Nature - Professional

Seaside Monument Tony Hertz
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Seaside Monument"



locus trees Jiri Jiroutek
Czech Republic

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"locus trees"



Spirit Stones Wendy Kaveney
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Spirit Stones"
The Racetrack Playa of Death Valley National Park - USA



Reflection Stephane Suisse
France

Honorable Mention

"Reflection"
Landscape from the Loire and Cher Land - France



Granite Boulders Lawrence Hislop
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Granite Boulders"
Beach boulders in the Seychelles



Clouds and hillside Nicholas Pavloff
USA

Honorable Mention

"Clouds and hillside"
Northern California, USA



Lake Powell Near Forbidding Canyon Inlet. Mike Reyfman
USA

Honorable Mention

"Lake Powell Near Forbidding Canyon Inlet. "
I love to photograph from helicopter over Glen Canyon. It gives endless creative possibilities from epic landscapes to abstracts. Glen Canyon NRA, Lake Powell, Utah/Arizona, US. Aerial.



Behold Keith Berr
USA

Honorable Mention

"Behold"
It was early morning when nature painted this scene. The mist rose and the beams of light struck the water revealing the tiny fishing vessels in the Bay of HaLong, it was a scene to Behold.



Wax & Wane Adrian Davis
USA

Nominee

"Wax & Wane"
Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, 2010



Mangrove & Wake Adrian Davis
USA

Nominee

"Mangrove & Wake"
Florida Keys, 2010



Orchestral Winds Adrian Davis
USA

Nominee

"Orchestral Winds"
Great Sand Dunes N.P., Colorado, 2009



The Roots of the Sky XXXIII Alessandro Giampaoli
Italy

Nominee

"The Roots of the Sky XXXIII"



Black Point Diptych Allen Russ
USA

Nominee

"Black Point Diptych"



Sunset over Seawall Marsh, Acadia Allen Russ
USA

Nominee

"Sunset over Seawall Marsh, Acadia"



Brussels Sprouts Field In Snow Andrew Fox
UK

Nominee

"Brussels Sprouts Field In Snow"
A field of Brussels Sprouts in the Cotswolds, UK, covered in snow creating strange egg shapes.



Ripe Peony Bapi Chakraborty
Canada

Nominee

"Ripe Peony"
beauty in middle age



Consumption 1 Barry Noland
USA

Nominee

"Consumption 1"



Lotus leaf Carol Sharp
UK

Nominee

"Lotus leaf"



Network Carol Sharp
UK

Nominee

"Network"



Bow Lake Carolyn Brown
USA

Nominee

"Bow Lake"
Bow Lake



Journey's End Cath Evans
UK

Nominee

"Journey's End"
Snails gather at the top of wooden posts to get a sea view! Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland



Painted Desert Cody Brothers
USA

Nominee

"Painted Desert"
6x17mm Rollei infrared film



Storm Damage Daniel P. Griffith
USA

Nominee

"Storm Damage"
Joshua Tree-Joshua Tree National Park-California-USA



Trinity Dave Nitsche
USA

Nominee

"Trinity"



Foam Dave Bowman
UK

Nominee

"Foam"



Brilliant Trees David Rehor
USA

Nominee

"Brilliant Trees"



Damsel fly Denis Kennedy
UK

Nominee

"Damsel fly"
Damsel fly



Round Wave Dennis Frates
USA

Nominee

"Round Wave"
Ruby Beach and wave. Olympic National Park, Washington



Storm Reflection Dennis Frates
USA

Nominee

"Storm Reflection"
Second Beach with clouds and reflection at low tide. Olympic National Park, Washington.



Mountain Spirit Don Hall
USA

Nominee

"Mountain Spirit"
The spirit of Mt. St. Helens can be felt as it dominates Spirit Lake and thousands of downed trees.



northshore Douglas Walker
Canada

Nominee

"northshore"



Winter Duschan Tomic
Italy

Nominee

"Winter"



Old tree Emmanuel Coupe
Greece

Nominee

"Old tree"
Small aged tree by loch Tula in the Scottish highlands



highlands Emmanuel Coupe
Greece

Nominee

"highlands"
Small tree in the Scottish Highlands



Mining Tip Erwin Staeheli
Switzerland

Nominee

"Mining Tip"
from the series Gravel & Coal



Bella Toscana Ilona Wellmann
Germany

Nominee

"Bella Toscana"



Winter Sun Ilona Wellmann
Germany

Nominee

"Winter Sun"



Aqua Flora Zephyr James Walden
USA

Nominee

"Aqua Flora Zephyr"



Bed of Leraves Jarvis Grant
USA

Nominee

"Bed of Leraves"
A bed of leaves from a sidewalk garden



Icebergs and clouds, Fogo Island John Sylvester
Canada

Nominee

"Icebergs and clouds, Fogo Island"
Hundreds of icebergs drift south past the island of Newfoundland every spring and summer. Despite high seas and heavy cloud cover I took a chance and hired a fisherman to take me to these icebergs just offshore. My gamble paid off when the setting sun filtered through the clouds, dramatically lighting the scene.



Melting icebergs, Quirpon Island, Newfoundland & Labrador John Sylvester
Canada

Nominee

"Melting icebergs, Quirpon Island, Newfoundland & Labrador"
I was drawn to the sculpted shapes of these melting icebergs. The passing boat adds a sense of scale.



Shore #1 John Barclay
USA

Nominee

"Shore #1"
Cape May



Reverse 1 Juergen Lechner
Germany

Nominee

"Reverse 1"
old brickyard, nature is back



Tracks (2) Justin Fabian
Canada

Nominee

"Tracks (2)"



Sky & Water Kenneth Rimm
Denmark

Nominee

"Sky & Water"



Petrified Water, Petrified Wind Louis Montrose
USA

Nominee

"Petrified Water, Petrified Wind"
Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA, 2007



Release 02 Madeleine Maria Weber
Ireland

Nominee

"Release 02"
rain, clouds, storm, hail shower, ireland



Fairy marcia ramalho
Brazil

Nominee

"Fairy"



Snow Trees michael molinoff
USA

Nominee

"Snow Trees"



Eternity Michel Rajkovic
USA

Nominee

"Eternity"



Broken Branch Mikael Kapanaga
Russia

Nominee

"Broken Branch"
Last seconds before the drown



Herbert Lake Mike Grandmaison
Canada

Nominee

"Herbert Lake"
Clouds and the Canadian Rockies reflected in Herbert Lake. Banff National Park, Alberta. Canada



Prairie dock Mike Grandmaison
Canada

Nominee

"Prairie dock"
Prairie dock in snow. Cadillac. Saskatchewan. Canada



Arm of God Mitch Dobrowner
USA

Nominee

"Arm of God"



Treeline and cloud Nicholas Pavloff
USA

Nominee

"Treeline and cloud"
Northern California, USA



White Dune Nicholas Pavloff
USA

Nominee

"White Dune"
Oceano, California, USA



Spring Pasquale Caprile
Spain

Nominee

"Spring"
Hasselblad 500C



Epic Peter Lik
USA

Nominee

"Epic"



Morning Calm Peter Lik
USA

Nominee

"Morning Calm"



Gemsbock and a Cloud R.D.Wayne Holloway
Australia

Nominee

"Gemsbock and a Cloud"



Companions Through Time Rick Braveheart
USA

Nominee

"Companions Through Time"
Early Fall morning near Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota USA



Shrouded Vines RiK
New Zealand

Nominee

"Shrouded Vines"



LOS GIGANTES Rolf Walther
Germany

Nominee

"LOS GIGANTES"



Waving grain Roos Hobe
Netherlands

Nominee

"Waving grain"



2x2 Ruud Peters
France

Nominee

"2x2"



Elements Sreesailam Pasupula
India

Nominee

"Elements"
Elements of nature



Tree Reflections steve johnsen
USA

Nominee

"Tree Reflections"
BW Medium Format



The Lookout, Tucson Mt. Park Stuart Heir
USA

Nominee

"The Lookout, Tucson Mt. Park"
Remnents, hiking on the trail, Tucson Mt. Park Arizona



Skutebaugen 8 Sturla Strand
Norway

Nominee

"Skutebaugen 8"
Norway 2010



Water Lilies 7 Sturla Strand
Norway

Nominee

"Water Lilies 7"
Norway 2009



Piercing Cold Tim Berberich
USA

Nominee

"Piercing Cold"
Spencer Glacier, Alaska



Dandelion Poetry TOM WUNDRAK
Germany

Nominee

"Dandelion Poetry"
Little umbrella carrying a raindrop



Awakening Tony Hertz
USA

Nominee

"Awakening"
California Coast



Evening Light Tony Hertz
USA

Nominee

"Evening Light"
Moon light time exposure.



gold dust island Winfried Flohner
Austria

Nominee

"gold dust island"



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