Nature - Professional , 15th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Adam Crews

Australia

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Cypress Hills"
Cypress Pines ~ ITALY

Alessandro Puccinelli

Italy

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Mare 432"
The Atlantic Ocean in south Portugal during a solids swell in February 2020

Vit Madr

Czech Republic

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Who knows where?"
Who knows where the paths of life lead?

Liyun Yu

USA

Honorable Mention

"Part of Home"

Laurie Freitag

USA

Honorable Mention

"In the Garden at Chislehurst 7"

Steve Zmak

USA

Honorable Mention

"Man Contemplates Stone"
The man & stone face each other and consider their lives, 100 years vs billions. Who has it better?

Romain Tornay

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Arctic Night"
South Iceland, October 2019

Leo Gesess

Italy

Honorable Mention

"cloudplane..."

Mark Seawell

USA

Honorable Mention

"The last supermoon"
Early morning and it drifts over the Wasatch mountains of Utah in all its glory, the last supermoon of 2020.

Nilton Souza

Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Grass standing on a windy"
grass standing on a windy sand that looks like small waves on the beach.

Martin Steenhaut

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"The Dune"
The highest sand dune of the Moroccan sahara desert

Martin Steenhaut

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Sand storm "
Top of a sand dune during a sand storm

Glen McClure

USA

Honorable Mention

"Mulranny Reflections"
From the continuing series The West of Ireland

Pal Hermansen

Norway

Honorable Mention

"Bumblebee meadow"
Bumblebee embedded in flowering meadow

Frank Bevans

USA

Honorable Mention

"hole in the rock"
this is a grinding rock reflecting a burned forest

George Kavanagh

Ireland

Honorable Mention

"seven sisters UK coast"
seven sisters UK coast

Craig Blacklock

USA

Honorable Mention

"Brule Lake rainbow."
Double rainbow over Brule Lake, BWCAW.

Luciano Monti

Italy

Honorable Mention

"the sunbeam"
Antelopo Canyon Arizona

Nathalie Lauzon

Canada

Honorable Mention

"18o25'N 67o36'W"
Mona Passage

Layne Kennedy

USA

Honorable Mention

"Black Hills Storm, South Dakota"
Booming thunderheads roll over fire ridden trees in South Dakota's Black Hills territory.

Brian Eastwood

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"A light in the woods"

Lou Novick

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bisti Badlands 1"

Craig Blacklock

USA

Honorable Mention

"Antelope Canyon, Arizona"
Antelope Canyon, Arizona. From the book, Slot Canyons of Page Arizona.

Matthew Smith

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Polyp Face"
A close up wide angle macro image of bubble coral polyps.

Roy Kaltschmidt

USA

Honorable Mention

"Thunderstorm over Hernandez"
Thunderstorm over Hernandez, New Mexico (see Moonrise over Hernandez - Ansel Adams)

Charles Bush

USA

Honorable Mention

"Foggy Ghost Tree"
Ancient Cypress Tree–Foggy Morning in Louisiana's Swampland

Adam Crews

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Ama Dablam"
Ama Dablam, Himalayas ~ NEPAL

Doc Uwe Winkler

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Whiteout"
»Whiteout«, Pallas National Park, Lapland I Finland

David Paul Bayles

USA

Honorable Mention

"Black Moon Rising"

Adam Crews

Australia

Nominee

"Everest"
Mount Everest, Himalayas ~ NEPAL

Adam Crews

Australia

Nominee

"Expedition"
Ama Dablam, Himalayas ~ NEPAL

Alan W. Abramowitz

USA

Nominee

"My Forever Love"
An image from a book project on the art and anthropology of roadside memorials

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Nominee

"summertime 2"
analog, zenza bronica etrsi, long exposure. Summertime about the lyrics of the Gershwin song

Amit Verma

India

Nominee

"Daggers"
Lahaul and Spiti, India

Andrew Chittock

UK

Nominee

"Storm Dennis"
storm dennis hitting the harbour in Aberswyth

Andrew B Church

USA

Nominee

"Spider"
A spider feeds on an insect in its web.

Andrew B Church

USA

Nominee

"Dragonfly in Cobwebs"
A dragonfly is caught in cobwebs at a ranger station in Big Bend, Texas.

Antti Viitala

Finland

Nominee

"Aurora Borealis"
Shot at Andenes, Lofoten Islands, Norway.

Art Holeman

USA

Nominee

"mt. hayden, north rim"
hazy morning light, Mt. Hayden, North Rim, Arizona

Axel Breutigam

Canada

Nominee

"Icebergs"
Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Charles Bush

USA

Nominee

"Dreamy Swamp Scene"
Louisiana Cypress Swamp on a Foggy Morning

Charlotte Gibb

USA

Nominee

"The Valley Awaits"
A rain shower moved through the area briefly, creating this beautiful atmosphere.

Charlotte Gibb

USA

Nominee

"After The Storm"
Yosemite Valley is spectacular. But, when it snows, it is magical.

Con van Staa

Netherlands

Nominee

"Old Tree"
Old Tree in River area

Craig Blacklock

USA

Nominee

"Ice covered trees, shore of Lake Superior."
Ice covered trees, shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota.

Daniel Tremblay

Canada

Nominee

"Slow"
There is no better feeling then standing on those basalt column for hours, enjoying the sound of the waves coming in and out!

Danielle Austen

USA

Nominee

"Cliff Waves"
Death Valley National Park, CA.

David Martin

USA

Nominee

"Whispering Sand"
The wind swept sand of White Sands are continually on the move

David Frutos Egea

Spain

Nominee

"Some ghosts and the mysterious island"
The fog hid everything with that magical feeling of mystery.

Dawn Black

UK

Nominee

"Three Brothers"
Three Brothers, Yosemite

Dimitri Kouznetsov

Switzerland

Nominee

"Running along the edge"
Sheep pasture, abandoned in late autumn. Swiss Alps.

Doc Uwe Winkler

Germany

Nominee

"Whiteout I"
»Whiteout«, Pallas National Park, Lapland I Finland

Dorte Grann

Denmark

Nominee

"The nice little Church og Engum, Denmark"
The stunning view of the Church of Engum, Vejle in Denmark. At wintertime, taken from my garden.

George Peet

USA

Nominee

"Branches in Ice"
Branches in Ice

Gianluca Federighi

Italy

Nominee

"Into the lights"
Looking the Wild and the pure nature

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Approaching Storm, Westport Bay, Ireland"
From the continuing series The West of Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Burning Bush"
From the continuing series The West of Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Rain Light "
From the continuing series The West of Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"Pond Reflections"
From the continuing series The West of Ireland

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"First Light"
From the continuing series The West of Ireland

Belgium

Nominee

"The test of time"
In the heart of the High Fens, Belgium. The common reed skeleton trees are the remains of a pine forest that was planted around 1850 and from 1950 onwards plagued by successive fires.

Glyn Davies

UK

Nominee

"The Fallen"
Woodland series - a tall, dead tree caught my eye, dominating a clearing of its own making, retaining form & even beauty in its angular skeletal limbs.

Graham Eaton

UK

Nominee

"Searching for the light"
A single Herring Gull flying past a bcklit wave. A split second when the light came through the wave

Graham Eaton

UK

Nominee

"The Tempest"
A single Gull backlit in flight over a large wave. Abersoch, Wales. UK

James Fox

USA

Nominee

"Mountain Mounting"
Grand Canyon of the Gunnison River

James Fox

USA

Nominee

"Lonely Tree"
Reservation Tree

James Fox

USA

Nominee

"Shifting Sand"
Great White Sands

James Fox

USA

Nominee

"Lone Tree"
Snow All Around

James Fox

USA

Nominee

"Country Road Take me Home"
Country Road Take Me Home

Jamie Leasure

USA

Nominee

"Death Valley Moonrise"
Death Valley, California

Jane Olin

USA

Nominee

"Intimate Conversation 22: Dark Side of Moon"
Archival pigment print made from unique silver gelatin print

Joel Biddle

UK

Nominee

"Fall"
Behind Durdle Door, taken with Zeiss Ikonta folding camera on HP5+

John Rees

USA

Nominee

"Austin "
After a storm in Austin

Jurgen Schrader

Germany

Nominee

"Not Everything Negative Is Bad"

Katherine Richmond

USA

Nominee

"Clearing"
Steep cliffs and mountains create a dramatic weather pattern that resists clearing.

Katherine Richmond

USA

Nominee

"Iluminating Lincoln"
Fleeting light between the clouds iluminates Mt. Lincoln.

Kirsten Heer

Germany

Nominee

"Frozen Apple blossoms in springtime"

Laurie Freitag

USA

Nominee

"In the Garden at Chislehurst 1"

Laurie Freitag

USA

Nominee

"In the Garden at Chislehurst 4"

Leo Pelletier

Canada

Nominee

"The old couple"
On the way to Quebec city

Lothar Troeller

USA

Nominee

"Covid Beach 2"
Beaches are empty during Covid

Lou Novick

USA

Nominee

"White Mountian"

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Cedar Pass Grass Badlands"
Patterns in steal and glass climb to the sky.

Lou Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Death Valley Dunes"

Louis Gaillard

France

Nominee

"Rock"

Luigi Fieni

Germany

Nominee

"Himalayan Shades"

Marc Koegel

Canada

Nominee

"Trees in Winter"

Marco Felix

Switzerland

Nominee

"Black Beach"
Taken on a windy, rainy and last but not least stormy cold day at the famous Reynisfjara Black Beach

Mark Seawell

USA

Nominee

"The Road to Eulenbis"
Memories of my sacred mornings in the hills of Germany. Foggy mornings that carried a mood and serenity that put the soul at ease...the road to Eulenbis.

Mervyn Dublin

Malaysia

Nominee

"Imnajbu "
Imnajbu is one of the smallest barangays in all of Batanes which is situated in the Philippines.

Michael Hart

USA

Nominee

"Grey Atlantic"
Grey Maine Coast

Mihai Moiceanu

Romania

Nominee

"Flooded Forest"
a landslide formed Lake Cuejdel in the mountains of Romania 50 years ago

Mihai Moiceanu

Romania

Nominee

"Nuptse"
Nupse Ridge in Karakorum Area, Himalaya Mountains, Nepal

Mike Walker

UK

Nominee

"Whitby High"
Whitby High lighthouse perched on the clifftop

Mike DeCesare

USA

Nominee

"Shoals"
Shoals

Mike Cable

USA

Nominee

"Ice Macro (Trachea & Bronchi)"
This is an macro of ice I took on a local stream that I thought resembled an human trachea and bronchi on the bottom left and other bone like structures in the rest of the image.