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Apocalypse Now

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Apocalypse Now"
2021, Belgium



A Drowned Tree and the Near Shore

Jon Meyer

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"A Drowned Tree and the Near Shore"
The tree falls from the shore when the water rises.



remote clasp

Tony Jackson

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"remote clasp"
Desert statuary at Abiqui Lake



Armageddon

Partha Roy

Singapore

Honorable Mention

"Armageddon"
Sun rays through clouds



Cascade

Jeff Bullied

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Cascade"



Landscape with pollard willows

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Landscape with pollard willows"
2020, Belgium



Honulua Mauka Trees and Palms

Don Whitebread

USA

Honorable Mention

"Honulua Mauka Trees and Palms"
Ohai trees in a jungle clearing just inland from Honolua Bay in Maui



Tree in the Fields

Rosario Civello

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Tree in the Fields"
In the infinite representation of chaos we try to delude ourselves of the possibility of an ordered world.



Beach Break

Sue Trower

UK

Honorable Mention

"Beach Break"



Tree stump with dunes

Tudor ApMadoc

USA

Honorable Mention

"Tree stump with dunes"



Plume

Sue Trower

UK

Honorable Mention

"Plume"



Surviving the Elements

Carol Rusinek

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Surviving the Elements"



Decadence

Peter Zarkob

Spain

Honorable Mention

"Decadence"
Landscape symbolising the process of decadence.



Dune View

Gary Wagner

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dune View"
Black and White Landscape



Made Ready

Larry Bean

USA

Honorable Mention

"Made Ready"
Driggs, Idaho, USA, 2019



loneliness

Renate Wasinger

Germany

Honorable Mention

"loneliness"



The Gate

Rene Schaedler

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"The Gate"



Monsoon Light over The Sisters

James Peterson

USA

Honorable Mention

"Monsoon Light over The Sisters"
Breaks in the storm clouds painted fleeting beams of late afternoon sunlight onto the landscape.



Cave

Xavier Mas Ferra

Spain

Honorable Mention

"Cave"
Cave of the coast of Ibiza.



Lying In State

Neil Williams

USA

Honorable Mention

"Lying In State"



Castellated Iceberg

Brian Jones

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Castellated Iceberg"
Castellated Iceberg, Antarctica



How I fell in love with the storm

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"How I fell in love with the storm"
2021, Belgium



tornado

Amr El-shafei

USA

Honorable Mention

"tornado"
Tornado on the great planes!



Howick boulders

Ruth Grindrod

UK

Honorable Mention

"Howick boulders "
Beautiful boulders shine out in Northumberland UK



Traces of Hope

Adriana Kastelan

Croatia

Nominee

"Traces of Hope"
Stormy day on island Rab, Croatia



Energy

Andrew Ilachinski

USA

Nominee

"Energy"
Energy, Andy Ilachinski



Isle-of-Skye Waterfall

Andrew Ilachinski

USA

Nominee

"Isle-of-Skye Waterfall"
Isle-of-Skye Waterfall, Andy Ilachinski



Human error

Antje Bormann

France

Nominee

"Human error"
Climate-change induced pest, no political will to act, leaving things to nature looks like this



A Dance with Clouds

Ashley & Zachary Vemwell

USA

Nominee

"A Dance with Clouds"
A manic storm rolls in. Winter in the backcountry. Mount Shuksan, WA, USA



Clouds 0056

Bob Neiman

USA

Nominee

"Clouds 0056"
Clouds 0056



Cosmos

Charles Daviet

USA

Nominee

"Cosmos"
Carl Sagan was the inspiration for this photo



Inky

Christine Goerner

Australia

Nominee

"Inky"
Mother Nature delivers a scene of inky blackness contrasted with gently lit heavy fog.



Determined

Debbie Rubin

USA

Nominee

"Determined"
I had to hang on for dear life, but it was worth it.



Dazed

Devin Campbell

USA

Nominee

"Dazed"



All Alone

Donald Wilson

USA

Nominee

"All Alone"
A lone acacia tree under heavy clouds on an empty savannah creates a mood we have all known.



Wellhron

Eric von Schulthess

Switzerland

Nominee

"Wellhron"
The Wellhorn is a very famous rock in the Bernese Oberland - Switzerland



Point Light

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Point Light"
Black and White Seascape



Beauty Lines

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Beauty Lines"
Black and White Seascape



Morning Skies

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Morning Skies"
Black and White Landscape



Weeds in Reflection Camano Island

Gayle Pepper

USA

Nominee

"Weeds in Reflection Camano Island"
These Weeds just had that artistic nature, had to capture them.



Grafitti In Woods

Gayle Pepper

USA

Nominee

"Grafitti In Woods"
Aspens in woods touched by mankind. Shot with infrared camera in Southern Utah



Shape of Nature

Giorgio Suighi

USA

Nominee

"Shape of Nature "
Shape of nature (ice) sitting on the beach of Iceland



Different View of Canyon

Giorgio Suighi

USA

Nominee

"Different View of Canyon"
Different perspective of Antelope Canyon with Abstract Perspective



Misty Forest

Holger Nimtz

Germany

Nominee

"Misty Forest"



After the Harvest

Isa Totah

USA

Nominee

"After the Harvest"
The remains of a wheat field in Northern France



Fall Colors at Crescent Moon Ranch

James Peterson

USA

Nominee

"Fall Colors at Crescent Moon Ranch"
This view of Cathedral Rock is one of the most popular and iconic sights in the Sedona area.



Reeds and Water Lilies

Janet Burdon

UK

Nominee

"Reeds and Water Lilies"



Orion Nebula

Jelieta Walinski

USA

Nominee

"Orion Nebula"
Orion Nebula at the deep dark sky.



Curves

Jesse Mechling

USA

Nominee

"Curves"
White Sands National Park,Alamogordo, NM USA



A Drowned Tree and the Far Shore

Jon Meyer

USA

Nominee

"A Drowned Tree and the Far Shore"
When the lake rises, the tree drown



Where heaven and earth meet.

Julio Lucas

USA

Nominee

"Where heaven and earth meet."
High in the Rockies where heave and earth meet.



Highlands IV

Karmen Orlic

Croatia

Nominee

"Highlands IV"



Alien Lookout

Keith Manning

USA

Nominee

"Alien Lookout"
Extremely windy day at Arnarstapi



Cairns

Kelly Tringas

Australia

Nominee

"Cairns"
Silent Nature



Silent Steps II

Kerry Maxwell

USA

Nominee

"Silent Steps II"



Innenleben

Klaus-Juergen Roericht

Switzerland

Nominee

"Innenleben"
...einer Peperoni



Reed Spears

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Nominee

"Reed Spears"
Roadside reeds near Columbus, Texas



Another World

Louise Richards

Australia

Nominee

"Another World"
Camel Rock, NSW Australia



Welcome to God's Church

Madeleine Corbeil

USA

Nominee

"Welcome to God's Church"
After a snow storm the sun broke through the clouds and smiled on our day



Sunrise on Half Dome

Madeleine Corbeil

USA

Nominee

"Sunrise on Half Dome"
On my first visit to Yosemite and I captured the sunrise on Half Dome.



Wood

Magnus Karlson

Sweden

Nominee

"Wood"



Forest

Marc Hodel

Switzerland

Nominee

"Forest"



ortholiti lightning

Marc Wehner

Germany

Nominee

"ortholiti lightning"
corfu, greece



Cotton Candy

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Cotton Candy"



Cherry tree

Martin Babarik

Slovakia

Nominee

"Cherry tree"
Infrared photography



Solitaire

Martin Babarik

Slovakia

Nominee

"Solitaire"
Infrared photography



Trees in Fog

Martin Moravek

Czech Republic

Nominee

"Trees in Fog"



Infrared Elm

Martin Babarik

Slovakia

Nominee

"Infrared Elm"
IR Photography



Trees reflected

Mary Whitesides

USA

Nominee

"Trees reflected"
Tree and Clouds Reflected



Gloom

Mary Hughes

Canada

Nominee

"Gloom"
Rainy, misty mountainside.



Summer Clouds

Mary Ann Tardif

USA

Nominee

"Summer Clouds"
A beautiful cloud formation moving on the horizon



Mt Fuji

Michael Potts

USA

Nominee

"Mt Fuji"



Toadstools of Southern Utah

Michael Rausch

USA

Nominee

"Toadstools of Southern Utah"
Wind and rain have eroded the stone to form mushrooms of stone.



Chain

Michel Groleau

Canada

Nominee

"Chain"
Color is usually an asset when photographing a sunrise. The texture of the rocks and mountain peaks,



breaking the surface

Michelle Lake

Australia

Nominee

"breaking the surface"



Rain

Mike Rutherford

Australia

Nominee

"Rain"
After drought, relief



War of the Worlds

Nick Green

UK

Nominee

"War of the Worlds"
The chaotic woods are such a beautiful sanctuary



Bivrost

Olav-Inge Alfheim

Norway

Nominee

"Bivrost"
Bodoe late autumn 2021



Waves

Peter Krenek

Slovak Republic

Nominee

"Waves"
Waves in the fields near KarlĂ­n, Czech Republic



Barren Ground

Philip Lawrence

Australia

Nominee

"Barren Ground"
Lawrence-Philip_Barren Ground.jpg



Dark Fog on Seceda

Radek von Hirschberg

Poland

Nominee

"Dark Fog on Seceda"
24-6-2022



Dance on an Alien Landscape

Richard Collens

Canada

Nominee

"Dance on an Alien Landscape"
Afterlife of desert flora, dancing on an alien landscape



Jungle

Rima Virbauskaite

Lithuania

Nominee

"Jungle"



Autumn Light

Robin Downs

USA

Nominee

"Autumn Light"



Rain Drops

Salvatore Mercieca

Malta

Nominee

"Rain Drops"
rain drops standing still



Winterwald_1

Sepp Koeppel

Switzerland

Nominee

"Winterwald_1"



Desert No. 2

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"Desert No. 2"
Saguaro Covered Ridgeline



Family

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"Family"
A Small Family of Sonoran Saguaro



Lonesome

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"Lonesome"
A Solitary Saguaro Cactus with a Nice View



Cool surf

Sue Trower

UK

Nominee

"Cool surf"



Ice Queens

Sue Trower

UK

Nominee

"Ice Queens"
The brooding icebergs of Greenland. Temporary but awesomely beautiful



Snow Falling on Pine

Susan Langer

USA

Nominee

"Snow Falling on Pine"



Meandering Through Winter

Susan Langer

USA

Nominee

"Meandering Through Winter"



Aurora Borealis in Iceland

Tilly Meijer

Netherlands

Nominee

"Aurora Borealis in Iceland"



Sandstone

Tim Owen

USA

Nominee

"Sandstone"
Beautiful stratification marks the passing of time in an ancient sandstone canyon.



Yucca Accent

Tom Sliter

USA

Nominee

"Yucca Accent"



BST-09

TR Smith

USA

Nominee

"BST-09"
Brooklyn Street Trees 09



The Lake of Siem Reap

Wen Hung Lin

Taiwan

Nominee

"The Lake of Siem Reap"
The Lake of Siem Reap in Cambodia.



Clouds-Weissensee

Wilhelm Kleinoeder

Germany

Nominee

"Clouds-Weissensee"
Dramatic cloud atmosphere at Lake Weissensee



Life of a Cloud

Willa Davis

USA

Nominee

"Life of a Cloud"



standing alone

Yeom Dongsam

Korea (South)

Nominee

"standing alone"
This is a beautiful pine tree that lives hard in the rocks in the mountains.



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