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Oysten Glenne Kristiansen Norway 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Nature Professional "Arctic night" Captured during a journey on Spitsbergen, Svalbard in wintertime- still surrounded by darkness. I have created this photo by using analogue Hasselblad 501 and Ilford Xp-2 400 120 film (medium format)- exposed for several minutes to get sufficient contrast and details in the darker areas. It has become quite a great photo just because of the light: A small amount of moonlight hits the mountains through a crack in the layer of the skyes- giving the whole landscape a magic impression and atmosphere. Its almost an sacral feeling being alone in this arctic nature under such circumstances- bearing in mind that these elements have been standing there for millions of years , while you as a human have lived just for 50 years. Just after 3 exposures the light disappeared , and the magic atmosphere also |
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Mark Seawell USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Nature Professional "Autumn Moonset" The moon slowly sinks over the Wasatch Mountain range close to Snow Basin in northern Utah |
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Kathleen T. Carr USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Nature Professional "Palm Forest" Black and White Infrared Photograph |
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Jon Glaser USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "A Last Moment" Located in Death Valley, the sun shows its last glimmer of light at sunset. |
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Jack Curran USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Haunted Forest" Haunted forest near Lecanto, Florida |
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Seamus Travers Ireland Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Brod Kosovo" Early one morning outside the Village of Brod in Kosovo. |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "High Voltage" Great Sand Dunes National Park |
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Arkadius Zagrabski Germany Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Milarrochy Tree, Scotland 2013" |
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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Intruder" Contrast study on bamboo forest, Kyoto Japan |
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Georgina Goodwin Kenya Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Long Shadows" Mist and long shadows at dawn - aerial of Kenya's tea highlands |
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Drew Doggett USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Haven" Immense and majestic, the sand dunes of Namibia’s Sossusvlei desert are the largest in the world. These works capture the shapes, lines, and subtle tonal gradients of this beautiful environment. |
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Yoong Wah Alex Wong Turkey Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Silence" |
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Dennis Frates USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Beech Lined Road" The Dark Hedges. Rural Beech tree lined road in Ireland. |
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Oliver Klink USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Parting Clouds" Traditional rice plantation in remote China |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Sopoaga Falls, Samoa" The beautiful Sopoaga waterfalls in Western Samoa. |
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Arkadius Zagrabski Germany Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Broken Tree 2, Scotland 2013" |
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Richard Mack USA Honorable Mention Nature Professional "The Power of Water and Ice, Niagara Falls" The Power of water and Ice, Niagara Falls. Part of a look at the nature of all of the Great Lakes. |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Honorable Mention Nature Professional "Aurora Borealis (2)" Aurora Borealis over Wiseman, Alaska. |
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Pierre Perrault Canada Honorable Mention Nature Professional "In Bloom" |
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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee Nature Professional "Stepping Stones" Early morning in Acadia National Park |
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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Last House on the Left" One of the handful houses on the Maria Island, Tasmania. |
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Adri Berger Laos Nominee Nature Professional "Laos North" |
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Alberto Cicchini Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Il Raggio" Raggio tra le nuvole sul mare Adriatico |
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Alessandro Puccinelli Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Praia do Malhao" A big wave crashing on a beach in south portugal with someone standing in front of it taking a photo |
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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Nominee Nature Professional "Island Shrine" raining day in the lake |
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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Nominee Nature Professional "Meteo Iwa" Shrine on a rock. Japan |
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Aloisi Gioia Gorini Monica Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Nature Paper" |
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alun crockford UK Nominee Nature Professional "LL0301" |
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Annie Katz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Graphic" A stand of dead trees in Yellowstone from a past forest fire form a very graphic image during the stark winter. |
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Arete Edmunds Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Swimmers" San Francisco |
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Arkadius Zagrabski Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Submerging Trees, Scotland 2013" |
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Arkadius Zagrabski Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Loch Lomond Study 3, Scotland 2013" |
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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Seven Seabirds" Place: Finale Ligure (Sv) - Italy 2013 |
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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Aurora" Parc National du Mercantour - France 2014 |
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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee Nature Professional "White Silence" Colle del Melogno - Sv - Italy 2014 |
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Carmen Spitznagel Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Winter IV" |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Milford Sound Storm" A very stormy day in Milford Sound, New Zealand. |
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Clayton Bastiani UK Nominee Nature Professional "Bumblebee" |
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Darcy Brown UK Nominee Nature Professional "Empty Seats" the seats sat bare, awaiting the day the magical folk returned |
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David Morris UK Nominee Nature Professional "Richochet" Heavy seas erode the fragile Norfolk coast |
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Debra Garside Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Lone Cloud at Bald Dune" A migrating dune at Sable Island National Park, Nova Scotia 300km off east coast |
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Debra Garside Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Parhelion" A fog-bow created by ice crystals in the air - Antarctic Sound (infrared) |
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Debra Garside Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Tabular Ice" Strong winds along the Antarctic Sound produce eerie clouds above a tabular iceberg |
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Dennis Frates USA Nominee Nature Professional "Bristlecone Gnarl" Gnarled exposed roots of Bristlecone Pine Tree. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Inyo county, Califo |
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Dennis Frates USA Nominee Nature Professional "Mounds" Silhouetted rock formations. Leslie Gultch, Malheur County, Oregon |
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Don McCrae France Nominee Nature Professional "Fulbourn Storm" |
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Dong Dong China (PRC) Nominee Nature Professional "Rock Garden No01" TianZhu Mountain, Anhui China. 2012 |
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Dong Dong China (PRC) Nominee Nature Professional "Rock Garden No10" Jiuxian Mountain, Shandong China. 2013 |
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Drew Doggett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Eternal Sands" Immense and majestic, the sand dunes of Namibia’s Sossusvlei desert are the largest in the world. These works capture the shapes, lines, and subtle tonal gradients of this beautiful environment. |
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Drew Doggett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Grove" Dark and mysterious, the dead trees of Namibia’s Sossusvlei desert are both captivating and melancholy. Once fed by a local river, they now stand abandoned amongst massive sand dunes. |
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Drew Doggett USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sanctuary" Immense and majestic, the sand dunes of Namibia’s Sossusvlei desert are the largest in the world. These works capture the shapes, lines, and subtle tonal gradients of this beautiful environment. |
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Duschan Tomic Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Chaos in Paradise" |
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Duschan Tomic Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Ice On The Rocks 03" |
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Duschan Tomic Italy Nominee Nature Professional "Ice On The Rocks 11" |
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Ed Cooley USA Nominee Nature Professional "Approaching Storm" Storm light over the Maroon Bells Wilderness |
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Ed Cooley USA Nominee Nature Professional "Visitation" Alien hillside in western Iceland photographed in infrared |
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Eli Dijkers UK Nominee Nature Professional "Resonance" |
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erik hijweege Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "Foz do Iguazu" |
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FAHED ALSHAHMAN Kuwait Nominee Nature Professional "The Empty Quarter" United Arab Emirates |
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FAHED ALSHAHMAN Kuwait Nominee Nature Professional "Dunes Study II" United Arab Emirates |
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Francisco Maya Portugal Nominee Nature Professional "Lenticular Cloud" Praia Formosa_Madeira_Portugal_21_2_2015 |
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Franz Messenbaeck Austria Nominee Nature Professional "The Light Of A Storm" Lofoten islands, Norway |
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Gina Socrates UK Nominee Nature Professional "Apple Trees in the Mist" |
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Glen McClure USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sand Dune" Sand Dune at The Silver Strand, County Mayo, Ireland. Part of a years long project in County Mayo. |
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Gregg Newton USA Nominee Nature Professional "Caribbean Sea" Cruise ships navigate through a storm in the Caribbean Sea at dusk. |
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Hans Strand Sweden Nominee Nature Professional "Moody Mountains" An aerial of mountain ridges and snow fields. Shot over Fjallabak, Iceland. |
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Hans Strand Sweden Nominee Nature Professional "Icy Coast" An image from the icy coast of Jökulsarlon, Iceland. |
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Hiromichi Endo Japan Nominee Nature Professional "Trees Line" |
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Hiromichi Endo Japan Nominee Nature Professional "Omijima Island Beach" |
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Iain Morton Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Light the City" Summer electrical storm over Adelaide, South Australia. |
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Istvan Vizner USA Nominee Nature Professional "Red Rocks" |
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Jack Curran USA Nominee Nature Professional "Aspen in Light" Aspen in Light, west of Crested Butte, Colorado |
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Jack Curran USA Nominee Nature Professional "Death Valley Zabrinski Point" Storm clouds, Zabrinski Point, Death Valley National Park |
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Jack Curran USA Nominee Nature Professional "Brothers" Winter white trees in fresh snow |
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James Fox USA Nominee Nature Professional "White Sands 1" |
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Joanne Scherf USA Nominee Nature Professional "Winter Haiku 3" Barren solitude and grandeur of minimalist winter whiteness |
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Jon Glaser USA Nominee Nature Professional "Climb the Clouds" This photograph was taken in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado |
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Jon Glaser USA Nominee Nature Professional "Two to the Left" I took this photograph at Dyer State Park in Florida |
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Jon Glaser USA Nominee Nature Professional "Afternoon at the Museum" This scene is located at the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, florida. |
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Jonathan Dann USA Nominee Nature Professional "Alaskan Mist" alaskan bay 5 am june 2014 |
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Joseph Goh Meng Huat Singapore Nominee Nature Professional "He Huan Shan, Taiwan" View of He Huan Shan, located 3,416 metres high peak in Central Taiwan |
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kent mathews UK Nominee Nature Professional "Canopy no.1" |
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Konstantinos Vasilakis Greece Nominee Nature Professional "Dark Forest I" From my dark forest series |
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Konstantinos Vasilakis Greece Nominee Nature Professional "Solitude" My resting place. My getaway from the world |
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Kris Chappell Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Closer" Analog Film |
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Lee Scott USA Nominee Nature Professional "Freight Train" A mass of volcanic rock seems to plow through the surf like an old time freight train. |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Nature Professional "Serenity" White Sands, New Mexico USA |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Nature Professional "Vapor" Cloud Formations. |
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Liz Keeler USA Nominee Nature Professional "Apalachee WMA Landscape 5" The Apalachee WMA is located with the Chattachoochee and Flint Rivers meet to form Lake Seminole in Florida. |
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Louis Wallach USA Nominee Nature Professional "Roots 7" a tree's struggle as sculpture, Adirondacks, NY USA |
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Louis Wallach USA Nominee Nature Professional "Meadow Plants 1" rhythm, Connecticut, USA |
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Louis Wallach USA Nominee Nature Professional "Apple Trees 8" ancient and new, Connecticut, USA |
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Malika Sqalli Austria Nominee Nature Professional "The Wall Tree" Marrakech, Morocco, 2013 |
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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Nature Professional "Navajo Wonder" Shapes sculpted by the many flash floods that pass through this wondrous region. |
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Margo Taussig Pinkerton USA Nominee Nature Professional "Mud Pans" © 2014 Margo Taussig Pinkerton |
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Margo Taussig Pinkerton USA Nominee Nature Professional "Along the Merced" © 2014 Margo Taussig Pinkerton |
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Mark Kelly Australia Nominee Nature Professional "40 Foot Falls" |
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Mark Kelly Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Wanganderry Storm" |
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Mark Kelly Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Breaking Through" |
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Martin Zurmuhle Switzerland Nominee Nature Professional "Wild Waves" |
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matt stock USA Nominee Nature Professional "Zen Mangrove" A trio of Red Mangroves at sunrise in the Florida Keys, USA. |
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Michael McLaughlin Ireland Nominee Nature Professional "Badland Formations, Zabriskie Point, NV" |
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Michael Philip Manheim USA Nominee Nature Professional "Breaking Wave" |
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Mike Reyfman USA Nominee Nature Professional "Midnight in Iceland" First wave got me right away, so I didn't have to care about dry feet anymore.Reynisdrangar, Iceland |
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Mike Hollman New Zealand Nominee Nature Professional "Slot Canyon" Slot Canyon, Arizona. |
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Nilton Souza Brazil Nominee Nature Professional "Animalistic Root" I saw an animal root upon the earth. |
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Oysten Glenne Kristiansen Norway Nominee Nature Professional "The Road" Southern Norway |
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Pal Hermansen Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Polar Landscape" Svalbard landscape, winter |
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Pal Hermansen Norway Nominee Nature Professional "Glacier (1)" Hanging glacier, Svalbard |
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Patricia Dinu USA Nominee Nature Professional "Blue Mesa" |
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Paul Sanders UK Nominee Nature Professional "Chipstead Lake" Chipstead lake in kent a place I go to seek piece and space |
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Paul Sanders UK Nominee Nature Professional "Bewl Water" Bewl Water, Kent |
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Paul Sanders UK Nominee Nature Professional "Lakeland" Dawn breaks over Bassenthwaite Lake |
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Pete McCutchen USA Nominee Nature Professional "Fertilized With the Blood of Patriots" Antietam, Maryland. The site of the bloodiest single day of the American Civil War |
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Pete McCutchen USA Nominee Nature Professional "Dunes 4" |
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peter langone USA Nominee Nature Professional "Glades" GLADES |
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Rainer Thrum Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Exuberance" |
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Ricardo de Vicq de Cumptich Brazil Nominee Nature Professional "Ladybug" |
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Richard Daley USA Nominee Nature Professional "Stream at Dawn" Taken just at daybreak, the sun’s reflection on the stream created a graphic that reminded me of a natural Chinese calligraphy drawing. |
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Rob Badger USA Nominee Nature Professional "Backlit Alder leaves in fall foliage, Muir Woods Nat'l M, CA" Backlit Alder leaves in fall foliage, Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, California November 29, 2011 |
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Rob Badger USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sun\'s Rays Through Thunder Cloud at Sunset, Eastern New Mexi" Sun's rays through thunder cloud at sunset, eastern New Mexico, USA. An hour earlier the sky was fil |
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Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil Nominee Nature Professional "Guanabara Bay" Guanabara's Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil Nominee Nature Professional "Sandfall" Upper Antelope Canyon, Navajo Nation, Page, AZ, USA. |
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Scott Nadow USA Nominee Nature Professional "Solace" American Southwest, Great Sand Dunes |
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Scott Nadow USA Nominee Nature Professional "The Beauty In Death" Joshua Tree NP |
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Scott Hoyle USA Nominee Nature Professional "Wine Country" |
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Sidde Gowda USA Nominee Nature Professional "Panther Beach Water Rush" Panther beach in Santa Cruz California |
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Stavros Charisopoulos Greece Nominee Nature Professional "Rock Formations" Talisker Bay in Isle of Skye |
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Stavros Charisopoulos Greece Nominee Nature Professional "Icelandic Aerial" Aerial image of volcanic rivers captured at 900 feet from the open window of a Cessna aircraft. |
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Stavros Charisopoulos Greece Nominee Nature Professional "The Ice-land" Aerial image captured at 900 feet from the open window of a Cessna aircraft. |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Flow Of Contrasts" i have been drawn to this location many times every element came together on this day. |
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Steve Young Australia Nominee Nature Professional "The Whole of Mother Nature" Great Slave Lake north of Yellowknife, a confluence of solar and terrestrial energies |
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Steve Gosling UK Nominee Nature Professional "Dusk at the Creek" A tranquil scene taken late one evening on the Northern Californian coast |
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Steve Zmak USA Nominee Nature Professional "Reaction" Part of the portfolio “Expressions of Infinity”. See it at SteveZmak.com. |
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Steve Turner Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Stormy Morning." A display of natures elements on a warm summer morning East Coast Australia |
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Stuart Chape Australia Nominee Nature Professional "Vavau" |
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Susan Dykstra Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Eternal" Eternal |
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Susan Dykstra Canada Nominee Nature Professional "Northern Jelly Fish" Ice caps on the rocks of Lake Superior |
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Sylvia Doeleman Netherlands Nominee Nature Professional "In the Forest" |
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Thomas Brotzler Germany Nominee Nature Professional "Dead Wood, Study 1" |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Dune 2" Tom D. Jones - www.tomdjones.com |
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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Nature Professional "Dune 5" tom D. Jones - www.tomdjones.com |
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Tony Hertz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Sea Cave Splash Drip" Ocean water drips between waves crashing onto walls of a California sea cave. |
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Tony Hertz USA Nominee Nature Professional "Aspen and Pine, Autumn, California Eastern Sierras" |
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Wilfred Berthelsen Norway Nominee Nature Professional "My own El Capitan" This year 2014, close to my cabin up in the mountains outside Bergen on the west coast of Norway. |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Nature Professional "Roses" Cabbages on the farm. |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Nature Professional "Pearl" Water drops inside plants |
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