Nature - Amateur

Lonely Tree Tobias Wessling
Germany

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Lonely Tree"



Time tunnel Nick Green
UK

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Time tunnel"
A beautiful tunnel of anchient moss covered trees



Eclipse Robert Ruble
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Eclipse"



Borderline Eddy Verloes
Belgium

Honorable Mention

"Borderline"
2018, Belgium



Icelandic Riverbed Andrew Ilachinski
USA

Honorable Mention

"Icelandic Riverbed"
Icelandic Riverbed



Fields #9 Rosario Civello
Italy

Honorable Mention

"Fields #9"



Burnt Forest, No. 2 David Martin
USA

Honorable Mention

"Burnt Forest, No. 2"
Pure white flowers of bear grass juxtaposed against black charred trees from a recent forest fire.



King Tide Storm Kim Nordby
USA

Honorable Mention

"King Tide Storm"



Toscana Carmen Ramon Cami
Spain

Honorable Mention

"Toscana"
IMAGE TAKEN IN ITALY, TOSCANA



Monochrome Fury 3 Louisa Paez Michelin
Colombia

Honorable Mention

"Monochrome Fury 3"
Hurricane Nicole displayed the power of the wave with such Fury. This wave kept intensifying.



Imminent Irrigation Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Imminent Irrigation"



Fanal Forest Guenther Reissner
Austria

Honorable Mention

"Fanal Forest"
Fanal Forest on the island of Madeira



Lonesome tree Thierry Lagnel
Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Lonesome tree"
This tree is alone on the top of a small hill in the swiss countryside.



Hoodoos Don Jacobson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Hoodoos"
Bisti De Na Zen Wilderness, NM



Yarra Valley Tree Thomas Kane
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Yarra Valley Tree"
What photographer can resist a lonely tree on the skyline?



Cactus Peter Krenek
Slovak Republic

Honorable Mention

"Cactus"
Cactus close up



Foggy morning Renate Wasinger
Germany

Honorable Mention

"Foggy morning"



Dancing Above Urridafoss Keith Manning
USA

Honorable Mention

"Dancing Above Urridafoss"
Northern Lights perform above Urriðafoss in Iceland; extra light provided by half-moon behind me



A Radiant Sunrise Clayton Reitzel
Canada

Honorable Mention

"A Radiant Sunrise"
A stunning sunrise at Mt. Michener behind Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada



Toadstool Michael Rausch
USA

Honorable Mention

"Toadstool"
Part of the iconic Utah geological features.



Yosemite Falls Nathan Wirth
USA

Honorable Mention

"Yosemite Falls"
After a heavy winter of rain and snow, Yosemite Falls rushes with an intense display of water.



IceFall, 2024 Radek von Hirschberg
Poland

Honorable Mention

"IceFall, 2024"
Beauty of Iceland ...



The Rock and the Wave Russell Gray
UK

Honorable Mention

"The Rock and the Wave"



Moonlight Sonora Steve Burkett
USA

Honorable Mention

"Moonlight Sonora"
Saguaro cactus under the stars in the cool of the evening



Nana's Garden Deb Tatonetti
USA

Honorable Mention

"Nana's Garden"



Along the horizon Salvatore Mercieca
Malta

Honorable Mention

"Along the horizon"
stormy weather



Awe-inspiring Alex Politis
France

Nominee

"Awe-inspiring"
A picturesque caption of a marsh in Normandy, France.



Quiet Place Andrew Whettam
UK

Nominee

"Quiet Place"
A thin mist gave an added sense of peace to this already tranquil place - Shingle Street



Memory of shadows Anna Onishi
Japan

Nominee

"Memory of shadows"
The long shadow of the tree seemed to express memories and recollections of the past.



Cypress Sentinels Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"Cypress Sentinels"



Afterglow Anne Schlueter
USA

Nominee

"Afterglow"
Everything settles in the twilight, when our eyes feast on the blending grays.



Back tooth of the ocean Anne Grosse-Leege
Germany

Nominee

"Back tooth of the ocean"



Globemaster Beth Buelow
USA

Nominee

"Globemaster"
Allium Globemaster is a bold purple flower; this in-the-garden bloom is given a graphic treatment.



Ghost Beth Enos
USA

Nominee

"Ghost"
The branches of an old tree reach out from the darkness in a ghostly light.



Joshua Tree Beth Enos
USA

Nominee

"Joshua Tree"
This prickly desert landscape waits patiently for the rain.



Rock Vista Beth Enos
USA

Nominee

"Rock Vista"
Layers of shadow and texture draw you across a field of granite toward the Sierra Nevada Mountains.



Taupo Tree Bob Pullein
New Zealand

Nominee

"Taupo Tree"
Calm after the storm - Lake Taupo



Thunder Smoke Brooks Butler
USA

Nominee

"Thunder Smoke"



Resting on Petals Charles Farlow
USA

Nominee

"Resting on Petals"



Reflection Cindy Poulin
Canada

Nominee

"Reflection"



Montanas silenciosas David Mediavilla
Spain

Nominee

"Montanas silenciosas"
Las nubes oscuras se ciernen sobre las montañas de los Alpes Italianos.



Carmel Waves Eric Wiles
USA

Nominee

"Carmel Waves"
Waves crashing on the beach in Carmel Ca



Costa salentina 08-22 8 Eros Bottazzo
Italy

Nominee

"Costa salentina 08-22 8"



Elemental I Frank Hoogeboom
Netherlands

Nominee

"Elemental I"
The Witches Finger rock in the Faroe Islands



Elemental II Frank Hoogeboom
Netherlands

Nominee

"Elemental II"
Steep cliffs at the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands



Behind the Trees Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee

"Behind the Trees"
Black and White Landscape



Sea Rocks Gary Wagner
USA

Nominee

"Sea Rocks"
Black and White Landscape



Pismo Sunset Gregory Hom
USA

Nominee

"Pismo Sunset"
Sunset before a storm



Bent Oak and Resurrection Fern #2 Guy Llewellyn
USA

Nominee

"Bent Oak and Resurrection Fern #2"
These majestic, beautiful trees are all over the streets of Mobile, Alabama, USA



Early Sunrise on Mount Whitney Ivan Hernandez
USA

Nominee

"Early Sunrise on Mount Whitney "
Mount Whitney and the Alabama Hills receiving the first rays of the sun.



Penguin Rock & Juniper James Knauf
USA

Nominee

"Penguin Rock & Juniper"
Unique rock formation and singular juniper tree.



Death Valley Desert Javier Herranz Casellas
Spain

Nominee

"Death Valley Desert"
Death Valley Dunes in California, USA.



I want to be different Javier Herranz Casellas
Spain

Nominee

"I want to be different"
Mud cracks in the bed of the Rio Tinto, Spain.



Vertigo Jill Snyder
USA

Nominee

"Vertigo"



Riverside Park IV Judith Ebenstein
USA

Nominee

"Riverside Park IV"
New York City offers a landscape as no other.



Clouds Over PDR Karen Safer
USA

Nominee

"Clouds Over PDR"
Cotton Puffs Dot the Skies



City Tree Kat DiStefano
USA

Nominee

"City Tree"
Winter in New York, medium format film and a Holga camera



Silos and Storms Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Silos and Storms"



Little Tree on the Prairie Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee

"Little Tree on the Prairie"



Keeper of the Forest Kim Nordby
USA

Nominee

"Keeper of the Forest"



Winter's Grand Reveal Kim Nordby
USA

Nominee

"Winter's Grand Reveal"



Lily Pond Laszlo Perlaky
USA

Nominee

"Lily Pond"



Sand Hill Flowers Laszlo Perlaky
USA

Nominee

"Sand Hill Flowers"



Ice Laura Maria Lucio
Brazil

Nominee

"Ice"
Patagônia Argentina



Monochrome Fury 2 Louisa Paez Michelin
Colombia

Nominee

"Monochrome Fury 2"
Hurricane Nicole displayed the power of the wave with such Fury. This wave was a flower of energy.



Against the Grain Margaret Sears Lindley
USA

Nominee

"Against the Grain"



The Needle Matthew Wilkinson
UK

Nominee

"The Needle"
Isle of Skye's The Needle. An iconic rock formation.



Badlands Moonrise Michael Knapstein
USA

Nominee

"Badlands Moonrise"
Moonrise in the Badlands of South Dakota, USA



Rocks and Sky 2 Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee

"Rocks and Sky 2"
Part of a series from Texas Canyon



Carved in Stone Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee

"Carved in Stone"
Erosion in Arizona's slot canyon continues as the stone is reshaped.



Yosemite Falls 2 Nathan Wirth
USA

Nominee

"Yosemite Falls 2"
A lone tree sits in front of the top portion of Yosemite Falls



Floating Cypress Neil Williams
USA

Nominee

"Floating Cypress"



A Sliver to Peak Through Pamela Rozsa
USA

Nominee

"A Sliver to Peak Through"
Looking upward through the Red Wood Trees in Muir Woods



Wave out West Paul Herbert
UK

Nominee

"Wave out West"
Incoming wave on the West coast of Jersey, Channel Islands



Morning Light Peter Hergesheimer
USA

Nominee

"Morning Light"
The moon sets over Lone Pine Peak as viewed through Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills in California.



Kind of magic, 2023 Radek von Hirschberg
Poland

Nominee

"Kind of magic, 2023"
Kirkjufell, Iceland, 2023



Double Impact, 2023 Radek von Hirschberg
Poland

Nominee

"Double Impact, 2023"
Double Impact, 2023 (Iceland)



Silence winter Renate Wasinger
Germany

Nominee

"Silence winter"



Feel The Force Richard Burdon
UK

Nominee

"Feel The Force"
Standing there as the waters of Hardraw Force crashed to earth, I could feel the true power of natur



Burlington Bay Rick Bogacz
Canada

Nominee

"Burlington Bay"
A small island in Burlington Bay near the City of Hamilton, Ontario



Dewy Web Rodger Overholser
USA

Nominee

"Dewy Web"



Auvergne Sebastien Hug
France

Nominee

"Auvergne"
Somewhere in Auvergne, France.



Tree Rock Sonia Aumiller
Germany

Nominee

"Tree Rock"
50mm_240sec._F6,4_iso200



Evening in the Sonoran Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee

"Evening in the Sonoran"
As the sun sets in the Sonoran desert



Good Night Cactus Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee

"Good Night Cactus"
A time-worn Saguaro gets ready for a peaceful night



Lonesome Saguaro Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee

"Lonesome Saguaro"
A solitary Saguaro cactus among the boulders



Sonoran at Sunset Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee

"Sonoran at Sunset"
Evening falls without a sound in the Sonoran desert



Tableau Steve Burkett
USA

Nominee

"Tableau"
A perfect arrangement of desert elements with clouds in a supporting, yet fleeting, role



Stevensons Falls Tim Lucas
Australia

Nominee

"Stevensons Falls"
Infra-Red base image converted to B/W allows a greater tonal range from Shadow Dark.



Boulder Above Tom Sliter
USA

Nominee

"Boulder Above"



Yucca Rocks No. 3 Tom Sliter
USA

Nominee

"Yucca Rocks No. 3"



Factory Butte Tony Jackson
USA

Nominee

"Factory Butte"
Monumental Rock Art, near Caineville Utah



Juniper Crossing Tony Jackson
USA

Nominee

"Juniper Crossing"
Ancient juniper, Mt Perdonal, Abiqui Lake, NM



Planets Vidya Kane
USA

Nominee

"Planets"
Dusk, Bowling Ball Beach



Mighty Clouds over a Hallig Wolfgang Lasars
Germany

Nominee

"Mighty Clouds over a Hallig"
A Hallig is a small flat piece of land in the North Sea which is flooded every year



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