Silhouette - Amateur

Frans van Hoogstraten Netherlands 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Chinese Ink Drawing" The Huangshan Pine is a frequent subject of traditional Chinese paintings and literature

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Ronald Cooley USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "30th Street Station" Commuters and others make their way through Philadelphia's main train station.

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Linda Treleaven Canada 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Family" My baby granddaughter and her parents.

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Swee Choo USA Honorable Mention "The Followers" This shot was taken at Embarcadero San Francisco. My vision is to show the play of silhouette, shadow, patterns and light.

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Honorable Mention "Carefully Does It"

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Nicolas Blaiotta Spain Honorable Mention "RIP, Luego ave Fenix" Cementery

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Philomena Famulok Germany Honorable Mention "In Tenebrous Rooms" conceptual self-portrait

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Caleb Stein USA Honorable Mention "The Noir Man"

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Honorable Mention "The Catch"

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Philomena Famulok Germany Honorable Mention "Shadows (2)" part of a series - shadows of people on a rugged wall.

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Jianwei Yang Canada Honorable Mention "Gastown" A foggy morning in Gastown, Vancouver

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Jerry Whitty USA Honorable Mention "Birds on a Branch" a moment in time

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Honorable Mention "Luz De Luna"

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Norman Robbins USA Honorable Mention "Outriggers" Outrigger racing off Florida coast

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Adrian Mirgos Poland Nominee "Woodstock Nightlife" Hundreds of thousands of people playing in the mud when it rains. Woodstock Festival, Poland, 2013.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Samarqand"

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Anita Schiedeck Spain Nominee "Aufstieg" Tower at lake constance

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Anita Schiedeck Spain Nominee "Der Schatten" transparent man

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Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Baker" Kampot, Cambodia

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Anthony Pond USA Nominee "Fishing" Balboa, California

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Barbara Corvino Italy Nominee "Descending" Little girl

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Barry Cheeseman Australia Nominee "Hoi An Fisherman"

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BASIL STATHOULIS South Africa Nominee "Lost in the Shadows" Taken on the beachfront of my home city of Durban. I try composing a street scene and wait for the moment. This moment was a child on a tricycle in the perfect position.

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Bennett Stevens USA Nominee "A Walk through Antiquity" Women heading home after sunset in ancient Bagan, Myanmar

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Brian Connor New Zealand Nominee "Desert Shadow" One of a series of images of St. Merrique in early morning sun at El Mirage, California.

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Bruno Bravo Brazil Nominee "Ocean" Child runs by the ocean in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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CARLOS JORDAO USA Nominee "Untitled (3)" This image is part of the series entitled Projections.

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CARLOS JORDAO USA Nominee "Untitled (2)" This image is part of the series entitled Projections.

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CARLOS SAPA Mexico Nominee "Metal Bird"

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Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee "Lincoln Center" Rainy night in NYC.

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Carrie Washburn USA Nominee "The Bachelor" Lone Mustang bachelor stallion content on his Public Lands. Sand Wash Basin Colorado.

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Christine Spring New Zealand Nominee "Step" ..... further along the journey, one step closer to the destination.

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Christine Spring New Zealand Nominee "The Great Escape" Gross disappointment for the "One" that got away...... so close ..... so far!

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Claudio Bonaccorsi Italy Nominee "The Joy of Children"

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Daniel Heptinstall UK Nominee "New Dawn" Sunrise, Angkor Wat

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David Collett Australia Nominee "The Treasury" First glimpse of the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) at Petra, on approach through the Siq.

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David Flueckiger Switzerland Nominee "Farewell"

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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee "Moonshine" I was captivated by the horse and rider in perfect silhouette against the light and trees.

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Dermot Russell Ireland Nominee "The Journey" There is darkness, there is light, and the path is unclear.

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Diane Kaye USA Nominee "Appenzell, Switzerland"

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Diane Kaye USA Nominee "Pounding Silver"

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Tokyo Nights" Night in Tokyo, April 2015

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Rear Windows of Tokyo" Tokyo, April 2015

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Dominic Martello USA Nominee "Fort Point Tower" On San Franicsco bay

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Doroth�e Rapp Germany Nominee "Ombre di Venezia - Signs"

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ERIKA CELAYA Mexico Nominee "Birds on the Wire"

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ERIKA CELAYA Mexico Nominee "Y"

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Gary Kuroki USA Nominee "Casa Batllo Interior"

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Gary Kuroki USA Nominee "Reflections, Luzern"

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Haluk Safi Turkey Nominee "Silhouttes on Street" Shadows and silhouettes perhaps one of the best forms of street reflections.

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Hans Bauer Germany Nominee "Habor"

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Henry Foster USA Nominee "Salesman's Journey" Washington, DC

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Henry Foster USA Nominee "Mare" Standing on bridge, looking down on park police horse. Washington, DC

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Holly Wheeler UK Nominee "Protagonist" Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014

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Ingo Hecker Germany Nominee "Christo's Big Air Package"

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Ingo Hecker Germany Nominee "Rush Hour"

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Jan Malmstrom Sweden Nominee "The Escalator" Backlit escalators in Stockholm

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Jay Bransfield USA Nominee "Before The Ball Game"

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jayanta roy India Nominee "Brave" the Brave boy and a Crazy Sea

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Jim Sterne USA Nominee "The Visitant" St. Vincent de Paul Cathedral Tunis, Tunisia

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Joshua Chua Singapore Nominee "Let\'s Go Home, Cow" This was shot in Xiapu, China. A farmer was pulling his cow back home after a long day at work.

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Kajan Madrasmail Singapore Nominee "Catch" Playing Ball

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Kajan Madrasmail Singapore Nominee "Camel Boy" Camel Boy in Rajasthan, India

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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee "Coexistance"

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Keng How Kan Malaysia Nominee "You Came From The Light"

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Kit Snider USA Nominee "Jump" Miami Beach, October 2014

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Klaus Pfeiffer Germany Nominee "In Your Experience"

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Lee kyung Korea (South) Nominee "The Hidden Place" The hidden place, 2014, Archival Inkjet on Semi-glossy Paper, 70x50cm, 1/10

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Lee kyung Korea (South) Nominee "The Winter Morning" The winter morning, 2014, Archival Inkjet on Semi-glossy Paper, 70x50cm, 1/10

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Linda Sandow USA Nominee "So Many Journeys #1"

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Lois Alexander-Mandel USA Nominee "Portraits de Nuit" Culture in the Paris Metro

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Louis Agius Malta Nominee "Bologna Neptune"

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Louis Agius Malta Nominee "Bologna Sky"

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Madhavi Swarup India Nominee "To and Fro in a Timeless Corridor "

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Madhavi Swarup India Nominee "Untitled (7)"

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Magnus Karlson Sweden Nominee "Guardian of the Fall"

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Malcolm Lobban Canada Nominee "Walking the Dog, High Line" Chelsea, NYC, Fall 2014 - early morning

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Manny Fajutag Philippines Nominee "Under the Rain" While on parking area, a father and son walking under the rain passing through, i grab my camera immidiately and took this perfect moment, even i can only the silhouete

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Marco Araujo Brazil Nominee "Friendly" Praia de Atafona, norte do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

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Marian Rubin USA Nominee "Together"

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Marian Rubin USA Nominee "Poolside"

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Marie Kotschedoff USA Nominee "On the Boardwalk"

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Mats Anda Norway Nominee "Man and Bird" Oslo Opera House, Norway

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Mats Anda Norway Nominee "Garçon à la Pipe" Title from Picasso.

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Mats Anda Norway Nominee "There is No More Looking Back Now" Mother and daughter walking into fog and the unknown.

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May Haukas Norway Nominee "Shadows (1)"

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Michal Story USA Nominee "Next Generation" A bleak reminder of a past war juxtaposed by a potential future marred by effects of climate change. These children are standing atop the grounds covering Battery Townsley built as part of the San...

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Neil Frederick Sharpe Canada Nominee "Seduction"

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Nigel Bullers Canada Nominee "Homeward" Homeward bound on the street, Vancouver

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olivier remera Luxembourg Nominee "Beach Game"

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Paul Crampton Canada Nominee "Snowshoe Man" A self-portrait with the sun setting behind me... in my marshland in winter.

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Peter K.C. Ho Canada Nominee "Follow Me" Sunset - Toronto Harbourfront, Canada, Spring 2015

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Petros Nikolaides Cyprus Nominee "Dark Shadow" Troodos, Cyprus

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Petter Rustad Norway Nominee "Morning at the Opera" Oslo, Norway

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Raffaele Tuzio Italy Nominee "Timphu Football Lover" Timphu football lover

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Raffi Bashlian USA Nominee "Backlit Lion on Dry African Riverbed" backlit photography with source of the light coming diagonally from the right, used by the tracker of another safari jeep

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Rob Hunt UK Nominee "Foggy Sunrise At The Observatory" There are no views from the observatory today in the early morning fog.

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Sunset Silhouette" The photo captures a simple village girl from Pushkar, Rajasthan, India swining on a make-do swing of ropes tied on two tree branches. the sun is setting in the background. Rajasthan,India

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Roman Dadiomov Russia Nominee "Sedge"

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Ronald Cooley USA Nominee "Activity in Chelsea" The blinding late-day sun created four silhouettes of people as they went about their business.

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Saud Al Faisal Bangladesh Nominee "Life in a Waste Land" A boy is collecting items from a wasteland around dhaka city

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Sean Sauber USA Nominee "Caught in the Middle"

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Sesh Sareday USA Nominee "Coming Home"

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee "Out There"

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "The Globe"

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Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "Crossed Wires with Birds" Crossed Wires with Birds

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Stephen Allworth Australia Nominee "Longing" A sad lady at Clifton Springs pier

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Surinder Singh UK Nominee "Bombay Delight" After a long and hot day Bombayites enjoy the cool sea breeze at Chowpati Beach.

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Swarup Chatterjee India Nominee "Perspective" Perspective changes everything. Some say the glass is half filled and the others say its half empty. Innumerable ideas and counter ideas flow across the world all the time, But finally, its the same...

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Tanja Kuic USA Nominee "Sea of Clouds"

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Thea-Diana Mihu Austria Nominee "Ballet Parametrics" Late august, ballet in the architecture faculty in Stuttgart

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Thea-Diana Mihu Austria Nominee "Layers" Paris, spring 2014

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Timofey Tararin Russia Nominee "Shadow On The Wall" Hotel room at night. Chicago, IL.

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "Seen in Prag"

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Valerie Chauffour France Nominee "The Staircase" Building, Rotterdam

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Valerie Chauffour France Nominee "Little Girl" City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain

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Vincent Morban Canada Nominee "Last Call" In a bar somewhere.... "Do you want to come back to my place?"

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Vincent Morban Canada Nominee "Working Man" The day is done. Let's go have a brew.

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Chick" Ibiza

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Yew Kiat Soh Malaysia Nominee "The Last Companion"

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Yossi Manor USA Nominee "Clear Spiral Stairs" People climbing up on transparent stairs

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