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WINNERS GALLERY Aug 2023

"Nature" 2023 THEME WINNERS

​No matter where we are nature is present. From the depths of a tropical rain forest to a small garden in the middle of a city, our life here is totally dependent its beautiful rhythms, seasons and fragile balance.

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Perfect Cloud BY Francisco​ Negroni

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Francisco Negroni​​​​​ ​​​​​ from Frutillar, Chile
Francisco​​ is a freelance Photographer in Chile shooting Volcanoes and Landscape photography.​

​Visit more of Francisco​​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.francisconegroni.com

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Reconnaissance​ BY Suliman Alatiqi

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Suliman Alatiqi​ ​​​​ from Kuwait 

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Suliman is and underwater photographer and scuba diving instructor.​

Visit more of Suliman 's​​​ amazing  ​work @suli.uwfotos 


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Grasshopper by Georgi ​Georgiev

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Georgi Georgiev from Sofia, Bulgaria


My name is Georgi Yordanov Georgiev. I was born in 1986.I live in Sofia ,Bulgaria. I am graduated in Ecology in Sofia University, Faculty of Biology.

I am awarded and finalist in many international photography competitions such as: Life Framer; Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA); International Photography Awards (IPA); Neutral Density Photography Awards (ND Awards); Refocus World Photo Awards; One Eyeland Photography Awards; Motif Collective; Umbra International Photography Awards; BG Press Photo; FIAP, PSA, GPU - Gold, Silver, Bronze medals from different international competitions. My photographs have been published in many international web articles, magazines and curated web galleries. 
I like to travel and love street and travel photography but my big passion is macro photography.

​Visit more of Georgi's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.georgigeorgiev.photography

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Yearning for spring​​ by Judith Kuhn

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Judith​ Kuhn​​​​ ​ from Immenstaad, Germany


​My great happiness is my home on beautiful Lake Constance, where I have a lot of photo spots right on my doorstep and the way to the Austrian, Swiss and Italian Alps is not too far. I also love to travel to more exotic destinations on my vacation, with the north being particularly appealing to me.
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Visit more of Judith's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.dreamscape-pictures.de
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The Gymnast by SULIMAN ALATIQI

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We had a second Honorable Mention Winner this month that was submitted by 
Suliman Alatiqi​ ​​​​ from Kuwait.

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! 
Francisco Negroni - El Caulle
Catherine Holmes - The Boss
Adam Horvath - The World of the Badger
Andrew Dickman - Cradle Mountain Sunrise
Juan Lopez - The Fly
Bence Mate - Watch Me Now
Bence Mate - Marvel Of Ants
Catherine Holmes - Never smile at a crocodile
Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod - Peaceful
Andrew Dickman - Flight of the Penguins
Courtney Esson - Witches Hat
Andrew Dickman - Geyser
Georgi Georgiev - Microcosmos
Bence Mate - Meeting Point
Chris Pantazis - Acrometopa servillea
Bence Mate - One Toy Three Dogs
Cassie Zeng - Silent echoes
Judith Kuhn - Practice makes perfect
Francisco Negroni - Image of fear
Deryk Baumgaertner - Raw nature
Bence Mate - Surreal
Bence Mate - No Safe Land
Juan Lopez - The Factory
Catherine Holmes - The hunt
Catherine Holmes- Schools out!
Bill Wilkins - Iceberg Collapse
Judith Kuhn - Good catch
Hsing-Hui Tsai – Autumn colors
Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod - Speed
Juan Lopez - Blood Survival
Bill Wilkins - A Walk In The Park (Denali)
Cheryl Darbey - Window
CHAO–YANG HUANG – Homing
Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod - The Great leap
Deryk Baumgaertner - Purple rain
Gregory Newman - Edwards Nursery #3
Dan Mitler- Enveloping dusk
Will Shotwell - Spoon Bill
Panos Laskarakis - Life on Mars
Juan Lopez - Cold World
Courtney Esson - A Quick Glimpse
Dan Mitler - A fleeting moment of stillness
Andrew Dickman - Burning Bush
Judith Kuhn - Homerun
Dan Mitler - What awaits
Miriam Schulman - Eyelash Viper
Bill Wilkins - Sunrise on the Meteora Mountains
Chon Kit Leong - Snowy Bryce Canyon
Juan Lopez - Green Glacier
Antonello Proietti - Life is a tree
Fausto Rosa - Junction
Gerald Phillipson - Redshanks in flight
Georgi Georgiev - Ladybug
Gerald Phillipson - Silver Birch and watercourse
Chris Pantazis - Wild horses
Greg Buening - Shoco Burrowing Owls
Ishan Kalliecharan - Beautifully Strange
Jeff Bruneau - Above the Canyon
Bill Wilkins - The Beauty of Kodiak Island
An Pham Dinh - Funny Moment Of Two Lemon Butterflies With A Wild Flower
Christian Moehrle - Storm Approaching
Miriam Schulman - Spider In Pink
David Cohen - Morning's Web
Dan Mitler - Calm before
Connor Brennan - Bees Enjoying Coneflowers
Xuan Quyen - Dawn on Ly Son island.
ChunYang Hou - Chase in the snow
Daniel De Bord - Life under Foot
Lalith Ekanayake - Sorry Sight
Yanko Kolevski - The end of season
Xuân Quyên - Mark time
Karen Horner - Nature's Watchful Eye
KO HSIU CHEN - Desert warrior
Venu Tummalapalli - Fire and Ice
Konrad Cox - Brockenhurst 28
Melissa Cormican - Glossy Ibis
Madison Sosnowski - Ain't Life Grand
Markus van Hauten - Fairytale land
Mark Ryan - Orange Monarch
Markus van Hauten - Heather morning
MEI JUNG HU- Sea of Lily Flowers in Liushidan Mountain
Li Ying Tseng - In front of home
Melissa Cormican - Canada Goose
Xuan Quyen - A corner of Ly Son island
Michael Sales - Fall Lake Lowell
Phuoc Hoai Nguyen - In the mangrove forest
Suliman Alatiqi - Crocsphere
Patrick Nowotny - Fast Food
Olha Pashkovska - Performance of nature
Nadya Baryshnikova - Along the coast
Juan Manuel Domínguez - Art of Nature
Sumeet Parab - Namibia Timeless Landscape
David Cohen - Seeking Red
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Selenium
W Goodwin - Octopoid Optometry
Walter Amstutz - Kananaskis
Michael Bar-On - Jellyfish

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