Still Life - Amateur

Untitled No. 1 Tom Sliter
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
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"Untitled No. 1"



Glass Shadow on Table Budd Parker
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
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"Glass Shadow on Table"
Glass Shadow on Table



Sun Check Volker Kesting
Netherlands

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Still Life
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"Sun Check"



Released Jennifer Grant-Keene
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Released"
As a pod releases it's seeds, they take flight into the air.



Waiting Room Tudor ApMadoc
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Waiting Room"
Inside an old prison in West Viginia



Calla Flag Deb Tatonetti
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Calla Flag"



Living Together Harvey Silber
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Living Together"



Lily Pads Richard Burdon
UK

Honorable Mention
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"Lily Pads"
Lily pads captured on the inky-black waters of a small Lochan near Kylesku in north west Scotland



After Raining Adam Neuba
Germany

Honorable Mention
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"After Raining"
Impressions of a wonderful dahlia bloom after a light rain shower.



Liquid Blooms Dave Cohen
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Liquid Blooms"



Tables & Chairs Jeff Bullied
Canada

Honorable Mention
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"Tables & Chairs"



Seats Awaiting Ivan Pesic
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Seats Awaiting"
Amphitheater, Ojai, California



Mushrooms on Trees Lynn Tait
Canada

Honorable Mention
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"Mushrooms on Trees"



Please Don't Touch Steve Burkett
USA

Honorable Mention
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Professional

"Please Don't Touch"
Saguaro Cactus in Sonoran Desert



Photo-Graphik Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
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"Photo-Graphik"



The Virgin Amy Ouderkirk
USA

Honorable Mention
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"The Virgin"
Unopened tulip.



Hibiscus flowers Seta Karabadjian
Canada

Honorable Mention
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"Hibiscus flowers"



Sunflowers in a pitcher. Klas Anders
Sweden

Honorable Mention
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"Sunflowers in a pitcher."



Gourdism 3 Dave Johns
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Gourdism 3"
from my conceptual series of the same name



Welcome Antero Wallinus-Rinne
Norway

Honorable Mention
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"Welcome"



I'll Be Back Gary Levy
USA

Honorable Mention
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"I'll Be Back"
Chair With Sweater Casting a Shadow



Ice Storm Matthew Barry
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Ice Storm"
Frozen silver feather maiden grass, taken shortly after an ice storm as it was melting.



Arm In Arm Anne Dignam
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Arm In Arm"



Unwanted Baby Boy C E Morse
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Unwanted Baby Boy"
Unfortunate gravestone - Rockport, ME



Translational Symmetry with Common Objects: Clothes Hanger Elizabeth Kazda
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Translational Symmetry with Common Objects: Clothes Hanger"
A clothes hanger was photographed with an in-camera multiple exposure of 27 frames.



Shapes In Black And White Rene Crystal
USA

Honorable Mention
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"Shapes In Black And White"
Shapes In Black And White



Lignum Aaron Rayburn
USA

Nominee
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"Lignum"



The Gramophone Amy Siqveland
USA

Nominee
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"The Gramophone"



The Protector Amy Ouderkirk
USA

Nominee
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"The Protector"
2 Icelandic poppies intertwined.



The Seductress Amy Ouderkirk
USA

Nominee
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"The Seductress"
Tulip in full bloom.



water lily Andreas Lange
Germany

Nominee
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"water lily"
Some motifs are also discovered in the garden of the girlfriend



Umbrellas Anita Schiedeck
Spain

Nominee
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"Umbrellas"



the rock garden Ann Quinn
USA

Nominee
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"the rock garden"
a quiet place to thrive



Resting at Polulu Anne Schlueter
USA

Nominee
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"Resting at Polulu"
This resting place caught my eye walking up the hill to the Pololu Overlook, Big Island, Hawaii.



Grandma Flowers Anne Connor
USA

Nominee
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"Grandma Flowers"



1 - 2 - 3 Antero Wallinus-Rinne
Norway

Nominee
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"1 - 2 - 3"



Seeking Ilumination Aynsley Stelfox
Canada

Nominee
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"Seeking Ilumination"



Black vase Barbara Corvino
Italy

Nominee
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"Black vase"
Black vase



Spanish doors Barbara Maker
USA

Nominee
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"Spanish doors"
Do Not Enter



Moving Day Beth Youmans
USA

Nominee
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"Moving Day"



Raindrops Bo-Yuan Chuang
Taiwan

Nominee
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"Raindrops"



ivy tendril, infrared brian valente
USA

Nominee
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"ivy tendril, infrared"
new ivy shoot beneath rustic home, infrared



Symmetry of Silence 1 Brian Schneider
USA

Nominee
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"Symmetry of Silence 1"
Reed reflections on a silent wind day.



Stable Stall Carolyn Knorr
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Stable Stall"
Afternoon light in the stable.



Coworkers Charlotte Turner
USA

Nominee
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"Coworkers"



Gradually collapse Chihiro Funasoko
Japan

Nominee
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"Gradually collapse"
It is unknown when and who dug the statue on this rock.



Serendipitous Union Christine Akar
USA

Nominee
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"Serendipitous Union"



Still Life 4 Christophe Matsacos
Cyprus

Nominee
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"Still Life 4"
Still Life with mirror, umbrella, tulips...



Still Life 6 Christophe Matsacos
Cyprus

Nominee
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"Still Life 6"
Still Life with jug, leaves and shadows



Hobbit House Cindy Poulin
Canada

Nominee
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"Hobbit House"
All are welcome here.



Tine and Tine Again Colleen Sayer
Canada

Nominee
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"Tine and Tine Again"
Just a day forkin' around with my camera!!



The Tale-Tellers Dana Mikaelle
Canada

Nominee
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"The Tale-Tellers"
The Tale-Tellers



Shardonnay Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee
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"Shardonnay"



Under Glass Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee
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"Under Glass"



The Sea of Tranquility David Mercieca
Australia

Nominee
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"The Sea of Tranquility"
Still Life of Dandelion in Milk



Wild Lotus Blossom David Campione
USA

Nominee
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"Wild Lotus Blossom"
Lotus Blossom growing in a natural environment.



Scatter Diana Barker Price
USA

Nominee
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"Scatter"
Photogram on Ilford B&W paper



Iris Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
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"Iris"
Iris



Portend Ed Sancious
USA

Nominee
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"Portend"



Kite Tails Eduardo Fujii
USA

Nominee
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"Kite Tails"



Travelling Alone Emo Gene
Canada

Nominee
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"Travelling Alone"



Still life Enrica Ridolfi
Italy

Nominee
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"Still life"
Bicchieri e bottiglie attraverso un vetro



Reflections Franklin Church
USA

Nominee
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"Reflections"



Sunflowers & Sofa, Thornton, ON., 2022 Gerald Pisarzowski
Canada

Nominee
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"Sunflowers & Sofa, Thornton, ON., 2022"
Sunflowers & Sofa



Deep in the forest Gerd Kufner
Germany

Nominee
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"Deep in the forest"



Antique Store Gregory Hom
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Antique Store"
Some items on display at an antique store in a small town



Tulip Surrender Heather Firth
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Tulip Surrender"
Coming soon!



Tulip: Sensual Anomaly #2 Heather Firth
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Tulip: Sensual Anomaly #2"
Coming soon!



French Provincial Peony Petals Heather Firth
USA

Nominee
Still Life
Professional

"French Provincial Peony Petals"
Coming soon!



Fibonacci Curl: Lilies Heather Firth
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Fibonacci Curl: Lilies"
Coming soon!



what the fork Henk Langerak
Netherlands

Nominee
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"what the fork"
has the fork a middle finger?



windows of my study Holger Goehler
Germany

Nominee
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"windows of my study"
view from the window of my study



Lost in Utopia Hsien-Chih Chuang
Taiwan

Nominee
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"Lost in Utopia"



Life extinguished Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee
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Professional

"Life extinguished"
The snow and overcast but bright sky provided a complementary background to the otherwise somber mood. Denver 2018



A Feather Afloat Inna Malostovker
USA

Nominee
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"A Feather Afloat"
Reflection of a bridge and a floating feather



One Shoe of 12 Million Ira Dwoskin
USA

Nominee
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"One Shoe of 12 Million"
From the DC Holocaust Museum



revolving thoughts Irina Magdalena Bivolaru
Romania

Nominee
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"revolving thoughts"
the spider net gives the illusion of a rotating wheel



The Lovers Jacqui Turner
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"The Lovers"
From the "Veiled in Light" series



Tulips #2 Jane Strisik
USA

Nominee
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"Tulips #2"
Morning



Thinking Janis Ehlers
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Thinking "
Tenants Harbor, Maine on a morning walk



Wild Jessica Margo
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Wild"
Mushrooms growing in the trunk of a decaying tree, Jockey Hollow, NJ. June 2021



Net Weight Jim Sterne
USA

Nominee
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"Net Weight"



Window Sink & Chair John Doyle
USA

Nominee
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"Window Sink & Chair"



Silver Fish Judy M. King
USA

Nominee
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"Silver Fish"



No. 5 Julie Yesko
USA

Nominee
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"No. 5"



succulent Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"succulent"
To hold life in the palm of your hand.



Steering Among the Chaos Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee
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"Steering Among the Chaos"



Seed Pods and Sunlight Kerry Maxwell
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Seed Pods and Sunlight"



Summer Kiyoshi Kato
Japan

Nominee
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Professional

"Summer"
One morning, I brewed an iced coffee. The excess ice melted away. I felt summer was near. Taken in Tokyo,2021.



Window Display Larry Jones
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Window Display"
Window display at Schentz Theatrical Supply, Inc in Cincinnati



Dried Lotus Leaves Laszlo Perlaky
USA

Nominee
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Professional

"Dried Lotus Leaves"
Dried Lotus leaves at French Lake, Whichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma



The Hand That Commands Leslie Goldman
USA

Nominee
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"The Hand That Commands"
Aventura, Florida



Scapegoat Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Nominee
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Professional

"Scapegoat"



Feathers In The Wild Lois Alexander-Mandel
USA

Nominee
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"Feathers In The Wild"



Into the nest Lorraine Adams
New Zealand

Nominee
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"Into the nest"
Seed heads with some post processing and layering



Clematis in Black and White Lynn Tait
Canada

Nominee
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"Clematis in Black and White"



Lily Pond Madeleine Corbeil
USA

Nominee
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"Lily Pond"
Although the lily was a vibrant purple I saw the image and reflections in black and white



Angles and Lines  Madeleine Corbeil
USA

Nominee
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"Angles and Lines "
While in the Palouse region I found this field and was drawn to the angles and lines expr4ssing the end of the harvest season.



Japanese Latern Magnus Karlson
Sweden

Nominee
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"Japanese Latern"
A latern flower that has been saved and decayed on the plant.



Drummer Boy Marilyn Canning
USA

Nominee
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"Drummer Boy"



cake Marina Zuccarelli
Netherlands

Nominee
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"cake"
Molded b&w film of a knife cutting a cake



Mamma Terra Marina Edith Calvo
Italy

Nominee
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"Mamma Terra"



Apple, Flowers, Couch Mayda Rumberg
USA

Nominee
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"Apple, Flowers, Couch"



Into the Woods Melinda Goodall
USA

Nominee
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"Into the Woods"
Spider webs connect the decaying bark fingers of a white birch tree in Maine’s North Woods.



Just a Chair Melissa Lackey
USA

Nominee
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"Just a Chair"
Just a Chair...but oh so much more!



Ready To Fly Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee
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"Ready To Fly"
Milkweed seeds are waiting for the next breeze to fly.



no.2 Mike Seidel
Germany

Nominee
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"no.2"
I immediately thought of a sailing ship with set sails that glides over the ocean no.2 of 8



dancer Mildred Lai
Hong Kong

Nominee
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"dancer"
At the end of its life, the faded lotus are still dancing in the wind.



Floating leaf Natalia Slovinska
Netherlands

Nominee
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"Floating leaf"
I wanted to capture the plasticity of the space between the leaf and water.



Starry Night Neil Williams
USA

Nominee
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"Starry Night"



Interlocking Neil Hunter
USA

Nominee
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"Interlocking"



Milkweed Nick Partrick
USA

Nominee
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"Milkweed"
Delicate



Geometrical reflections Nicole Urbscheit
Germany

Nominee
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"Geometrical reflections"
Poetic moments



All in a row Norman Soskel
USA

Nominee
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"All in a row"



Secret life of Christmas toys Olha Pashkovska
UK

Nominee
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"Secret life of Christmas toys"
Pashkovska-Olha_Secret life of Christmas toys



A Great Cover-Up Pat Maycroft
UK

Nominee
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"A Great Cover-Up"
Bath, England.



Drama Patricia Schnepf
USA

Nominee
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"Drama"
The elegance of flowers create many moods.



Red Floss Tree Paul Blieden
USA

Nominee
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"Red Floss Tree"
Part of a series of images I started during the pandemic using my macro lens to keep myself sane.



Frozen Pedro Diaz Molins
Spain

Nominee
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"Frozen"



Tragopogon Peter Krenek
Slovak Republic

Nominee
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"Tragopogon"
Tragopogon seeds ready to be released by the wind



Spore Sacs on Fruit Mold Peter Aitken
USA

Nominee
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"Spore Sacs on Fruit Mold"
Spore sacs of a mold growing on an orange.



Succulent Polly Fenton
Australia

Nominee
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"Succulent"
Succulents are so sensual with their beautiful lines.



Good Memories Rafael Perdomo
USA

Nominee
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"Good Memories"
Good Memories



Left Over Rene Schaedler
Switzerland

Nominee
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"Left Over"



poppy Richard Kraning
Germany

Nominee
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"poppy"
Petals like waves. A spectacle of nature.



Air Force Academy Grounds Study 1 Robert Meyers-Lussier
USA

Nominee
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"Air Force Academy Grounds Study 1"
Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO



Jacks Roger Parvin
USA

Nominee
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"Jacks"
Childhood Game



chair in the edge Rolf Hoesli
Switzerland

Nominee
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"chair in the edge"
chair in the edge



Umbrella Romy Klein
USA

Nominee
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"Umbrella"



Light Chaser Ruth Ball
Canada

Nominee
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"Light Chaser"



Seattle's Treasures Sheryl Falkos
USA

Nominee
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"Seattle's Treasures"
Reflection of the Space Needle in Glass Sculpture at Chihuly Garden and Glass. Seattle, WA, USA



The branch Shifra Levyathan
Israel

Nominee
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"The branch"



Figures Shinya Ichikawa
Japan

Nominee
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"Figures"
from the series 'Pickles Factory 2022'



solitude Shoichi Toki
Japan

Nominee
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"solitude"



Vermehrt Schoenes Steffen Mueller
Germany

Nominee
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"Vermehrt Schoenes"
A call for multiplication of beauty - with a very practical reminder to water the flowers.



Flower Portrait Iris Stephane Garnavault
Switzerland

Nominee
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"Flower Portrait Iris"
Self-Portrait in Iris



remixes 2022 Takashi Sugimoto
Japan

Nominee
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"remixes 2022 "
This photo is from my flyer to inform my 4th solo exhibition, "4 seasons".



Striped Wood Terry Ogden
USA

Nominee
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"Striped Wood"
Shadow patterns on old wooden farm machinery.



The canopy bed Tilly Meijer
Netherlands

Nominee
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"The canopy bed"



The Candle Tim Lucas
Australia

Nominee
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"The Candle"
Melted Candle Wax, and soft back lighting turned a humble candle into something else



Desert Starburst No. 2 Tom Sliter
USA

Nominee
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"Desert Starburst No. 2"
Part of my Sonoran Rhapsody series



Nectar of the Gods Toni Russo
USA

Nominee
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"Nectar of the Gods"



Chilean rhubarb Trevor Kerry
UK

Nominee
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"Chilean rhubarb"
Caught in a shaft of sunlight



April Ulla Cornelius
Germany

Nominee
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"April"



Frosted Leaves Ulla Cornelius
Germany

Nominee
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"Frosted Leaves"



Running on Empty Vincent Morban
Canada

Nominee
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"Running on Empty"
Sun lit interior of junk yard car.



Water Lillie's Wilfred A Sessoms Sr.
USA

Nominee
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"Water Lillie's"
Water Lillie's and Gold Fish



Bracken Wilhelm Kleinoeder
Germany

Nominee
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"Bracken"
Young bracken in the botanic garden



Passiflora caerulea Wolfgang Wiesen
Germany

Nominee
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"Passiflora caerulea"
Flower detail of Passiflora caerulea.



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