Nature - Professional

Emmanuel Coupe Greece 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Skogafoss (2)" Iceland

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Gene Taylor USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Moulton's Barn and Milky Way" This is the shot that almost didn’t happen. I was in Jackson for 24 hours. Early in the evening it was raining so I gave up. When I got up to leave for the airport it was clear. So off to Mormon’s...

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Jason Arundell Australia 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Stag"

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Roger Coulam UK Honorable Mention "Kansas Thunderstorm"

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Geir Jordahl USA Honorable Mention "Leaves, Wuzhen, China" From the series "Circle of Life"

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Till Leeser Germany Honorable Mention "beijing water 04"

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Walter Luttenberger Austria Honorable Mention "blown away" a copse is moved by a hard blowing wind, while snow is covering the scene

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Michael Hudson USA Honorable Mention "Black Boulders" Northeast Maine

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David Macias USA Honorable Mention "The Storm" Yosemity National Park during a dramtic storm.

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Aaron Feinberg USA Nominee "Skyward" Redwoods disappear in to the fog along the CA coast.

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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee "Crab Crowd" The more, the merrier. Shot taken on the Egyptian beach.

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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee "Survivor" Hiking south of UK, I captured that tree, crooked by strong wind. Last one standing.

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Adam Williams USA Nominee "Winter Study" Winter study, Centennial Colorado, March 2013, Fuji neopan acros 100, Mamiya rz67,

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Ady Kerry UK Nominee "Loch Mallachie" Loch Mallachie, Cairngorm National Park, Scotland.

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Andrew Vernon USA Nominee "Twisted" A piece of driftwood on the Spit in Homer, AK

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Annaick Guitteny UK Nominee "Ice (2)" ice pond melting away

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Beth Buglione USA Nominee "Angel Tree" Clouds swirl above an Aspen tree in Grand Teton park

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Beth Buglione USA Nominee "White Lava" Water hits the base of a waterfall in the Columbia Gorge, Oregon

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Bruce DeBoer USA Nominee "Boneyard Beach" An afternoon spent in a very surreal spot on Bulls Island of the coast of South Carolina yeilded this image.

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Carol Sharp UK Nominee "Adorned"

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Cath Evans UK Nominee "Bejewelled Shoreline" Icebergs are washed ashore and left like jewels on the shoreline

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Cath Evans UK Nominee "Ice (1)" A beautiful ice sculpture pushed ashore by the ocean onto a black beach in Iceland

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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee "Chinese rice terraces" A lone farmer walks through the extensive Longji rice terraces in Southern China.

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Christina Handley Canada Nominee "Mighty Maple"

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chrystina geagan USA Nominee "Be" Lone acacia tree, Serengeti, Tanzania

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Colin McRae USA Nominee "Snow Crescent" Snow Field Formation in the High Sierras

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Cristobal Serrano Spain Nominee "Ice & Art" In a volcanic beach near the Vatnajokull glacier, I found this piece of ice close to the shore after a smooth snowfall. Skaftafell National Park, Iceland.

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Cristobal Serrano Spain Nominee "Starfish Dreams" The Blue Starfish (Linckia laevigata) is capable of regenerating a new starfish from almost any portion of its body that might break off.

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Cristobal Serrano Spain Nominee "Two Trolls" According to legend the rocky needles of Reynisdrangar were formed when two trolls tried to drag a ship onto the rocks. The rays of the sun caused them all to be turned to stone. Reynisfjara, Iceland

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Damon Clarke Canada Nominee "Gossamer Web" Minuscule dew drops coalesce on a gossamer web. The entire field of view is approximately 7mm wide.

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Daniel Holmes USA Nominee "Life, Cracks & Crag" In harshness there can be life

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David Koester Germany Nominee "Smoke River" The picture shows an aerial view of the glacier river Landeyjar Sandur, Iceland. That abstract subject I photographed from the open door of a small plane.

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David Stubbs USA Nominee "Copper River Delta" The Copper River delta emerges from the Chugach Range and spills into Orca Sound near Cordova, Alaska, sourcing one of the most prolific fisheries in North America.

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Dennis Frates USA Nominee "Cloud reflection" Puffy cloud reflection, Crater Lake and Wizard Island. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

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Dennis Frates USA Nominee "Ocean well" Ocean well on Oregon coast

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Dennis Frates USA Nominee "Badland pattern" Eroded and cracked rock and mud formations. Badlands National Park. South Dakota formations.

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Diana Johnson UK Nominee "Skimming"

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Don Hall USA Nominee "Bleached" Bleached logs in a shallow creek.

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Emmanuel Coupe Greece Nominee "Vik II" South Iceland

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Emmanuel Coupe Greece Nominee "Dyrholaey" South Iceland

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Emmanuel Coupe Greece Nominee "Vik" South Iceland

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Eugenio Opitz Venezuela Nominee "Climbing plant #1#" December 2012, Rural town of Carrizal.Miranda state,Venezuela. Climbing plant over lamp. From the series of: Climbing plants .Work in progress.

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Frank Bevans USA Nominee "Carson " Evening on the Carson River

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Gary Liggett UK Nominee "Beacon Fell."

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Geir Jordahl USA Nominee "Xihai Grand Canyon, Huangshan, China" From the series "Circle of Life"

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Gene Taylor USA Nominee "Arches at Night" Arches National Park, August 2012

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Giordano Cipriani Italy Nominee "borderline" underwater horizon

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Harry Sandler USA Nominee "Death Valley Dream"

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Heather Aitken USA Nominee "fiddleheads" taken in 2009, w/mamiya 6x7, backyard was filled with fresh young ferns

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Ilona Wellmann Germany Nominee "Foggy day"

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Ilona Wellmann Germany Nominee "Wonderland"

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Jason Henthorne USA Nominee "Middle of SomeWhere"

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Jason Nichols USA Nominee "Trees and Path"

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Joanne Scherf USA Nominee "Haiku 2" Barren solitude and grandeur of minimalist winter whiteness

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John Quintero UK Nominee "Loneliness" Palm tree in the middle of dunes in Sahara Desert, Morocco taken early in the morning

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Joseph De Sciose USA Nominee "Cotton Field at Dusk" A cotton field just before sunset in late October, Northwest Alabama.

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Juergen Lechner Germany Nominee "Narrowed 3"

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Juergen Lechner Germany Nominee "Camera Obscura 1" Pinhole Camera 4x5"

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Julie Eggers USA Nominee "Awakening" One evening on Huangshan Mountain and it was magical.

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kevin kwok USA Nominee "adagio"

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Larry Lourcey USA Nominee "Silver Cypress" Photographed in Uncertain, Texas using IR-converted Nikon D70.

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Lawrence Hudetz USA Nominee "Ecole Beach" Beach Essence

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Liyun Yu USA Nominee "The Rain Is Over" The rain is over crossing the top of Appalachian Mountain. North Carolina, USA

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Luigi Fieni Germany Nominee "The Monsoon Series: Tanah Lot Sea"

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Luigi Fieni Germany Nominee "The Monsoon Series: Nusapenida"

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Massimo Margagnoni Italy Nominee "Ice and Sky, Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon, Iceland"

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Massimo Margagnoni Italy Nominee "Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon, Iceland"

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Matteo Cirenei Italy Nominee "The Moon at Canyonlands" Walking on trials in Canyonlands' National Park, the Moon shining in the blue sky.. a triptych of round shapes

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Matthew James Smith USA Nominee "Silent Rock"

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Matthew James Smith USA Nominee "The Plank"

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Matthew James Smith USA Nominee "The Great Wall"

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Matthew James Smith USA Nominee "The Ancient Gates"

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Maureen Ruddy Burkhart USA Nominee "Glacier 1" Alaska's Tracey Arm Fjord at midday

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Michael Hudson USA Nominee "Glowing Leaves" Acadia National Park, Maine

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Michael McLaughlin Ireland Nominee "Rock Pool No:2" Rock Pool, from a series of images photographed in infrared

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Michael McLaughlin Ireland Nominee "Bunowen River" Bunowen River Salmon Pool

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Michael McLaughlin Ireland Nominee "The River" Pondweed at Doolough River

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Mikael Kapanaga Russia Nominee "Phranang Cave Beach, Study 4" Krabi, Thailand, 2011

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Mike Hollman New Zealand Nominee "Mist" Clearing mist, Huangshan, China.

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Nina Reistad Norway Nominee "Cuerpo al natural" I was about to enter an exhibition titled "el cuerpo"( the body), when this tree appeared in Sevilla, Spain.

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Nita and Wales Madden III USA Nominee "silicas wave"

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Oysten Glenne Kristiansen Norway Nominee "COASTAL SCULPTURE 1 " Rugland, Stavern ,Norway

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Oysten Glenne Kristiansen Norway Nominee "Winterpoetry" Coastlines of Larvik, Norway

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Paul Bride Canada Nominee "The wave" A break in the storm as two waves meet.

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Paul Wager Australia Nominee "Bathed in light" Late afternoon light over Bhutanese montains.

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Peter Delaney South Africa Nominee "In to the storm" I have often make the mistake of thinking the grass is greener on the other-side .And that in order to create great images i must travel too far off exotic locations. There is probably an element of t

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Peter Lik USA Nominee "Eternal Moods"

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PHYLLIS LANE LANE USA Nominee "MYSTERY"

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Rafael Rojas Switzerland Nominee "Dwellers of the Cold" At minus 40°C, trees become eerie figures which, gathered in the cold, wait patiently for the arriving of spring. Lapland, Finland.

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Rafael Rojas Switzerland Nominee "Northern Smoke" The spirits of warriors, the trace left by a fox tail, a dragon's breath...or just the northern lights? That night magic was unveiled and sky and land were tied together. Bodo, Norway.

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Rafael Rojas Switzerland Nominee "Convergence" During a short instance, a perfect convergence of basalt and water, the elements which constitute Iceland, takes place as the crashing wave mimics perfectly the shape of the rocky cliff. South of Icel

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Ricardo de Vicq de Cumptich Brazil Nominee "22,41ºS 43,19ºW"

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Richard Wood New Zealand Nominee "Tekapo"

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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee "Deadvlei" Dead trees surrounded by immense sand dunes in Dead Vlei, Namibia

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Robert Greshoff UK Nominee "Seascape" Seascape, Kent, UK

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Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil Nominee "Sandfall" Upper Antelope Canyon, Navajo Park, AZ, USA.

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Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil Nominee "Cepilho Beach" Beach near Trindade, Paraty, Brazil

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Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil Nominee "Raios de Sol" Sunlight over the Rio de Janeiro's mountains - From Niteroi City - Brazil

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Rolf Walther Germany Nominee "Oak"

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Roos Hobe Netherlands Nominee "Dutch vulcano" The dunes of Terschelling, Holland

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Scott Hoyle USA Nominee "70 Poplars" Spotted these poplars from a mountain top and couldn't figure out how to get to them. After many hours of searching, I finally went to Google Earth on my computer and there they were! Spent the nex

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Sebastian Copeland Germany Nominee "Storm on Greenland" A storm on an ice sheet displays some of nature's fiercest power. It also creates dramatic and evocative shapes, at once dramatic, ethereal and and deadly.

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SILVERFINEART Gerald Berghammer Austria Nominee "Drowned Island" Scotland 2012, Hasselblad 500c/m, Medium Format 6x6cm negativ Film,Premium Art Pigment Print

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SILVERFINEART Gerald Berghammer Austria Nominee "X - Factor" Germany 2012, Toyo Field 45 AII,Large Format 4x5inch negativ Film,Premium Art Pigment Print

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SILVERFINEART Gerald Berghammer Austria Nominee "The Lake House" Austria 2011, Hasselblad 500c/m, Medium Format 6x6cm negativ Film,Premium Art Pigment Print

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SILVERFINEART Gerald Berghammer Austria Nominee "Treacherous Coast" Spain 2012, Toyo Field 45 AII,Large Format 4x5inch negativ Film,Premium Art Pigment Print

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SILVERFINEART Gerald Berghammer Austria Nominee "Breakwater Sticks" Germany 2012, Fuji GX 617,Medium Format 6x17cm negativ Film,Premium Art Pigment Print

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Stefan J Nilsson Sweden Nominee "Wintry" Iceformation, Gardshult, Simlangsdalen, Sweden

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "designs in the nature_E" Casarsa-PN-Italy

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "graphic's trees B" Sedegliano-UD-Italy

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "graphic's trees C" Sedegliano-UD-Italy

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Stefano Ciol Italy Nominee "shadows of light" Festà-Italy

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Steve Zmak USA Nominee "Ghost Peak" First winter storm of the season clearing at sunrise in Yosemite.

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Stuart Chape Australia Nominee "Barchan dunes "

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Susan Dykstra Canada Nominee "Lonely" Frosted grasses_late autumn

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Susan Dykstra Canada Nominee "Ice of Superior" Ice chunks of Lake Superior

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Terence Kneale Australia Nominee "INLET" This is my Photography art

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Thomas Grubba USA Nominee "Kelp #4, Apollo Bay, Australia"

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TOM WUNDRAK Germany Nominee "Nature's poetry" Poetical mood captured in late autumn

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Tony Hertz USA Nominee "Bishop Creek Aspen"

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Tony Hertz USA Nominee "Gnarled Wave"

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Tracy Ryan Australia Nominee "Lake Jindabyne" Freezing cold and absolutely still, the unusual cloud formation, submerged trees and landscape are perfectly reflected in Lake Jindabyne.

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Walter Luttenberger Austria Nominee "breaking the symmetrie" only one tree breaks the symmetrie in this winter scene

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Walter Luttenberger Austria Nominee "in line" the trees in this small wood stand perfectly in line

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Wim Dimmendaal Netherlands Nominee "WINTERSTORM" taken in our woods in Holland, afterward digital manipulated into a digital painting

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