Still Life - Amateur

Alexandr Pantyushin Russia 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "№1"

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Chuck Nakell USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Burano Doorway" Entrance to young fisherman's home in Burano, Italy

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Klas Anders Sweden 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Hello!"

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Karen Lawton New Zealand Honorable Mention "Seeing Absence"

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Manss Aval USA Honorable Mention "Delirium tremens"

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Wes Pettus USA Honorable Mention "Avocado on Black" Just a simple avocado that I was going to have for breakfast. After I cut it open I saw that the pattern in the fruit was unique and couldn't pass up a chance to photograph it. Breakfast was late.

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Massimiliano Balo' UK Honorable Mention "I Lampiuna da Marina" A tribute to the street lights of my hometown Trapani.

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Paul Crampton Canada Honorable Mention "Shades of 35-15 #2" Sunglasses from 1935 (on the right) and from 2015 (on the left). Both have multiple hinged sections.

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Dave Hanson USA Honorable Mention "Photogram with Muse"

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Catherine Roberts Leach USA Honorable Mention "Poseurs"

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Robert Finkelhor USA Honorable Mention "Blown Milkweed Seeds"

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Devin Campbell USA Honorable Mention "Desolate Sun Flowers"

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Bill Rosenberg USA Honorable Mention "Colander" Late afternoon sun casting its light through a kitchen window at Ca' d'Zan, John Ringling's mansion in Sarasota, Florida. The magnificent waterfront mansion is was patterned after the "palazzi" of...

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Ian Shand New Zealand Honorable Mention "Canna Flowers Hihi New Zealand" Delicate

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Anne Marie Walters UK Honorable Mention "Bleeding Heart 1"

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Greg Holba UK Honorable Mention "Differing Viewpoints" Differing viewpoints doesn't mean being distant

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Gary Kuroki USA Honorable Mention "Zenn Beach"

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Honorable Mention "Astrantia Skeleton "

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Adele Spencer Ireland Nominee "Hydrangea with Melon"

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Amardeep Singh India Nominee "Rust in Peace" Mongolia

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Votary" A votary pierces his back with milk pots.(Part of a research project from multiple countries & trips to see the Thaipusam festival.)

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Paris Lock Bridge Dismantled: Changed Ideas of Forever" The Pont des Arts bridge was weighted down by over 700,000 locks, which weighed over 45 tons. The locks were put there by couples who wanted to symbolize their love.

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Anita Schiedeck Spain Nominee "Socks"

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Ann Bastion New Zealand Nominee "Nicandra Seed Heads" The lacey beauty in this seed head compelled me to capture it.

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Ann Bastion New Zealand Nominee "Paper Roll"

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Anne Lambe New Zealand Nominee "The Boys Hut" This image was taken in an old single mans musterers hut at Otematata Station.

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Anne Marie Walters UK Nominee "Rose"

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Anne Marie Walters UK Nominee "Beauty Of Greens"

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Anne Marie Walters UK Nominee "Light Within"

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Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee "Untitled (2)"

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Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee "Hosta 1"

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Arlene Vidor USA Nominee "Chinatown"

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BD Richardson USA Nominee "Hanging Out in the Basement"

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BD Richardson USA Nominee "Ready to Roll"

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Betsy Feick USA Nominee "Untitled (3)"

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Betsy Feick USA Nominee "Untitled (4)"

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Bill HARBIN USA Nominee "Sundew"

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Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Bellevue Botanical Garden Leaves 6395" Bellevue Botanical Garden Leaves 6395

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Britta Baumann Germany Nominee "Hydreangea"

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Britta Baumann Germany Nominee "Pinus Pinea"

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Christopher Kingston Canada Nominee "Elemental Piano" Abandoned at a Russian Monastery back in the 60's The Elements have weathered this instrument.

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Chuck Nakell USA Nominee "Laundry Day" Laundry day on Murano Island

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Corey Anka Australia Nominee "Operating Table" Operating theater inside Alcatraz Prison

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Courtney Massey USA Nominee "In Bloom"

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Daniel Malter Germany Nominee "Driveway" Driveway in the Mission district in San Francisco. Unedited. Minolta XD-11.

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Dave Rudin USA Nominee "Colossal Foot, Nagano, Japan" An image made at the Zenko-ji Temple in Nagano, Japan

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David Johns Canada Nominee "The List"

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Debbie Hartley Australia Nominee "Pears"

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Devin Campbell USA Nominee "A Few Flowers" Medium Format film

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Diane Kaye USA Nominee "Medusa's Bouquet" Angels' Trumpets, Moving Digital Photogram

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Diane Kaye USA Nominee "Equivalences"

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Tumbled Giants" Sylt, 2016

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Dietmar Sorgatz Germany Nominee "Paris Match" Paris before the European Soccer Championship, 2016

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Don Jacobson USA Nominee "Tire Needs Repair" Jackass Flat, OR

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Don Holman USA Nominee "Reaching For The Sun"

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Don Holman USA Nominee "Overlooking the Beach"

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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee "Remnant of Bodie"

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Elisabeth Murray Portugal Nominee "Leaves" Leaves on a bush in a park in Brazil demonstrating how nature has its patterns

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Emo Gene Canada Nominee "Reserved 98"

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Frans van Hoogstraten Netherlands Nominee "A Leaf" In camera multiple exposure of a beech leaf

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Greg Holba UK Nominee "Shop Front" Tattoo creativity hits the high street in Bath, UK

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Gregoire A. Meyer UK Nominee "Abandoned Spring Mattress" Abandoned Spring Mattress in the street of Paris

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Gregoris Mentzas Greece Nominee "White Rose" High key interpretation of a white rose.

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Guido Basevi Italy Nominee "The Asparagus Death" A dignified death for asparagus forgotten in the refrigerator

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Hans Bauer Germany Nominee "Lemons from Lake Garda"

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Heather Firth USA Nominee "Sacred Datura or Devil's Trumpet?" Spiritual hallucinogen, medicine, and deadly poison. These flowers bloom at night emitting a pleasant fragrance. Moonflower Canyon, Moab Utah USA

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Ian Shand New Zealand Nominee "Glowing Water Lily, Coromandel, New Zealand" Delicate radiance in a quiet pond in a corner of the garden.

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James McNelis USA Nominee "Rock Secrets 2"

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Jay Bransfield USA Nominee "Ferrari Engine"

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Jay Bransfield USA Nominee "Icicles"

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Jeannine Mullan USA Nominee "My Hat"

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Jeff Moore USA Nominee "Unlock the Eagle" An new twist on an old sculpture

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Jim Bielecki USA Nominee "Flower Power" I stumbled across this old Dodge that was serving as a planter. Couldn't resist taking a pic.

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Joan Caulfield New Zealand Nominee "Once Upon a Time"

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John C Saponara Jr USA Nominee "Table in Waiting" A table awaiting a party in Cefalu'

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Joseph P. Smith Malta Nominee "Dead" Rusting, dead gauges of a defunct power station

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Karen Lawton New Zealand Nominee "The Woman in the Wall"

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee "Was it Something I said"

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Kerry Maxwell USA Nominee "Hot Plate"

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Klaus Pfeiffer Germany Nominee "The Circle of Life"

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee "Renaissance Door Lock"

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Klaus-Juergen Roericht Switzerland Nominee "Leaf of Cabbage"

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Kumkum Prakash Selvaraju India Nominee "Hope for Life" There are two hopes; one is to sell, and another one is to see the world.

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Kumkum Prakash Selvaraju India Nominee "Shred" Nature's shred is man's inspiration.

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Lea Foster USA Nominee "Delicate Dandelion" A dandelion at seed stage with rain droplets all over it.

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Leo Salazar USA Nominee "Poppies of the Valley" Valle Nuevo poppies after the rains

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Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "The Black Rose"

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Linda Treleaven Canada Nominee "Caught Up!" Fisherman's net

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee "Fern"

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Manfred Voss Germany Nominee "Pepsi Light"

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Margrieta Jeltema Italy Nominee "Chinoiserie"

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Margrieta Jeltema Italy Nominee "Memories"

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Marian Rubin USA Nominee "Three Roses"

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Marie Kotschedoff USA Nominee "Tulips after the Rain"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "A Career Flight Path"

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee "Clothesline" Photographed in rural Wisconsin, USA

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Mihai Chebac USA Nominee "Fish Utopia, Metric vs Imperial"

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Mihai Chebac USA Nominee "Goerz Camera and a Cup of Tea"

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Mihai Chebac USA Nominee "Fish Utopia, Fish and Chips"

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Mike Shea USA Nominee "Corn Lily"

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Norman Robbins USA Nominee "Metered" Building metering system

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Oleksiy Sobol Ukraine Nominee "Dry Flowers" Dry season in steppe

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Paul Hetzel USA Nominee "Palm Detail" backlit image of palm in Costa Rica

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Paul Crampton Canada Nominee "Shades of 35-15 #1" Sunglasses from 1935 (on the right) and from 2015 (on the left). Both have multiple hinged sections.

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Paul Denbow USA Nominee "Lotus in B&W"

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Paul Hetzel USA Nominee "Chair Legs" Interlocking chair legs creating fluid motion

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Paulo Mittelman Brazil Nominee "Musical Sheet" The sight of berries in backlit suggested me musical notes.

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Petra Theilemann Germany Nominee "Free Floating Magnolia" this surreal magnolia blossom was taken in early spring 2015

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Rebecca Shellhamer USA Nominee "Sacred Bison " Bison is the most significant animal to many American Indian nations

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Richard Smukler USA Nominee "Retread" Eastern Sierras outside Bishop, California.

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Robert Hewgley USA Nominee "Napoleon's Window"

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Robert Finkelhor USA Nominee "Charred Lodgepole Pine"

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Rolf M Germany Nominee "Yesterday Industry 1.0" at an old steelworks-site, nowadays out of business

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Ronald Cooley USA Nominee "Baby's Breath"

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Ronald Cooley USA Nominee "Fallen Leaves"

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Sandra Uittenbogaart Netherlands Nominee "White Tulip in Vase" The simpler the better...

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Sarah Caldwell New Zealand Nominee "Begonia"

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Puff Fluff" Colorado

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Stuart Mauger UK Nominee "Super Major" Restored 1962 Super Major Tractor ready to work again.

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Stuart Mauger UK Nominee "Wessex" An old Navy Wessex Helicopter laid to rest on the Guernsey Airport Fire Service training ground

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Susan Annable USA Nominee "Missing"

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tamsin green UK Nominee "Hutong Bricks" Beijing, China, 2011

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Tanja Kuic USA Nominee "Crime Scene"

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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee "monthly"

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Tiffanie Ragasa USA Nominee "Spoonfull"

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Timofey Tararin Russia Nominee "7 Elements" Macro shot of Daylily flower.

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Tudor ApMadoc USA Nominee "Wired" Abandoned Building in Detroit

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Tudor ApMadoc USA Nominee "Back Alley" Alley behind an abandoned building in Detroit

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "Oktober"

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "Poppy Shadow"

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Ulla Cornelius Germany Nominee "Faded Rose"

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Uri Mahlev Israel Nominee "Cabbage Head"

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Vadim Linetskiy UK Nominee "Lamp 1"

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Vincent Morban Canada Nominee "My Dad's Violin" How dad could play!

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Underpass" Top of an overburden of a former colliery at Gelsenkirchen-Buer called "Rungenberg" by night (LE, showing some star trails and aircraft trails)

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Wayne Thornbrough USA Nominee "Driftwood On The Shore" White driftwood shot on the black shoreline of a Maine backwoods pond

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Wim Sanders Netherlands Nominee "Dance of the Stamens" The stamens of the white Amarylles

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Wojciech Sciepko Poland Nominee "Drops on Tulip"

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