Nature - Professional

Seavers Road David Skernick
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Nature
Professional

"Seavers Road"
I just about crashed my truck when I rounded a curve and spotted this perfect cloud.



Six Thirty AM Shapes Strong City Kansas Glen McClure
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Nature
Professional

"Six Thirty AM Shapes Strong City Kansas"
From the series Grasslands



Braided River Study #1 Marc Koegel
Canada

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Nature
Professional

"Braided River Study #1"



alberino Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"alberino"
a lonely tree in Tuscany before the storm



Majestic Waters of the lake Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Majestic Waters of the lake"
Avery nice Display of natures fury of the Lake Erie



Misty Tuscany Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Misty Tuscany"
a mistic foggy morning in San Quirico D'Orcia



DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #33 Bob Canepa
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #33"
Canepa-Bob_DUNEWORK ! TRANQUILITY #33



Glory in the shadows Mark Seawell
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Glory in the shadows"
The earth gesture in hidden places...glory in the shadows



LADY DUNE Jason Joyce
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"LADY DUNE"
Mother Nature at her best.



Monterey Pine 5 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Monterey Pine 5"
A Monterey Pine along the Pacific Coast of California.



Antarctic Scene 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Antarctic Scene 1"
A wide shot in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Cactus 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Cactus 1"
A saguaro cactus outside of Tuscan, AZ using a digital tintype process.



the haunted forest Gio Fleming
France

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"the haunted forest"
The Dark Edges in Northern Ireland, a stretch of road winding through twisted trees



Human being in Nature Claude Ka Kit Tsang
Hong Kong

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Human being in Nature"
On the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia, white clouds flutter in the endless blue sky, black land stretches to both sides, and a lhut stands on the field make people realise how small the Man is.



Trampled Alys Williams
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Trampled"
The chaos of the human footprint upon the intricate beauty of nature.



sand dune Frank Bevans
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"sand dune"



Ham Lands Justin Pumfrey
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Ham Lands"



Dune Shapes at Silver Strand Glen McClure
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dune Shapes at Silver Strand"
From the continuing series, The West of ireland



Saguaro Bloom Gabriella Giannini
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Saguaro Bloom"
Native to Arizona, finding a California 90+ yr old Saguaro is not common..



Aftermath Mirek Weichsel
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Aftermath"
Red River after flood. Winnipeg, Canada.



Collision Peter Meyer
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Collision"
When an incoming wave meets the outgoing wave.



Panarea Elian Island, Sicily_3223, 2022 Edoardo Romagnoli
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Panarea Elian Island, Sicily_3223, 2022"
Picture taken in Panarea during a storm, the 21st of August 2022 at 9.15 p.m.



Evening Magic Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Evening Magic"
Sometimes the the wind let up and the snowfall was gentle.



SKY LINE Robert Coates
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"SKY LINE"
Near the Saskatchewan-Alberta border in Canada, and was a sign of a former prairie homestead.



Iceberg 4 Jeff Schewe
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Iceberg 4"
An iceberg in the Iceberg Graveyard in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Life & Death David Frutos Egea
Spain

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Life & Death"
This nature scene is an oxymoron where life and death are presented together.



At Surf's Edge, Cannon Beach, Oregon Matt Sievers
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"At Surf's Edge, Cannon Beach, Oregon"
Where sea ends and land begins is an unceasing ballet. Here the sea draws a line in the sand as to where it reigns supreme.



Ice Poles Joel Simpson
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Ice Poles"
Ice stalagmites that form every winter in the Viðgelmir Lave Tube Cave, Iceland



Ice Field, Alaska Layne Kennedy
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Ice Field, Alaska"
A broken ice field in Central Alaska takes on the look of melting meringue.



Tree tunnel Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Tree tunnel"
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Ripple Effect Alfonso Calero
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Ripple Effect"
Our actions move things like a ripple in a pond.



HEAVENS MIRROR Jason Joyce
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"HEAVENS MIRROR"
I almost crashed my car as I turned the corner and was presented with this Scottish Highlands vista.



Stormchasers Adam Regan
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Stormchasers"
Kite surfers catching the winds on the tail of a storm as it heads out to sea.



Cardiac Canyon #2 Alan Lemire
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cardiac Canyon #2"
Erosion in wave form in Cardiac Canyon



Dunes #3 Alan Lemire
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dunes #3"
Dune Abstract



Dunes #2 Alan Lemire
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dunes #2"
First light on a dune.



small antarctic island Alexander Friedrich Beck
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"small antarctic island"
Photo is taken in Antarctica with analog middle format



Antarctica 1 Alexander Friedrich Beck
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Antarctica 1"
iceberg, photo taken with analog middle format



DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96 Bob Canepa
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96"
Canepa-Bob_DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96



Paris Storm Brian LaCas
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Paris Storm"
Storm viewed from Eiffel Tower



Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary Brian Eastwood
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary"
The mist rolled into the estuary from the sea



Tidal Basin Cameron Davidson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tidal Basin"
Tree alongside the Tidal Basin in DC, dying due to extreme high tides overflowing the tidal basin.



Lone Tupelo Charles Bush
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lone Tupelo"
A B;acl amd White Infrared photograph of a Tupelo Tree in the waters of Miller's Lake



lightning strike Christos Aggelidis
Greece

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"lightning strike"
Sudden summer storm over Parga



Lone Pine Clark James Mishler
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lone Pine"
Lone Pine, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite National Park, 2023



Minas Gerais Daniel Mansur
Brazil

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Minas Gerais"
Nikon D810



Brushed by light Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Brushed by light"
The last rays of the evening light brushes across the patterns of this desert dune.



Hemlock Falls Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Hemlock Falls"
Hemlock Falls, South Mountain Reservation, NJ.



Lightening Strikes David Gubernick
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lightening Strikes"
Lightening Storm Over The Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, California



Aladdin's Moon Dietmar Tallroth
Finland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Aladdin's Moon"
Half moon and summer cloud formations over Lake Kalliojärvi, 2022



Alone Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Alone "
Its a long journey to be alone but we will make it someday never give-up



The Brain Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Brain "
Under water for million years water has carved this awesome rock formations



Last Light Emmanuel Panagiotakis
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Last Light "
And when I thought was done the nature give me one more opportunity to paint with light and shadows



THE COLOR OF A GOOD DAY Fausto Fontana
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"THE COLOR OF A GOOD DAY"
The color of a sad and boring melancholy day When I see that there is a particular light or clouds,



Jelly Florian W. Mueller
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Jelly"
Jellyfishes. Dance like nobody's watching...



early morning fog Gianluca Federighi
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"early morning fog"
the Tuscany country



Solitude's Radiance Gio Fleming
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Solitude's Radiance"
Ireland. Amidst the vast emptiness, a solitary tree on a cliff receives a gentle embrace from the su



the dantesque lift Gio Fleming
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"the dantesque lift"
Is this chairlift transporting people or souls?



Dugort Light Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dugort Light"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Falling Cloud Texture Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Falling Cloud Texture"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



White House on the Hill, Ardmalin, County Donegal Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"White House on the Hill, Ardmalin, County Donegal"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Hazy Light Minaun Cliffs Achill Island Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Hazy Light Minaun Cliffs Achill Island"
From the continuing series, The West of Ireland



Barrel Sponge Grant Stirton
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Barrel Sponge"
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia



Lenticular Cloud Hal Tearse
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lenticular Cloud "
Lenticular cloud over Torres del Paine NP - Chile



Almost Dark Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Almost Dark"
The beauty of black.



Lightfall Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lightfall"
There is always light somewhere, even in the darkest places.



Pescadero Fog Jay Watson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Pescadero Fog"
Morning fog over Pescadero, CA



Iceberg 2 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceberg 2"
An iceberg in Niko Harbour located in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Iceberg 3 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceberg 3"
Early morning light on and iceberg in the Antarctic Peninsula.



Iceberg Detaail 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iceberg Detaail 1"
A detail of an iceberg in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Antarctic Scene 2 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Antarctic Scene 2"
A wide shot in the the Antarctic Peninsula.



Cactus 2 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cactus 2"
Saguaro cactus outside of Tuscan, AZ using a digital tintype process.



Cactus in the Snow Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cactus in the Snow"
Saguaro cactus in the snow outside of Tuscan, AZ using a digital tintype process.



Monterey Pine 1 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Monterey Pine 1"
A Monterey Pine along the Pacific Coast of California.



Monterey Pine 4 Jeff Schewe
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Monterey Pine 4"
A Monterey Pine along the Pacific Coast of California.



ABOVE 1 Joan Grabel
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"ABOVE 1"
Flying above the San Juan Islands



Ice Bubbles, Kerið Crater Joel Simpson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ice Bubbles, Kerið Crater"
The water in Kerið Crater, Iceland, freezes hard, trapping Miro-like bubble patterns.



Ice Embeddings, Kerið Crater Joel Simpson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ice Embeddings, Kerið Crater"
Kerið Crater ice also freezes wave forms, with intermittent pocket populations of bubbles.



Watzmann Joerg Barkholz
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Watzmann"
Mount Watzmann



Sunset Spot #7 John Siskin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sunset Spot #7"



Latrigg Cloudscape Julian Elliott
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Latrigg Cloudscape"
Morning light across the snow covered fells of the Lake District national park from Latrigg



The Queen's Castle Julian Elliott
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Queen's Castle"
Looking down on the Queen's castle near to Lo Manthang, Nepal



Bruton Justin Pumfrey
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bruton"



Levels Justin Pumfrey
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Levels"



In the deepest area of your soul you will find a landscape Karel Mus
Belgium

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"In the deepest area of your soul you will find a landscape"
Landscapes are an unconditional dialogue, a conversion without rules, obligations and restrictions.



Dry Rain Kevin Vandivier
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dry Rain"
Afternoon rain shower at White Sands, New Mexico.



Ancient Cove Kimara Wilhite
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ancient Cove"
An ancient cove on the SE coast of Scotland, on the North Sea



Waves of Mammatus-Clouds Kirsten Heer
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Waves of Mammatus-Clouds"
Kirsten_Heer



Cerro Torre Klaus Fengler
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cerro Torre"
Cerro Torre and Torre Egger with the Torre Valley, Patagonian, Argentinien.



Magic Moments: Blind Skiers on Tour in the Swiss Alps Lily Solmssen Moureaux
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Magic Moments: Blind Skiers on Tour in the Swiss Alps"
Magic Moments: Blind Skiers on tour in the Swiss Alps



Akakus Desert Luciano Monti
Italy

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Akakus Desert"
meditation



Cloud Over Morro Rock Lynne Eodice
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cloud Over Morro Rock"
A cloud forming over Morro Rock, Morro Bay, CA



SCENIC LUNCH BREAK AT INDUS RIVER Marie-Pascale Vandewalle
Belgium

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"SCENIC LUNCH BREAK AT INDUS RIVER"
Wherever you go in Ladakh, the scenic Himalaya mountains and prayerflags are always with you.



Whiteout Coming Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Whiteout Coming"
A family vacation in Joshua Tree, California, began with the most wonderful blizzard.



Respite Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Respite"
Eventually the storm let up.



Between Light and Darkness Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Between Light and Darkness"
Antelope Island somewhere between light and darkness



From the shore Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"From the shore"
I witness nature spinning its web of wonder as a funnel cloud seems to erupt from the sky. I take it all in..from the shore.



Eagle Head Mark Seawell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Eagle Head"
The light pours through the walls of a remote slot canyon and I capture the moment...eagle head



Cloud breaking Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cloud breaking"
National Park Low Tatras, Slovakia



In the spruce forest Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"In the spruce forest"
IR Photography



He needs the rain Martin Babarik
Slovakia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"He needs the rain"



Mounga Evening Michael Venz
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Mounga Evening"
Evening at the Mounga, Rapa Nui



Existing Michelle Ranee Johnson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Existing"
The beautiful Yayan Waterfall (Ahwahnechee name for Cascade Falls). Yosemite National Park, CA.



Desert Sunset Mike DeCesare
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Desert Sunset"



Ominous Nathalie Lauzon
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ominous"
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean



Boneyard Wish Nicole Robinson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Boneyard Wish"



BACKLIT RIDGE Nigel Moyes
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"BACKLIT RIDGE"
Ridgeline of Craggy Pines at Roaring Meg, Queenstown NZ.



Morning Grace Patricia Dinu
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Morning Grace"



Brays Reef Paul McClenaghan
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Brays Reef"



as above so is below Paul A Wright
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"as above so is below"
an aerial drone image captured at 300 feet during a brief moment without rain during fierce storms



Vlei Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Vlei"



Un Momento Soñado Paulo Olivier Hanshing
Chile

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Un Momento Soñado"
Los primeros rayos del sol, combinados con la niebla, regalaron un momento de ensueño.



The Tree Paulo Pampolin
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Tree"
Tree by the river in Espirito Santo, Brazil



Maelstrom Peter Meyer
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Maelstrom"
When an incoming wave meets the outgoing wave.



Anatomy of a Tree Rainer Thrum
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Anatomy of a Tree"



Fly fishing Richard Oakland
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Fly fishing"
Spiders threads caught in the late winter sunrise in an ancient woodland



The Firmament Robert DeRosa
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Firmament"
A clearing storm captured before sunrise over the Great Salt Lake



The Clearing Storm Robert DeRosa
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Clearing Storm"
Snow continues to fall in the South over the Great Salt Lake as the storm clears in the North



Lines in the Sand Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lines in the Sand"
Patterns in the sand, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado



Sun Stream Robert Nowak
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sun Stream"
Clearing storm on Combers Beach, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada



TIL OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN Robert Coates
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"TIL OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN"
The long shadows stretching across my morning walking path complimented the streaking sky, and presented a compelling image.



asphalt fall Rotem Pushinsky
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"asphalt fall"



Landscape Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Landscape"
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Farmland Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Farmland"
Spain



Duplication Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Duplication"
Spain



The Maelstrom Scott Wurzel
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Maelstrom"
The original Maelstrom in the Lofoten Archipelago, Norway



Pine Trees Shinji Ichikawa
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Pine Trees"
An artwork created by photographing pine trees from various angles and arranging them into a single



Italy_Dolomiti Stanislaw Chomicki
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Italy_Dolomiti"



Stay Stephen Hayes
Ireland

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Stay"
This image was captured during blue hour at the amazing Copper Coast in Waterford, Ireland.



Where Sea meets Shore, Magic Happens Steve Sorensen
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Where Sea meets Shore, Magic Happens"
Watching the tide layer itself upon the shore...mesmerizing.



Industrial Light & Magic Steve Zmak
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Industrial Light & Magic"
August 16, 2020-This rare thunderstorm set off some of the largest fires in California history.



South Swell Steve Turner
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"South Swell"
Massive swell East Coast Sydney Australia May 2023



Woodland Impressionism2 Susan Dykstra
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Woodland Impressionism2"
ICM Impressionism



Stillness Susanna Patras
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Stillness"
Morning light in the Algarve, Portugal



Sedona Canyon Timothy Cotter
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sedona Canyon"



Fujimi Lake Mother Tree Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Fujimi Lake Mother Tree"
The mother tree that always watches over



swamp of fog Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"swamp of fog"
My favorite forests and swamps were swallowed up by fog, exuding immense beauty.



The day awakens. Uwe Winkler
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The day awakens."
A foggy morning in the Alps.



Iguazu Victor Elias
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Iguazu"
The sheer power of mother nature displayed at Iguazu Falls



Volcan Road Victoria Parnall-Vaughan
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Volcan Road"



Ibiza 2 Werner Branz
Austria

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ibiza 2"



Intimate Aspens Will Enos
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Intimate Aspens"
A small clump of Aspens in late fall. Winter and Snow are about to begin.



Grand Teton William Lulow
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Grand Teton"
Grand Teton, Grand Teton, NP Wyoming, USA



Desert Scales Zach Miller
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Desert Scales"
The desert has no shortage of stories - just take a look at all the cracks in the rocks.



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