Nature - Amateur , 18th Spider Awards | Black & White Spider Photography Awards™

Catherine Riddle

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"What Lies Beyond"
A view of Mount Whitney through natures window

Sue Trower

UK

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Rising Up Crashing down"
A slow shutter speed reveals wave details the eye would not normally see

David Reilly

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Cloudy With A Chance Of Invasion"
An unusual gathering of lenticular clouds seen in Iceland. From an Iceland series "Þar sem landið byrjar".

Jovelino Matos Almeida

Portugal

Honorable Mention

"a Tree in Wales"
I waited several days until finding the right weather conditions to photograph this tree in the lake

Marie Veran

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Taking a Step Back"
The beauty of this Tuscan landscape is reinforced by the missing tree

Mike Seidel

Germany

Honorable Mention

"firenight no.3"
Calabria in southern Italy the usual forest fires, fascinating and threatening at the same time

Roy Wiesner

Israel

Honorable Mention

"Dune"
The two faces of a giant dune in Sossusvlei, Namibia, in late afternoon light

Grace Law

Hong Kong

Honorable Mention

"Hat off to Fuji"
Lenticular cloud over Mt Fuji

Eddy Verloes

Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Is this the end?"
2020, Belgium

David Reilly

USA

Honorable Mention

"Inside The Glacier. Vatnakojull, Iceland. "
Taken inside the 800-year old ice that is Vatnakojull glacier in Iceland. From an Iceland series "Þar sem landið byrjar".

Willa Davis

USA

Honorable Mention

"The Graceful Dead #1"
Part of the series: The Graceful Dead. Trees and brush killed by drought or fire.

Tony Jackson

USA

Honorable Mention

"Celebrating"
High desert juniper: Abiqui Lake, NM

Damjan Voglar

Slovenia

Honorable Mention

"Dunes"

Jurius Jurius

Indonesia

Honorable Mention

"The Two of Us...."
Unexpected weather always give surprising result...

Rosario Civello

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Winter Road"

Carol Rusinek

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Methane Bubbles in Lake Ice"

Mary Ann Tardif

USA

Honorable Mention

"Ebbing Tide"
Exuma Cay, Bahamas

Spyros Lambrou

Greece

Honorable Mention

"Hiliadou Coast, Greece"

Jean-Paul Soujol Benedetti

France

Honorable Mention

"Fiery Night"
A magical night to contemplate a volcano in eruption. A great moment of nature.

Yucel Basoglu

Turkey

Honorable Mention

"black sea coast / istanbul"
This lake is a beautiful and quiet place 1 hour away from Istanbul.

Gary Wagner

USA

Honorable Mention

"Earths Layers"
Black and White Landscape

Keith Manning

USA

Honorable Mention

"Alone"
A small piece of glacier alone at sea (Iceland)

Volker Birke

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Standing Strong"
Nikon D810, beech trees taken at Nienhagen, Baltic Sea, during a fantastic moonlit night.

Larry Alford

USA

Honorable Mention

"Cypress Tree Trail"
Cypress Tree Trail

Pratibha Reddy

USA

Honorable Mention

"Ice Sculpture 1"

John Kochanowski

USA

Honorable Mention

"Misty Mountain Road"

Edwin Robinson

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dive Tree"

Jonathan Knight

USA

Honorable Mention

"Phantom Waters - Waterfall II"
This dark, minimal collection showcases a series of waterfalls. Rather than present a completed im

Anna Onishi

Japan

Honorable Mention

"Path of the wind"

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Honorable Mention

"High Plains Rain"

Sam Dobrow

USA

Honorable Mention

"Cat Eye Cave"
Infrared photograph shooting up with wide angle lens inside cave

Chuck Campbell

USA

Honorable Mention

"Kvernufoss Waterfall"
Behind the Kvernufoss Waterfall in Iceland

Sue Trower

UK

Honorable Mention

"Engulfed"
A very high spring tide combined with a large swell batter this tiny hut, but it still stands strong

Kylo-Patrick Hart

USA

Honorable Mention

"Bestow"
Mother Nature preparing to do her work.

Abby Raeder

USA

Nominee

"Impressions"

Adriana Kastelan

Croatia

Nominee

"Moment"
Mountain Velebit, Croatia

Andreas Lange

Germany

Nominee

"Treacherous path across the ice"

Anna Onishi

Japan

Nominee

"Wind and snow"
Strong wind blows snow

Anne Dignam

USA

Nominee

"Icelandic Falls"

Beth Buelow

USA

Nominee

"Dune Dance"
Graceful lines of a dune crest in Death Valley National Park

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"After the Storm"
Palm Tree Shadows

Bob Neiman

USA

Nominee

"Scoresby Sound 5138"
Scoresby Sound 5138

Carol Zulman

USA

Nominee

"Diamond Beach"

Catalin Baican

Romania

Nominee

"Costila"

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"Spider Joys"
A spider and web lightened by Sunset at home . Reminding me of Spider Awards

Christine Jacobson

New Zealand

Nominee

"Forest lights"
A walk in the NZ bush on a drizzly day decorated the forest with fairy lights

Danny Vint

USA

Nominee

"Silent night"

Dave Cohen

USA

Nominee

"Reaching Out"

David Martin

USA

Nominee

"Family"
Cypress trees surrounded by fog on an early autumn morning creates a sense of belonging.

David Reilly

USA

Nominee

"Breidamerkursandur glacial plain, Iceland"
The Breidamerkursandur glacial plain on the south coast of Iceland. From an Iceland series "Þar sem landið byrjar".

David Mediavilla

Spain

Nominee

"VIAJE"

Debbie Rubin

USA

Nominee

"The Forest For The Trees"
The fog shrouded trees looked as if they were otherworldly.

Devin Campbell

USA

Nominee

"nhtyntyty"

Donald Bolak

USA

Nominee

"Sand Plume, Alamosa, Colorado"
Great Sand Dunes National Park

Ellin Pollachek

USA

Nominee

"Battling Hegemony"
Battling conformity begins with the seeds of insubordination

Eros Bottazzo

Italy

Nominee

"Valsesia 7-22 1"

Eunice Vasques

Brazil

Nominee

"Milky Way and the Paradise"
This photo was made in Mangue Seco, Bahia, Brazil

Fumi Akao

Japan

Nominee

"Something behind it #3"
Magnolia kobus

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Strong and Silent"
Black and White Seascape

Gary Wagner

USA

Nominee

"Dark Seas"
Black and White Landscape

Geffrard Bourke

USA

Nominee

"Aspen Family"
A small clump of Aspen trees near Glacier NP

Gerd Guenzel

Germany

Nominee

"Teneriffa"
Ocean view

Guenther Reissner

Austria

Nominee

"Road to nowhere"
road, landscape, clouds, weather, cold, Iceland

Ian Shand

New Zealand

Nominee

"Gathering storm"
The elements dwarf the scale of man's existence. Doubtful Sound, New Zealand 2020

James Peterson

USA

Nominee

"Tunnel Survivor"
These pines, rooted on a small volcanic cone, have all been altered by fire, but they soldier on.

Jeff Bullied

Canada

Nominee

"Iceberg"

Jerry Harrison

USA

Nominee

"Serenity of Fog"
The tree's last stand

Jitendra Chaturvedi

India

Nominee

"Flames "
River currents going up in flames

Joyce Harman

USA

Nominee

"Looking up"
This tree in Borneo was magnificent from lying on my back

Karmen Orlic

Croatia

Nominee

"Between the land and the sky"
Highlands,Scotland

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Moon Caught in Tree"

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Vision Quest"

Kathryn McGarvey

Canada

Nominee

"Resistance"

Kent Wisner

USA

Nominee

"Tuscan Trees and Clouds"
Spring Textures Viewed from the Walls of Lucca

Klaus-Juergen Roericht

Switzerland

Nominee

"The look of the birch tree"

Larry Bean

USA

Nominee

"Cold Smoke"
Luther, Montana, 2021

Laszlo Perlaky

USA

Nominee

"Onion Creek Tree Legs"

Lee Chee Wai

Malaysia

Nominee

"Surya"
Surya : Sun - Solar energy or positive energy is masculine, warm, light and active, linking to our left brain energy

Leslie Gleim

USA

Nominee

"In the Beginning"

Magnus Karlson

Sweden

Nominee

"Blow out"
Geysir, Iceland

Martin Miklas

Portugal

Nominee

"Crimson Tide"
When water weeps, its tears turn red, reflecting the dark tale it once witnessed.(Journey ofThe Fish

Matthew Wilkinson

UK

Nominee

"Passing Of Time"
Bamburgh Coast Line

Maurizio Vicedomini

Germany

Nominee

"In that quiet earth"

Michael Rausch

USA

Nominee

"The Sentry"
Standing alone against the sun and wind.

Michel Groleau

Canada

Nominee

"Light after darkness"
The first light is often spectacular when peeking between the branches near Torres del Paine in Pata

Nick Green

UK

Nominee

"FORMER GLORY"
A beautiful dead tree in the mountains of madeira captured in the mist and drizzle

Olav-Inge Alfheim

Norway

Nominee

"Ekspressen"
Bodo, Norway

Paul Newton

Canada

Nominee

"Five Rocks"
The Five Rocks - Iceland

Paula Price

USA

Nominee

"Surviving"
Even in the dead of winter life survives.

Peter Krenek

Slovak Republic

Nominee

"After harvest"
Fields after near Prellenkirchen, Austria

piper smith

USA

Nominee

"Tree"
Photographed in Central Park July 2023

Pratibha Reddy

USA

Nominee

"Ice Sculpture 2"

Radek von Hirschberg

Poland

Nominee

"Ray of Light, 2023"
Ray of Light, 2023 by Radek von Hirschberg, Iceland, 2023

Renate Wasinger

Germany

Nominee

"misty morning"

Rick Bogacz

Canada

Nominee

"Tree on Snowy Hillside"
Shot in March of 2023 near the town of Caledon, Ontario, Canada

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Ballerinas"
Four cherry trees in rural Hokkaido. This made for a minimalist composition. The trees were dancers.

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Quartet"
Hokkaido snowscape taken in January 2023. A simple, minimalist group of four trees on a hillside

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Alone"
Hokkaido minimalist tree in the snow. The curve of the horizon adds a sort of flow to this.

Robert Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Here Today"
Taken in Disko Bay, Ilulissat, Greenland in July 2023.

Sandra Nieuwenhuijsen

Canada

Nominee

"Ancient Giants 01"
Spectacular Camel Rock is an ancient rock formation in Bermagui, Australia.

Steve Gelineau

USA

Nominee

"Among the Aspens"
A lone Christmas tree sits among the Aspens near Crested Butte Colorado USA

Steve Gelineau

USA

Nominee

"Brewster Sunset"
Sunset over the Brewster Tidal Flats, Cape Cod, Massachusetts USA

Steve Burkett

USA

Nominee

"Desert Sunset 2"
Sonoran Sunset

Stevi Jackson

UK

Nominee

"Half moon"
Somewhere for a bit of peace..

Teddy Sugrue

Ireland

Nominee

"Coumeenoole"
This image was captured on a stormy day at Coumeenoole Bay in Dingle, Ireland.

Tim Owen

USA

Nominee

"Antarctica V"
The Antarctica - like no other place on earth. You can't just see it, you need to feel it. But I tried to capture a bit of its splendor with these images.