Nature - Amateur

What Lies Beyond Catherine Riddle
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Nature
Professional

"What Lies Beyond"
A view of Mount Whitney through natures window



Rising Up Crashing down Sue Trower
UK

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Nature
Professional

"Rising Up Crashing down"
A slow shutter speed reveals wave details the eye would not normally see



Cloudy With A Chance Of Invasion David Reilly
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Nature
Professional

"Cloudy With A Chance Of Invasion"
An unusual gathering of lenticular clouds seen in Iceland. From an Iceland series "Þar sem landið byrjar".



a Tree in Wales Jovelino Matos Almeida
Portugal

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"a Tree in Wales"
I waited several days until finding the right weather conditions to photograph this tree in the lake



Taking a Step Back Marie Veran
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Taking a Step Back"
The beauty of this Tuscan landscape is reinforced by the missing tree



firenight no.3 Mike Seidel
Germany

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"firenight no.3"
Calabria in southern Italy the usual forest fires, fascinating and threatening at the same time



Dune Roy Wiesner
Israel

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dune"
The two faces of a giant dune in Sossusvlei, Namibia, in late afternoon light



Hat off to Fuji Grace Law
Hong Kong

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Hat off to Fuji"
Lenticular cloud over Mt Fuji



Is this the end? Eddy Verloes
Belgium

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Is this the end?"
2020, Belgium



Inside The Glacier. Vatnakojull, Iceland. David Reilly
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Inside The Glacier. Vatnakojull, Iceland. "
Taken inside the 800-year old ice that is Vatnakojull glacier in Iceland. From an Iceland series "Þar sem landið byrjar".



The Graceful Dead #1 Willa Davis
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"The Graceful Dead #1"
Part of the series: The Graceful Dead. Trees and brush killed by drought or fire.



Celebrating Tony Jackson
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Celebrating"
High desert juniper: Abiqui Lake, NM



Dunes Damjan Voglar
Slovenia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dunes"



The Two of Us.... Jurius Jurius
Indonesia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"The Two of Us...."
Unexpected weather always give surprising result...



Winter Road Rosario Civello
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Winter Road"



Methane Bubbles in Lake Ice Carol Rusinek
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Methane Bubbles in Lake Ice"



Ebbing Tide Mary Ann Tardif
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Ebbing Tide"
Exuma Cay, Bahamas



Hiliadou Coast, Greece Spyros Lambrou
Greece

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Hiliadou Coast, Greece"



Fiery Night Jean-Paul Soujol Benedetti
France

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Fiery Night"
A magical night to contemplate a volcano in eruption. A great moment of nature.



black sea coast / istanbul Yucel Basoglu
Turkey

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"black sea coast / istanbul"
This lake is a beautiful and quiet place 1 hour away from Istanbul.



Earths Layers Gary Wagner
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Earths Layers"
Black and White Landscape



Alone Keith Manning
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Alone"
A small piece of glacier alone at sea (Iceland)



Standing Strong Volker Birke
Germany

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Standing Strong"
Nikon D810, beech trees taken at Nienhagen, Baltic Sea, during a fantastic moonlit night.



Cypress Tree Trail Larry Alford
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Cypress Tree Trail"
Cypress Tree Trail



Ice Sculpture 1 Pratibha Reddy
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Ice Sculpture 1"



Misty Mountain Road John Kochanowski
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Misty Mountain Road"



Dive Tree Edwin Robinson
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dive Tree"



Phantom Waters - Waterfall II Jonathan Knight
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Phantom Waters - Waterfall II"
This dark, minimal collection showcases a series of waterfalls. Rather than present a completed im



Path of the wind Anna Onishi
Japan

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Path of the wind"



High Plains Rain Kathleen Fischer
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"High Plains Rain"



Cat Eye Cave Sam Dobrow
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Cat Eye Cave"
Infrared photograph shooting up with wide angle lens inside cave



Kvernufoss Waterfall Chuck Campbell
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Kvernufoss Waterfall"
Behind the Kvernufoss Waterfall in Iceland



Engulfed Sue Trower
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Engulfed"
A very high spring tide combined with a large swell batter this tiny hut, but it still stands strong



Bestow Kylo-Patrick Hart
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Bestow"
Mother Nature preparing to do her work.



Impressions Abby Raeder
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Impressions"



Moment Adriana Kastelan
Croatia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moment"
Mountain Velebit, Croatia



Treacherous path across the ice Andreas Lange
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Treacherous path across the ice"



Wind and snow Anna Onishi
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wind and snow"
Strong wind blows snow



Icelandic Falls Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Icelandic Falls"



Dune Dance Beth Buelow
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dune Dance"
Graceful lines of a dune crest in Death Valley National Park



After the Storm Bill Klipp
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"After the Storm"
Palm Tree Shadows



Scoresby Sound 5138 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Scoresby Sound 5138"
Scoresby Sound 5138



Diamond Beach Carol Zulman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Diamond Beach"



Costila Catalin Baican
Romania

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Costila"



Spider Joys Charles Mifsud
Malta

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Spider Joys"
A spider and web lightened by Sunset at home . Reminding me of Spider Awards



Forest lights Christine Jacobson
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Forest lights"
A walk in the NZ bush on a drizzly day decorated the forest with fairy lights



Silent night Danny Vint
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Silent night"



Reaching Out Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reaching Out"



Family David Martin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Family"
Cypress trees surrounded by fog on an early autumn morning creates a sense of belonging.



Breidamerkursandur glacial plain, Iceland David Reilly
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Breidamerkursandur glacial plain, Iceland"
The Breidamerkursandur glacial plain on the south coast of Iceland. From an Iceland series "Þar sem landið byrjar".



VIAJE David Mediavilla
Spain

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"VIAJE"



The Forest For The Trees Debbie Rubin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Forest For The Trees"
The fog shrouded trees looked as if they were otherworldly.



nhtyntyty Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"nhtyntyty"



Sand Plume, Alamosa, Colorado Donald Bolak
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sand Plume, Alamosa, Colorado"
Great Sand Dunes National Park



Battling Hegemony Ellin Pollachek
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Battling Hegemony"
Battling conformity begins with the seeds of insubordination



Valsesia 7-22 1 Eros Bottazzo
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Valsesia 7-22 1"



Milky Way and the Paradise Eunice Vasques
Brazil

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Milky Way and the Paradise"
This photo was made in Mangue Seco, Bahia, Brazil



Something behind it #3 Fumi Akao
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Something behind it #3"
Magnolia kobus



Strong and Silent Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Strong and Silent"
Black and White Seascape



Dark Seas Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dark Seas"
Black and White Landscape



Aspen Family Geffrard Bourke
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Aspen Family"
A small clump of Aspen trees near Glacier NP



Teneriffa Gerd Guenzel
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Teneriffa"
Ocean view



Road to nowhere Guenther Reissner
Austria

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Road to nowhere"
road, landscape, clouds, weather, cold, Iceland



Gathering storm Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Gathering storm"
The elements dwarf the scale of man's existence. Doubtful Sound, New Zealand 2020



Tunnel Survivor James Peterson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tunnel Survivor"
These pines, rooted on a small volcanic cone, have all been altered by fire, but they soldier on.



Iceberg Jeff Bullied
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceberg"



Serenity of Fog Jerry Harrison
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Serenity of Fog"
The tree's last stand



Flames Jitendra Chaturvedi
India

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Flames "
River currents going up in flames



Looking up Joyce Harman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Looking up"
This tree in Borneo was magnificent from lying on my back



Between the land and the sky Karmen Orlic
Croatia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Between the land and the sky"
Highlands,Scotland



Moon Caught in Tree Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Moon Caught in Tree"



Vision Quest Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Vision Quest"



Resistance Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Resistance"



Tuscan Trees and Clouds Kent Wisner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tuscan Trees and Clouds"
Spring Textures Viewed from the Walls of Lucca



The look of the birch tree Klaus-Juergen Roericht
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The look of the birch tree"



Cold Smoke Larry Bean
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cold Smoke"
Luther, Montana, 2021



Onion Creek Tree Legs Laszlo Perlaky
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Onion Creek Tree Legs"



Surya Lee Chee Wai
Malaysia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Surya"
Surya : Sun - Solar energy or positive energy is masculine, warm, light and active, linking to our left brain energy



In the Beginning Leslie Gleim
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"In the Beginning"



Blow out Magnus Karlson
Sweden

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Blow out"
Geysir, Iceland



Crimson Tide Martin Miklas
Slovakia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Crimson Tide"
When water weeps, its tears turn red, reflecting the dark tale it once witnessed.(Journey ofThe Fish



Passing Of Time Matthew Wilkinson
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Passing Of Time"
Bamburgh Coast Line



In that quiet earth Maurizio Vicedomini
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"In that quiet earth"



The Sentry Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Sentry"
Standing alone against the sun and wind.



Light after darkness Michel Groleau
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Light after darkness"
The first light is often spectacular when peeking between the branches near Torres del Paine in Pata



FORMER GLORY Nick Green
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"FORMER GLORY"
A beautiful dead tree in the mountains of madeira captured in the mist and drizzle



Ekspressen Olav-Inge Alfheim
Norway

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ekspressen"
Bodo, Norway



Five Rocks Paul Newton
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Five Rocks"
The Five Rocks - Iceland



Surviving Paula Price
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Surviving"
Even in the dead of winter life survives.



After harvest Peter Krenek
Slovak Republic

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"After harvest"
Fields after near Prellenkirchen, Austria



Tree Piper Smith
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tree"
Photographed in Central Park July 2023



Ice Sculpture 2 Pratibha Reddy
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ice Sculpture 2"



Ray of Light, 2023 Radek von Hirschberg
Poland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ray of Light, 2023"
Ray of Light, 2023 by Radek von Hirschberg, Iceland, 2023



misty morning Renate Wasinger
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"misty morning"



Tree on Snowy Hillside Rick Bogacz
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tree on Snowy Hillside"
Shot in March of 2023 near the town of Caledon, Ontario, Canada



Ballerinas Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ballerinas"
Four cherry trees in rural Hokkaido. This made for a minimalist composition. The trees were dancers.



Quartet Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Quartet"
Hokkaido snowscape taken in January 2023. A simple, minimalist group of four trees on a hillside



Alone Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Alone"
Hokkaido minimalist tree in the snow. The curve of the horizon adds a sort of flow to this.



Here Today Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Here Today"
Taken in Disko Bay, Ilulissat, Greenland in July 2023.



Ancient Giants 01 Sandra Jasmin Nieuwenhuijsen
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ancient Giants 01"
Spectacular Camel Rock is an ancient rock formation in Bermagui, Australia.



Among the Aspens Steve Gelineau
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Among the Aspens"
A lone Christmas tree sits among the Aspens near Crested Butte Colorado USA



Brewster Sunset Steve Gelineau
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Brewster Sunset"
Sunset over the Brewster Tidal Flats, Cape Cod, Massachusetts USA



Desert Sunset 2 Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Desert Sunset 2"
Sonoran Sunset



Half moon Stevi Jackson
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Half moon"
Somewhere for a bit of peace..



Coumeenoole Teddy Sugrue
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Coumeenoole"
This image was captured on a stormy day at Coumeenoole Bay in Dingle, Ireland.



Antarctica V Tim Owen
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Antarctica V"
The Antarctica - like no other place on earth. You can't just see it, you need to feel it. But I tried to capture a bit of its splendor with these images.



High Winds, Thor's Well Tim Truby
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"High Winds, Thor's Well"
A 20 foot deep lava tube on the Oregon coast captures the wind-blown waves.



Swirls Tony Jackson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Swirls"
High desert juniper; Abiqui Lake, NM



Desert Flyer Tony Jackson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Desert Flyer"
High desert juniper: Abiqui Lake, NM



Bensonhurst Park 03 TR Smith
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bensonhurst Park 03"
Bensonhurst Park Trees 03



Sculpted Rocks and Pebbles Vidya Kane
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sculpted Rocks and Pebbles"
Sculpted rocks and textured pebbles created by waves lashing the coastline



Wood Wilhelm Kleinoeder
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Wood"
Wood



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