Nature - Amateur

Petros Nikolaides Cyprus 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Cutting Edge" March 2016, Iceland

---

Rosario Civello Italy 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Tree in a Square"

---

Dmitry Arkhipov Russia 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Birds" Sahara desert

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Honorable Mention "Lines Of Nature" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 240sec

---

Giulio Zanni Serbia Honorable Mention "2+2=4" Trees in Hokkaido, Japan

---

Kos Karathanasis Netherlands Honorable Mention "Lions Head" Lion's Head, Capetown, South Africa

---

Henry Jager Switzerland Honorable Mention "Natural Fractals" Natural Fractals built in the depth of the ocean. Derived from a backlit softcoral at Zamboanguita PH.

---

Kit Snider USA Honorable Mention "Enchanted Forest"

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Honorable Mention "Only Among Many" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 240sec

---

brian valente USA Honorable Mention "Giant among Giants" infrared of giant sequoia sapling in grove of old growth redwoods

---

Erika Tanzer Austria Honorable Mention "Schilfgras" ein zugefrorener See mit Schneedecke läßt nur 2 Halme stehen

---

Dale Duncan-Johnson USA Honorable Mention "Moonrise (2)" Moonrise over the ocean

---

Patrick Ems Switzerland Honorable Mention "The Tragedy Of Piz Bernina"

---

Robi Chakraborty USA Honorable Mention "Fury" Sea, Costa Rica

---

Kimara Wilhite USA Honorable Mention "Angel Oak" The Angel Oak tree near Charleston, SC. Records indicate it is at least 500 years old.

---

Pradeep Raja Kannaiah Singapore Honorable Mention "Morning view of Mt Bromo" Morning view of Mt Bromo,love the mist and cloud formation.

---

John Eaton USA Honorable Mention "Atchafalaya Dawn"

---

How Pin Tang Malaysia Honorable Mention "Breath"

---

Nathan Wirth USA Honorable Mention "Tree and Hill" The Hills of Marin County, California, USA

---

Thomas Kokta USA Honorable Mention "Tent and Northern Lights" Clear Skies at -40 with Brilliant Northern Lights

---

Sonia Melnikova-Raich USA Honorable Mention "Dead Forest" Captured at Moss Beach, California

---

Frans van Hoogstraten Netherlands Honorable Mention "Tree Crown" It was rather satisfying to revive this fragile tree, by giving it a fanciful crown. Early morning a

---

Sebastien Bulenger France Honorable Mention "Highlands" Highlands, Scotland, 08/2014

---

Michael Lauer Germany Honorable Mention "Autumn Morning" Fog flows through the forest as the first light of the day reaches the valley

---

Aaron Rayburn USA Nominee "Milky Way over Saguaro National Park" The milky way on a new moon battles the Tucson city lights to rule the sky over Saguaro NP.

---

Adam Felde USA Nominee "Sand Dunes at Death Valley"

---

Adrian Per Romania Nominee "Peisaj In Alb Si Negru /rom/ " In the Mehedinti county , SW Romania, area where i m born .

---

Ake Alm Germany Nominee "On the Top"

---

Aleksei Petrov Russia Nominee "Enchanting Sparks" Sun's glare on the swamp. Suburbs of Saint-Petersburg. Russia.

---

Alla Vovk Ukraine Nominee "Reflection (1)"

---

Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee "Wavepower"

---

Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee "Cloud Town" Maglingen, Switzerland

---

Arlene Vidor USA Nominee "Mendocino"

---

Aurelio Bormioli Italy Nominee "The Fallen" Ceriale (SV) – 31/03/2016, Italy

---

BD Richardson USA Nominee "Snowfence"

---

Bernard Sim Singapore Nominee "Cracked Beach" Low tide beach in Batam, Indonesia. Interesting cracked lines on the beach

---

Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Coral Cove Park 0532" This image was taken at Coral Cove Park in Jupiter Florida

---

Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Sigoldufoss Waterfalls, Iceland, 1291" This image was taken in Iceland

---

Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Sigoldufoss Waterfalls Iceland 1294" This image was taken in Iceland

---

Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Bandon 4985" Bandon 4985

---

Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Anvers Island"

---

brian valente USA Nominee "Olema Lifting Fog" the night fog slowly receding from the trees in morning sun

---

brian valente USA Nominee "Passing Storm Tomales Bay" taken from the elk reserve in pt reyes california

---

brian valente USA Nominee "Last Boat" solitary alaska salmon boat heading home after day at sea

---

Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee "Laxey River Cascade" An intimate view of the Laxey Rive , Isle of Man

---

Catalin Baican Romania Nominee "Touchdown"

---

Daniel Castilloux Canada Nominee "Mont Blanc" View from the foothill of the Jura mountains

---

David Martin USA Nominee "Molten Lace" Sunrise over Hell's Canyon as strong winds push storm clouds across the canyon.

---

David Martin USA Nominee "Planet Exhale" Yellowstone National Park geysers exhale as early morning fog swarms all around.

---

Debbie Rubin USA Nominee "Power Dancing" The sea superseded anything that it wrought before with these bursts of power telling us not to underestimate its possibilities.

---

Denis Grzetic Croatia Nominee "Fog and Tree"

---

Devin Campbell USA Nominee "Wintry Woodland #7"

---

Diana Barker Price USA Nominee "Rhapsody" Digital Infrared 2016

---

Diane Kaye USA Nominee "Achafalaya #1"

---

Diane Kaye USA Nominee "Storm, Monument Valley"

---

Dimitri Kouznetsov Switzerland Nominee "Touch of Light" Matterhorn... A classical subject in Swiss Alps. Toyo 45AII, Delta 100, Nikkor SW 120mm f/8

---

Dmitry Arkhipov Russia Nominee "Track on the Sand" Island

---

Dvir Barkay USA Nominee "Leading Lines " Leadings lines of sandstone lead into an impending storm.

---

Eduardo Fujii USA Nominee "Symphony of the Ocean"

---

Erik Fremstad USA Nominee "The Last Frontier" Layers of mountain peaks and white spruce trees in Denali, Alaska.

---

Erika Tanzer Austria Nominee "hellangel" Schlammloch im Geothermalgebiet in Iceland

---

Eunice Vasques Brazil Nominee "In the Sky of Iceland"

---

Frans van Hoogstraten Netherlands Nominee "Es Pontàs" Natural arche /Mallorca

---

Frans van Hoogstraten Netherlands Nominee "Right-angled Tree " At the shore of Derwent water /Cumbria, trees do have particular shapes.

---

Georgette Aleiferi Greece Nominee "The Tree (2)" waiting for the right moment

---

Georgette Aleiferi Greece Nominee "Batman" observing

---

Gloria Pereyra USA Nominee "Moondreams 3"

---

Greg Holba UK Nominee "Perfect Crown" The gorgeous shape of nature

---

Gregor Borwig Germany Nominee "Endless"

---

Guan wen ching Taiwan Nominee "Paysage" air in the paysage

---

Heather Firth USA Nominee "Broken Arrow Rain Cache " Rare moments in the desert when water reflects sky on the surface of stone. Sedona, Arizona USA

---

Heather Firth USA Nominee "Agave Snow" Feeling a bit cold and prickly? In my life's work as a Life/Love & Sex Coach, I use my nature images to portray the range of human emotions—hot and cold. Snow with agave points. Sedona, AZ USA

---

HeeChel Park Korea (South) Nominee "Between" somuuido, In Chen, Korea 2015, one of my portfolio "TURN"

---

Ivan Hernandez USA Nominee "Ollin Yoliztli Studio X" Winter storm in California means big waves along the Coast.

---

Jadwiga Elzbieta Czarnecka Poland Nominee "Solitude" Baltic see coast

---

James Peterson USA Nominee "Thunderhead over White Mountains, Utah" A dramatic sky reigns over Snow Canyon in southern Utah.

---

Jan Frattini Switzerland Nominee "Swissavalanche" Swissavalanche

---

jayanta roy India Nominee "Moon over Zanskar River" Moon over Zanskar River,Ladakh,india

---

jayanta roy India Nominee "Shyok River " shyok river in ladakh,india

---

Jeannine Mullan USA Nominee "Moving Mountains" The Sand Dunes in Namibia at Sunset

---

Jeannine Mullan USA Nominee "Dunes"

---

Jesse Mechling USA Nominee "Grand Canyon Sunset" Grand Canyon National Park, AZ South Rim Sunset, October 2013

---

Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Perspective (1)"

---

Jo Cripps Australia Nominee "Vanish into the Storm" They battled, becoming lost as the mist swallowed them.

---

Jo Cripps Australia Nominee "A Sunny Day In Scotland" How small we are in the eyes of Mother Nature. Her power and grace are a wonder to behold.

---

Juergen Wieser Germany Nominee "High Wind" High Wind and Snow on a very cold morning in northern Iceland

---

Karim Carella Italy Nominee "Flows" A long exposure taken during a windy full moon night on the Italian Riviera

---

Karmen Orlic Croatia Nominee "Ballade from a Wood"

---

Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Monument Valley"

---

Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Valley Road"

---

Kent Wisner USA Nominee "Etna 14 in 14x11" Earth and sky together

---

Kent Wisner USA Nominee "Etna 1 in 14x11" Earth and sky together

---

Kiraly Laszlo Gyorgy Hungary Nominee "The Nymph"

---

Klas Anders Sweden Nominee "Snow Flowers"

---

Konstantinos Oikonomou Greece Nominee "The Serpent"

---

Larry Colby USA Nominee "Footprints in the Sand" Footprints in the sand, Dockweiler State Beach, California, at sunset

---

Larry Alford USA Nominee "Mist at Cypress Falls" Early morning mist at Cypress Falls

---

Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "The Elephant"

---

Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "The Storm"

---

Lois Alexander-Mandel USA Nominee "Trees In Delhi's Smog"

---

Luca Eugeni Italy Nominee "Water is our life #1" Godafoss, Iceland, 2015

---

Luca Izzo France Nominee "The Next Day 4" The endless one, the heroic isolation of the man aware of the amazing grandeur of the nature. NIKON D800 70-200/200mm / F14 / 1/25sec Iso 100

---

Luca Eugeni Italy Nominee "The Tree of Life" Angera, lago maggiore, Italy

---

Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee "Abyss" Abyss from Schilthorn

---

Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee "Backlight" Backlight in the mountains

---

Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee "Sid"

---

Manfred Voss Germany Nominee "Haunted Forrest"

---

Manish Mamtani USA Nominee "The Sacred Night" The Sacred Night - Milky way rising over love Tree in Arches National Park.

---

Manss Aval USA Nominee "Zhangjiajie Cliff"

---

Manss Aval USA Nominee "When Trees Dream"

---

Mark Chen USA Nominee "Storm's Rage" The rough, dangerous waters foreshadows the incoming storm in the horizon.

---

Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Willms Road"

---

Michael Rausch USA Nominee "August Morning Dew" Summer dew on grass heads

---

Michael Gard USA Nominee "Iced Tree"

---

Michael Knapstein USA Nominee "Snowfall"

---

Michael Knapstein USA Nominee "Clouds Over Sedona" Storm clouds form in Sedona, Arizona, USA

---

Michael de Guzman Philippines Nominee "Flow From Heavens" Baler, Quezon Province, Philippines

---

Mohammad Rahman Australia Nominee "Cloudy" This photo was taken in the river Padma located in Bangladesh.

---

Nathan Wirth USA Nominee "Runoff" Drake's Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, CA, USA

---

Nigel Bullers Canada Nominee "Perched" Grand canyon

---

Nigel Bullers Canada Nominee "Ravine" Ravine in North Vancouver

---

Olav-Inge Alfheim Norway Nominee "Korshamn" An old abbandoned house in Lofoten struggles against nature

---

Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "Path Of Eternity" Taken on a late november day at the top of the Jungfrau with view over the Aletsch glacier.

---

Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "The World In Between" glacier

---

Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "Obscure"

---

Paul Simon USA Nominee "Ponytail Palm" This is an Infrared image from Mounts Botanical Gardens in West Palm Beach, Florida

---

Petter Rustad Norway Nominee "Welcome to the Mountains" Rondane, Norway

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Nominee "Tenderly Together" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 142sec

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Nominee "Nature in 3D" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 240sec

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Nominee "Strictly Motionless In The Chill Of Winter" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 200, f/22, 120sec

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Nominee "Three Neat Rows" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 100, f/22, 1sec

---

Pierre Pellegrini Switzerland Nominee "Graphical Nature" Hasselblad 503CW, Phase One P20+, ISO 200, f/22, 119sec

---

Pradeep Raja Kannaiah Singapore Nominee "Volcanic Eruption of Mt Bromo" document of Mt Bromo volcanic eruption happening after after five Bromo is 2329 m high

---

Richard Greene USA Nominee "Water Lilies" 16"x20" Archival Print 100% Cotton Rag

---

Robert Finkelhor USA Nominee "Amazon Water Lillies "

---

Rolf M Germany Nominee "Dettifoss" one of the biggest and perhaps most impressive waterfalls in europe, iceland

---

Rosario Civello Italy Nominee "Trees on a Line"

---

Rosario Civello Italy Nominee "Snow Shapes #2"

---

Sandra Hunter USA Nominee "Sea Ranch" Kelp

---

Sandrina Huish New Zealand Nominee "Mont Albion"

---

Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee "Ancient Ice" Western peninsular Antarctica

---

Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee "Bransfield Strait"

---

Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee "Plenneau Bay"

---

Scott Bolendz USA Nominee "Gathering Storm, Terra Ceia Bay, Florida"

---

Scott Bolendz USA Nominee "Vanishing, Stump Pass Beach, Florida"

---

Sheila P Morrison Canada Nominee "Perspective (2)" Huge wave coming in with the storm. Taken at Queen's Bath on the north coast of Kauai, HI, USA

---

Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Celestial Light"

---

Soren Harbel Spain Nominee "Sunrise" Sunrise - vera fotografia

---

Stacy Butera USA Nominee "Mills Waterfall" Waterfall that powered the old mills at McConnell's Mills - Pennsylvania

---

Stephanus Meyer Spain Nominee "First Light"

---

Stephen Allworth Australia Nominee "Antarctic Evening" A calm evening in the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica

---

Stephen Weaver USA Nominee "Approaching Storm" Summer storm building over bison on the Medano Ranch with the great sandunees and mountains in the background

---

Steve Cheetham UK Nominee "Sian's Tree" This amazing dead tree is located near Bangor in North Wales.

---

Steve Ricketts Canada Nominee "Palouse Lines" while the Palouse is known for its greens and golds, I prefer how this image looks in B&W

---

Susan Blick New Zealand Nominee "Rangi Dreams" The volcano Rangitoto sleeps in a wash of milky silence. Sunrise brings another day.

---

Terry Ogden USA Nominee "Salt Creek Reflection" Early morning reflection on Salt Creek in Death Valley, CA.

---

Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Namibia Night Milky Way" African Night Skies and Quiver Trees

---

Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Arctic Northern Lights and Tent" Clear Skies at -40 with Brilliant Northern Lights in the high Arctic

---

Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Iceberg" Iceberg with dramatic skies, Antarctica

---

Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee "Tempest"

---

Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee "Shag"

---

Tim Lucas Australia Nominee "Antarctic Freshwater Ice" Freshwater ice, captured floating in the Antarctic Waters of South Shetland.

---

Tim Harvey UK Nominee "The Pea Stacks, Jerbourg, Guernsey" The Pea Stacks at Jerbourg on the south east corner of the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands.

---

Tim Lucas Australia Nominee "Höfn Black Sands" The black rolling hills near Höfn (Iceland) provide an amazing aspect for B/W Fine Art

---

Tom O Scott USA Nominee "Mystical Forest" Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

---

Tomasz Grzyb Poland Nominee "Fields of Lights and Shadows"

---

Tomasz Grzyb Poland Nominee "Black Hills (1)"

---

Trevor Kerry UK Nominee "Greek Highlands" Jagged molars of rock blister in the heat of the rising sun, which has hazed the further landscape

---

Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "Roots"

---

Vahe Peroomian USA Nominee "Sunrise at Mesquite Dunes" Death Valley National Park

---

Vahe Peroomian USA Nominee "Minaret View" The Minarets of the Ansel Adams Wilderness at Sunrise

---

Volker Kesting Netherlands Nominee "Reach"

---

Walter Caterina Italy Nominee "The Cornfield"

---

Wes Pettus USA Nominee "Mobius, Mt Whitney, Alabama Hills, Ca." The iconic Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, below the Sierra Nevada range and Mt. Whitney. This image was made with an infrared converted camera, adding to the already otherworldly look of the area.

---

Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Hole" Ibiza

---

Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Under the Stars" Escorca, Mallorca.

---

yusup yogaswara Australia Nominee "Bombo with Mamatus" Coastline around NSW Australia

---

< back