Nature - Amateur

Hengki Koentjoro Indonesia 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Java" The mysterious Java highland, Indonesia

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Darren Moore UK 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Solitaire" "Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone." Paul Johannes Tillich.

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Hans Bauer Germany 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Island Waterfall"

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Marion Faria USA Honorable Mention "Fitz Roy" Mt. Fitz Roy, Argentina, at sunrise

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Mark Seawell USA Honorable Mention "Path of light" Rehweiler and the early light brings heavy mist and a wonderful atmosphere full of mystery and wonder. So silent as you walk this path with maybe the sound of a distant train approaching.

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Uri Mahlev Israel Honorable Mention "Faces of time"

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Konstantinos Vasilakis Greece Honorable Mention "Misty road" Misty mountain country road, Epirus, Greece

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Jens Ceder Sweden Honorable Mention "The Bunch" Infrared copse in fog

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Cynthia Merzer USA Honorable Mention "Oak Alley Oak Trees"

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Aaron English USA Nominee "Stacked Rocks"

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Alain Baumgarten France Nominee "Spruce leaves"

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Alexei Krasnikov Russia Nominee "Porthleven. Stones On The Beach" Cornwall, UK

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Alexei Krasnikov Russia Nominee "Rocks Of Vestvagoy. Study 2" Lofoten Islands, Norway

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Andy Selinger Australia Nominee "mt warning change in the weather"

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Anita Schiedeck Spain Nominee "Nebel" Landscape in the fog

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Aubra Franklin USA Nominee "Solitude" A perfect sunrise reflection at the Maroon Bells, Aspen, Colorado

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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee "Sleeping rock" Camera : Hasselblad 500 C/M - Lens : Carl Zeiss 80mm/f2.8 CF PLANAR T* - Film : Ilford 100 Delta Pro

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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee "Dragon's Blood Tree" Socotra (Yemen)

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Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee "Wicked Forest" Pinhole Photography - Camera: Pinhole Zero 2000 6x6 - Film: Ilford Delta 400 Pro - Exposure time: 3 minute and 40 sec.

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Barry Brukoff USA Nominee "BRISTLECONE PINE I " THESE TREES ARE THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS ON EARTH AGE-4500 YEARS

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Benoit Sneessens Belgium Nominee "Karimabad, Pakistan" A view of the town of Karimabad, valley of Hunza, Pakistan

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Dead Tree"

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Bryce Burnip Canada Nominee "Tree"

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Charles Hedeen USA Nominee "Aspen Alley" Aspen Alley, Southern Wyoming

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Chris Gin New Zealand Nominee "Gannet Colony" Sunset overlooking Muriwai Gannet colony, New Zealand.

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Clifford Favreau USA Nominee "The Star" Starfish & Sand dollar

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Cynthia Merzer USA Nominee "Grassy Waters"

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David Baker UK Nominee "Path" New Forest, Hampshire, UK

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David Martin USA Nominee "Bandon Seascape" Central Oregon sunrise

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David Naman Canada Nominee "Companion"

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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee "Approaching Storm" I was trying to capture the strength and beauty of the ocean in Jupiter, Florida just before a hurricane. I hope that the viewer is able to feel the impact of the waves upon viewing the image.

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Denise Castro-Bran USA Nominee "Fern and Log" Fern Canyon, California Redwoods

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Dewi Puspasari Indonesia Nominee "Almighty"

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Diane Kaye USA Nominee "On the Bayou" From a boat, a place called Achafalaya near Baton Rouge, LA.

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Dominic Martello USA Nominee "Yosemite " Bottom of Yosemite Falls

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Don McCullough USA Nominee "Secret Beach, Kauai"

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Ed Sancious USA Nominee "fluidity"

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Emil Stojek Poland Nominee "In The Fields"

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Emil Stojek Poland Nominee "Farewell"

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Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee "schilf" im oktober 2012 in österreich am möserersee bei seefeld in tirol fotografiert, etwas überbelichtet aufgenommen und damit die wellen entstehen, habe ich steinchen ins wasser geworfen

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Fouchet Frederic France Nominee "de lait et de sel" Uyuni salar, altiplano, Bolivia

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francesco paoli Italy Nominee "Infinity" Seychelles, La Digue Island. A rare cases when noon gives us the perfect light to shot. Long exposure achieved with a big stopper filter.

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Frang Dushaj Sweden Nominee "Birches in Snow"

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Frang Dushaj Sweden Nominee "Isthmus" A narrow and long strip of land by the south-eastern Adriatic Coast.

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Fumio Yamaguchi Japan Nominee "Flower of wave"

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Geoffrey Agrons USA Nominee "Null Hypothesis"

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Ghassan El-Moussa UK Nominee "Joshua Tree National Park" rock and tree

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Giorgio Bisetti Italy Nominee "Wave (1)"

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Hans Bauer Germany Nominee "Lao Highland"

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Heinrich LingnauSchneider France Nominee "Wave (2)" Rooftop wave

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Helge Ruth Norway Nominee "Aurora Borealis" Magnificent Aurora Borealis shoot at 68° north, dancing above Leknes city, Norway. The weather was completely still but freezing cold... The picture is a photomerged panorama covering almost 180°.

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Hengki Koentjoro Indonesia Nominee "Stupas" The Stupas of Borobudur templae, Magelang, Indonesia

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Hidetaka Onoyama Japan Nominee "The voice in freezing..." At Biei, Hokkaindo in Japanese northern island.

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Hugh Jones USA Nominee "Enso Mekong Delta"

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Igor Svibilsky USA Nominee "Land of Ghosts and Shadows"

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jacqueline telem Israel Nominee "Branches" the branches in the river reminded me of Japanese Art

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James Warren USA Nominee "Contemplation"

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Jan Brouckaert Belgium Nominee "Sombre" sand, trees, lonely, sky

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Jean Rouzaud France Nominee "AND THE LIVE GOES ON " FROG EGGS LOOKING FOR SUN SPRING

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Jennifer van Waard New Zealand Nominee "Moeraki Boulders"

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Kelly Daniels USA Nominee "Dream Scape" I was camping along side Rabbit Blanket Lake in Lake Superior Provincial park, Ontario Canada. The morning was very cold which gave the heavy fog and dream like feel to the scene.

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Kevin Briggs USA Nominee "Antarctica" Iceberg Graveyard

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Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "Natures Garland"

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Marco Crupi USA Nominee "The Chilled Capitan" Cold January afternoon in Yosemite Valley-frozen in time.

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Mark Seawell USA Nominee "Road to Rehweiler" Three trees soaked in mist and sunlight form the perfect union in the road to Rehweiler

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Martin Gremm USA Nominee "Them Thar Hills" These are man-made objects.

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee "Parfrey's Glen"

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Michael Pickelsimer USA Nominee "Sand Falls" Antelope Canyon. Arizona

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Michael Flicek USA Nominee "Roots" Sag Harbor

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Michael Gard USA Nominee "Shoreline Palisades" The frozen shoreline of Lake Superior in Michigan, USA

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Michael Venz New Zealand Nominee "Rest" Evening roost at a New Zealand high country lake

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Nicolas Bernier Canada Nominee "Reflection over Translucidity"

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Olivier Borson France Nominee "Needles" Aiguilles de Chamonix - Chamonix Mont Blanc Valley - France

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Otakar Hevler Switzerland Nominee "Serenity 2" Lac Leman, France, 2012

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Otakar Hevler Switzerland Nominee "In Between" Iceland, 2012

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Pamela Schwarz USA Nominee "Above as Below" Big Sur 2011

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Patrick Dumortier Belgium Nominee "fog in the city"

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philip metcalf USA Nominee "Charcoal Tree"

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Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Nominee "Water And Wind, The Force Of Nature" Mamiya Press, Mamiya Sekor 50mm f/6.3, f/32, B

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Randall Bresee USA Nominee "Johnson Lake" Scenic symmetry

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Randy Le'Moine USA Nominee "Skogafoss (1)" Skógar, Iceland, Film, 2012

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Ronny Ritschel Canada Nominee "Niagara Falls - study II"

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Shari Bradbury USA Nominee "Winslow Marina"

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Stephan Fürnrohr Germany Nominee "Dunes" A personal favorite. Sahara, near the white desert in Egypt.

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Stephan Fürnrohr Germany Nominee "Spline" Sahara, near the white desert in Egypt.

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Suellen Cook Australia Nominee "D'Entrecasteaux #2" Water Series

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Suellen Cook Australia Nominee "D'Entrecasteaux #1" Water Series

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Tanita Leets USA Nominee "Jake Mantis"

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Ted Witek Canada Nominee "Untitled"

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Terence Lyons USA Nominee "Sole" She will soon grow to be strong and tall like her elders.

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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee "tumultuous" Shot during storm with IR / full spectrum modified Pentax K7, Pentax SMC-DA 14mm f/2.8 ED [IF] and Hoya R72 IR filter.

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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee "crawl" Shot with IR / full spectrum modified Pentax K7, Pentax SMC DA 35mm F2.8 Macro Limited and B+W 092 IR filter.

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Tim Harvey UK Nominee "L'Eree - Study 4" Rocks in waves on shore at L'Eree bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Vidya Kane USA Nominee "Endurance" Yosemite Falls, Spring 2012.

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Aesthetic Contemplation #2" Great Ocean Road, Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, Canon EOS 5D MK II

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Into the Maelström" Rhinefalls, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

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Wajid Drabu USA Nominee "Reflection" Reflection

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Wendy Broekx Australia Nominee "Reflections" Svalbard, Norway.

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Wilco Dragt Netherlands Nominee "Erratics and bass rock" Bass rock is a well known rock in south east Scotland. This picture was made on the last, and very wet, day of a wonderful phototrip to Scotland.

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Xuess Wee Singapore Nominee "Tidal Tricolours" Night scene with wonderful waves at the beaches of Nha Trang, Vietnam.

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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee "Broken Space"

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