Nature - Professional

Yin & Yang Jasmine Rossi
Argentina

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Yin & Yang"
Solitary acacia tree and gigantic sand dune, Namib desert



Mekong No 2 Gabriella Imperatori-Penn
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Mekong No 2"
From my Asia Series



Falling Sky, Inch Strand, County Kerry, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Falling Sky, Inch Strand, County Kerry, Ireland"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



In The Garden at Chiselhurst #7826 Laurie Freitag
USA

Honorable Mention

"In The Garden at Chiselhurst #7826"



Back To My Roots Steve Gosling
UK

Honorable Mention

"Back To My Roots"
Taken in my local woods during COVID lockdown 2020



As the moon falls Mark Seawell
USA

Honorable Mention

"As the moon falls"
The mountains of northern Utah and I barely get a chance to raise my lens before it is too late..as the moon falls.



A death in the desert 1 Marguerite Garth
USA

Honorable Mention

"A death in the desert 1"
an elegy to the austere and haunting beauty of the high desert that is desiccating slowly but steadily.



Landscape Vasiliy Ryabovol
Russia

Honorable Mention

"Landscape"



Mare 351 Alessandro Puccinelli
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Mare 351"
A giant wave in Nazaré, Portugal during a huge winter swell.



The Art of the Earth Jeff Johnson
USA

Honorable Mention

"The Art of the Earth"
Sometimes the Earth doesn't look like we thought it should!



Minimalist grasses Sue Atkinson
UK

Honorable Mention

"Minimalist grasses"



Alaska Storm Victor Elias
USA

Honorable Mention

"Alaska Storm"
A storm over the calm waters of Alaska



Dune Line, 2021 Cara Weston
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dune Line, 2021"



Vortex, County Mayo, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Honorable Mention

"Vortex, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Roots Nilton Souza
Brazil

Honorable Mention

"Roots"



Dripping Jaws Joel Simpson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dripping Jaws"
Captured with a 300mm lens, a 4x ND filter at Paterson Falls, New Jersey



Approach Danielle Austen
USA

Honorable Mention

"Approach"
Early evening summer storm moving along the lower valley as seen from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia



To the root Felipe Abraham
Chile

Honorable Mention

"To the root"



Autumn Light ROBERT COATES
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Autumn Light"
Early morning light in Southern British Columbia in autumn.



Sjosno 08701 Morgan Anderson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Sjosno 08701"
From the series Sjösnö, captured along the Chicago coast of Lake Michigan.



The Sacred Garden Graham Eaton
UK

Honorable Mention

"The Sacred Garden"
Around the tiny Church beneath the waves is the sacred garden, a quiet tranquil meadow of Algae.



Alps #3 Harry Köster
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Alps #3"



Light Ribbons II Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Honorable Mention

"Light Ribbons II"



Uncertainty Vit Madr
Czech Republic

Honorable Mention

"Uncertainty"
What will be next?



Four Sisters Nicole Robinson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Four Sisters"
Everlasting Beauty of Strong Footings



olive tree Luciano Monti
Italy

Honorable Mention

"olive tree"



Panamint Dunes Dawn Benko
USA

Honorable Mention

"Panamint Dunes"
The Panamint Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park at sunrise



Magnolia Louis Gaillard
France

Honorable Mention

"Magnolia"
work on the Bois des Moutiers park. Varengeville / France



Box Beach Alfonso Calero
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Box Beach"
Nestled between the hills in a national park on the central coast outside Sydney. Waiting for the su



The Wild Coast Andrew Lever
UK

Nominee

"The Wild Coast"
A huge wave crashes into the rocks at 'La pared' on the island of Fuerteventura.



Winter Anke van der Meer
Netherlands

Nominee

"Winter"



Fog and trees with road Ann Elliott Cutting
USA

Nominee

"Fog and trees with road"
Fog and trees with road, Maine



Breaking Waves Bonaventura Durall-Aulet
Spain

Nominee

"Breaking Waves"
Waves from high cliffs in the Costa Brava often offer curious shapes



Misty Beach Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee

"Misty Beach"



Turmoil Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee

"Turmoil"



Sacred mountain Cain Shimizu
Japan

Nominee

"Sacred mountain"
This is Mt. Fuji in Japan. This sublime mountain is also called a sacred mountain by people.



Bent Tree California Chris Roche
USA

Nominee

"Bent Tree California"



Rocks In Taroko #2 Clarence Lin
USA

Nominee

"Rocks In Taroko #2"



Lamy, NM- Pinhole Tree Cody Brothers
USA

Nominee

"Lamy, NM- Pinhole Tree"
Analog 4x5 capture with IR film



Wormwood Rune Dana Garrett
USA

Nominee

"Wormwood Rune"
There were a number of patterns visible. This one caught my eye.



A Conversation in Sandstone Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee

"A Conversation in Sandstone"
This eroded sandstone formation speaks a strange language. How many storms, how much wind, how much



Etched by Time Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee

"Etched by Time"
Layers of Limestone and Sandstone, stained red by iron over the eons. The Colorado River carves its



Moonlight Meeting At Factory Butte David Winegar
USA

Nominee

"Moonlight Meeting At Factory Butte"
Interesting Meeting Beneath Factory Butte In The Utah Badlands



Lonely Bristlecone Pine David Winegar
USA

Nominee

"Lonely Bristlecone Pine"
A Lonely Bristlecone Pine, Over 1000 years Old, Endures Another Winter



Lake Ikebana III Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Nominee

"Lake Ikebana III"
Reed, water lily leaves and light path on a lake at Evo, Southern Finland, 2020



Dialogue Doc Winkler
Germany

Nominee

"Dialogue"
From the Dachstein Tauern Alps series.



Iceland road Duncan de Fey
Netherlands

Nominee

"Iceland road"
A road in Iceland in to the clouds



First Snow On The Wurmmaulspitz Duschan Tomic
Italy

Nominee

"First Snow On The Wurmmaulspitz"
A wonderful day in the Dolomites after the first snow had laid down its coat of white...



Monte Bianco 0898 Edoardo Romagnoli
Italy

Nominee

"Monte Bianco 0898"
Photo of Monte Bianco, Italy no post production interventions



deep thoughts Ernst Hermann
Austria

Nominee

"deep thoughts"



Twin Rocks Federico Janni
USA

Nominee

"Twin Rocks"
Monument Valley, Utah



Moonscape No 10 Gabriella Imperatori-Penn
USA

Nominee

"Moonscape No 10"
From my Moonscape Series of St Barth



Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia Gary Latham
UK

Nominee

"Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia"
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the largest salt flat on the planet at over 4000 sq meters.



Abyss... Georgette Aleiferi
Greece

Nominee

"Abyss..."



cervino Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee

"cervino"
mountain shapes



Alberino Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee

"Alberino"
un piccolo alberino nel bel mezzo del nulla poco prima di una violenta tempesta in Toscana



Pond Reflections, County Mayo, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Pond Reflections, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



A Sunday Afternoon Pontoon Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"A Sunday Afternoon Pontoon Ireland"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Single Tree, Tuscany Italy Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Single Tree, Tuscany Italy"
From the series, A Portrait of Italy



Lough Cullen Reflections, County Mayo Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee

"Lough Cullen Reflections, County Mayo Ireland"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



A Moments Light Janet Century
USA

Nominee

"A Moments Light"
Sunray with the Tetons in background



Apocalypsis Jasmine Rossi
Argentina

Nominee

"Apocalypsis"
Fiery Sunset in Patagonia



Mapuche Dawn Jasmine Rossi
Argentina

Nominee

"Mapuche Dawn"
Lanin volcano & monkey puzzle trees, Patagonia



Baseline Jean-Charles Folliet
France

Nominee

"Baseline"



A Glorious Morning Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee

"A Glorious Morning"
A beautiful morning in Zion National Park, Utah, USA



Faroe Islands Jens Honore
USA

Nominee

"Faroe Islands"
Faroe Islands



Catch of the Day Joel Simpson
USA

Nominee

"Catch of the Day"
Captured with a 300mm lens, a 4x ND filter at Paterson Falls, New Jersey



Rio Chama, Abiquiu NM John Siskin
USA

Nominee

"Rio Chama, Abiquiu NM"



Trees, Gallisteo Basin John Siskin
USA

Nominee

"Trees, Gallisteo Basin"



Where the Sky Meets the Sea Jonathan Banks
UK

Nominee

"Where the Sky Meets the Sea"
On a calm day out at sea around Orkney, sky and sea seem to be as one



Anchoring of the star ship hidden in the clouds Jumpei Tainaka
Germany

Nominee

"Anchoring of the star ship hidden in the clouds"



Misty Morning Kimara Wilhite
USA

Nominee

"Misty Morning"
Pre sunrise fog and mist at Sandstone Falls, WV



Depth of Field Lothar Troeller
USA

Nominee

"Depth of Field"
Montage of a field after harvest



Big Dipper Moab Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Big Dipper Moab"
Lite by the full moon. Park Avenue Moab reviews the Big Dipper.



Cedar Pass Spires Badlands Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Cedar Pass Spires Badlands"
Shaped by wind and rain the Badlands in South Dakota.



Monument Valley Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Monument Valley"
Home of the Navajo Nation.



Sunbeams Lynne Eodice
USA

Nominee

"Sunbeams"
Sunbeams Over Sedona Mesa



Here to Infinity Marco Crupi
USA

Nominee

"Here to Infinity"



Alluring Path Marco Crupi
USA

Nominee

"Alluring Path"
Walking through thick brush looking to find the best view to the falls



East of Eden Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

"East of Eden"
The first snows reach northern Utah coating the land in a blanket of magic...east of eden



Light of Utah Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

"Light of Utah"
The perfect hike ends with a view my wife and I will always love, the light of Utah.



Half Dome Matt Harbicht
USA

Nominee

"Half Dome"
Half Dome from Sentinel Bridge



my reality Merten Riesner
Germany

Nominee

"my reality"
when: in October Where: Chiemsee Why: I want to capture how I feel and how I see this Chiemsee, what



Copse In A Snow Shower Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"Copse In A Snow Shower"



Angular Copse Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"Angular Copse"



Black River I Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"Black River I"



Sailing Stones Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"Sailing Stones"



Intimate Heads Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"Intimate Heads"
Hokkaido, Japan



Family Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"Family"



Liquidity Michael Elkan
Canada

Nominee

"Liquidity"
Rippled reflections of reeds on Lake Trasimeno, Umbria



Two Trees Michael Venz
New Zealand

Nominee

"Two Trees"
Looking for a long time



Shadows & Sand Dunes Michael Gard
USA

Nominee

"Shadows & Sand Dunes"
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve - Colorado, USA



Kootenai Falls Mike DeCesare
USA

Nominee

"Kootenai Falls"
Edition of 10 signed and numbered prints on 100% cotton rag



Bend Neal Panton
Canada

Nominee

"Bend"



Embrace Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee

"Embrace"
Classic Low-country Live Oaks bend to embrace the travelers path



Highlighter Pally Learmond
UK

Nominee

"Highlighter"
The low angled sun catches just the very tops of the forest in BC, Canada.



Snow Crystals Pally Learmond
UK

Nominee

"Snow Crystals"
Light bounces and refracts through the snow crystals on a particularly cold day in BC, Canada.



Winter Pat Zowska
Poland

Nominee

"Winter"
PRAKTICA TL, SILVERPRINT, SKAN



There will be spring Rainer Thrum
Germany

Nominee

"There will be spring"



Storm Track Richard Prescott
UK

Nominee

"Storm Track"



Evening Pukaskwa Provincial Park Richard Mack
USA

Nominee

"Evening Pukaskwa Provincial Park"
A quiet evening at Pukaskwa Provincial Park on Lake Superior.



Storm Mountain Richard Wong
USA

Nominee

"Storm Mountain"
Storm Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada



Clouds Over Tonga Ridge Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee

"Clouds Over Tonga Ridge"
Clearing storm in Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington.



Mirror Beach Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee

"Mirror Beach"
Clouds reflected on beach, Pacific Rim National Park, Canada.



Frido Rojo Sache
Spain

Nominee

"Frido"
It hasn’t been manipulated nor digitally processed with post-processing programs



Blackened Ocotillo, Prescott, Arizona Roy Pope
USA

Nominee

"Blackened Ocotillo, Prescott, Arizona"
Blackened Ocotillo, Infrared, made after burn of area



Thunderstorm over Hernandez Roy Kaltschmidt
USA

Nominee

"Thunderstorm over Hernandez"
Thunderstorm over church in Hernandez, New Mexico



Blue like an Eclipse Samuel Feron
France

Nominee

"Blue like an Eclipse"
In the Highlands of Iceland



Huang Samuel Feron
France

Nominee

"Huang"
Mystic mist in China



Red galaxy Shinya Itahana
Japan

Nominee

"Red galaxy"
Red galaxy in the dark green universe. (Mt.Daisen, Tottori, Japan)



Melodious Shinya Itahana
Japan

Nominee

"Melodious"
Melodious of a natural orchestra. (Tottori, Japan)



Rain Clouds Overhead Steve Gosling
UK

Nominee

"Rain Clouds Overhead"
Taken in the Lake District as a rain storm moved in



Bowling Ball Beach Steven Poe
USA

Nominee

"Bowling Ball Beach"
Dreamy black and white long exposure of Bowling Ball Beach on the Mendocino coast of California.



Cuffey's Cove - Mendocino Steven Castro
USA

Nominee

"Cuffey's Cove - Mendocino"



Cypress Trees in Winter Steven Wayne
USA

Nominee

"Cypress Trees in Winter"



I Will Survive Susan Dykstra
Canada

Nominee

"I Will Survive"
I will survive



Ancient Guardians Susanna Patras
USA

Nominee

"Ancient Guardians"
An ancient pine framed by the bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains of California



Petrified forest detail Tom Brownold
USA

Nominee

"Petrified forest detail"
The chinle foremation errosion



Latourell Falls Victor Elias
USA

Nominee

"Latourell Falls"
Latourell Falls during a snow storm



Mountain Victor S. Brigola
Germany

Nominee

"Mountain"
White Snow and Black Rocks with Grey Sky in perfect Harmony.



Line of Trees Will Enos
USA

Nominee

"Line of Trees"
A line of trees provide a boundary between two spaces



Madeline Valley East Will Enos
USA

Nominee

"Madeline Valley East"
Remote eastern Madeline Valley and a late spring snow storm



WallTree Wilma Roesch
Germany

Nominee

"WallTree"
in Berlin that tree attracted me - heartly winter-greetings from WR: Wilma Rösch



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