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WINNERS GALLERY JUL 2020

"NATURES GLORY" 2020 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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Through thick and thin 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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Pelican Perspective BY Bence Mate

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 Our Second Place Winner was  submitted by 
Bence Mate​​​​​​ from Pusztaszer, Hungary


Wildlife photographer, born in Hungary, 1985. In 2010 he won the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photography of the Year award in London. He is the most effective photographer in the 53-year-old history of the competition, being the only contestant winning the first prize in both the young and adult categories.    

  In 2005 he developed the one-way glass photography technique, making fundamental changes in hide photography practice. This technique has been widely used all over the world, and most hides are equipped with such glasses. 

Since 2008 he has been designing wildlife photography hides in different parts of the world (Hungary, Costa Rica, Brazil, Norway, South-Africa and Transylvania, Romania). His enterprise operating in Hungary welcomes photographers with the most exclusive hides in the world. 

 Books: The Invisible Wildlife Photographer (English, Hungarian), The Handbook of Bird Photography (Markus Varesvuo, Jari Peltomäki, Bence Máté; English, German, Finnish, French, Chinese); The Exhibition (English, Hungarian)

Visit more of Bence's amazing  ​work online at:
www.matebence.hu
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Wallace Flying Frog 1 by Chin Leong Teo ​

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Chin Leong Teo ​​ from Singapore
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Chin Leong Teo is an internationally published, multi-award-winning Singaporean photographer.  

He has won top prizes and has been conferred more than 900 awards in more than 300 international photography circuits, salons and exhibitions.  His recognitions include multiple Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) Blue Badges for being the best author in photography salons, FIAP Gold Medals, and Photographic Society of America (PSA) Gold Medals.  He is ranked world top 10 in three PSA divisions in PSA Who's Who 2019 List, listing at world #5 for PTD (Photo Travel Division), #10 for PIDC (Projected Image Division – Colour), and #10 for PJD (Photojournalism Division). 

In 2019, Chin Leong won the prestigious Pangea Prize and five Remarkable Awards at Siena Photo Awards. This made him the most awarded photographer at the event in Siena, Italy. In the same year, he was also crowned the winner of the Discovery category of the inaugural ROAM Awards 2019. In 2020, he won 1st prize in the Nature category of IPA OneShot: Movement Photo Awards, and the Grand Prize in The New York Centre for Photographic Art – Luminosity Photo Awards. He was also winner in All About Photo Awards and 80th International Salon of Japan. 

Chin Leong's photography philosophy is to capture "all things beautiful God created" and to continue to grow and evolve his photographic sense and acumen. 

Professionally, Chin Leong is Chief Traffic Development Officer (CTDO) at Fukuoka International Airport Co.,Ltd. (FIAC), operator of Fukuoka Airport, the fourth largest airport in Japan. 

​​Visit more of Chin Leong Teo 's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://teochinleong.com/
www.linkedin.com/in/chin-leong-teo-63224732/
www.instagram.com/teochinleong78
 https://www.facebook.com/teo.leong.5​

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Blue Insularis 7 by CHIN LEONG TEO ​

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was also submitted by 
Chin Leong Teo ​​ from Singapore

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! 

Judith Kuhn - Dancing lights
Georgi Georgiev - Rainy days
Bence Mate - Eye To Eye
Anthony Cherbas - Squadron
Georgi Georgiev - Hunter
Bahaadeen Al-Qazwini - Landscape of Cheetah
Wojciech Kruczynski - Bow Fiddle
Bahaadeen Al-Qazwini - Lion Hug
Judith Kuhn - Kirkjufellsfoss
Bahaadeen Al-Qazwini-Gray Heron Babies
Bence Mate - Big Dipper
Wojciech Kruczynski - Tugeneset icebergs
Chin Leong Teo - Fear Macaques Colour
Craig Bill - Magic Mountain
Yves Demers•Paris - Black bear
Kai Hornung - Haukland aurora
Georgi Georgiev - Mantis
Chin Leong Teo - Three Small Frogs 1
Chris Prud'homme - Flight 2
Christian Tuckwell-Smith - On The Prowl
Christian Tuckwell-Smith - North Of The Wall
Craig Bill - Lost in Time
Dan Mitler - Among the Ancients
Dan Mitler - Cyclical
Dan Mitler - Dawning of the Minarets
Emily Honsinger - Swampy Disguise
Wojciech Kruczynski - Kjerkfjorden
Evelien Vantomme - Sunset
Yves Demers•Paris - Perseides
Fabio Giachetti - Sunset Storm
Jen Kucherawy - Enchanted cliffs
Kai Hornung - Hintersee sidelight
Jen Kucherawy - Ocean be Still
Julio Castro - Perfect Reflection
Julio Castro - The church of the sea
Daniel Wroga- New Yorker hike
Alexandra Ritchie - Busy
Jillian Chilson - A New Morning
John Laue - Pampas Hill
Judith Kuhn - Breiðamerkursandur
Anthony Cherbas - Birth of Venus
Josip Miskovic - Sibilini Mountains
Greg Buening - Glacier
Juanma Domínguez - Al final del camino
Judith Kuhn - The fairies' tubs
Bence Mate - Zebra Silhouette
Shawna Hinkel - Emerald Isle
Tom Dorsz - What do I See
Julio Castro - Night in the mountain
Annette Wood - Kalia's Wish Rose
Greg Buening - Bumble Bees
Catherine Pratt - Himalayan Blue Poppies
Samir Al Busaidi - Clay Cracks
William Goodwin - Watching
Kai Hornung - Limides
Lauren Connolly - Ray Silhouette
Tom Dorsz - A Mighty Wave (Napali Coast, Kauai)
Marianne Barnett - Momma Bear and Cubs Chinitna Bay Alaska
Wendy Kenzell - Bison Roam Free
Marlon Porter - Baby Swans
Mary Gerakaris - After the Storm
Maurizio Pol - Alpin lake in Springtime
Maurizio Pol - Landscape of Sibillini national park
Md Khairulamin - The Purple Mushroom
Michelle Ryan - Stairway to Heaven
AJ Oscarson - After the Storm
Olivia McLauirne - Peaceful Retreat
Paul Licman - World
Pawel Pilch - Remote Survey №3
Richard Brooks - Green-veined White
Rick Lingo - Dune
Ali ihtiyar - Life tree
Robert Nowak - Mirror Beach
Roberto Melotti - Sunrise in the snowy woods
Rouse Mitch - Canyonlands Trail
Rouse Mitch - Lone Tree
Samir AlBusaidi - Safah Lake
Sara Petraglia - Alga
Sisel Lan-The Comet And The Storm
Kyler Emerson - A Wide World
Suzan Mandla - Bee Near Me
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