taken on the Southern Outer Banks, NC



Eyes in the Trees Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Eyes in the Trees"
I took this photo as I was being followed around Tashkent by the SNB (Uzbek KGB).



Pure Andrea Jones
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Pure"



Trees (2) Argo Argel
Estonia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Trees (2)"
lightpainting in forest



Exposed Arlene Stanger
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Exposed"



A Different Perspective Atchyut Sappa
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"A Different Perspective"
A different perspective of the break water



Los Cuernos Aubra Franklin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Los Cuernos"
High winds creating phenomal cloud formations over Los Cuernos in Torres del Paine



The Unknown Aurelio Bormioli
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Unknown"
Lac de l'Oronaye - Parc National du Mercantour - France 2014



Ethereal Aurelio Bormioli
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ethereal"
Italy 2015



On the Rocks Bernard Werner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"On the Rocks"
Iceland 2014



Discovery Bay Star Trails Bill Klipp
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Discovery Bay Star Trails"
In anticipation of the Geminid meteor shower I set up my camera in my backyard to take some star trail photos. I started shooting a little after midnight and to create this image I took several hundr



Sunset Crater National Monument Bill Newcott
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sunset Crater National Monument"
The stark light of midday fall evokes Ansel Adams by way of Salvador Dali



Athabasca Falls 2439 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Athabasca Falls 2439"
Athabasca Falls 2439



Coral Cover Park 0312 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Coral Cover Park 0312"
Coral Cove Park 0312



Iceberg Prospect Point Brian Jones
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceberg Prospect Point"



Bristlecone Remnent Brian Schneider
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bristlecone Remnent"
The ancient bristlecone pine forest in California



The Ancient One Brian Schneider
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Ancient One"
The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forrest.



Moro Mist Caleb Asch
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moro Mist"
Mists rolling into the Sequoia Valley



Almond Grove Caleb Asch
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Almond Grove"



Black Sea Rocks Catalin Baican
Romania

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Black Sea Rocks"
Seascape near 2 Mai



Into The Light Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Into The Light"
California coastal fog and morning sun compete for attention in this ancient redwood grove.



Winter\'s Bone Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Winter\'s Bone"
An elegant old bone still standing strong among young Cottonwoods



Balance Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Balance"
Art and nature in perfect balance.



Click Reflection Chris Clinton
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Click Reflection"
Wood Buffalo NP in thick smoke due to forest fires last summer. After development I noticed the >s



Namib Claude Valon
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Namib"



Beach 1 Dag Ole Nordhaug
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Beach 1"



Beach 2 Dag Ole Nordhaug
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Beach 2"



Oblivion Dag Ole Nordhaug
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Oblivion"



Before Breakfast Dag Ole Nordhaug
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Before Breakfast"



Misty Morning David Flueckiger
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Misty Morning"



Highlands Lake Denis Grzetic
Croatia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Highlands Lake"



Rock Triad Denise Castro-Bran
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Rock Triad"
Oregon Coast, USA



Wintry Woodland #1 Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wintry Woodland #1"



Wintry Woodland #2 Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wintry Woodland #2"



Spring Ice Dmitry Arkhipov
Russia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Spring Ice"



El Capitan, Yosemite Dominic Martello
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"El Capitan, Yosemite"



Trees (1) Dominique BONNET
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Trees (1)"



Vanishing Glacier Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Vanishing Glacier"
Alaska



Swirl Valley Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Swirl Valley"
Whitepocket, AZ



Wakeena Creek 1 Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wakeena Creek 1"
Columbia River Gorge, OR



Multnomah Falls Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Multnomah Falls"
Columbia River Gorge, OR



True North Don Whitebread
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"True North"
Polaris and the other northern stars spin over a granite outcrop in Joshua Tree National Park, California



Starlight on Shark Tooth Cove Don Whitebread
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Starlight on Shark Tooth Cove"
Starlight illuminating the waves in Shark Tooth Cove on the California coast.



Orion Over Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley Don Whitebread
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Orion Over Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley"
A bright section of the winter sky over Death Valley National Park, California



Alien Planet Dvir Barkay
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Alien Planet "
Ominous clouds roll over the alien landscape of White Pocket



Bridges in the Sky Dvir Barkay
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bridges in the Sky "
The sun goes behind Double Arch in Arches National Park



Grasses at Sunrise Eleanor Kerr
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Grasses at Sunrise"
,Mississippi River, Louisiana USA 2015, silver gelatin print



Troll\'s Pantry Elena Bolshakova
Russia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Troll\'s Pantry"
Those carefully packed sacks of grass in the fog looked like huge cheeseheads from the troll's house



The Perfect Storm Eric Spence
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Perfect Storm"
Fate finds you at the right place at the right time.



Gletscherfluss Erika Tanzer
Austria

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Gletscherfluss"
Luftaufnahme eines Gletscherabflusses vom Vatnajökul



Agricultural Seascape Frank Hoefs
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Agricultural Seascape"
Acre



Sleeping Rock Frank Hoefs
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sleeping Rock"
sleep well



Sinking Frank Hoefs
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sinking"



Lost Traces Frank Hoefs
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lost Traces"



Wait for You Downstairs Frans van Hoogstraten
Netherlands

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wait for You Downstairs"
Misty road in Mt. Huangshan / China



Ice Diamond Frans van Hoogstraten
Netherlands

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ice Diamond"
Clear ice cube at black lava beach of Breiðamerkursandur.



Snowhills 1 Fumio Yamaguchi
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Snowhills 1"



Snowhills 3 Fumio Yamaguchi
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Snowhills 3"



The Watcher Gerry Ligon
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Watcher"
A rock that watches the rising sun and thumping waves every single day



McCarrs Creek Gerry Ligon
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"McCarrs Creek"
This is the upper section of the falls before it drops to a ten metre wide pool



Heart of Ice Giannis Gogos
Greece

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Heart of Ice"
Detail on ice



Echoes of the Forest Giannis Gogos
Greece

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Echoes of the Forest"
A misty morning in the black pine forest,situated in northeastern Greece



Morning Rainbow Giulia Furlan
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Morning Rainbow"
Rainbow over Reine bay, Lofoten Islands, Norway



Glen Etive Light Glenn Haworth
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Glen Etive Light"



Loch Maree Glenn Haworth
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Loch Maree"



Spiral Brood grace pundyk
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Spiral Brood"
Inside the spherical comb of the stingless Tetragonula carbonaria, aka 'sugarbag bees', Australia



Ending Places 4 Gregor Borwig
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ending Places 4"



Beeches Gunar Streu
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Beeches"
Beeches and clouds, Rhön, Germany



Birch Trunks Gunar Streu
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Birch Trunks"
birches in snow, Lapland, Sweden



Mountain Light Gunar Streu
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Mountain Light"
Kebnekaise mountains, Lapland, Sweden



Reflected Gunar Streu
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reflected"
reed reflecting in a lake, Dundret nature reserve, Lapland, Sweden



Dunes in the Early Morning Sun Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dunes in the Early Morning Sun"
Wahiba Sands Desert, Oman



Harvest Moon Igor Svibilsky
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Harvest Moon"



Ponderosa on Volcanic Field, Arizona James Peterson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ponderosa on Volcanic Field, Arizona"
A lone pine tree prevails against harsh conditions near the Sunset Crater volcano in Arizona.



Alone Jan Bellamy
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Alone"
Infrared Mangroves



Moonrise over Himalayas jayanta roy
India

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moonrise over Himalayas "
Moonrise over Himalayas , Mount Dronagiri ,Indian Himalayas



Cascade Jean Rouzaud
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cascade"



Original 1 Jean Rouzaud
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Original 1"



Advancing John Romie
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Advancing"
Sonoma Coast, California, 2012



CopperCoast2 John Crowley
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"CopperCoast2"



Iceland 1 John Crowley
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceland 1"



Iceland 2 John Crowley
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceland 2"



Silent Tree Jukka Laitila
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Silent Tree"



Old Growth Kelsey Walsh
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Old Growth"
Old Growth Forests, South West Tasmania



Three Boulders Kristoffer Vaikla
Estonia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Three Boulders"
Three Boulders standing in a stormy Baltic Sea.



Granite at Bubble Pond Lance Carter
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Granite at Bubble Pond"
Acadia National Park's Bubble Pond on a calm morning.



Baobob Tree Lesley Ackman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Baobob Tree"
Baobob tree at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania



Bridal Falls Linda Cutche
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bridal Falls"



Iceland - Skogafoss Linus Bergman
Sweden

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceland - Skogafoss"



Norway, Lofoten Linus Bergman
Sweden

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Norway, Lofoten"
Lofoten, Norway - 2014



The Pineries Lynn Tait
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Pineries"



Cima de Jazzi Manfred Schroeder
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cima de Jazzi"
come summer in the mountains and the overshadowed



Glacier (2) Manfred Schroeder
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Glacier (2)"
The last glacier in the Alps?



River of Mist Manish Mamtani
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"River of Mist"
Fog in Yosemite valley appears like River of mist. This is a common view from Tunnel view.



Wagner Moment Manss Aval
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wagner Moment"



The Wave (1) May Haukas
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Wave (1)"



Ampere Rocks Michael de Guzman
Philippines

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ampere Rocks"
Baler, Aurora, Philippines @ 2014



Wishful Thinking Michael Salmela
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wishful Thinking "
Sea stacks of La Push, Washington



Clairvoyance Michael Salmela
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Clairvoyance "
Pass Lake, Fidalgo Island, Washington



Reflected Verticality at Sunrise Michael Gard
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reflected Verticality at Sunrise"
Image made at the Great Marsh within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore



The Calm before the Storm Mihai Florea
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Calm before the Storm"



Racing the Wind Mike Shea
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Racing the Wind"
Taken at Point Lobos State Reserve, California



Ice Shelf Mike Walker
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ice Shelf"
Riverside iceshelf and running water, River Derwent, North Yorkshire



Before Typhoon Min Tan
Malaysia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Before Typhoon "
Taken before storm at Batanes Philipines



Centuries Stand Morden O'Hare
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Centuries Stand"
Taken at dawn in Deadvlei, Namibia.



I Stand Alone Nick Green
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"I Stand Alone"
Taken just after dawn,a lone tree at milarrochy bay,loch lomond scotland



Small World Otakar Hevler
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Small World"
Iceland, 2014, Part of Small World project



Taken Otakar Hevler
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Taken"
Iceland, 2014



Undisturbed 3 Patricia Galagan
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Undisturbed 3"



Undisturbed 4 Patricia Galagan
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Undisturbed 4"



Breath of Eternity 2014, #03 Patrick Opierzynski
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Breath of Eternity 2014, #03"
This photo was taken on a foggy morning in Zeeland, Netherlands in September 2014.



One Path That Connect Us All Peter Kurdulija
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"One Path That Connect Us All"



Day Of Rain III Pierre Pellegrini
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Day Of Rain III"
Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 240sec



Slipping On The Snow Pierre Pellegrini
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Slipping On The Snow"
Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 240sec



And After The Hill? Pierre Pellegrini
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"And After The Hill?"
Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 239sec



Willow pilar valenzuela
Chile

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Willow"
Willow reflection in a foggy day, Valdivia, Chile



Antipodean Richard Zaldivar
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Antipodean"
This was taken in Miami, Florida on a boat. The aim was the capture the misty appearance of the sky.



Hunter Robert Reglinski
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Hunter"
These modern hunters are now departed however, the true owners of the African Coast still thrive.



The Elements Robert Reglinski
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Elements"
Deep in the Namibian Desert, Earth, Air and Water fight for control over the landscape.



Smoky Mountain Morning Robert Weston
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Smoky Mountain Morning"



Boar's Head Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Boar's Head"
The play of light and shade on the mountains of Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India makes the dark side of the mountain resemble a boar's head. The long shadows cast strange images on the tall rocks.



Heaven Meets The Earth Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Heaven Meets The Earth"
A roll of clouds seems to descend on the horizons of Ladakh, India. It seems to cover the grassland with its huge expanse.



Crazy Horse Sabastien Castillo
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Crazy Horse"



Lenticular Spots over Col San Stefano Sabastien Castillo
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lenticular Spots over Col San Stefano"



Storm and Stillness (Terra Ceia Bay, Florida) Scott Bolendz
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Storm and Stillness (Terra Ceia Bay, Florida)"
Long exposure of a Florida mangrove tree taken during an approaching storm.



The Wave (2) Shifra Levyathan
Israel

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Wave (2)"



Godafoss Stephen Allworth
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Godafoss"
Waterfall of the Gods - Iceland



Summer Storm Stephen Weaver
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Summer Storm"
A Summer Thunderstorm on the Medano Ranch in the San Luis Valley, Colorado



Starry, Starry Seas Susan Asato
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Starry, Starry Seas"



Swamp Tree Sylvia Gardner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Swamp Tree"
A tree Grows in the Swamp



Going Home theron mays
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Going Home"
Old Grave Site



Disguise Tiffanie Ragasa
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Disguise"



Les Hanois - Study 3 Tim Harvey
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Les Hanois - Study 3"
Les Hanois reef and lighthouse off the south west corner of Guernsey.



Departing Spirits Tina Kim
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Departing Spirits"



Slithering Shade Tina Kim
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Slithering Shade"



Ben's Teeth Toby Trueman
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ben's Teeth"
Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain, lurks over the mainland's sharpest ridge, Aonach Eagach



Impending Tom Sliter
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Impending"



Without Words Ulla Cornelius
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Without Words"



Clouds Wes Pettus
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Clouds"



The Opening yusup yogaswara
Australia

Nominee
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Professional

"The Opening"
my imagination in this image is about tranquility and quitness early in the morning



Volcanic Region of Kamchatka, Russia Zoe Macerollo
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Volcanic Region of Kamchatka, Russia"



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