Nature - Professional

Bee Lunch Sandy Adams
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Bee Lunch"



Dunescape Australia Tom Putt
Australia

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Dunescape Australia"
Late afternoon light on dunes, Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia



For Eternity Daniel Tremblay
Canada

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"For Eternity"
There's a legend saying that that Troll was petrified for eternity by the sun rays.



Cloudy Coastline Ruud Peters
France

Honorable Mention

"Cloudy Coastline"
Th coast of Normandy, France



Enchanted Torleif Lie
Norway

Honorable Mention

"Enchanted"
Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ.



Powder Puff Sandy Adams
USA

Honorable Mention

"Powder Puff"



Fragile and Mute Steve Burns
USA

Honorable Mention

"Fragile and Mute"
Sensual snow was shot in Durango Colorado



Stepping Stones Michael Venz
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Stepping Stones"
Winter at an alpine lake



Icicles Outside My Window Lynne Eodice
USA

Honorable Mention

"Icicles Outside My Window"
Icicles photographed through a window during winter in Idyllwild



Wind Blown Lou Fischer
USA

Honorable Mention

"Wind Blown"
This tree grew in the direction of the constant trade winds of South Point Hawaii, USA



Wind and Snow James Fox
USA

Honorable Mention

"Wind and Snow"
The Grand Teton on a clear day and wind trying to clear the snow.



Badlands Sunset Lou Fischer
USA

Honorable Mention

"Badlands Sunset "
Along Cedar Pass Badlands National Park South Dakota, USA



Yukon Moon Trail Marc Koegel
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Yukon Moon Trail"
Long exposure photograph showing the moon moving across the night sky



Mystical Lake Steve Gosling
UK

Honorable Mention

"Mystical Lake"
A peaceful moment in New Zeaand



Spider Web Christoph von Haussen
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Spider Web"
A Spider Web in the early morning our



dead tree and raven George Kavanagh
Ireland

Honorable Mention

"dead tree and raven"
dead tree and raven



Supermoon over Baikal Tom Putt
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Supermoon over Baikal"
A supermoon rises over the frozen Lake Baikal, Russia.



Monocle: Summer 2 Maureen Ruddy Burkhart
USA

Honorable Mention

"Monocle: Summer 2"
As I struggle with my vision, this series comes into focus...



Alien in the dark forest Jumpei Tainaka
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Alien in the dark forest"
Blocken GERMANY 2018



Elements Romain Tornay
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Elements"
Iceland, February 2019



The Edge at 110 Ron Levy
USA

Honorable Mention

"The Edge at 110"
On the edge of light and temperature in the Namibian desert.



Bridalveil Fall Deborah Welsh
USA

Honorable Mention

"Bridalveil Fall"
Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite



Fallen Charlotte Gibb
USA

Honorable Mention

"Fallen"
This tree in death seems to have simply reclined into the receiving arms of the neighboring trees.



Supermoon Romain Tornay
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Supermoon"
Iceland, February 2019



Touch Charlotte Gibb
USA

Honorable Mention

"Touch"
These two snags lean toward one another, as if locked in an embrace.



Reflections Sandy Adams
USA

Honorable Mention

"Reflections"



Elemental Adrian Davis
USA

Nominee

"Elemental"
Water-carved rock, White River National Forest, Colorado.



Masre 426 Alessandro Puccinelli
Italy

Nominee

"Masre 426"
A big wave in Nazarè, Portugal, during storm Helena



tree 2 Alexander Friedrich Beck
Germany

Nominee

"tree 2"
middle format, analog, zenza bronica



White Silence Alfonso Calero
Australia

Nominee

"White Silence"
Snowscapes in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan



The North Face Mountain Andri Yasinsky
USA

Nominee

"The North Face Mountain"
Yosemite National Park, California



Landscape With Clouds Arne Rasmussen
Denmark

Nominee

"Landscape With Clouds"



spikey coast Bart Dumont
Belgium

Nominee

"spikey coast"
For me the place where I take photographs is very important. I like wilderness areas with no industrial elements and car sounds, so I do not get distracted. My favorite subjects are coastal scenes with rocks or mountains.



Up Catherine Bailey
Australia

Nominee

"Up"
Redwood Forest, Warburton East, Victoria



Primeval tree Cees Rijnen
Netherlands

Nominee

"Primeval tree"
natural primal power



Lost in the Forest Cesere Brothers
USA

Nominee

"Lost in the Forest"
A beautiful piece of Bull Kelp lies hidden in the forest waiting for us to find



Guardians No20 Christian Klant
Germany

Nominee

"Guardians No20"
A 16x20" (40x50cm) wet plate collodion tintype, photographed in Portugal



Mesquite Sand Dunes- Death Valley National Park, CA Cody Brothers
USA

Nominee

"Mesquite Sand Dunes- Death Valley National Park, CA"
Analog 6x17 capture- Part of a grant I received form the NEA and NPS



A Sea of Salt Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee

"A Sea of Salt"
The last of the evening light flows under a cap of cloud on Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni.



Salt and Sky Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee

"Salt and Sky"
An ancient bed of salt - Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt pan on earth.



Dune Waves 1 Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee

"Dune Waves 1"
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, CA.



Sandy Shapes David Frutos Egea
Spain

Nominee

"Sandy Shapes"
After some torrential rains in the area of ​​the Mar Menor (Spain), appeared some sand figures.



A Moment of Silence DeAnne Warner
USA

Nominee

"A Moment of Silence"
Yellowstone National Park. October 2018.



Cloud Mountains I Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Nominee

"Cloud Mountains I"
Mountains in clouds on a stormy summer day, Helsinki, 2019



Springs and rock Frank Bevans
USA

Nominee

"Springs and rock"
enduring spring



SHADOW PYRAMID!! Georgette Aleiferi
Greece

Nominee

"SHADOW PYRAMID!!"
Taygetos is the highest mountain range in the Peloponnese.Its peak is 2,407 meters high, at sunrise we see the shadow of the top.Only if you are at the top of 2407 can you see the shadow



Evening reflections at Clew Bay Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Evening reflections at Clew Bay Ireland"
Last light reflections on Clew Bay, County Mayo, Ireland



You Know That White Line Glyn Davies
UK

Nominee

"You Know That White Line"
Arid sand dune landscape, Fuerteventura



Here Light Prevails - Cornwall Glyn Davies
UK

Nominee

"Here Light Prevails - Cornwall"
Sheets of seawater create a beautiful shimmering floor below storms in the distance



A Dramatic Rise Glyn Davies
UK

Nominee

"A Dramatic Rise"
Brilliant Cornish sunlight through ever-changing weather and huge towering clouds on the South coast



The Wave and the Gull Graham Eaton
UK

Nominee

"The Wave and the Gull"
A Herring Gull huting for food over breaking waves.



The games that seabirds play Graham Eaton
UK

Nominee

"The games that seabirds play"
Two Herring Gulls hunting for food above crashing waves. Wales, UK



The Sycamore Gap Graham Eaton
UK

Nominee

"The Sycamore Gap"
A single sycamore tree stands guarding a gap along Hadrian's Wall, UK



River Cosmos Hans Strand
Sweden

Nominee

"River Cosmos"
An aerial of an Icelandic river delta. Shot in backlight.



Mountain View Harry Köster
Germany

Nominee

"Mountain View"
The Dolomites / UNESCO World Heritage



Marching Trees Jackie Ranken
New Zealand

Nominee

"Marching Trees"
The Catlins - New Zealand - Incamera Multiple exposure



Apocalypse time. Jan Wieczorek
Poland

Nominee

"Apocalypse time."
Warmia. Poland.



Monarch Caterpillar #7 Jean Lannen
USA

Nominee

"Monarch Caterpillar #7"
My new series to raise awareness in helping save the Monarch Butterflies & Milkweed



Sensual Sunrise Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee

"Sensual Sunrise"
As the sun breached the mountains in Death Valley, California



Waterfall Abstract Jeff Stasney
USA

Nominee

"Waterfall Abstract"



Fog Domino Jo McCarthy
New Zealand

Nominee

"Fog Domino"
A foggy early morning on Auckland Harbour, New Zealand



Monolith and Star John Nakata
USA

Nominee

"Monolith and Star"
This multi-ton erratic boulder was brought in by glaciers from the last Ice Age.



Tree Frame - New Portland, Maine John Orcutt
USA

Nominee

"Tree Frame - New Portland, Maine"



Grove Juergen Lechner
Germany

Nominee

"Grove"



Difference Juergen Lechner
Germany

Nominee

"Difference"



Pitons Kate Bader
USA

Nominee

"Pitons"
The Pitons, St. Lucia



corss the sky Lica(li-chun) Ma
Taiwan

Nominee

"corss the sky"



Au lieu dit Vallee Chaigneau, Vendee, France 2019 Lionel Hug
France

Nominee

"Au lieu dit Vallee Chaigneau, Vendee, France 2019"



Rice Terraces Marc Koegel
Canada

Nominee

"Rice Terraces "



Norwegian Winter Marc Koegel
Canada

Nominee

"Norwegian Winter"
Photographed in Senja (Norway). Created with the Phase One IQ4 150 Achromatic Digital Back.



Norwegian Tree Marc Koegel
Canada

Nominee

"Norwegian Tree"
Photographed in Senja (Norway). Created with the Phase One IQ4 150 Achromatic Digital Back.



Waiting For Rain Marjorie Lord
Australia

Nominee

"Waiting For Rain"
I love the sight of the thunder clouds forming and rolling in along the Western lands. Their vexatious beauty taunts us with the promise of rain.



Legends of the land Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

"Legends of the land"
As I look upon these monuments, I imagine the native Americans passing through... legends of the land.



The Sea Arch Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"The Sea Arch"
Crohy Head Sea Arch, Donegal Ireland



Massiv IV Michael Schlegel
Germany

Nominee

"Massiv IV"
Dolomites, Italy



Thunderhead Michael Hart
USA

Nominee

"Thunderhead"
Thunderhead Anvil, Magnolia, Texas



Stormy Weather Michelle Chaplow
Spain

Nominee

"Stormy Weather"
Architecture and the elements. Lake Lucerne Switzerland



Storm over the Mojave Mike DeCesare
USA

Nominee

"Storm over the Mojave"
A ferocious storm adds to the mystery, magic and menace of the Mojave Desert.



Monument Nadia Molinari
Canada

Nominee

"Monument"



Le passage Nathalie Lauzon
Canada

Nominee

"Le passage"
Open ocean sailing as being a transforming experience for me. It opens my sool to a greater level of



White Boar Neal Panton
Canada

Nominee

"White Boar"



Solo Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee

"Solo"
Solitary Cypress Reflecting On Tidal Pond in Ace Basin SC



Trees Paul Sanders
UK

Nominee

"Trees"
The simple beauty of a line of trees during asnow storm



Holy Island Paul Sanders
UK

Nominee

"Holy Island"



The observer from Duntulm Peter Plorin
Germany

Nominee

"The observer from Duntulm"
Right in the bay in front of Duntulm Castle,Scotland,Isle of Skye, there are these archipelagos. The



Malibu after the fires Peter Rodger
USA

Nominee

"Malibu after the fires"
Malibu after the Fires



Angry sea Peter Svoboda
Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Angry sea"
Spectacular light appearance behind the beautiful rocks formations, Rayinisdrangar in Iceland. L



Monemvasia Pygmalion Karatzas
Greece

Nominee

"Monemvasia"
The unique Monemvasia rock in the south Peloponnese Greece captured in long exposure



AN ANGELS WING Richard Prescott
UK

Nominee

"AN ANGELS WING"



Blouberg Beach Robert Such
Singapore

Nominee

"Blouberg Beach"
Table Mountain viewed from Blouberg Beach, Cape Town, South Africa



MONUMENT VALLEY 2 Roberto Soares-Gomes
Brazil

Nominee

"MONUMENT VALLEY 2"
NAVAJO NATION, UT/AZ, USA



Ladakh Robi Chakraborty
USA

Nominee

"Ladakh"
Mysterious landscape, Ladakh, India



Black Rocks Romain Tornay
Switzerland

Nominee

"Black Rocks"
Iceland, April 2017



Ocean Romain Tornay
Switzerland

Nominee

"Ocean"
Iceland, February 2019



Lava Drapery Samuel Feron
France

Nominee

"Lava Drapery"
Lava formation, Kilauea, Hawaii



Emerging Samuel Feron
France

Nominee

"Emerging"
Yellow Mountains, in China



The Guard Samuel Feron
France

Nominee

"The Guard"
Yellow Mountains, in China



Plans Samuel Feron
France

Nominee

"Plans"
Successive plans of mountains in Huangshan, China



Melancholia Sascha Richter
Germany

Nominee

"Melancholia"
Birch tree and creek on a rainy day in the northern German landscape



Wind over sand Sebastien Arbour
Canada

Nominee

"Wind over sand"
A sand bank in Alberta, Canada, blowed by the wind.



Cycle Of Life Shiva Kumar Annechira
India

Nominee

"Cycle Of Life"



mists on the slopes in Osoppo Stefano Ciol
Italy

Nominee

"mists on the slopes in Osoppo"
Osoppo (Ud) Italy



The Mighty Palouse Stephanie Gressick
USA

Nominee

"The Mighty Palouse"
The iconic Palouse Falls that has been deemed the official waterfall of Washington State.



Bristlecone Steve German
USA

Nominee

"Bristlecone"
An ancient bristlecone pine tree in the White Mountains of California.



Cauldron Steve Zmak
USA

Nominee

"Cauldron"
Bridalveil Creek, Yosemite National Park, California 2015



Wave And Backwash. Steve Turner
Australia

Nominee

"Wave And Backwash."



Singing to the Light Steve Zmak
USA

Nominee

"Singing to the Light"
...because that's what trees do – Willamette Valley, Oregon



The Storm Sue Vo-Ho
Canada

Nominee

"The Storm"
The desert of the Death Valley National Park under a storm.



Against The Storm Susan Dykstra
Canada

Nominee

"Against The Storm"
Tree silhouette in winter storm.



Northern Lights Susan Brunner
Switzerland

Nominee

"Northern Lights"
Northern Lights in Swedish Lapland



Rainclounds Lapland Susan Brunner
Switzerland

Nominee

"Rainclounds Lapland"



Oceano.308 Ted Dayton
USA

Nominee

"Oceano.308"
Sand dunes on California's Central Coast



Dunes 1485 Ted Dayton
USA

Nominee

"Dunes 1485"
Death Valley, California



Iceberg&Storm Thomas Kokta
USA

Nominee

"Iceberg&Storm"
Antarctica Incoming Storm Over Iceberg



Erosion Toby Nicholls
Australia

Nominee

"Erosion"
Forces of nature shape the landscape



Faroes clouds Tom Putt
Australia

Nominee

"Faroes clouds"
Clouds billow over the steep sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands



White Angel Torleif Lie
Norway

Nominee

"White Angel"
The color of life blinds us, It spells gentle lies, uttered softly It is just but noise, The white noise of culture and society. When the colors are gone, We are given the insight into form,



Tree Vasiliy Ryabovol
Russia

Nominee

"Tree"



Old Apple Garden Virgilijus Usinavicius
Lithuania

Nominee

"Old Apple Garden"
Shot with Hasselblad Xpan camera on Ilford black&white film.



ZAIDO (For my deceased father…) Yukari Chikura
Japan

Nominee

"ZAIDO (For my deceased father…)"
This project is my preservation of the 1300-year-old Japanese ritual festivity “Zaido.”



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