Nature - Amateur

Serpent Lake Charlie O'Donovan
Ireland

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Nature
Professional

"Serpent Lake"
Gap of Dunloe, Kerry, Ireland



Ciudad encanto Javier Herranz Casellas
Spain

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Nature
Professional

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



Autumn Klaus Spindler
Germany

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Nature
Professional

"Autumn"
autumn leaf while visiting the cemetery



Summer violence Robert Ruble
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Caps Don Jacobson
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Caps"
Caps



Castellated Iceberg #2 Brian Jones
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Castellated Iceberg #2"
Castellated Iceberg, Antarctica



Stunted Nick Green
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Stunted"
A stunted oak clinging on to rocky hillside



Winter attack Michiko Ôtomo
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"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.



Bihoro Pass Tree Brian Jones
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Synapse Joseph Smith
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Knots Volker Kesting
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Knots"



Waterfall in Iceland Patrick Pellegrini
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Waterfall in Iceland"
Longtime exposure of a waterfall



Bull Whip Kelp Number 8 Mike Shea
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



On the coast Andreas Timar
Germany

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Dragon Don Jacobson
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Dragon"
Dragon



Bisti Wilderness Moon Rising Keith Manning
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Wild Coast Stephen Allworth
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Wild Coast"
Off the coast of Greenland.



North Uist Landscape Jens Winkler
Germany

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Awakening Michael Scandling
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Awakening"
An invitation



Majestic Steve Burkett
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Majestic"
Majestic saguaro cactus silhouetted from an afternoon sky



Storm bird Nic van Oudtshoorn
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Untouchable Thomas de Franzoni
Italy

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Dance Troupe Robert Bolton
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Brutalist Marina Onken
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"Brutalist"



Celestial Embrace Deirdre Lyttle
Canada

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Hazy Hunter Valley Morning Thomas Kane
Australia

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Ancient Sentinel Ivan Hernandez
USA

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Sass de Putia Ivo Mateju
Czech Republic

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

"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



Elemental II Frank Hoogeboom
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Strike a Pose Robert Bolton
UK

Honorable Mention
Nature
Professional

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



Shadows Aleksandr Stikhin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Shadows"
Shadows from the old tree.



Lodalen Andreas Starke
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lodalen"
Scenery



Niagara Andrew Ilachinski
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Niagara"
Niagara



Grain Waves Anne Schlueter
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"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.



The edge of silence, Diamonds and Dust-Namibia Antoinette Koutsomihalis
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Voices scultpured by the Wind, Diamonds and Dust-Namibia  Antoinette Koutsomihalis
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Whisper lines-, Diamonds and Dust -Namibia Antoinette Koutsomihalis
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Sand and Shadows Beth Youmans
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sand and Shadows"



Iceberg Paradise Harbour #1 Brian Jones
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Portal Brian Schneider
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Portal"
Tree reflections at Creamers Field Fairbanks Alaska



Solitude Carina Vogel
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Solitude"
Huangshan, Anhui Province, China



Against the Dying of the Light Carolyn Shoop
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



奔·流 Dakeng Yu
China (PRC)

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"奔·流"
奔·流



Chased By An Angel David Martin
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Converging Rows David Kelly
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Converging Rows"



The Tree David Jones
Australia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Tree"
The Tree, all alone



Reflections Deborah Kruks
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



High Water Reflections Deborah Kruks
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Nature Man Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"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.



Rock Garden Denise Dethlefsen
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Untitled #3 Devin Campbell
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Untitled #3"



Old Growth Manzanita Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Old Growth Manzanita"
Old Growth Manzanita



Dune #2 Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Dune #2"
Dune #2



Bar Code Formation Don Jacobson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bar Code Formation"
Bar Code Formation



Lone Tree, Glen Etive Douglas Bruce
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Lone Tree, Glen Etive"
Lone Tree



Elemental I Frank Hoogeboom
Netherlands

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Elemental I "
The Witches Finger on the Faroe Islands



Elemental III Frank Hoogeboom
Netherlands

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Light Beyond Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Light Beyond"
Black and White Landscape



Revolving Flow Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Revolving Flow"
Black and White Landscape



Morning Light Park Avenue Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Morning Light Park Avenue"
Black and White Landscape



Frosty Day Harald Weimann
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Frosty Day"
Germany Odenwald



Foggy morning Ivo Mateju
Czech Republic

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Clouds and Rain Suite James Meldrum
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Clouds and Rain Suite"



Autumn Solitude James Knauf
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Autumn Solitude"
Empty lane in Fall



Agaves of Sagewood James Peterson
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Agaves of Sagewood"
Agaves of Sagewood



Isolated James Patrick Conway
Brazil

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Isolated"



Moving Slowly Through Time Janet Slater
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Flysch coast Javier Herranz Casellas
Spain

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Little Things #1 Jei Lee
Korea (South)

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Scottish Landscape Jens Winkler
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Scottish Landscape"
A landscape somewhere in the Scottish Highlands



Tides Joachim Kakau
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Witch Forest Ruegen Joerg Hoffmann
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



The Little Glen in the Morning Mist with Reflection Jon Meyer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Bird and Posts Jonathan Knight
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bird and Posts"



The Holdout Joseph Smith
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Matterhorn Joseph Smith
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Matterhorn"
Lenticular cloud crossing the peak of the Matterhorn



Cromlech Vale Maria do Meio Jovelino Matos Almeida
Portugal

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Death Valley Storm Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Death Valley Storm"



Flows and Shadows Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Flows and Shadows"



Cape Flattery Flow Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cape Flattery Flow"



Rainforest Reflections Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Rainforest Reflections"



Mt. Hekla and Frozen River Crossing Keith Manning
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Awake + Dreaming, No.1 Kelly O'Leary
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Yinyang Tree Kevin Glenn
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Yinyang Tree"



Storm Clouds over the Prairie Laszlo Perlaky
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Storm Clouds over the Prairie"



Skirt and Roots Laszlo Perlaky
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Skirt and Roots"



The Resting Tree Linda Cutche
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Resting Tree"



Foggy Morning Pine Marc Ward
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Foggy Morning Pine"
Early Morning Fog in east Tennessee



Braided Marina Onken
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Braided"



Translucent Vision Marina Onken
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Translucent Vision"



Heart Rock Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Coastal Path Michael Rothrock
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Coastal Path"
Coastal pathway through marsh grass.



Bird of Spray Michael Scandling
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Bird of Spray"
Wave crest takes flight



Squall Michael Scandling
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Squall"
The storm is almost here



Monsoon Cloud Over the Santa Catalinas Michele Miller
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



The shelter tree Mike Seidel
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Duet Nathalie At
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Duet"



Eternal Moment Niko Sokol
Russia

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Upheaval Peter Hergesheimer
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Tuscany dream Peter Wingerter
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Tuscany dream"
tuscany in April this year.



Solitaire Reinhold Heckmann
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Solitaire"
Wonderful tree dominating the landscape



Night silence Renate Wasinger
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Night silence"



The Mists Of Time 2 Richard Burdon
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Dancing Trees Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Dance Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Lagoon Land Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



In Those Quiet Moments Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Life Finds a Way Robert Bolton
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Serene Companions Rolandas Urbonavicius
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Playa de Vallina, Spain Rolandas Urbonavicius
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Falaises d'Etretat. Aiguille Rolandas Urbonavicius
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

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



Cliff Arch Rolandas Urbonavicius
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Cliff Arch"
Étretat coastline needs no introduction - it's a world-renowned heaven for painters and photographer



A forest Sebastien Hug
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"A forest"
Cheverny, France, 21 octobre 2024.



The Passage of Time Sharon Souproanuck
New Zealand

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The Passage of Time"
Sand dune textures



After the Snow Shelley Moxley
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"After the Snow"
The weather calms in Northern Iceland following a blizzard.



Survivor Stephen Buhagiar
Malta

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Survivor"
Sunset over the valley at Honister Pass, illuminating the last standing tree.



Ansel's Curve Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Ansel's Curve"
Ansel Adam's famous Snake River Curve at sunset



Reflections Steve Eirschele
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reflections"



Branches in Winter Fog Steve Eirschele
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Branches in Winter Fog"



Beach Scene Stuart Lieberman
USA

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Beach Scene"
Beach Scene



Pyramids of Sand Sue Trower
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Pyramids of Sand"



Sea Spray Sue Trower
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sea Spray"



Sugar Dunes Sue Trower
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Sugar Dunes"



Softly Softly Sue Trower
UK

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Softly Softly"



Reed Volker Kesting
Netherlands

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Reed"



The small bridge Willi Terfloth
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"The small bridge"
A foggy morning at the golf course



Mystical comet Wolfgang Autexier
France

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"Mystical comet"
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas C/2023 A3, Basilica of Saint Eutrope in Saintes



From the Sky Wolfgang Lasars
Germany

Nominee
Nature
Professional

"From the Sky"
Observed on the plateau Skierfe in Swedish Lapland



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