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Glass House

Jurius Jurius

Indonesia

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Glass House"
When only you and the Tree = Peace



heart of antelope canyon

Albert Stoehr

Germany

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"heart of antelope canyon"
from a fototour in the antelope canyon



Dunes #14

Christian Meermann

Germany

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Dunes #14"
Dune and beach grass, found in the extensive beach and dune area in Amrum, Germany.



The Dancing Trees

Nick Green

UK

Honorable Mention

"The Dancing Trees"
Green nicholas



 A Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Debbie Rubin

USA

Honorable Mention

" A Light At The End Of The Tunnel"
The beautiful trees framed the light giving it a supernal glow.



Polar Ice Symmetry

Louisa Paez Michelin

Colombia

Honorable Mention

"Polar Ice Symmetry"
It is silent. The ship is gently drifting along polar water that seemed like glass. These unique pieces of Polar Ice Symmetry seemed to be floating above the water line. Each with its beause design



Crescent Dune

John Eaton

USA

Honorable Mention

"Crescent Dune"



Aspens in Park City

William Alsobrook

USA

Honorable Mention

"Aspens in Park City"
Aspens in Park City



A Grassy Knoll

Richard Burdon

UK

Honorable Mention

"A Grassy Knoll"
A bare tree on a snowy hill top makes a simple graphic monochrome image



Dingle Waterfall

John Crowley

Ireland

Honorable Mention

"Dingle Waterfall"
A waterfall on the Dingle coastline, Ireland.



Herald

Ed Sancious

USA

Honorable Mention

"Herald"



Ice Bridge Paradise Harbour

Brian Jones

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Ice Bridge Paradise Harbour"



Oak & Light

Nathan Wirth

USA

Honorable Mention

"Oak & Light "
Oak Tree in Marin County, CA



Gouganne Barra

John Crowley

Ireland

Honorable Mention

"Gouganne Barra"
Gouganne Barra, West Cork, Ireland



Drifting

Antonio Gouveia

UK

Honorable Mention

"Drifting"
Drifting away slowly towards its next destination, leaving motion in its trail.



Approaching Storm

Peter Aitken

USA

Honorable Mention

"Approaching Storm"
Atlantic Ocean, off the North Carolina coast.



Infinite

Ivan Hernandez

USA

Honorable Mention

"Infinite "
Milky Way Galaxy shimmering over the Sierra Nevada, CA. A clear night that I won’t forget



Veil of Eden

Brian Rivera

USA

Honorable Mention

"Veil of Eden"



Legacy (from the series Against the Sea)

Scott Bolendz

USA

Honorable Mention

"Legacy (from the series Against the Sea)"



Dead Trees in Dam

Keith Wilson

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Dead Trees in Dam"
Spotted these trees over a fence while driving in New Zealand...



Enchanted

Ernesto Rodriguez

USA

Honorable Mention

"Enchanted"
Master of the waters, lone cypress endures in the cold and fog.



Lake Martin Cypresses

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Honorable Mention

"Lake Martin Cypresses"
Spring time Bald Cypress trees like skirts of dancers with shadow play in Lake Martin's swamp, Louisiana, USA



Touching Down in Randall, Minnesota

Don Whitebread

USA

Honorable Mention

"Touching Down in Randall, Minnesota"
The beginnings of a tornado forming over farmland in Randall, Minnesota



Deep Forest

James Meldrum

USA

Honorable Mention

"Deep Forest"



Cinque Torri

Alberto Perer

Italy

Nominee

"Cinque Torri"
At dawn I see an evocative climatic condition, a sea of clouds was very low and covered the valley of the Ampezzo Dolomites. The clouds wraps the peaks of the Cinque Torri mountains. Italy.



Baltic Sea, Lithuania

Andreas Bruglacher

Germany

Nominee

"Baltic Sea, Lithuania"



Eternal Monument

Antonio Gouveia

UK

Nominee

"Eternal Monument"
Battered and worn through all weathers, standing steady and strong for eternity.



LONE SURVIVOR

Arup Bhattacharjee

India

Nominee

"LONE SURVIVOR"
LONE TREE IN SNOW FIELD



Dark Mountains

Aurelio Bormioli

Italy

Nominee

"Dark Mountains "
Valle Maira (Cn) – Italy 2018



Oblivion

Aurelio Bormioli

Italy

Nominee

"Oblivion"
Lac du Mont-Cenis – France 2018



Brains of Sand

Bill Motley

USA

Nominee

"Brains of Sand"
Dunes in Death Valley National Park



Dead Horse Point 0855

Bob Neiman

USA

Nominee

"Dead Horse Point 0855"
Dead Horse Point 0855 Dead Horse Point State Park During A Rain Storm



Gladwin Pond

Bob St-Cyr

Canada

Nominee

"Gladwin Pond"
Sunset on Gladwin Pond



Approaching Summer Clouds

Bohdan Hrynyshyn

Canada

Nominee

"Approaching Summer Clouds"
Summer clouds over a wheat field



Iceberg Paradise Harbour 2

Brian Jones

Australia

Nominee

"Iceberg Paradise Harbour 2"



texture, lines, light, shadow

brian valente

USA

Nominee

"texture, lines, light, shadow"
clouds, reflections and sand bars in lone pine, ca



Elegance in the trees

Cain Shimizu

Japan

Nominee

"Elegance in the trees"
This is a submerged forest taken in Japan. I want to share this beautiful scenery of Japan with people all over the world.



Mighty El Cap

Charita Carter

USA

Nominee

"Mighty El Cap"
El Capitan of the Yosemite Valley during a clearing snow storm



Dunes #15

Christian Meermann

Germany

Nominee

"Dunes #15"
Dunes found in the extensive dune area in Amrum, Germany.



Tawhai Falls

Christine Jacobson

New Zealand

Nominee

"Tawhai Falls"
The photo was made on a very rainy day.



Approaching Storm

David Jacobs

Australia

Nominee

"Approaching Storm"
Infrared Photo of Approaching Storm in Queensland, Australia



Tributaries, Diptych

Debra Achen

USA

Nominee

"Tributaries, Diptych"
The quickly melting snow sent tributaries in all directions.



Untitled

Devin Campbell

USA

Nominee

"Untitled"



Mountain Lake, Montana

Diane Kaye

USA

Nominee

"Mountain Lake, Montana"
Film from analog plastic Banner camera.



Anasazi Stone Circle Lookout

Don Whitebread

USA

Nominee

"Anasazi Stone Circle Lookout"
An ancient Native American stone circle in an alcove high on a sandstone cliff in Utah.



Twin Trees

Don Hooper

UK

Nominee

"Twin Trees"
The Twin Trees are on the horizon looking down on a crop of Rapeseed oil plants.



Sinai sand

Efim Chernov

Russia

Nominee

"Sinai sand"
The photo was taken with a large format camera on a 4 by 5 inch sheet slide. Egypt, Sinai desert.



mask of ice

Erika Tanzer

Austria

Nominee

"mask of ice"
taken on 29th August 2018 in Iceland on the beach near Jökulsarlon



 Spring

Evangelia Athanasopoulou

Greece

Nominee

" Spring "
Zagori Region, Greece



A sweet awakening

Fabio Rossi

Italy

Nominee

"A sweet awakening"
The sweet awakening of nature on a spring morning in Tuscany, we are in Cantagallo near Prato



Exploring Vestrahorn

Fredrick Muscat

Malta

Nominee

"Exploring Vestrahorn"
Vestrahorn, on the Stokksnes peninsula in Iceland. Photo taken in March 2018



Keeping Watch

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Keeping Watch"
Black and White Seascape



Cloudscape, Tree

Gary Kuroki

USA

Nominee

"Cloudscape, Tree"



Stormy Night at NY

Gautam Kamat Bambolkar

India

Nominee

"Stormy Night at NY"
What a delight it was watching lightning-god play with New York's pride - The World Trade Center.



Dew Pond

Gillian Martlew

USA

Nominee

"Dew Pond"



The dead trees of Deadvlei

Giovanni Sonsini

Italy

Nominee

"The dead trees of Deadvlei"
A detail of the dead trees in a place of Namib desert called "Deadvlei" -Namibia



Dancing Tree

Glenn Vanderbeke

Belgium

Nominee

"Dancing Tree"
In dutch we have this saying: High Trees catch a lot of wind. This is my impression.



The storm

Graeme Gordon

Australia

Nominee

"The storm "



Single Tree

Guenther Reissner

Austria

Nominee

"Single Tree"
Winter, Snow, Tree, Cloudy, Austria



In the Winecountry

Guenther Reissner

Austria

Nominee

"In the Winecountry"
Winecountry, Winter, Sunset, Shadows, Austria, Lines



The Slug (Night view of the sea)

Harald Weimann

Germany

Nominee

"The Slug (Night view of the sea)"
Javea Spain 2017



Play of light

Ian Shand

New Zealand

Nominee

"Play of light"
Antelope canyon, known for its colour transforms into a study in lines, layers, weathering and light. Antelope Canyon, Arizona



solitary tree

Insang Kang

Korea (South)

Nominee

"solitary tree"
a foggy winter, 2019. South Koea.



Spring Serenade

Ivan Hernandez

USA

Nominee

"Spring Serenade "
After days of heavy rain, I was blessed by a clearing storm, which revealed a hidden world. Yosemite National Park, CA.



Ancient Forest

Ivan Hernandez

USA

Nominee

"Ancient Forest "
The Great Basin bristlecone pines are so ghostly gnarled and ashen that they almost looks their age



Human forms

James Patrick Conway

Brazil

Nominee

"Human forms"



Calmness

Jan Bellamy

New Zealand

Nominee

"Calmness"



El Teide

Jesse Mechling

USA

Nominee

"El Teide"
El Teide volcano, Tenerife, Spain 2019



The Canopy of the Glorious!

Jewel Islam

USA

Nominee

"The Canopy of the Glorious!"
The vastness of any glorious existence holds a power which overcasts our vision & insight!



Ventry

John Crowley

Ireland

Nominee

"Ventry"
Ventry beach, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland.



Shifting Sands

Judy Stokes

New Zealand

Nominee

"Shifting Sands"
On the Wild West Coast



Out of the Glacier

Juergen Wieser

Germany

Nominee

"Out of the Glacier"



Follow your heart

Karolin Schild

Australia

Nominee

"Follow your heart"
If you don't follow your heart, you might spend the rest of your life wishing you had.



Cala Tinnari

Keith Ellul

Malta

Nominee

"Cala Tinnari"



Rainbow Mountain

Kos Karathanasis

Netherlands

Nominee

"Rainbow Mountain "
Rainbow Mountain Peru at 5,200 m altitude



March 2019

Leif Sohlman

Sweden

Nominee

"March 2019"
March 2019 BW, a view at path over Dyarna, a swampy area south of city Enkoeping (Enkoping) Sweden,



Pele's breath

Leslie Gleim

USA

Nominee

"Pele's breath"
Aerial image from the Pu'u 'O'o of Kilauea (volcano)



The Skeleton Tree

Linda Cutche

New Zealand

Nominee

"The Skeleton Tree"



Sparkles

Mark Hopgood

Australia

Nominee

"Sparkles"



Mountains

Martin Galea

Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Mountains "
Early morning fog in between the mountains



Huang Shan Mountain

Matty Karp

Israel

Nominee

"Huang Shan Mountain"
Majestic Yellow Mountain in China.



2999 Meter

Merten Riesner

Germany

Nominee

"2999 Meter"
photographed in June 2017, dolomites, I love the mountains, the mountains show me again and again where man has his limits



Swallow Tail

Michael Pachis

USA

Nominee

"Swallow Tail"



Owens River

Mike Boden

USA

Nominee

"Owens River"
This image was made with a large format 8x10 view camera on B&W film.



Guardians

Morden O'Hare

Australia

Nominee

"Guardians"
Quivertrees and rainbow at the Quiver Tree forest, Keetmanshop, Namibia.



Whitewash

Morden O'Hare

Australia

Nominee

"Whitewash"
Coastal long exposure, Dunsborough Western Australia.



calm

Nadja Naujoks

Germany

Nominee

"calm"



Soul River

Narcis Mursa

Romania

Nominee

"Soul River"
This photo was taken in Danube Boilers(a little canyon)- Mehedinti County-Romania



Summer Snow

Natalia Groza

Poland

Nominee

"Summer Snow"
Fresh snow and rolling clouds changed the landscape dramatically on this cold June morning.



End of the day

Nathalie At

France

Nominee

"End of the day"



Humboldt Redwoods

Nathan Wirth

USA

Nominee

"Humboldt Redwoods"
The Eel River slithering through Humboldt Redwoods State Park



Lone Tree on Hillside

Nathan Wirth

USA

Nominee

"Lone Tree on Hillside"
Rialto Beach, Olympic Coast, WA, USA



untitled

Nathan Wirth

USA

Nominee

"untitled "
Redwood National and State Parks, Humboldt County, CA, USA



The Looking glass

Olga Golopolosova

Denmark

Nominee

"The Looking glass"
The sky reflex in the sea at the coast of Esbjerg, Denmark , 2018



Sleeping giants

Patrick Ems

Switzerland

Nominee

"Sleeping giants"



Felsengrab, Study 1, Rugen 2018

Patrick Opierzynski

Germany

Nominee

"Felsengrab, Study 1, Rugen 2018"
This photo was taken on the German island of Rügen and shows a rock tomb.



In Search of Silence - Etang de Gruere

Paul Christener

Switzerland

Nominee

"In Search of Silence - Etang de Gruere"
In Search of Silence - Etang de Gruere



Sculpted Iceberg

Paul Hetzel

USA

Nominee

"Sculpted Iceberg"
Eastern Greenland



Apogee

Phil Anderson

USA

Nominee

"Apogee"



clearing storm, late afternoon

Phil Anderson

USA

Nominee

"clearing storm, late afternoon"



winter, California desert

Phil Anderson

USA

Nominee

"winter, California desert"



Skyfall

Phil Pogledich

USA

Nominee

"Skyfall"
Heaven meets earth in Yosemite Valley, Spring 2019.



Evanescent nature

Pierre Pellegrini

Switzerland

Nominee

"Evanescent nature"
The fog and its veil of mystery and curiosity



Trees Near Gingolx

Randall Bresee

USA

Nominee

"Trees Near Gingolx"



Duned

Rene Algesheimer

Switzerland

Nominee

"Duned"
Empty Quarter, UAE, January 2018



Solitude

Richard Burdon

UK

Nominee

"Solitude"
A lone tree in a wide open landscape



Snow Creek Study

Richard Chirichillo

USA

Nominee

"Snow Creek Study"
Upper Snow Creek Falls , Kootenai Wildlife Refuge , Id , USA ...



Laguna Amarga

Roberto Maciel

Brazil

Nominee

"Laguna Amarga"
In Torres del Paine



The Hairs of Mountain

Rony Tjayana

Indonesia

Nominee

"The Hairs of Mountain"
when the road to the location we wan, suddenly I see on the hill lined with trees that only have twi



The House and the Mountain

Rosario Civello

Italy

Nominee

"The House and the Mountain"



Ice Cold

Rowena English

Australia

Nominee

"Ice Cold"
Winter, deep inside the Arctic Circle in the Lofoten Islands is a frozen wonderland



static

Sandra Hunter

USA

Nominee

"static"
Lake Annaghmakerrig, Ireland



Light

Sebastien Bulenger

France

Nominee

"Light"



A windy day

Shifra Levyathan

Israel

Nominee

"A windy day"



Mountain paths

Sidney Gaspar

Brazil

Nominee

"Mountain paths"
Mendoza - Argentina



The Myst

Stefano Coltelli

Italy

Nominee

"The Myst"
Zhangjiajie Park during a particular time of the year the mountains are surrounded by seas of cloud.



White Horses

Sue Trower

UK

Nominee

"White Horses"



Shore Break

Sue Trower

UK

Nominee

"Shore Break"



Winter landscape

Susanne Eftevand

Norway

Nominee

"Winter landscape"
from Norway



fuzzy

Tiffanie Ragasa

USA

Nominee

"fuzzy"



The BirthingTree

Tim Lucas

Australia

Nominee

"The BirthingTree"
The Birthing Tree, like a womb, is a source of renewal, shelter and comfort.



Purity

Valentin Denyset

France

Nominee

"Purity"
In winter 2019, during a solitary 50-day trip to an isolated wooden cabin in Norway...



Springtime

Volker Kesting

Netherlands

Nominee

"Springtime"



Camel Rock

Volker Birke

Germany

Nominee

"Camel Rock"
Camel Rock, Pacific Ocean, Bermagui, New South Wales, Australia



Alone

Zuzana Kamel

Slovakia

Nominee

"Alone"
Walking alone in Sossusvlei namibian desert



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