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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...



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 Koester

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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