Still Life - Amateur

Carol Zulman USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Waiting"

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Eric Feder USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Awaiting the Crowd"

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Jim Markle USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Fish Scales" A butcher with a sense of humor.

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C E Morse USA Honorable Mention "Don't Cry: A Gallon's Worth of Regret" Spilt milk; a whole gallon of it; certainly regrettable

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Avinash Sood UK Honorable Mention "Cactus"

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Mayda Rumberg USA Honorable Mention "Birthday balloon"

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Heather Firth USA Honorable Mention "Libidinal Rose" Series: Earth Erotica. Sex and sensuality originate from Divine Creation, the Grand and Sacred design of all life — evolution and existence depend on it. Sex happens, pleasure is a choice!

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Arnold Plotnick USA Honorable Mention "Inertia" A hat and a hole

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Honorable Mention "Dirty"

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Robert Davis USA Honorable Mention "The Nautilus shell" Iconic sea shell interior with off camera flash

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Enrica Ridolfi Italy Honorable Mention "Allarmi inascoltati" Natura morta con cappelli, fiore e giornale.

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Donald Bolak USA Honorable Mention "Echinops 8"

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Stuart Lieberman USA Honorable Mention "Pillow Talk" Pillow Talk

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Adam Neuba Germany Honorable Mention "Princess" I love succulents with their beautiful symmetry.

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Lynn Tait Canada Honorable Mention "Chair in Isolation"

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Beth Youmans USA Honorable Mention "Water Drops"

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Judith A. Taylor UK Honorable Mention "Graceful end"

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Deborah Kruks Canada Honorable Mention "The Way " Portuguese Camino de Santiago

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Steve Burkett USA Honorable Mention "An Old Man Cactus" An Old Man Cactus shows its unkempt white hair

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Claudia Zeien USA Honorable Mention "Triangulated Terrace" Back and white overload at a villa in Sicily

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Klas Anders Sweden Honorable Mention "Daylily"

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Hans Bauer Germany Honorable Mention "Do you still remember this fabulous summer?"

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Tom Sliter USA Honorable Mention "Untitled #3"

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Holger Goehler Germany Honorable Mention "Under the roof" things of everyday life seen in a different light

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Sebastian Fink Germany Honorable Mention "Second Creation #121"

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Adam Neuba Germany Nominee "Balanced" Life is a balancing act.

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Alan Gaynor USA Nominee "Flower 1413" MY interest in the subject matter shown in these photograph is the outgrowth of my wife 3 year battl

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Andrew Ilachinski USA Nominee "Elegance" Elegance

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Andrew Ilachinski USA Nominee "Radiance" Radiance

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Andrew Ilachinski USA Nominee "Resoluteness" Resoluteness

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Anna Matczuk UK Nominee "Embraced" Two embraced Calla lily flowers

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Anne MacIntyre UK Nominee "Snowdrop with a Heart" This unusual snowdrop has a heart on it's petal and will be loved by galanthophiles.

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Anne MacIntyre UK Nominee "Dahlia" This pom pom dahlia has so much detail, I chose to focus on only the tips of the closest petals.

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Anne MacIntyre UK Nominee "Magnificent Magnolias" A branch from my little magnolia tree

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Avinash Sood UK Nominee "Bench"

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Beth Enos USA Nominee "Desert Flower" The texture and sweeping curve of a desert flower bud.

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Beth Enos USA Nominee "Sunflower" A sunflower bud looks other worldly with its spikey detail.

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Beth Enos USA Nominee "Flower #1" Soft subtle contours of a delicate flower.

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Blake Bartlett USA Nominee "Outdoor Kitchen" Late summer evening light on Prospect Ave. Ilford HP5.

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Brian Schneider USA Nominee "Pads" Lily pads from my brothers water garden.

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Chrissie Stillin USA Nominee "Rumores De Rumba" Rumors of Rumba, from the heart of Mexico.

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Chrissie Stillin USA Nominee "Well Played" This tired piano has played its last note.

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Chuck Campbell USA Nominee "Embrace" Sensual Embrace

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Claudia Zeien USA Nominee "After the After Party" Discarded mannequins awaiting disposal

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Claudio Guarisco Italy Nominee "#2344" Guarisco-Claudio-#2344.jpg

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Derek Rundell Canada Nominee "Inner Sanctum" Inner Sanctum

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Don Jacobson USA Nominee "Cactus" Barrel Cactus

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Donald Bolak USA Nominee "Cycad Emergence"

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Fran Nunn USA Nominee "Delicate in White"

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Fran Nunn USA Nominee "Time on a Shelf" National Geographic magazines from early 1900's

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Fran Nunn USA Nominee "Spicy Reflections"

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Friso Kooijman Netherlands Nominee "To be smoked mackerel" To be smoked mackerel

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Gary Matson USA Nominee "Top Hat and Tires"

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Gregory Hom USA Nominee "Squash Blossom" The blossom bloomed for only a few hours

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Gregory Hom USA Nominee "After the Rain" Rain drop on the tree captures a self-portrait of its branches

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Heather Firth USA Nominee "Concentric Zen Ensōs with Rose Trinity" The Divine Symmetry of Zen Ensōs and asymmetrical Trinity of roses exemplify the necessity for conscious order and unplanned pleasure.

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Heather Firth USA Nominee "Peony Petals Take Flight on Wind and Waves" Peony petals whirl as if tossed by gusts of wind and rolling oceanic waves. For the ever-observant, Nature’s floral creations can be art from tight bud and full bloom, to fallen petals' last hurrah.

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Heather Firth USA Nominee "Tulip Seduction: Pollinate Me!" Series: Earth Erotica. Spring! Nature's floral fecundity: Stamen, pistil, petals, and nectar glands entice Earth's precious pollinators. Voila! Fertilization.

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Heidi Egerman USA Nominee "White Iris" White iris image taken in studio using a light painting technique

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Heidi Egerman USA Nominee "Clay Pots" Clay Pots

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Heidi Egerman USA Nominee "White Spider Magnolia" White Spider Magnolia

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Jacqui Turner USA Nominee "Fly Away With Me" The leaves become dancers in their final act, offering moments of exquisite artistry.

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Jacqui Turner USA Nominee "Pas de Deux"

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Jacqui Turner USA Nominee "A Delicate Matrix"

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Jacqui Turner USA Nominee "The Embrace" The leaves become dancers in their final act, offering moments of exquisite artistry.

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James Knauf USA Nominee "Cessation d' Activite'" Abandoned shop front, Arles, France

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James Lee USA Nominee "Chair Alone" Morning sun spilling onto my kitchen table and chair.

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James Woodward USA Nominee "Hearty Meal" Artichoke cut in half in a bowl

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Janet Slater Canada Nominee "May I Have This Dance" A Dogwood flower looking as though it wants to dance.

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Janet Burdon UK Nominee "Cow Parsley" Cow Parsley flower taken in infra-red

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Janet Slater Canada Nominee "Staccato" Reflections of music notes on orbes.

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Julie Yesko USA Nominee "Magnification"

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Klas Anders Sweden Nominee "Sunflower and Vase"

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Lucy Lasky USA Nominee "Swirling"

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Margaret Sears Lindley USA Nominee "On The Porch"

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Margrieta Jeltema Italy Nominee "The Tulip"

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Marina Onken USA Nominee "Bundle Up"

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee "Penetration "

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Natalie Truchsess Germany Nominee "Aftermath - Without Much Ado" Aftermath – the state after a struggle. In nature, this often happens 'without much ado'. This photo portraits the melancholic remains of such a moment: the plumage of a blue tit.

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Natalie Truchsess Germany Nominee "School is out" Empty frames, cold steel, now only shadows keep watch. Blinding sun, no ringing bells, no laughter, the bike racks freeze into blueprints of silence.

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Pamela Hymer USA Nominee "Bound Tension" A visual metaphor for the current state. Tightly bound, under immense strain and conflict.

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Patrick O'Brien USA Nominee "Chrysanthemum"

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Patti Lamm USA Nominee "Chrysanthemum on White" The monochrome processing of this heirloom chrysanthemum brings out intricate textures, evoking the look of hand-rendered charcoal art.

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Patti Lamm USA Nominee "Team Oppenheimer" In black and white, a stately dahlia becomes stark and bold, its petals like hand-carved wood and its silhouette reminiscent of a mushroom cloud.

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Peter Krenek Slovak Republic Nominee "Droplets" Drops of water on grass

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Peter Hergesheimer USA Nominee "Millennium" Ancient Bristlecode Pine

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Pratibha Reddy USA Nominee "Sculpted"

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Robert Davis USA Nominee "Classic Lalique bowl"

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Sara Blumberg USA Nominee "Going Going Gone"

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Sharon Souproanuck New Zealand Nominee "Cosmos Delight" Taken on a lightbox and solarised

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Sharon Souproanuck New Zealand Nominee "Dark Sparkles" Early morning shot of a rose covered in dew in the garden

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Sharon Souproanuck New Zealand Nominee "Exquisite Cosmos" This is a focus stacked Cosmos taken on a lightbox

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Antherium" Antherium sits up proud

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Beavertail" A lovely beavertail cactus shows its thorns

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Resting" This Saguaro needle patch seems to be resting on its laurels

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Steve Toole USA Nominee "Abandoned Hunter's Cabin" Western South Dakota, USA

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Suzanne Anton USA Nominee "Closure"

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Sylvia Gardner USA Nominee "V" V

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Tom Sliter USA Nominee "Intake"

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Wolfgang Wiesen Germany Nominee "Dipsacus" Fruit stand of Dipsacus fullonum. Sandwich.

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