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WINNERS GALLERY AUG 2020

"Stormy Day" 2020 THEME WINNERS

​​From a casual unplanned capture, to all out-storm chasing, the weather can affect the mood of an image more than anything else.  Uncontrollable wind, clouds and rain, the beautiful powerful elements of life and nature are the subject or backdrop of many of the most amazing images ever captured.  Even a hint of that power or just a mild touch of it during a light afternoon shower, has a very dramatic effect on our world's natural light, a light that only nature can produce!

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Storm to starboard​  BY Yves Demers-Paris

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Yves Demers-Paris​​​​​ from Saint-Sauveur Quebec, Canada
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For me...  Photographers capture moments to create lasting memories or provoke thought and discussion. They work to make statements with their photos, a poem...  a fable.
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Visit more of Yves's amazing  ​work online at:
www.pixelangelo.ca

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Storm and the Milky Way BY Ignacio Municio

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 Our Second Place Winner was  submitted by 
Ignacio Municio ​​​​​​ from Leon, Spain


I am a fan of landscape and night photography, born in Leon, Spain. Self-taught in most of the time, I like to capture unique moments in unique places, that's why I travel to countries with special landscapes.  
Winner of the Fine Art Photography Awards in the category of landscape in 2018, and awarded in other contests such as the Epson Pano Awards, Memorial Maria Luisa and ND AWARDS.
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Visit more of Ignacio's amazing  ​work online at:
www.imuniciophoto.com

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Garden of the Gods by Craig ​Bill

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Craig​ Bill​​ from Austin Texas
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My name is Craig Bill and I am a landscape photographer residing in Austin, Texas USA.   Photography, I feel in my life, has always seemed a relevant and appropriate tool for expression. Technological advances in this industry not only allow me to appreciate and utilize past techniques, but embrace the future of photographic science... one without limitations.

​​Visit more of Craig's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://www.CraigBill.com

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Tower Strike by Garry Everett

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was also submitted by 
Garry Everett ​​ from  West Sacramento, California


My name is Garry Everett and I am a landscape/wildlife photographer currently living in West Sacramento.  My interest in photography came later in life and was sparked while travelling on vacation and business to various locations around the USA and abroad. Photography allows me the opportunity to slow down and focus on the remarkable world that surrounds us, this provides a sense of escape from the somewhat hectic and chaotic lives we live today. I particularly find sunrise a very peaceful time of the day as the pressure of our daily lives fade away into the scene before me. It has become a passion through photography to capture and share this peaceful beauty and the sense of awe I experience while trying to create that single unique moment in time. My hope is that you will be inspired to go out and explore this amazing planet we live on.

​​Visit more of Garry's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.gelandscapephoto.com

Theme Shortlist

Below are the amazing  images that shortlisted into the top tier of this themes competition.  A  big congratulations to all the talented photographers that participated! 
Mark Boyle - Approaching Storm Boatshed Perth
Diahann Tanke - Stormy Seas
Gaanesh Prasad - I am watching you
Rust Brand - The Arch Spitzkoppe Namibia
Ildiko Baranyi - Snow Storm
Charles Crain - Gathering Storm Over Cypremort Pt -1971
Yves Demers•Paris - Stormy Road trip
Mark Boyle - Survive This Drive
Debra Goins-Francis - After Storm Brilliance
Lawrence Worcester - Stormy Field
Garry Everett - Gloomy
Greg Nelson - ACT Storm
Judith Kuhn - Stormy Uttakleiv
Judith Kuhn - White water
Ales Krivec - Incoming monster
Kip Harris - South Shore Suite, December 29 2015
Brian Ashworth - No Flying
Rudolf Sulgan - Blizzard 1
Andre Boto - Road to the winter
Marcello Niccodemi - The last moment
Robert Nowak - Clouds on Tonga Ridge
Colin Page - Calm before the Storm
Rudolf Sulgan - Blizzard 3
Stephen Mimms -Somewhere it must be raining
Tahlia Graham - The Road to Paradise
Virgil Reglioni - Chased Into The Hills
Alan Bigio -Storm is Coming
Alex Politis - Unfolding
Alysia Semrok - Canola Storm
Andre Legaspi - A Walk in the Park

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