Silhouette - Amateur

Rodrigo Lodi Brazil 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Goodbye" A man looking at Sevan Lake, Armenia, as a boat sails away

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Barry Brukoff USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Ghostly nights in Greece" A RARE MOMENT CAPTURED WALKING THE STREETS OF HYDRA

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Remigijus Scerbauskas Lithuania 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction " winter walk" Image was taken in Kaunas Lithuania during a cold winter walk.

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Holger Goehler Germany Honorable Mention "on the terrace" Brno, Czech Republic in September 2021

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Lukasz Zietara Poland Honorable Mention "Damien"

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Franz Sussbauer Germany Honorable Mention "Silhouette on a Stairway" Person is standig at the top of a stairway

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Suzanne Anton USA Honorable Mention "Birds on a Wire" Diagonals delight

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Peter Zarkob Spain Honorable Mention "Beach day" This image takes us to a day at the beach, to its sunset, to a unique moment.

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Marlene Mendez USA Honorable Mention "Crown Fountain"

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Peter Zarkob Spain Honorable Mention "Be reborn" To be reborn or to be born again, perhaps a concept with multiple interpretations.

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Charles Mifsud Malta Honorable Mention "The Fisherman across the debris " A reflection fisherman sweeping and the debris that fall in the water

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Melissa Lackey USA Honorable Mention "Nobody Puts Judy in the Corner" An illusion of light and shadow

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Daniel Bonello Malta Honorable Mention "Together Alone" We lose special moments when we focus on social media instead of ourselves

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Jill Snyder USA Honorable Mention "Formation"

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Charles Mifsud Malta Honorable Mention "A dog named puddles" A reflection of a man and his dog

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Javier Herranz Casellas Spain Honorable Mention "Recharging the batteries." A flock of cormorants take advantage of the electrical wiring.

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Jeff Bullied Canada Honorable Mention "Shadowland" Street scene, Antigua, Guatemala.

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Elena Santucci Italy Honorable Mention "Be the instrument of yourself" Never allow anyone to exploit or overshadow you ... Let your strings vibrate, let your music be hear

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Sasa Prizmic Croatia Honorable Mention "Composition no.4"

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Yucel Basoglu Turkey Honorable Mention "Dark Side / Sapanca Lake" This lake is a beautiful and quiet place 1 hour away from Istanbul.

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Stephen Buhagiar Malta Honorable Mention "Going in Circles" A young lady seen going round a spiral downward path

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Alexander George USA Nominee "The Stranger" Woman looking out of window at a passing parade

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Alfonso de Cruz Barrios Spain Nominee "At the edge of the bay" Bay of Santander

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Andreas Lange Germany Nominee "Light at the end of the tunnel" We have heard this saying often during Covid and everyone has to get through alone. I have chosen the technique of multiple exposure to make my thought relation

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Andreas Torsten Schuler Germany Nominee "Double exposure winter spring"

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Anirudh Koppula Australia Nominee "Rainy Nights"

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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee "Parasails"

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Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee "Sentry" Antelope in the desert

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Barbara Corvino Italy Nominee "White mask" Man with white mask in a sunbeam

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Barry Mills New Zealand Nominee "Keplar Mountain Range" Large scale in simple format

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Berry Bingel UK Nominee "Midday shadow" Flood light shadow at petrol station

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Photographer's Sunrise" A group of Photographers set up to photograph the sunrise in the Baja

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Bo-Yuan Chuang Taiwan Nominee "An Opportunity"

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Brendan Berryman Australia Nominee "Strike A Pose " Gibson Steps - Great Ocean Road Victoria Australia

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Bruno Zaraya France Nominee "Call from Texas" Chad Eubank one of the most famous rider in Texas

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Can Gurkan USA Nominee "Listen"

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Can Gurkan USA Nominee "The Bat"

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee "Family"

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Christine Akar USA Nominee "They're not coming..."

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Christine Goerner Australia Nominee "High on a Hill" This lone steer cuts a majestic figure in silhouette as it is dwarfed by the surrounding landscape.

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Cindy Poulin Canada Nominee "Trains Passing" From a recent stop at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, USA.

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Dana Mikaelle Canada Nominee "We Are Not" "Untitled (We Are Not)" is actually the title of a painting by Adam Pendleton which you see on the wall in this photo I took in a museum. I think the title goes with the silhouette theme.

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Dave Rudin USA Nominee "Ohio 01"

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Demetrio Jereissati Brazil Nominee "Pare" A man walks alone on a sunny morning. The shadows of the tree and the man on the street seem to show

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Denis Sivack USA Nominee "Crossing, Legs and Pole Shadow"

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Devin Campbell USA Nominee "After Life #4"

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Dom Fernandez Spain Nominee "Portrait of Fear III" A project about children's identity and privacy

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Ed Robinson USA Nominee "Across the River"

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Erik Olson USA Nominee "Angel at stations of the cross, Santa Inez Mission"

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Esperanza Gomez USA Nominee "Circuit connection"

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Flo Fritz Germany Nominee "Berlin Sky" View from Berlin Main Station outside

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Franck Rouzes France Nominee "Storm" Storm on the Vercors massif in the Alps

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Gary Levy USA Nominee "Balancing Act" Tightrope Walker

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Gerd Kufner Germany Nominee "Winter Light"

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Gino Ricardo Netherlands Nominee "Walking amongst Giants" Walking amongst Giants

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Go Kochiya Japan Nominee "Get off with the shadow"

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Go Kochiya Japan Nominee "Line in the dark"

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Go Kochiya Japan Nominee "The world on the steps"

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Grace Ho Malaysia Nominee "Having Fun" Children are having their fun time by hitting the hanging plastic bottle near the beach

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Gwen Solomon USA Nominee "Escape"

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Hartmut Rieg Germany Nominee "Elevator" Sunlight Floor Cargo Elevator

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Ira Dwoskin USA Nominee "The Photographer"

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James Patrick Conway Brazil Nominee "Red Beach sidewalk"

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Jeff Bullied Canada Nominee "Bethesda Arcade" Minton tiles in the Bethesda Arcade, Central Park, NYC

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Jimmy Lok Hong Kong Nominee "Fly Away"

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John Raso Canada Nominee "Heavy Metal"

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John Twiname New Zealand Nominee "Chasing shadows" Picture taken on a sunny winter day where people were walking under the famous Galata Bridge.

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Joseph Lungaro Malta Nominee "Angel in the Spotlight"

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Karin De Winter Belgium Nominee "Into The Mist" Canoeing into the mist on the bayou of the cypress swamps of the Atchafalaya basin in Louisiana.

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Kathryn McGarvey Canada Nominee "Earrings"

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Ken Dreyfack USA Nominee "Figure in Doorway" Santiago de Cuba

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Kiyoshi Kato Japan Nominee "Meeting at midnight" People were acting in the middle of the night to avoid being seen.Taken in Tokyo, 2020.

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Klaus Spindler Germany Nominee "Bello" my favorite hill

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Koichi Suzuki Japan Nominee "Time tunnel" He goes from a place of light through the darkness to a place of light beyond.

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Konstantinos Oikonomou Greece Nominee "Flights" Corfu Old Town

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Laura Fay Botfeld USA Nominee "The Rising Sun" Gateway to the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica, California

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Leslie Goldman USA Nominee "What's the point?" Inner Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, MD

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee "Escalator Collision"

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Lois Alexander-Mandel USA Nominee "Look Mom No Hands"

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Madeleine Corbeil USA Nominee "Entrance to Forest" Captured the silhouettes entering the Light Display at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Mana Saitoh Japan Nominee "In the cage"

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Marco Virgone Italy Nominee "Crowded" Crowded airport gate

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Maria Castillo USA Nominee "Street Artist"

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Maria Dorn Germany Nominee "Tulip moving #1" Tulips are moving (emotional)

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Martin Babarik Slovakia Nominee "Old cherry tree"

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Matteo Busetto Italy Nominee "The silhouette of Venice" The silhouettes of the historic buildings and churches overlooking the Venetian lagoon, in Italy

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Matthew DeZee USA Nominee "At The Museum"

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Matty Karp Israel Nominee "Toscana mansion" Trees leading to a Toscana mansion.

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Mayda Rumberg USA Nominee "Silhouette "

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Melissa Lackey USA Nominee "Sun Salutation" Doesn't this just make you want to fly??!!

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Melissa Lackey USA Nominee "Nowhere Man" I strove to find the barrenness of the Southwest highways

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Michel Groleau Canada Nominee "Crosswords" Are we living our life at full speed as if we were passing through a crossword puzzle?

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Michiko Ôtomo Canada Nominee "In the snow" White memory of a heavy snowy night. This photo was taken on Saint-Louis Street in Old Quebec City, Canada.

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Mohammad Rahman Australia Nominee "A lonely night at the river bank"

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Natalia Slovinska Netherlands Nominee "Commitment to the waves" Silhouettes of surfers walking along the sea and waiting for the right moment.

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Nicole Vittoria de Jager South Africa Nominee "Shortcut" Edinburgh, Scotland. 05/05/2022

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Olav-Inge Alfheim Norway Nominee "Bodoe Harbour" Bodoe winter 2022

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Patrick Hofmann Germany Nominee "silhouette city" Dresden, Germany - 2022

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Peter Zarkob Spain Nominee "You are not alone" This image tries to introduce us to a story and hint at reflections and feelings.

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Peter Wingerter Germany Nominee "View to the harbor"

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Petter Rustad Norway Nominee "No Stranger to the Rain" The Opera House in Oslo, Norway

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Pierre Terver Portugal Nominee "Cliff Mask" The Portuguese coast and its endless opportunities for abstraction

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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee "Shadows" Shadows

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Rainer Quesada USA Nominee "Work: Trimming Trees in Los Angeles" Work is vital to everyone. I want to capture people in the act of working.

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Renata Kuljovska Slovak Republic Nominee "tree and cross"

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Renata Apan Lithuania Nominee "Strangers" Image was taken at airport, but it can show our life - we meet and we leave...

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Rieko Ikeda Japan Nominee "Miyabi" Maiko in Kyoto

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Robert Ruble USA Nominee "End of the Hunt" Tired hunter, tired dogs on the long walk back to the truck.

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Robin Sacknoff USA Nominee "Bike Shadows"

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Rolf Hoesli Switzerland Nominee "graceful thoughts" graceful thoughts

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Ronald Dunlap USA Nominee "Un-neutered Male on the Prowl" Local tomcat out on his morning walk

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Sara Szpektor USA Nominee "Solo Man"

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Scott Oliver USA Nominee "Curves of Light" Light will bend around any curves it meets

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Sepp Koeppel Switzerland Nominee "Fichtenacker.1"

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Sidney Gaspar Brazil Nominee "Meeting at the mosque" Abu Dabi

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Simone Nagel Germany Nominee "big and small" Horizon observatory with walkers

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Stefan Neagu Romania Nominee "Equipoise" Film photography, Hasselblad 503CW, Ilford FP4

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Steffen Mueller Germany Nominee "Reflections On The Wall" Just a handrail...

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Stella Oliver USA Nominee "The Search" The light shall show us the way

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Stephanie E'amato USA Nominee "Shadow Play" Walking my dog and playing with shadows

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Steve Ricketts Canada Nominee "Canadian Border Patrol" taken near Two Hills, AB. this line of cattle was on a small rise, silhouetted against a cloudy sky.

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Susan Langer USA Nominee "I got you covered"

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Suzanne Schwartzman USA Nominee "Dark and Dangerous Street" Nowhere to escape the the throngs of cars and people on the dark street

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Sven Svenson Germany Nominee "Leaving" stooped posture

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Tailai OBrien Australia Nominee "Star Gazer Under The Milky Way" Silhouette with the telescope as the emu rises in the sky

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TR Smith USA Nominee "Vigilant"

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Trevor Kerry UK Nominee "Birders in the Storm" The dedication and isolation of keen birders highlighted in impending storm

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Vince Kehn Canada Nominee "Saw Dust" High tree fallers next cut.

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Vitaliy Plyaka Ukraine Nominee "Red Ball" Ukraine, Kyiv

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Wayne Palmer USA Nominee "Lambertville Late Afternoon"

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Wen Hung Lin Taiwan Nominee "Hualien Mqmgi Dowmung Old Tunnel" Mqmgi Dowmung Old Tunnel in Hualien County of Taiwan.

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Wolfgang Wiesen Germany Nominee "Dipsacus follonum"

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "In the branch" Silhouette of a mantis photographed in the home garden.

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Xin Wang USA Nominee "The horse rider in the snowy world" This was taken in our car when we traveled in Iceland.

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Yuan Zhang China (PRC) Nominee "A Joyful Run on the Beach" This photo was taken at the Olympic National Park, Washington, on June 16, 2019.

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