Nature - Amateur

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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