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WINNERS GALLERY Jul 2021

"Natures Glory​" 2021 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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The mountain artery​​ BY Juan Lopez Ruiz

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Juan ​Lopez Ruiz​ from Madrid, Spain
My passion for photography has been with me since I was a child and I have always found it very interesting to be able to portray and immortalize the unique moments that nature offers us.  

In 2017 I could finally buy my first digital reflex camera and since then I have not stopped learning and perfecting myself in this beautiful art being able to combine my passion for photography and nature, until now I have not stopped documenting myself in an autodidactic way learning to understand light and perfecting my technique in the use of the camera as well as in the subsequent digital edition of my images which for me is something fundamental.  
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​​Visit more of Juan's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.jlopezruiz.com

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Night Show BY Julio ​Castro Pardo

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Our Second Place Winner was submitted  by 
Julio​​ ​Castro Pardo from La Coruña, Spain
I was born in La Coruña, studied pharmacy and it was not until the beginning of the year 2015 that I assaulted my curiosity about photography.        

Like most I started taking photos to everything, with techniques like HDR that made the photos look a lot with little work. However, after attending a couple of courses such as the Night Photography and Lightpainting of the Lightbrothers and Alchemist Light I began to become increasingly interested in this type of photography that was so spectacular.        

In addition, I was always a big fan of nature and landscapes, and in combination with the long exposure photography that I also used for night, I found the type of photography I wanted to do: Landscape Photography and nightlife.    ​  

Visit more of Julio's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.juliocastrofotografia.com

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 Glowing larchs by Judith ​Kuhn

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Judith Kuhn​ from Immenstaad, Germany
Hello! I am Judith...

I would like to call myself an “ambitious amateur photographer”. My main focus is nature and landscape photography, but I also like to make detours to other genres.​

Everything I know about photography is self-educated. A few books here, some internet research there, inspiration from the works of other photographers and a lot, really a lot of trying things out has brought me to where I am today.​

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.

Visit more of Judith's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.dreamscape-pictures.de

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Lush meadows by Ales Krivec

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Ales Krivec​​ ​​​​​​​ from Jesenice, Slovenia
I am a photographer from Slovenia, taking images of my diverse country.

Visit more of Ales's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
dreamypixel.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! 

Ales Krivec - Under a tree
Ildiko Baranyi - November
Anne Dignam - Yosemite Valley Fog
Anne Dignam - Bubble Feeding
Anne Dignam - Sunrise at Mesa Arch
Juan Lopez - Galactic Lake
Dan Mitler - Awe
Juan Lopez - Electric storm on lavender
Ildiko Baranyi - Iceland
Stuart Chape - Tree of life
Inge Vautrin - Catching Raindrops
Diahann Tanke - Morning light
Garry Everett - Aerobatics
Greg Buening - Congaree Cottomouth
Greg Buening - Whale Dive
Heidi Fickinger - Flying Skies Over Mauna Kea
Julio Castro - Rock Paradise
Heidi Fickinger - Hidden Beauty
Garry Everett - Crane Choreography
Ildiko Baranyi - Abstract
Sergio Diaz - El ultimo aliento
Inge Vautrin - Red-vented Bulbul
Juan Lopez - Stars on the river
Judith Kuhn - All the leaves are brown
Julio Castro - The Magic fores
Juan Lopez - Night on the little snowy hill
Aneesh Kotwal - Colours of fragile nature in one frame
Dave Shaffer - Into the Wild
David Hickman - Peacock's Plumage
Dan Wheeler - Slide
Keith Horton - Scribbly-gum tree recovering after fire
Kiley Rubright - Sunrise at Arches with Clouds and Rocks
Julio Castro -The way
Leo Tujak - Baxter Pond
Lisa Blount - Oxbow Bend
Julio Castro - The blue lake
Marc Marco - Sa Foradada Storm
Masaaki Onaka - Hill of Earth
Michele Sennesael - Silence in paradise
Rudolf Sulgan - Badlands
Sally McKay - ATLANTIC OCEAN RESERVE
Stuart Chape - Lauru reflections
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