Nature - Professional

 Super Mega Bolt Hits The Monterey Bay Steve Zmak
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

" 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

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



Inky Sea Murielle Etc
France

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"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

"Canyon X"
USA Canyon



Chernobyl forest Caesar Lima
USA

Honorable Mention

"Chernobyl forest"
Chernobyl forest



Leaning Wood Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Leaning Wood"



'Moor' Peter Schulte
Germany

Honorable Mention

"'Moor'"
»Moor«



Gray Matter Alys Williams
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Gray Matter"
Lobes of the Saharan brain.



Dragonflies Caught In Spider Web Clarence Lin
USA

Honorable Mention

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



Mountain View of US-Mexico Border Liyun Yu
USA

Honorable Mention

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



Vegetal Symphony David Frutos Egea
Spain

Honorable Mention

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



Dent d'Herens Gaudenz Danuser
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

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



Fenced In Mike DeCesare
USA

Honorable Mention

"Fenced In"



sand dune Luciano Monti
Italy

Honorable Mention

"sand dune"



Guided by Moonlight Carol Horigan
USA

Honorable Mention

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



Antarctic Landscape Aleksander Myklebust
Norway

Honorable Mention

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



Beginning Hilda Champion
USA

Honorable Mention

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



Balance Leeanne Mason
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Balance"
Balancing Rocks



 Light contrast Rie Asada
Japan

Honorable Mention

" 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

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



Milky Way Skynight with Meteor shower Thomas Margrave
USA

Honorable Mention

"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

"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

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



Journey Aaron Citti
Australia

Nominee

"Journey "
Flinders Ranges, Australia



Face of the Rock Alain Ernoult
France

Nominee

"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

"autumn"



Nuranang Falls Amit Verma
India

Nominee

"Nuranang Falls"
Arunachal Pradesh, India.



Cinderella Amy Arbus
USA

Nominee

"Cinderella"
Atlanta, GA 2019



The Hug Amy Arbus
USA

Nominee

"The Hug"
Provincetown, MA 2019



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

Nominee

"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

"Big Sky"



Reach for the Sky Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee

"Reach for the Sky"



Stand in the fog Cain Shimizu
Japan

Nominee

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



Wandering fog Cain Shimizu
Japan

Nominee

"Wandering fog"
I like the foggy landscape.



Guided by Starlight Carol Horigan
USA

Nominee

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



The Great Fountain Geyser Charlotte Gibb
USA

Nominee

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



Moonlight Clarence Lin
USA

Nominee

"Moonlight"



Storm Waves Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee

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



Veil David Collier
New Zealand

Nominee

"Veil"



The Wave David Gubernick
USA

Nominee

"The Wave"



Endurance Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Nominee

"Endurance"
From the series "Water Stories"



Standing One Dragomir Vukovic
USA

Nominee

"Standing One"
One quiet being strong...



Resilience. Eduardo Loria
Costa Rica

Nominee

"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

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



Birth Felipe Abraham
Chile

Nominee

"Birth"



Spider Gary Browne
Spain

Nominee

"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

"Storm Euctice, Ramsgate"
Storm Euctice hits Ramsgate



Canyon In Winter Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Canyon In Winter"



Cool Cool Water Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Cool Cool Water"



Snowy Forest Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Snowy Forest"



Upon This Rock Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Upon This Rock"



Prairie Storm Gene Sellers
USA

Nominee

"Prairie Storm"



skeena snow mountains George Kavanagh
Ireland

Nominee

"skeena snow mountains"
skeena snow mountains



terre di toscana Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee

"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

"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

"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

"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

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



Florida Lagoon H. Allen Benowitz
USA

Nominee

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



Elements Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee

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



A Morning to Remember Jeff Johnson
USA

Nominee

"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

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



Beach Serie 1 Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Nominee

"Beach Serie 1"
Way to the Beach.



Road Trip John Marshall
USA

Nominee

"Road Trip"
Summer Trip Through The Big Cypress Swamp



Grove II Juergen Lechner
Germany

Nominee

"Grove II"



Lost in Minds Karel Mus
Belgium

Nominee

"Lost in Minds"
The landscape in my Mind



Perch Ken Loyst
USA

Nominee

"Perch"
A solo gull overlooks his perch



Still Standing Kimara Wilhite
USA

Nominee

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



Japanese cedar Kunio Nakaoka
Japan

Nominee

"Japanese cedar "



Hurricane Dorian Lee Gordon
USA

Nominee

"Hurricane Dorian"
Hurricane Dorian building offshore



River flow Leo Pelletier
Canada

Nominee

"River flow"



Uprooted Lisa F. Fleischmann
Canada

Nominee

"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

"Okefenokkee Treees"



Badlands Spires Lou Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Badlands Spires "



Morning Meditations Luciano Freaza
Brazil

Nominee

"Morning Meditations"
Sunrise at Itacimirim´s estuary.



Moon Over Capitol Reef Lynne Eodice
USA

Nominee

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



Autumn floats Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

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



End song Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee

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



Turbine Storm Mark Duffy
Canada

Nominee

"Turbine Storm"
Major Storm over Wind Turbine



In the fog Mauro Zorer
Italy

Nominee

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



Reeds and Water Michael Hart
USA

Nominee

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



Tra na mBo - Strand Of The Cow Michael McLaughlin
Ireland

Nominee

"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

"Marsh Kiss"



Lowcountry CLassic Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee

"Lowcountry CLassic"



Antarctica Odette Sugerman
USA

Nominee

"Antarctica "
The Bottom of the world



Raven's View Oliver Klink
USA

Nominee

"Raven's View"



The Wonder of Winter Oliver Klink
USA

Nominee

"The Wonder of Winter"



Across the Lake Paul McClenaghan
Australia

Nominee

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



Dune Face, Tukkee Sandblow Peter Meyer
Australia

Nominee

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



Arabian Desert Peter Rodger
USA

Nominee

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



autumn-landscape Rainer Thrum
Germany

Nominee

"autumn-landscape"



Soledad Ramiro Salazar
USA

Nominee

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



Black beach #2 Renata Vale
Brazil

Nominee

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



Exultation Richard Dweck
USA

Nominee

"Exultation"



Winter Shadow Rie Asada
Japan

Nominee

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



Suspicious Mt. Fuji Rie Asada
Japan

Nominee

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



Ghost Falls Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee

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



Spring Island Trees 4 Robert Tardio
USA

Nominee

"Spring Island Trees 4"
Spring Island Trees 4



Spring Island Trees 5 Robert Tardio
USA

Nominee

"Spring Island Trees 5"
Spring Island Trees 5



Rough Patch Rod Spark
Australia

Nominee

"Rough Patch"
Ben Lomond Tasmania



up Ruud Peters
France

Nominee

"up"



Glacial Landscape Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee

"Glacial Landscape"
Iceland



Mist on Porte d'Aval Scott Wurzel
USA

Nominee

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



PO Sergio Bruno
Italy

Nominee

"PO"
Kallitype from film's negative



Holy Stream Shinya Itahana
Japan

Nominee

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



Millennium Tree Stephen Hayes
Ireland

Nominee

"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

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



Columnar Stuart Chape
Australia

Nominee

"Columnar"



Surreal Susan Dykstra
Canada

Nominee

"Surreal"
Floating rock shelf with icicles



Little Iceberg Susan Brunner
Switzerland

Nominee

"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

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



Lofoten Victor S. Brigola
Germany

Nominee

"Lofoten"
Reduce to the Max.



Wind Virgilijus Usinavicius
Lithuania

Nominee

"Wind"



Ephemeral Warren Keelan
Australia

Nominee

"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

" 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

"Mt RobsonRoad"
Mr. Robson Road



Carved Canyon Zach Miller
USA

Nominee

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



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