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Starry Night

Judit Pap

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Starry Night"
My tribute to Vincent Van Gogh.



vegescape

Lee Grossman

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"vegescape"



Light from Above

Steven Stanger

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Light from Above"



Bananas in Miami

Mayda Rumberg

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bananas in Miami"



Two strokes of brush

Roberto De Mitri

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Two strokes of brush"
two shadows. two strokes of brush. and if de rain hurts you, I will cry for you.



Marble quarry (1)

Osvaldo Rima

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Marble quarry (1)"
Abandoned marble quarry, Arzo, Switzerland



Bonfires in the Sand

Tom O Scott

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bonfires in the Sand"
Patterns in the sand made by the receding tides



Intersecting Trajectories 2

Robin Ward

USA

Honorable Mention

"Intersecting Trajectories 2"
From the series Submerged



Sunrise Through the Trees

Steven Stanger

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sunrise Through the Trees"



Dimensions

Mats Anda

Norway

Honorable Mention

"Dimensions"
Found this tree that branched out in 6 trunks. Put my 14 mm in there and ducked.. My best shot till this day.. Take some steps back..



Quietus

Donald Cameron

UK

Honorable Mention

"Quietus"
A close-up long exposure of the 'Dolos' (vast concrete blocks) which form the sea defence wall at Torness Power Station, Scotland.



Wall of Illusion

Sheila P Morrison

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Wall of Illusion"
Exploratorium Museum of Science, San Francisco, California



© Cityscape Chelsea

Lilyan Aloma

USA

Honorable Mention

"© Cityscape Chelsea"
24" X 22" Pigment Print - Holga



body-mandala KL24-8

Federico Bianchi

USA

Honorable Mention

"body-mandala KL24-8"
body-mandala KL24-8



Sunflower seeds. #3

Alexander Kamakaev

Russia

Nominee

"Sunflower seeds. #3"
ducks



A Dragon Stops To Drink

Andrew Hough

UK

Nominee

"A Dragon Stops To Drink"
A small waterfall in a brook took my attention, as I set up the shot I was amazes to see the dragon in the rock.



Antelope Canyon

Arja Redel

Switzerland

Nominee

"Antelope Canyon"



Evening lake

Arja Redel

Switzerland

Nominee

"Evening lake"



Floating Stone

Aurelio Bormioli

Italy

Nominee

"Floating Stone"
Porto Venere (La Spezia) - Italy (2013



Goldfield Broken Window 1673

Bob Neiman

USA

Nominee

"Goldfield Broken Window 1673"
Goldfield Broken Window 1673



Traffic Jam

CARLOS JORDAO

USA

Nominee

"Traffic Jam"
Gramado, Brazil



Observer

CARLOS JORDAO

USA

Nominee

"Observer"
San Francisco, USA



Dissonance

CARLOS JORDAO

USA

Nominee

"Dissonance"
Gramado, Brazil



Gare St-Lazare

CARLOS JORDAO

USA

Nominee

"Gare St-Lazare"
Paris, France



Compulsion

CARLOS JORDAO

USA

Nominee

"Compulsion"
New York City, USA



Incandescence

Chester Ng

USA

Nominee

"Incandescence"



Abstract Staircase

Christina Czybik

Germany

Nominee

"Abstract Staircase"
I was immediately drawn to this staircase. The architecture has a beautiful futuristic aesthetic that I had not seen before in a stairwell.



Hollywood Geisha

Christina Czybik

Germany

Nominee

"Hollywood Geisha"
Double Exposure Hollywood Boulevard - This is how I see my old neighborhood in Hollywood - a melting pot of celebrity culture, entertainment and proud heritage of thousands of people from all over...



Abstract Elbtunnel Stairs

Christina Czybik

Germany

Nominee

"Abstract Elbtunnel Stairs"
Abstract Old Elbtunnel Stairs, Hamburg, Germany I returned to my hometown Hamburg after almost 5 years and started to discover the beauty of this Hanseatic city again. Walking down the stairs of...



Fantasy Tree

Dag Ole Nordhaug

Norway

Nominee

"Fantasy Tree"



Shade abstraction

Daniel Schwabe

Brazil

Nominee

"Shade abstraction"
A photo of a Klimt lamp taken with a cell phone.



Crying Man

Daniel Groneberg

Australia

Nominee

"Crying Man"



Atama, Yokohama

David Reilly

USA

Nominee

"Atama, Yokohama"
Part of the series, "In Borrowed Light" of single exposures blending remnant subjects with fleeting reflections to create a dated atmosphere betrayed by hints of the modern, to subvert...



Empires in the Sun

David Reilly

USA

Nominee

"Empires in the Sun"
Part of the series, "In Borrowed Light" of single exposures blending remnant subjects with fleeting reflections to create a dated atmosphere betrayed by hints of the modern, to subvert...



14th Streets

David Reilly

USA

Nominee

"14th Streets"
Part of the series, "In Borrowed Light" of single exposures blending remnant subjects with fleeting reflections to create a dated atmosphere betrayed by hints of the modern, to subvert...



Intimate Fold #9

David Reilly

USA

Nominee

"Intimate Fold #9"
From the series, Intimate Folds--photographs of photographs transformed by a simple fold



Nameless

Devin Campbell

USA

Nominee

"Nameless"



Apple Peelings, 2013

Diane Kaye

USA

Nominee

"Apple Peelings, 2013"



Lift Off!

Diane Kaye

USA

Nominee

"Lift Off!"



Untitled (1)

Diane Kaye

USA

Nominee

"Untitled (1)"
Hand Made Lumen Print



Symbols on the water

Elena Bolshakova

Russia

Nominee

"Symbols on the water"
Mirror of the lake's surface reflected grass as some kind of strange symbols



Pollachek-Ellin_A Soldier's Legs

Ellin Pollachek

USA

Nominee

"Pollachek-Ellin_A Soldier's Legs"



Seven

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee

"Seven"



Almost Licorice

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee

"Almost Licorice"



Overgrown Mission

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee

"Overgrown Mission"
Double exposure on a single frame.



Car Window

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee

"Car Window"
Building reflection in car window.



Working a Double Shift

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee

"Working a Double Shift"
Double exposure on a single frame.



Pulled Apart

Emo Gene

Canada

Nominee

"Pulled Apart"



Eis

Erika Tanzer

Austria

Nominee

"Eis"
die Natur malt ein Bild auf die Eisfläche des Sees



Wasserspiel (Created in workshop of Daniel Nimmervoll)

Erika Tanzer

Austria

Nominee

"Wasserspiel (Created in workshop of Daniel Nimmervoll)"
Wassertropfen in High-speed-Technik aufgenommen und mit Luftdruck verbogen



Wassertropfen (Created in workshop of Daniel Nimmervoll)

Erika Tanzer

Austria

Nominee

"Wassertropfen (Created in workshop of Daniel Nimmervoll)"
mehrere Wassertropfen wurden in High-Speed-Technik fotografiert



Leaf Vein

Fa-Hsiang Hu

Taiwan

Nominee

"Leaf Vein "
Electrical energy to bring us life more convenient, but green leaves able to bring a richer life for us.



body-mandala KF32

Federico Bianchi

USA

Nominee

"body-mandala KF32"
body-mandala KF32



A flutterbye of Fairies

Gillian Hunt

UK

Nominee

"A flutterbye of Fairies"
Magic in Macro - from fact to Fantasy 1



When Dragons Snap

Gillian Hunt

UK

Nominee

"When Dragons Snap"
Magic in Macro - from fact to Fantasy 2



Medusa

Gillian Hunt

UK

Nominee

"Medusa"
Magic in Macro - from fact to Fantasy 3



Escape From Dantes Inferno

Hugh Jones

USA

Nominee

"Escape From Dantes Inferno"



Frida Lost and Found

Hugh Jones

USA

Nominee

"Frida Lost and Found"



Frank O Gehry

Ingo Hecker

Germany

Nominee

"Frank O Gehry"
Building at Bad Oeynhausen



TURBULENCE

Jean Rouzaud

France

Nominee

"TURBULENCE"



Busy Streets

Jesmen Wong

Singapore

Nominee

"Busy Streets"
Busy Mind



Puppet

Jung-Chan Liao

Taiwan

Nominee

"Puppet"
Who controls our fate? The God? Or ourselves? (This picture was taken one shot, with nearly none of embellishment or modification by using graphic software.)



Ascend

Karen Lawton

New Zealand

Nominee

"Ascend"



Universe

Karen Lawton

New Zealand

Nominee

"Universe"



Untitled (2)

Klas Anders

Sweden

Nominee

"Untitled (2)"



Tracks & Traces

Kurt Westbrook

USA

Nominee

"Tracks & Traces"
Wet sand as witness to recent activity on the beach.



Floating grass on dark water

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Nominee

"Floating grass on dark water"
Irwin Lake, Colorado, dusk, 4x5 film camera. After sunset, the wind just stopped and I was able to photograph the fine floating grass on the Lake as an uncombed hair.



After Thanksgiving 1

Lauren Golden

USA

Nominee

"After Thanksgiving 1"
East Harlem, New York, the morning after Thanksgiving



After Thanksgiving 2

Lauren Golden

USA

Nominee

"After Thanksgiving 2"



Spiral

Leah Lallier

USA

Nominee

"Spiral"



Illusion

Lorraine Castillo

USA

Nominee

"Illusion"



Arial River

Luan Cox

New Zealand

Nominee

"Arial River"
The abstract beauty of a river from the air.



Harley Heaven

Lynn Tait

Canada

Nominee

"Harley Heaven"



Leaving a mark

Madhavi Swarup

India

Nominee

"Leaving a mark"



Memories-1

Marcia Getto

USA

Nominee

"Memories-1"
Remembering days gone by….



old iron-y

Maria Dorn

Germany

Nominee

"old iron-y"
moving image: let it move once more, with fears; Bolivia 2012



out of the woods

Maria Dorn

Germany

Nominee

"out of the woods"
moving image: old barn captured back by nature; Italy 2012



gallery alive I

Maria Dorn

Germany

Nominee

"gallery alive I"
moving image: dropped gallery string (accidentally figurative); Jaroslawl/Russia, 2013



armata-marianna_Piano

Marianna Armata

Canada

Nominee

"armata-marianna_Piano"
abstract of piano wires



Maze

Marisol Pastor

Spain

Nominee

"Maze"



Tubular

Marisol Pastor

Spain

Nominee

"Tubular"



Abstract 2012 011

Markku Saijets

Finland

Nominee

"Abstract 2012 011"



Abstract 2012 010

Markku Saijets

Finland

Nominee

"Abstract 2012 010"



Digital landscape 2012-2014 002

Markku Saijets

Finland

Nominee

"Digital landscape 2012-2014 002"



You too are broken

Maryellen Aoibhell Stewart

Australia

Nominee

"You too are broken"



Fashion Water

Massimiliano Balo'

UK

Nominee

"Fashion Water"
While my mother was drinking from the fountain I took a series of photos trying to freeze the action of the water creating an abstract.



We are gonna need a lot of windows I guess..

Mats Anda

Norway

Nominee

"We are gonna need a lot of windows I guess.."
The Statoil Hydro office in Oslo, Norway.



to all my X`es out there..

Mats Anda

Norway

Nominee

"to all my X`es out there.."
Turned a bit to the side. Nothing else is new..



Matin Arton

Mats Anda

Norway

Nominee

"Matin Arton"
Shot into the hood of an Aston Matin in Østermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. 14 mm Canon lens.



Arrow

Mauro Boiteux

Brazil

Nominee

"Arrow"
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



The Edge

Mihai Florea

Australia

Nominee

"The Edge"
taken in Melbourne



The House

Nikolai Endegor

France

Nominee

"The House"
Upside-down view from Tour Montparnasse, Paris



Marble quarry (2)

Osvaldo Rima

Switzerland

Nominee

"Marble quarry (2)"
Abandoned marble quarry, Arzo, Switzerland



Solarized View Eiffel Tower

Paul Hetzel

USA

Nominee

"Solarized View Eiffel Tower "



Two Bridges New York

Paul Hetzel

USA

Nominee

"Two Bridges New York"



Pearl Jam 1

Paul Crampton

Canada

Nominee

"Pearl Jam 1"
Shadows of Pink Pearl erasers in a simulated "traffic" jam



Pearl Jam 2

Paul Crampton

Canada

Nominee

"Pearl Jam 2"
Shadows of Pink Pearl erasers in a simulated "traffic" jam



Untitled (143F)

Paul Wainwright

USA

Nominee

"Untitled (143F)"
From The Pendulum Project - long exposures of an LED attached to a pendulum



Lightplay

Peter Kurdulija

New Zealand

Nominee

"Lightplay"



Dogs Playground

Petr Travkin

Canada

Nominee

"Dogs Playground"
Tribute to Brassai



New Petroglyphs

philip metcalf

USA

Nominee

"New Petroglyphs"



Pyramid Lake #2

Richard Douglas

Canada

Nominee

"Pyramid Lake #2"



Escher's Place

Robert Pendleton

USA

Nominee

"Escher's Place"



Perspective

Robi Ganguli

India

Nominee

"Perspective"



Shadow on the Rocks

Rodger Overholser

USA

Nominee

"Shadow on the Rocks"
Photo of the photographer's Shadow



Gone Forever

Rodger Overholser

USA

Nominee

"Gone Forever"



Untitled (4)

Roger Parvin

USA

Nominee

"Untitled (4)"
The light and shadows on cement support beams of a massive structure.



Strange Bird

Roman Dadiomov

Russia

Nominee

"Strange Bird"



london skyline

Ron Hewit

UK

Nominee

"london skyline"
multiple exposure of the city's skyline on a wet windy day



Ascent

Samantha Combs

USA

Nominee

"Ascent"
illuminated discarded paper



Dovetail

Samantha Combs

USA

Nominee

"Dovetail"
ripped bolt hole in tin siding



transcendental

Sebahat Ersoy

Turkey

Nominee

"transcendental"



myth of sea

Sebahat Ersoy

Turkey

Nominee

"myth of sea"



Prickly Pear Texture

Shawn Mcbride

USA

Nominee

"Prickly Pear Texture"
Part of a series of images exploring the ubiquitous (in Texas) prickly pear cactus.



the mask

Siegfried Hansen

Germany

Nominee

"the mask"
seen in Hamburg / Germany



Three Bulls

Soren Harbel

Spain

Nominee

"Three Bulls"
Three Bulls in a Courtyard



Road to nowhere

Stephan Brauchli

Switzerland

Nominee

"Road to nowhere"
A tale told by a tail. Grevy's zebra at Cabarceno parc Santander, Cantabria, Spain



Ascending Stairs

Steven Stanger

USA

Nominee

"Ascending Stairs"



Crazy Horse Model

Steven Stanger

USA

Nominee

"Crazy Horse Model"



Hanging Jewelry

Steven Stanger

USA

Nominee

"Hanging Jewelry"



Grasses

Susan Jacobs

USA

Nominee

"Grasses"



Interference #100

Susan Jacobs

USA

Nominee

"Interference #100"
Direct capture disrupted by ambient interference, 645 PRO for iPhone



Shoot To Kill

Tanja Kuic

USA

Nominee

"Shoot To Kill"



Tree of Life

Tom O Scott

USA

Nominee

"Tree of Life"
Patterns in the sand made by the receding tides



Stork Watching Her Eggs

Tom O Scott

USA

Nominee

"Stork Watching Her Eggs"
Patterns in the sand made by the receding tides.



Irony of My Own Little World

Tony DeSantis

USA

Nominee

"Irony of My Own Little World"
All the windows are open in a room where there is no roof.



stacked chairs

Trevor Kerry

UK

Nominee

"stacked chairs"



speed

Ursi Maesing-Camenzind

Switzerland

Nominee

"speed"



Rocket Man

Volker Birke

Germany

Nominee

"Rocket Man"
Nikon D800, long exposure. Lake Steinhude at "Badeinsel" with light trails of several aircraft approaching Hanover Airport (Langenhagen), HAJ, during the long exposure.



Cabin Crew Prepare For Landing

Volker Birke

Germany

Nominee

"Cabin Crew Prepare For Landing"
Canon EOS 5D MKII, long exposure. Henley Beach, Torrens estuary / mouth, Adelaide, South Australia -- an aircraft was approaching Adelaide Airport, ADL, while taking this night shot.



A Burn

Yasuteru Kasano

Japan

Nominee

"A Burn"
I am interested in what people do and the nature. So I capture them through the viewfinder. Then I can find that there are many surprises and something special in our daily life. Why are the people th



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