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Lotus leaf with vase

Konstantin Weiss

Switzerland

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Lotus leaf with vase"



Agave Study 37

Brian Schneider

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Agave Study 37"
Agave series study from my travels to Southern California



Weston Homage

Patrick O'Brien

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Weston Homage"



White Bedstraw

Klas Anders

Sweden

Honorable Mention

"White Bedstraw"



Artichoke

Natalie Truchsess

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Artichoke"
Thorns and fluff on artichoke leaf



Jug and Mug

Klas Anders

Sweden

Honorable Mention

"Jug and Mug"



Hosta leaf 1

Klaus-Juergen Roericht

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Hosta leaf 1"



Simplicity

Leslie Gleim

USA

Honorable Mention

"Simplicity"



Boat on Water

Lynn Tait

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Boat on Water"



Paeonia

Wolfgang Wiesen

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Paeonia"
Fruit stand with seeds of Paeonia suffruticosa



Other World

Leslie Gleim

USA

Honorable Mention

"Other World"



A Tree

Susan Langer

USA

Honorable Mention

"A Tree"



Ghosts of the Past

Carol Rusinek

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Ghosts of the Past"



Hostas

Leila Sullivan

USA

Honorable Mention

"Hostas"
Sullivan-Leila_Hostas.jpg



Veronicastrum

Wolfgang Wiesen

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Veronicastrum"
Seedhead of Veronicastrum virginicum with seed umbrellas of Tragopogon.



Shrooms

Barbara Maker

USA

Honorable Mention

"Shrooms"
Garden Beauty



Daffodil

Sally Paterson

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Daffodil"



The Ball

Adam Neuba

Germany

Honorable Mention

"The Ball"
Succulents are amazing plants of our flora. Very impressive are spherical-symmetrical species of this genus with a regular arrangement down to the smallest unit of the plant.



Orchard Beach Winter

Steven Condiotti

USA

Honorable Mention

"Orchard Beach Winter"



Hope

Leslie Gleim

USA

Honorable Mention

"Hope"



Pitchers in a historic village in Israel

Andreas Torsten Schuler

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Pitchers in a historic village in Israel "



As the Warm Sun Dries it

Maritta Renz

Canada

Honorable Mention

"As the Warm Sun Dries it"
A towel hangs in the sun from a line to dry and casts a shadow on a stone wall



Hindsight

C E Morse

USA

Honorable Mention

"Hindsight"
Patinated Mobil Pegasus



A quiet corner

Tudor ApMadoc

USA

Honorable Mention

"A quiet corner"
A quiet place within Central Park, NYC



Tulip

Julie Yesko

USA

Honorable Mention

"Tulip"



CHAIRS WAITING FOR THE "SPRING3 LADUES

Eric Pijnaken

France

Honorable Mention

"CHAIRS WAITING FOR THE "SPRING3 LADUES"
PIJNAKEN-ERIC_"CHAIRS WAITING FOR THE "SPRING" LADIES



The Handmaidens

Dave Cohen

USA

Honorable Mention

"The Handmaidens"



Apple and Ribbon

Mayda Rumberg

USA

Honorable Mention

"Apple and Ribbon"



make yourself comfortable

Mirco Waterstradt

Germany

Honorable Mention

"make yourself comfortable"
wonderful abandoned sanatorium



Wooden Spirit

Andrew Ilachinski

USA

Nominee

"Wooden Spirit"
Wooden Spirit



Beauty and the Bug

Anne Dignam

USA

Nominee

"Beauty and the Bug"



Hotel Room

Antje Bormann

France

Nominee

"Hotel Room"
Osijek, Croatia



Power

Arthur Jacoby

USA

Nominee

"Power"
Aspect of a Steam Engine



Glow

Avinash Sood

UK

Nominee

"Glow"
Quite morning flowers bloomed and used clouds as a background. Captured natural beauty.



Iris Eyes

Barbara Maker

USA

Nominee

"Iris Eyes"
Iris Asleep



Illusions

Barbara Maker

USA

Nominee

"Illusions"
Tipsy Glasses



Left to rot

Beyti Barbaros

USA

Nominee

"Left to rot"
This vintage car has been sitting on this NYC street for years, forgotten, rotting slowly



Agave Study 22

Brian Schneider

USA

Nominee

"Agave Study 22"
Agave series study from my travels to Southern California



blowing in the wind

Brigitte Bourger

French Polynesia

Nominee

"blowing in the wind"
old dhow sails



Something Fishy

Bruce Fraser

Australia

Nominee

"Something Fishy"
Santiago Chile



Dali's Forest

Chrissie Stillin

USA

Nominee

"Dali's Forest"
To some you are a drop of rain, to others you are the ocean.



Still life n°2

Claudio Bonaccorsi

Italy

Nominee

"Still life n°2"



Four Chairs

Daniel Christie

USA

Nominee

"Four Chairs"



Backstage

Dave Cohen

USA

Nominee

"Backstage"



Breaking In

Dave Cohen

USA

Nominee

"Breaking In"



Resistence

Demetrio Jereissati

Brazil

Nominee

"Resistence"



Pyramid Door

Denis Sivack

USA

Nominee

"Pyramid Door"



btbfbfbbb

Devin Campbell

USA

Nominee

"btbfbfbbb"



Upthrust Hand

Diane Epstein

USA

Nominee

"Upthrust Hand"
Reaching For the Sky



Bigleaf Maple

Don Jacobson

USA

Nominee

"Bigleaf Maple"
Mt Hood National Forest, OR



Queen Ann's Lace

Don Jacobson

USA

Nominee

"Queen Ann's Lace"
Mt Hood National Forest, OR



Oregon Iris

Don Jacobson

USA

Nominee

"Oregon Iris"
Mt Hood National Forest, OR



Botanical Spiral

Donald Bolak

USA

Nominee

"Botanical Spiral"
Spiral growth habit in Tillandsia



Oars

Eduardo Fujii

USA

Nominee

"Oars"



work is done

Elisabeth Fiorioli

Austria

Nominee

"work is done"
cleaning cloth in the courtyard



FASTEN

Esperanza Gomez

USA

Nominee

"FASTEN"



Sand and Shadows

Gary Matson

USA

Nominee

"Sand and Shadows"



Let's Eat

Gary Levy

USA

Nominee

"Let's Eat"
Eating Utensils Light Fixture



Mission Cross and Shadow

Gayle Pepper

USA

Nominee

"Mission Cross and Shadow"
The light and shadow shines for a moment at edge of Mission Tumacacori Cemetery, Arizona.



Untitled No. 11, Jordan Village, 2023

Gerald Pisarzowski

Canada

Nominee

"Untitled No. 11, Jordan Village, 2023"



Your Vase or Mine?

Gregory Hom

USA

Nominee

"Your Vase or Mine?"
Still life of a lily



The Fork

Hartmut Rieg

Germany

Nominee

"The Fork"
Minimal Fork And Shadow Still Life



Keyboard in the Round

Harvey Silber

USA

Nominee

"Keyboard in the Round"



back in time

Holger Goehler

Germany

Nominee

"back in time"
imagine you get on a train, a train that doesn't really exist in this form anymore. you board the old, archaic train and suddenly find yourself in the midst of the past. Outside, the present flies by



office life#21

Holger Goehler

Germany

Nominee

"office life#21"
things of everyday life seen in a different light



Banana Flower

Ian Shand

New Zealand

Nominee

"Banana Flower"
Banana flowers just seen to suggest the luscious fruit to follow. Rorotonga, Cook Islands, 2022



Escape

Ian Shand

New Zealand

Nominee

"Escape"
If left to own devices, plants will grow as they please, finding a way through or past any barrier. Russell, New Zealand 2022



Kitchen Confidential

Ivan Pesic

USA

Nominee

"Kitchen Confidential"
Shot in Los Angeles



Withered Spirit

Jacqui Turner

USA

Nominee

"Withered Spirit"



Within the Decay

Jacqui Turner

USA

Nominee

"Within the Decay"



Dish Drainer

Jane Strisik

USA

Nominee

"Dish Drainer"



Veins

Jessica Margo

USA

Nominee

"Veins"
A feather found along my favorite walking path covered with raindrops from an overnight storm. NJ-January 2023



Rhubarb leaves

Joanna Butler

Norway

Nominee

"Rhubarb leaves"



Variegated

Joseph Smith

USA

Nominee

"Variegated"
Variegated maple leaves from southern Maine



Ode to Weston

Julie Yesko

USA

Nominee

"Ode to Weston"



Diamond in a Circle

Karen Safer

USA

Nominee

"Diamond in a Circle"



Tomatillos

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Tomatillos"
Part if my Dark VegetableSeries



Queen of the Lily Pads

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Nominee

"Queen of the Lily Pads"



B&W Details 1

Kent Wisner

USA

Nominee

"B&W Details 1"
Think strategically



Floating Fall

Kerry Maxwell

USA

Nominee

"Floating Fall"



Withered Flowers

Klas Anders

Sweden

Nominee

"Withered Flowers"



Mould

Kylo-Patrick Hart

USA

Nominee

"Mould"
Still-life representation of the impact of the male gaze on cultural perceptions of female beauty.



Rest Stop

Larry Bean

USA

Nominee

"Rest Stop"
Idaho Falls, Idaho, 2021



Feathers

Larry Jones

USA

Nominee

"Feathers"
On the beach at Monterey, CA



Grass and Bug Footprints

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Nominee

"Grass and Bug Footprints"



Coil

Leah Lallier

USA

Nominee

"Coil"
repose



Inviting

Linda Lucchesi

USA

Nominee

"Inviting"



Wavy

Marie Veran

Canada

Nominee

"Wavy"
Lily flower with Escher-style petals



Escape to the Open Skies

Martin Miklas

Portugal

Nominee

"Escape to the Open Skies"
In the net's embrace, a glimpse of freedom reveals the desire to fly.



Summer Flowers

Mary Hughes

Canada

Nominee

"Summer Flowers"
A summer flower in southern Alberta



Old Mill VA

Matthew DeZee

USA

Nominee

"Old Mill VA"



MALEA

Melanie Schoeniger

Germany

Nominee

"MALEA"
This series is about our longing for paradise, that mystical transcendent state of mind.



Dance of the Reeds

Melinda Goodall

USA

Nominee

"Dance of the Reeds"
An afternoon breeze on Nahmakanta Lake in Maine's North Woods energizes the reeds' reflections.



silent piano

Mirco Waterstradt

Germany

Nominee

"silent piano"
wonderful abandoned sanatorium



Harmony

Nadja Perez

USA

Nominee

"Harmony"



Affectionate

Natalie Truchsess

Germany

Nominee

"Affectionate"
This dried vine tendril, with its tender and protective character, has been shaped by the challenges of growth and is perfect in its uniqueness, with its own beauty, beyond stereotypes and norms.



Contradiction

Norman Robbins

USA

Nominee

"Contradiction"
Contradiction



Double Cross

Pat Maycroft

UK

Nominee

"Double Cross"
St. John's Church graveyard, Stanwick St. John, Richmondshire. Taken on black and white 35mm film



toilet in the old club house

Peter Marxer

Liechtenstein

Nominee

"toilet in the old club house"
the toilet in the old clubhouse in Nendeln, Liechtenstein



The Last chair

Poul Helt

Denmark

Nominee

"The Last chair"



Field Corn

Robin Downs

USA

Nominee

"Field Corn"



Reaching Up

Ruth Ball

Canada

Nominee

"Reaching Up"



Sun Flower Power

Ruth Ball

Canada

Nominee

"Sun Flower Power"



Fast food

Sidney Gaspar

Brazil

Nominee

"Fast food"
Santos - SP



Putting on the Ritz

Stacie Acevedo

USA

Nominee

"Putting on the Ritz"



FP4

Stephane Garnavault

Switzerland

Nominee

"FP4"



FP6

Stephane Garnavault

Switzerland

Nominee

"FP6"



Water slides

Stephen Mimms

USA

Nominee

"Water slides"



Things are looking up

Steve Gelineau

USA

Nominee

"Things are looking up"
Shoetop view of a sidewalk lamp with palm tree in Delray Beach, Florida USA



Don't Touch!

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"Don't Touch!"
Barrel Cactus



So Intricate 2

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"So Intricate 2"
Thorns of a Saguaro Cactus



Such a Bad Situation

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"Such a Bad Situation"
Saguaro cactus damage beyond repair



Desk

Sylvia Gardner

USA

Nominee

"Desk"
Desk



Mothers Day

Tailai OBrien

Australia

Nominee

"Mothers Day "
A card for my mother on this special day



Cocoon Plant

Theodora Mitrakos

Canada

Nominee

"Cocoon Plant"
Senecio Haworthii—more commonly known as the cocoon plant—is a succulent native to South Africa



Graceful Bond

Toni Russo

USA

Nominee

"Graceful Bond"



Linum

Ulla Cornelius

Germany

Nominee

"Linum"



Crocuses under trees

Wilhelm Kleinoeder

Germany

Nominee

"Crocuses under trees"
The idea was to make a double exposure, looking from top to bottom and again from bottom to top.



Neptune's Treasure #14

Willa Davis

USA

Nominee

"Neptune's Treasure #14"
From the series: Neptune's Treasure.



Passion flower

Wolfgang Wiesen

Germany

Nominee

"Passion flower"
Passiflora caerulea - flower and leaf.



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