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Seavers Road

David Skernick

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"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

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



Braided River Study #1

Marc Koegel

Canada

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Braided River Study #1"



alberino

Gianluca Federighi

Italy

Honorable Mention

"alberino"
a lonely tree in Tuscany before the storm



Majestic Waters of the lake

Emmanuel Panagiotakis

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Misty Tuscany

Gianluca Federighi

Italy

Honorable Mention

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



DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #33

Bob Canepa

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Glory in the shadows

Mark Seawell

USA

Honorable Mention

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



LADY DUNE

Jason Joyce

UK

Honorable Mention

"LADY DUNE"
Mother Nature at her best.



Monterey Pine 5

Jeff Schewe

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Antarctic Scene 1

Jeff Schewe

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Cactus 1

Jeff Schewe

USA

Honorable Mention

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



the haunted forest

Gio Fleming

France

Honorable Mention

"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

"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

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



sand dune

Frank Bevans

USA

Honorable Mention

"sand dune"



Ham Lands

Justin Pumfrey

UK

Honorable Mention

"Ham Lands"



Dune Shapes at Silver Strand

Glen McClure

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Saguaro Bloom

Gabriella Giannini

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Aftermath

Mirek Weichsel

Canada

Honorable Mention

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



Collision

Peter Meyer

Australia

Honorable Mention

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



Panarea Elian Island, Sicily_3223, 2022

Edoardo Romagnoli

Italy

Honorable Mention

"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

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



SKY LINE

Robert Coates

Canada

Honorable Mention

"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

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



Life & Death

David Frutos Egea

Spain

Honorable Mention

"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

"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

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



Ice Field, Alaska

Layne Kennedy

USA

Honorable Mention

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



Tree tunnel

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Tree tunnel"
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Ripple Effect

Alfonso Calero

Australia

Honorable Mention

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



HEAVENS MIRROR

Jason Joyce

UK

Honorable Mention

"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

"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

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



Dunes #3

Alan Lemire

USA

Nominee

"Dunes #3"
Dune Abstract



Dunes #2

Alan Lemire

USA

Nominee

"Dunes #2"
First light on a dune.



small antarctic island

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Nominee

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



Antarctica 1

Alexander Friedrich Beck

Germany

Nominee

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



DUNEWORK ~ TRANQUILITY #96

Bob Canepa

USA

Nominee

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



Paris Storm

Brian LaCas

Canada

Nominee

"Paris Storm"
Storm viewed from Eiffel Tower



Sea Mist rolling in to the Estuary

Brian Eastwood

New Zealand

Nominee

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



Tidal Basin

Cameron Davidson

USA

Nominee

"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

"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

"lightning strike"
Sudden summer storm over Parga



Lone Pine

Clark James Mishler

USA

Nominee

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



Minas Gerais

Daniel Mansur

Brazil

Nominee

"Minas Gerais"
Nikon D810



Brushed by light

Daniel Holmes

USA

Nominee

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



Hemlock Falls

Danielle Austen

USA

Nominee

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



Lightening Strikes

David Gubernick

USA

Nominee

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



Aladdin's Moon

Dietmar Tallroth

Finland

Nominee

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



The day awakens.

Doc Uwe Winkler

Germany

Nominee

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



Alone

Emmanuel Panagiotakis

USA

Nominee

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



The Brain

Emmanuel Panagiotakis

USA

Nominee

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



Last Light

Emmanuel Panagiotakis

USA

Nominee

"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

"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

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



early morning fog

Gianluca Federighi

Italy

Nominee

"early morning fog"
the Tuscany country



Solitude's Radiance

Gio Fleming

France

Nominee

"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

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



Dugort Light

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

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



Falling Cloud Texture

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

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



White House on the Hill, Ardmalin, County Donegal

Glen McClure

USA

Nominee

"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

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



Barrel Sponge

Grant Stirton

Canada

Nominee

"Barrel Sponge"
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia



Lenticular Cloud

Hal Tearse

USA

Nominee

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



Almost Dark

Hilda Champion

USA

Nominee

"Almost Dark"
The beauty of black.



Lightfall

Hilda Champion

USA

Nominee

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



Pescadero Fog

Jay Watson

USA

Nominee

"Pescadero Fog"
Morning fog over Pescadero, CA



Iceberg 2

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

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



Iceberg 3

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

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



Iceberg Detaail 1

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

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



Antarctic Scene 2

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

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



Cactus 2

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

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



Cactus in the Snow

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

"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

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



Monterey Pine 4

Jeff Schewe

USA

Nominee

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



ABOVE 1

Joan Grabel

USA

Nominee

"ABOVE 1"
Flying above the San Juan Islands



Ice Bubbles, Kerið Crater

Joel Simpson

USA

Nominee

"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

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



Watzmann

Joerg Barkholz

Germany

Nominee

"Watzmann"
Mount Watzmann



Sunset Spot #7

John Siskin

USA

Nominee

"Sunset Spot #7"



Latrigg Cloudscape

Julian Elliott

UK

Nominee

"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

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



Bruton

Justin Pumfrey

UK

Nominee

"Bruton"



Levels

Justin Pumfrey

UK

Nominee

"Levels"



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

Karel Mus

Belgium

Nominee

"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

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



Ancient Cove

Kimara Wilhite

USA

Nominee

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



Waves of Mammatus-Clouds

Kirsten Heer

Germany

Nominee

"Waves of Mammatus-Clouds"
Kirsten_Heer



Cerro Torre

Klaus Fengler

Germany

Nominee

"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

"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

"Akakus Desert"
meditation



Cloud Over Morro Rock

Lynne Eodice

USA

Nominee

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



SCENIC LUNCH BREAK AT INDUS RIVER

Marie-Pascale Vandewalle

Belgium

Nominee

"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

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



Respite

Marilyn Maxwell

USA

Nominee

"Respite"
Eventually the storm let up.



Between Light and Darkness

Mark Seawell

USA

Nominee

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



From the shore

Mark Seawell

USA

Nominee

"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

"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

"Cloud breaking"
National Park Low Tatras, Slovakia



In the spruce forest

Martin Babarik

Slovakia

Nominee

"In the spruce forest"
IR Photography



He needs the rain

Martin Babarik

Slovakia

Nominee

"He needs the rain"



Mounga Evening

Michael Venz

New Zealand

Nominee

"Mounga Evening"
Evening at the Mounga, Rapa Nui



Existing

Michelle Ranee Johnson

USA

Nominee

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



Desert Sunset

Mike DeCesare

USA

Nominee

"Desert Sunset"



Ominous

Nathalie Lauzon

Canada

Nominee

"Ominous"
Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean



Boneyard Wish

Nicole Robinson

USA

Nominee

"Boneyard Wish"



BACKLIT RIDGE

Nigel Moyes

Australia

Nominee

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



Morning Grace

PATRICIA DINU

USA

Nominee

"Morning Grace"



Brays Reef

Paul McClenaghan

Australia

Nominee

"Brays Reef"



as above so is below

Paul A Wright

UK

Nominee

"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

"Vlei"



Un Momento Soñado

Paulo Olivier Hanshing

Chile

Nominee

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



The Tree

Paulo Pampolin

UK

Nominee

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



Maelstrom

Peter Meyer

Australia

Nominee

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



Anatomy of a Tree

Rainer Thrum

Germany

Nominee

"Anatomy of a Tree"



Fly fishing

Richard Oakland

UK

Nominee

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



The Firmament

Robert DeRosa

USA

Nominee

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



The Clearing Storm

Robert DeRosa

USA

Nominee

"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

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



Sun Stream

Robert Nowak

USA

Nominee

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



TIL OUR PATHS CROSS AGAIN

Robert Coates

Canada

Nominee

"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

"asphalt fall"



Landscape

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Nominee

"Landscape"
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Farmland

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Nominee

"Farmland"
Spain



Duplication

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Nominee

"Duplication"
Spain



The Maelstrom

Scott Wurzel

USA

Nominee

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



Pine Trees

Shinji Ichikawa

Japan

Nominee

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



Italy_Dolomiti

Stanislaw Chomicki

Germany

Nominee

"Italy_Dolomiti"



Stay

Stephen Hayes

Ireland

Nominee

"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

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



Industrial Light & Magic

Steve Zmak

USA

Nominee

"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

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



Woodland Impressionism2

Susan Dykstra

Canada

Nominee

"Woodland Impressionism2"
ICM Impressionism



Stillness

Susanna Patras

USA

Nominee

"Stillness"
Morning light in the Algarve, Portugal



Sedona Canyon

Timothy Cotter

USA

Nominee

"Sedona Canyon"



Fujimi Lake Mother Tree

Tomoki Yamaya

Japan

Nominee

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



swamp of fog

Tomoki Yamaya

Japan

Nominee

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



Iguazu

Victor Elias

USA

Nominee

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



Volcan Road

Victoria Parnall-Vaughan

UK

Nominee

"Volcan Road"



Ibiza 2

Werner Branz

Austria

Nominee

"Ibiza 2"



Intimate Aspens

Will Enos

USA

Nominee

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



Grand Teton

William Lulow

USA

Nominee

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



Desert Scales

Zach Miller

USA

Nominee

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



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