Nature - Professional

 Super Mega Bolt Hits The Monterey Bay Steve Zmak
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Nature
Professional

" Super Mega Bolt Hits The Monterey Bay"
August 16, 2020-This rare thunderstorm set off some of the largest fires in California history.



Flying Saucer Cloud, County Mayo, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Nature
Professional

"Flying Saucer Cloud, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Inky Sea Murielle Etc
France

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Nature
Professional

"Inky Sea"
A black Sea, black as ink. I try to show the dark and mysterious part of the Sea, but also and always its prodigious beauty that bewitches us.



Canyon X Aaron Citti
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Canyon X"
USA Canyon



Chernobyl forest Caesar Lima
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Chernobyl forest"
Chernobyl forest



Leaning Wood Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Leaning Wood"



'Moor' Peter Schulte
Germany

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"'Moor'"
»Moor«



Gray Matter Alys Williams
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Gray Matter"
Lobes of the Saharan brain.



Dragonflies Caught In Spider Web Clarence Lin
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dragonflies Caught In Spider Web"
Jeju Island, South Korea.



Mountain View of US-Mexico Border Liyun Yu
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Mountain View of US-Mexico Border"
Aerial photograph captured from air space of US-Mexico Border.



Vegetal Symphony David Frutos Egea
Spain

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Vegetal Symphony"
This plant formation reminded me of a musical score full of rhythm.



Dent d'Herens Gaudenz Danuser
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dent d'Herens"
swiss alps, mountain, winter



Fenced In Mike DeCesare
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Fenced In"



sand dune Luciano Monti
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"sand dune"



Guided by Moonlight Carol Horigan
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Guided by Moonlight"
Canyons on Navajo Lands in the enchanted SW US



Antarctic Landscape Aleksander Myklebust
Norway

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Antarctic Landscape"
This photo was taken in Mikkelsen Harbour, Antarctica in november 2019.



Beginning Hilda Champion
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Beginning"
Thin rhizomes are leading out of the darkness of the water and anchor the first thin leaves.



Balance Leeanne Mason
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Balance"
Balancing Rocks



 Light contrast Rie Asada
Japan

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

" Light contrast"
The morning sun illuminated only the trees, and a beautiful monotone gradation appeared.



Natures Patterns at Silver Strand Glen McClure
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Natures Patterns at Silver Strand"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Milky Way Skynight with Meteor shower Thomas Margrave
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Milky Way Skynight with Meteor shower"
I captured beautiful skynight during Milky way with meteor shower!



Dawn Over the Hills at Inle Lake - Myanmar John W. McDermott
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dawn Over the Hills at Inle Lake - Myanmar"
Sunlight breaks through the clouds and sets the fog aglow over the hills at Inle Lake.



The Wave Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"The Wave"
From the series "Silence in Movement - Nature's Force"



Journey Aaron Citti
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Journey "
Flinders Ranges, Australia



Face of the Rock Alain Ernoult
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Face of the Rock"
FACE OF THE ROCK CALLED EL CAPITAN, IN THE PAST TUTOKANULA, IN THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (usa)



autumn Alexander Friedrich Beck
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"autumn"



Nuranang Falls Amit Verma
India

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Nuranang Falls"
Arunachal Pradesh, India.



Cinderella Amy Arbus
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cinderella"
Atlanta, GA 2019



The Hug Amy Arbus
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Hug"
Provincetown, MA 2019



Tree. Hill. Snow. Sun. Andrew B Church
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tree. Hill. Snow. Sun."
The late afternoon shadow of a tree falls on newly fallen snow near Stephens College in Columbia, MO



Big Sky Annette Willis
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Big Sky"



Reach for the Sky Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reach for the Sky"



Stand in the fog Cain Shimizu
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Stand in the fog"
The two trees in the fog were like paintings.



Wandering fog Cain Shimizu
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wandering fog"
I like the foggy landscape.



Guided by Starlight Carol Horigan
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Guided by Starlight"
Canyons on Navajo Lands in the SW US



The Great Fountain Geyser Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Great Fountain Geyser"
The very Earth seems to exhale steamy breath in Yellowstone National Park.



Moonlight Clarence Lin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moonlight"



Storm Waves Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Storm Waves"
Passing Storm through the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.



Veil David Collier
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Veil"



The Wave David Gubernick
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Wave"



Endurance Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Endurance"
From the series "Water Stories"



Standing One Dragomir Vukovic
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Standing One"
One quiet being strong...



Resilience. Eduardo Loria
Costa Rica

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Resilience."
I choose to capture this tree because it has an ability that we need more than ever: resilience.



Moment Of Magic Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moment Of Magic"
The Magic behind a good sunset at White Pockets AZ



Birth Felipe Abraham
Chile

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Birth"



Spider Gary Browne
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Spider"
A dead tree photographed in the Spanish campo. From a low perspective it seems to be very much alive and takes on the appearance of a giant spider emerging from the undergrowth



Storm Euctice, Ramsgate Gary Latham
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Storm Euctice, Ramsgate"
Storm Euctice hits Ramsgate



Canyon In Winter Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Canyon In Winter"



Cool Cool Water Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cool Cool Water"



Snowy Forest Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Snowy Forest"



Upon This Rock Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Upon This Rock"



Prairie Storm Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Prairie Storm"



skeena snow mountains George Kavanagh
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"skeena snow mountains"
skeena snow mountains



terre di toscana Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"terre di toscana"
The way of the soul is a way to walk and turn around just to look at our footprints 🖤👣



Lough Cullen Shapes, County Mayo, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lough Cullen Shapes, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Sand Patterns at Silver Strand County Mayo Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sand Patterns at Silver Strand County Mayo Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Blowing Sand at Silver Strand Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Blowing Sand at Silver Strand"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Cloud Cap Sky, Doo Lough, County Mayo, Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cloud Cap Sky, Doo Lough, County Mayo, Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Florida Lagoon H. Allen Benowitz
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Florida Lagoon"
A virgin place, untouched, where nature originated before development, Miami Shores Golf Course.



Elements Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Elements"
Wind, sun, and water are powerful forces and can destroy human card houses any time.



A Morning to Remember Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"A Morning to Remember"
Early morning surprise at the Great Sand Dunes in south-central Colorado



5-Million-Year-Old Kiss Joel Simpson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"5-Million-Year-Old Kiss"
Detail of the formation at Red Rock Canyon State Park, California



Beach Serie 1 Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Beach Serie 1"
Way to the Beach.



Road Trip John Marshall
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Road Trip"
Summer Trip Through The Big Cypress Swamp



Grove II Juergen Lechner
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Grove II"



Lost in Minds Karel Mus
Belgium

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lost in Minds"
The landscape in my Mind



Perch Ken Loyst
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Perch"
A solo gull overlooks his perch



Still Standing Kimara Wilhite
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Still Standing"
A tree still standing at the boneyard on Hunting Island, SC



Japanese cedar Kunio Nakaoka
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Japanese cedar "



Hurricane Dorian Lee Gordon
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Hurricane Dorian"
Hurricane Dorian building offshore



River flow Leo Pelletier
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"River flow"



Uprooted Lisa F. Fleischmann
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Uprooted"
This is just one of many, giant, ancient forest remnants found in Cathedral Grove, Vancover Island, B.C. The biggest trees in the Grove are about 800 years old and measure 75 m (250 ft) in height.



Okefenokkee Treees Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Okefenokkee Treees"



Badlands Spires Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Badlands Spires "



Morning Meditations Luciano Freaza
Brazil

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Morning Meditations"
Sunrise at Itacimirim´s estuary.



Moon Over Capitol Reef Lynne Eodice
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moon Over Capitol Reef"
A full moon rising over Capitol Reef National Park, Utah



Autumn floats Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Autumn floats"
The leaves float above the waterfall with a life of their own...autumn floats



End song Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"End song"
Though it is still autumn, the snows of winter arrive in the Wasatch mountains...end song.



Turbine Storm Mark Duffy
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Turbine Storm"
Major Storm over Wind Turbine



In the fog Mauro Zorer
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"In the fog"
The trees on a foggy morning in Val d'Orcia



Reeds and Water Michael Hart
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reeds and Water"
Reeds and Water, Acadia National Park



Tra na mBo - Strand Of The Cow Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tra na mBo - Strand Of The Cow"
Devonian age monolith is part of a complex of sites along the Copper Coast



Marsh Kiss Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Marsh Kiss"



Lowcountry CLassic Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lowcountry CLassic"



Antarctica Odette Sugerman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Antarctica "
The Bottom of the world



Raven's View Oliver Klink
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Raven's View"



The Wonder of Winter Oliver Klink
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Wonder of Winter"



Across the Lake Paul McClenaghan
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Across the Lake"
4.30am fog rolls through the distant hills across the lake.



Dune Face, Tukkee Sandblow Peter Meyer
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dune Face, Tukkee Sandblow"
Wind lines on the face of a dune



Arabian Desert Peter Rodger
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Arabian Desert"
kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Sense of Scale



autumn-landscape Rainer Thrum
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"autumn-landscape"



Soledad Ramiro Salazar
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Soledad"
I felt alone like the tree and the stone



Black beach #2 Renata Vale
Brazil

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Black beach #2"
Black beach - Iceland - 10/21



Exultation Richard Dweck
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Exultation"



Winter Shadow Rie Asada
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Winter Shadow"
The winter light cast a shadow on the snow surface.



Suspicious Mt. Fuji Rie Asada
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Suspicious Mt. Fuji"
Surrounded by suspiciously shaped trees, Mt. Fuji looked particularly shining.



Ghost Falls Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ghost Falls"
Lupin Falls, Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada



Spring Island Trees 4 Robert Tardio
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Spring Island Trees 4"
Spring Island Trees 4



Spring Island Trees 5 Robert Tardio
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Spring Island Trees 5"
Spring Island Trees 5



Rough Patch Rod Spark
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Rough Patch"
Ben Lomond Tasmania



up Ruud Peters
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"up"



Glacial Landscape Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Glacial Landscape"
Iceland



Mist on Porte d'Aval Scott Wurzel
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Mist on Porte d'Aval"
A Mist on the English Channel rolls in over Porte d'Aval in Étretat



PO Sergio Bruno
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"PO"
Kallitype from film's negative



Holy Stream Shinya Itahana
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Holy Stream"
Water falls like a ray of light on a rugged cliff (Tottori Prefecture)



Millennium Tree Stephen Hayes
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Millennium Tree"
This image is of an evergreen oak tree planted on New Year's Day in the year 2000.



Crash-Grand Haven lighthouse Stone Peng
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Crash-Grand Haven lighthouse"
Big Crash at Grand Haven Lighthouse



Columnar Stuart Chape
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Columnar"



Surreal Susan Dykstra
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Surreal"
Floating rock shelf with icicles



Little Iceberg Susan Brunner
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Little Iceberg"
At Glacier Bay in Iceland, Icebergs float to the Ocean and get washed ashore with the tide



Pylon Study Terry Wild
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Pylon Study"
West Warf, Madison, CT. Middle Beach area.



Lofoten Victor S. Brigola
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lofoten"
Reduce to the Max.



Wind Virgilijus Usinavicius
Lithuania

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wind"



Ephemeral Warren Keelan
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ephemeral"
A waterspout captured from the ocean's surface on the South East Coast of Australia.



 Shan Shui in Dutch landscape #1 Wieneke de Leeuw
Netherlands

Nominee
Nature
Professional

" Shan Shui in Dutch landscape #1"
Fog is related to my two-sided sudden deafness. fog muffles the sound.



Mt RobsonRoad Yoshiteru Yamamoto
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Mt RobsonRoad"
Mr. Robson Road



Carved Canyon Zach Miller
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Carved Canyon"
Narrow passageways carved from red sandstone, seasonal flood rains, and wind.



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