Nature - Amateur , 20th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Charlie O'Donovan

Ireland

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Serpent Lake"
Gap of Dunloe, Kerry, Ireland

Javier Herranz Casellas

Spain

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Ciudad encanto"
A place known for its spectacular rock formations made of silt and clay.

Klaus Spindler

Germany

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Autumn"
autumn leaf while visiting the cemetery

Robert Ruble

USA

Honorable Mention

"Summer violence"
Five-minute exposure of a violent thunderstorm passing nearby.

Brian Jones

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Castellated Iceberg #2"
Castellated Iceberg, Antarctica

Nick Green

UK

Honorable Mention

"Stunted"
A stunted oak clinging on to rocky hillside

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Winter attack"
This photo was captured during a snowstorm night using a camera flash. The accidental imperfections and the lens distortion serve to express the harshness of the winter weather in Canada.

Brian Jones

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Bihoro Pass Tree"
Snow-laden tree, Bihoro Pass, Hokkaido, Japan

Joseph Smith

USA

Honorable Mention

"Synapse"
Rock formation in Joshua Tree National park resembling a brain's synapse

Volker Kesting

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Knots"

Patrick Pellegrini

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Waterfall in Iceland"
Longtime exposure of a waterfall

Mike Shea

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bull Whip Kelp Number 8"
An intertwined mixture of what most people would consider a smelly mess of seaweed.

Andreas Timar

Germany

Honorable Mention

"On the coast"
a lonely boy stood on the coast in Normandy right by the surf

Don Jacobson

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dragon"
Dragon

Keith Manning

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bisti Wilderness Moon Rising"
Waxing Gibbous Moon Rising Over Bisti Wilderness in New Mexico

Stephen Allworth

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Wild Coast"
Off the coast of Greenland.

Jens Winkler

Germany

Honorable Mention

"North Uist Landscape"
A beach on the island of North Uist in Scotland

Michael Scandling

USA

Honorable Mention

"Awakening"
An invitation

Steve Burkett

USA

Honorable Mention

"Majestic"
Majestic saguaro cactus silhouetted from an afternoon sky

Nic van Oudtshoorn

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Storm bird"
A lone bird silhouetted against threatening clouds as it flees an approaching storm.

Thomas de Franzoni

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Untouchable"
From this spectacular place, the human presence makes us understand the majesty of the mountains.

Robert Bolton

UK

Honorable Mention

"Dance Troupe"
A group of "dancing trees" from Sumba, Indonesia. There are a few of these trees just off-shore.

Marina Onken

USA

Honorable Mention

"Brutalist"

Deirdre Lyttle

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Celestial Embrace"
Earth and sky in perfect harmony beneath the Milky Way.

Thomas Kane

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Hazy Hunter Valley Morning"
This scene has three of my favourite things, a tree and its reflection all wrapped in a beautiful morning mist.

Ivan Hernandez

USA

Honorable Mention

"Ancient Sentinel "
The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is home to the world's oldest living tree's.

Ivo Mateju

Czech Republic

Honorable Mention

"Sass de Putia"
Sass de Putia (Peitlerkofel) is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. A solitary mountain, it stands between Val Badia to the east and the Villnöß valley to the west, in the very north

Frank Hoogeboom

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Elemental II"
One of many striking waterfalls on the Faroe Islands.

Robert Bolton

UK

Honorable Mention

"Strike a Pose"
A "dancing tree" from Sumba, Indonesia. There are a few of these trees just off-shore.

Aleksandr Stikhin

USA

Nominee

"Shadows"
Shadows from the old tree.

Andreas Starke

Germany

Nominee

"Lodalen"
Scenery

Andrew Ilachinski

USA

Nominee

"Niagara"
Niagara

Anne Schlueter

USA

Nominee

"Grain Waves"
Palouse is a region in eastern Washington known for its rolling wheat fields. This photo was taken from the top of Steptoe mountain.

Antoinette Koutsomihalis

Australia

Nominee

"The edge of silence, Diamonds and Dust-Namibia"
A sharp dune crest cuts the sky, dividing light and shadow in stillness and soft sigh

Antoinette Koutsomihalis

Australia

Nominee

"Voices scultpured by the Wind, Diamonds and Dust-Namibia "
Listen for the voices amongst shifting dunes shaped by wind and fleeting light and shadows

Antoinette Koutsomihalis

Australia

Nominee

"Whisper lines-, Diamonds and Dust -Namibia"
Delicate sand ridges ripple like whispers across the desert floor

Beth Youmans

USA

Nominee

"Sand and Shadows"

Brian Jones

Australia

Nominee

"Iceberg Paradise Harbour #1"
Iceberg at Paradise Harbour, Antarctica

Brian Schneider

USA

Nominee

"Portal"
Tree reflections at Creamers Field Fairbanks Alaska

Carina Vogel

USA

Nominee

"Solitude"
Huangshan, Anhui Province, China

Carolyn Shoop

USA

Nominee

"Against the Dying of the Light"
"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light." (Dylan Thomas)

Dakeng Yu

China (PRC)

Nominee

"奔·流"
奔·流

David Martin

USA

Nominee

"Chased By An Angel"
Comet Tsuchinshen-Atlas C/2023-A3 Photographed in early October, 2024

David Kelly

UK

Nominee

"Converging Rows"

David Jones

Australia

Nominee

"The Tree"
The Tree, all alone

Deborah Kruks

Canada

Nominee

"Reflections "
Moody morning on Sproat Lake, BC, Canada

Deborah Kruks

Canada

Nominee

"High Water Reflections"
Sproat Lake, Port Alberni, BC

Demetrio Jereissati

Brazil

Nominee

"Nature Man"
Recoleta Cemetery is an iconic site in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Just a short distance away stands this majestic tree, where a man seems to find confidence.

Denise Dethlefsen

USA

Nominee

"Rock Garden"
Several plants cling to a tiny ledge on a sheer cliff, proving that nature finds a way

Devin Campbell

USA

Nominee

"Untitled #3"

Don Jacobson

USA

Nominee

"Old Growth Manzanita"
Old Growth Manzanita

Don Jacobson

USA

Nominee

"Dune #2"
Dune #2

Don Jacobson

USA

Nominee

"Bar Code Formation"
Bar Code Formation

Douglas Bruce

UK

Nominee

"Lone Tree, Glen Etive"
Lone Tree

Frank Hoogeboom

Netherlands

Nominee

"Elemental I "
The Witches Finger on the Faroe Islands

Frank Hoogeboom

Netherlands

Nominee

"Elemental III"
Famous sea stacks in the distance, but it's the total scenery that makes it interesting.

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Light Beyond"
Black and White Landscape

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Revolving Flow"
Black and White Landscape

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Morning Light Park Avenue"
Black and White Landscape

Harald Weimann

Germany

Nominee

"Frosty Day"
Germany Odenwald

Ivo Mateju

Czech Republic

Nominee

"Foggy morning"
This photograph captures the Alpe di Siusi plateau in the Dolomites, shrouded in the morning mist.

James Meldrum

USA

Nominee

"Clouds and Rain Suite"

James Knauf

USA

Nominee

"Autumn Solitude"
Empty lane in Fall

James Peterson

USA

Nominee

"Agaves of Sagewood"
Agaves of Sagewood

James Patrick Conway

Brazil

Nominee

"Isolated"

Janet Slater

Canada

Nominee

"Moving Slowly Through Time"
An image capturing the smooth, flowing curves of a sandstone formation.

Javier Herranz Casellas

Spain

Nominee

"Flysch coast"
The flysch rocks are composed of an alternation of hard layers with soft other.

Jei Lee

Korea (South)

Nominee

"Little Things #1"
Like other wild flowers, they live in their own way: small and simple but also strong.

Jens Winkler

Germany

Nominee

"Scottish Landscape"
A landscape somewhere in the Scottish Highlands

Joachim Kakau

Germany

Nominee

"Tides"
Drawings in the sandy beach created by the tides.

Joerg Hoffmann

Germany

Nominee

"Witch Forest Ruegen"
A portrait of the Witch Forest at island of Ruegen with its rare cripple beeches in backlight

Jon Meyer

USA

Nominee

"The Little Glen in the Morning Mist with Reflection"
A peaceful place

Jonathan Knight

USA

Nominee

"Bird and Posts"

Joseph Smith

USA

Nominee

"The Holdout"
Branches in a snow field with a single leaf remaining

Joseph Smith

USA

Nominee

"Matterhorn"
Lenticular cloud crossing the peak of the Matterhorn

Jovelino Matos Almeida

Portugal

Nominee

"Cromlech Vale Maria do Meio"
around 7.000 years old, this cromlech in Portugal is one of the oldest human construtions

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Death Valley Storm"

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Nominee

"Flows and Shadows"

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Nominee

"Cape Flattery Flow"

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Nominee

"Rainforest Reflections"

Keith Manning

USA

Nominee

"Mt. Hekla and Frozen River Crossing"
Winter wilderness scene near Mt. Hekla in South Iceland

Kelly O'Leary

USA

Nominee

"Awake + Dreaming, No.1"
Part of a series of dreamlike stories from coastal marshes captured through long exposures

Kevin Glenn

USA

Nominee

"Yinyang Tree"

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Nominee

"Storm Clouds over the Prairie"

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Nominee

"Skirt and Roots"

Linda Cutche

New Zealand

Nominee

"The Resting Tree"

Marc Ward

USA

Nominee

"Foggy Morning Pine"
Early Morning Fog in east Tennessee

Marina Onken

USA

Nominee

"Braided"

Marina Onken

USA

Nominee

"Translucent Vision"

Michael Rausch

USA

Nominee

"Heart Rock"
Located in Joshua Tree National Park, Heart Rock is one of many shaped stones sculpted by nature in the park.

Michael Rothrock

USA

Nominee

"Coastal Path"
Coastal pathway through marsh grass.

Michael Scandling

USA

Nominee

"Bird of Spray"
Wave crest takes flight

Michael Scandling

USA

Nominee

"Squall"
The storm is almost here

Michele Miller

USA

Nominee

"Monsoon Cloud Over the Santa Catalinas"
Monsoon Cloud Over the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona

Mike Seidel

Germany

Nominee

"The shelter tree"
The beauty, harshness and relentlessness of nature inspire me the most. Film is my medium for this.

Nathalie At

France

Nominee

"Duet"

Niko Sokol

Russia

Nominee

"Eternal Moment"
A fragile poem of time's tender stillness.

Peter Hergesheimer

USA

Nominee

"Upheaval"
Torrents of energy from the star AE Auriga excite hydrogen gas in the Flaming Star nebula.

Peter Wingerter

Germany

Nominee

"Tuscany dream"
tuscany in April this year.

Reinhold Heckmann

Germany

Nominee

"Solitaire"
Wonderful tree dominating the landscape

Renate Wasinger

Germany

Nominee

"Night silence"

Richard Burdon

UK

Nominee

"The Mists Of Time 2"
For me, a bare tree disappearing into the mist in winter is a true work of art.

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Dancing Trees"
A "dancing tree" from Sumba, Indonesia. There are a few of these trees just off-shore.

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Dance"
A "dancing tree" from Sumba, Indonesia. There are a few of these trees just off-shore.

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Lagoon Land"
One of the many lagoons at Lencois Marenhenses, Brazil. Its another world.

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"In Those Quiet Moments"
A lagoon at Lencois Maranhenses, Brazil. Just sand dunes, fresh water and a dead tree..

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Life Finds a Way"
Coastal volcanic rock, Eastern Iceland and a plant that's flourishing in spite of the odds.

Rolandas Urbonavicius

Germany

Nominee

"Serene Companions"
This image embodies the serene companionship between the lake's fragmented edges and the morning mis

Rolandas Urbonavicius

Germany

Nominee

"Playa de Vallina, Spain"
The cliffs along the northern coast of Spain's appear different under varying weather conditions and

Rolandas Urbonavicius

Germany

Nominee

"Falaises d'Etretat. Aiguille"
In my work, I experiment with exposures of different lengths, aiming to highlight the uniqueness of