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WINNERS GALLERY Jul 2022

"Nature​" 2022 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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Glorious Hunting BY Panos ​ Laskarakis

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Panos​​​​​ ​ Laskarakis​​​​​ from Ioannina, Greece
TAKE THE MOMENT …WHATEVER IT TAKES
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I first got involved in photography in 2005 and since then I have kept on evolving my techniques and knowledge, through a series of valuable experiences, by visiting several places on the planet like the Arctic, Africa, Asia, America, and Europe, capturing impressive sights with a different perspective.

Nature photography is love, passion, exploration, adventure, and creation. I always look for dramatic action and I feel alive in every sense when I experience the greatness of natural elements. I live my life traveling to every possible destination, searching for days on end for instantaneous, breathless scenes.

WILDLIFE, LANDSCAPE, AND TRIBES COMPOSE MY WORK!

The key behind great photography is hidden in the huge variety of landscapes, wildlife, and cultures as well as in the incredible wonders that emerge through the endless, magnificent power of nature. Photography is not only setting the limits of an instant shooting at the place of the main action, but also the printing and presentation in the gallery where nature comes to life in front of the public eye.

There, my feelings together with my lust for beauty create an indispensable bond with my guests.

​Visit more of Panos's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
panoslaskarakis.com

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Home Alone​​ BY Lalith​ Ekanayake​

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Lalith Ekanayake​​ from Colombo, Sri Lanka

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By profession I am a medical specialist but I have been in wildlife and nature photography for the past few decades, which is my passion, and travelled extensively in the world and have won numerous Gold Medals and awards in wildlife photography. I have published books along with photography exhibitions in wildlife photography and have been a frequent speaker and presenter in wildlife photography. I am recipient of EFIAP. To me there is nothing called “perfection” in any photography. Every click to me is an experience, the more I click the more I learn something new. Every win is a beginning for me. It’s an endless learning curve. I give equal importance to artistry as in story telling in my clicks. I love nature and I never get bored by staying in nature for long and try to capture/create what human eye cannot see, for which drone is an ideal adding to my photography gear. For me, wildlife photography is an ideal package of adventure, challenge, accomplishment, satisfaction, compete and rewarding. I believe 6 “P” in wildlife photography, Passion, Patience, Practice, Perseverance, Participation and Preserve (fauna & flora).  

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Sunrise in the Old West by Ignacio​ Municio Casado​

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Ignacio Municio Casado​​ from Villaobispo de las Regueras, Spain


I am a fan of landscape and urban photography. Born in a small town in the north of Spain, the mountains are my passion. 

I have managed to win some photography contests like the IPA and meritorious positions in many others. Always learning, this world is in constant evolution, so you can't be left behind.

​Visit more of Ignacio's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.imuniciophoto.com​

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Landing Angels​​ by Craig Bill

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Craig Bill​​ ​ from Austin, Texas


My name is Craig Bill and I am a landscape photographer residing in Austin, Texas USA.   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. ​
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Visit more of Craig's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://CraigBill.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! 

Addison Likins - Mr. Beaver's Autumn Swim
Alexej Sachov - Storm
Georgi Georgiev - Mantis tale
Dusty Cooper - Swamp in Yellow
Anna Mae Almeida - Morning balance
Craig Bill - Force of Nature
Anne Dignam - Golden Eyes
Ignacio Municio - The forest of dreams
Ben Pulletz - Hare Lying Down
Brendon Porter - Wild Mustangs Sunset
Brian Hunt - Crieff countryside
Chris Jackson - Almighty Aldeyjarfoss
Chris Jackson - Misty Sunrays Of Godafoss
Christian Bellec - Pink Flamingos Sungate
Courtney Victoria- 3 Stages of a Tree
Dark Rush - Spiderman is Having Me for Dinner Tonight
David Cohen - Be Bold
Dawn LI - Nature - Heaven and earth
Anne Dignam - Flying Free
Demayne Murphy - Belonging
Jorge Valdez - Desert Reef
Dusty Cooper - Cypress at Rest
Elizabeth Kazda - Mandala with Maple Samaras
Juan Lopez - White Glacier
Emre Goksu - Concrete Jungle
Francisco Gonzalez Camacho - Untitled
Juan Lopez - Tales of the forest
Georgi Georgiev - Ladybugs
Alexej Sachov - Twilight Patrol
Gjert Rognli - What nature knows VIII
Great Grey Owl - Take off
Heidi Mustonen - Nature -4
Juan Lopez - The Pocket Tree
Ian Marshall - Highland Stag
IN-HO JUNG - Great egret family
Tomasz Rojek - Lago Limides
Jamie Johnston - Aspen in the Fall
Jamie Johnston - Eagle Canyon 2
Jamie Johnston - Oh No 2
Janin Bergmann - Windy clouds
Georgi Georgiev - Ladybug
Lakshitha Karunarathna - Coexistance
Martin Kucera - Kunkovice windmill
Greg Buening - Great Egret Central Park
Jorge Valdez - Hidden Portal
Josip Miskovic - Fungus
Georgi Georgiev - Butterfly
Martin Kucera - In the last rays
Judith Kuhn - Magical fairy world
Martin Kucera - Autumn morning
Judith Kuhn - View into infinity
Prathamesh Ghadekar - A Snail in Wonderland
Lakshitha Karunarathna - Wintering Beauties
Lakshitha Karunarathna - Breakfast
Julia Brooks - Vermillion Lake 2
Karen Cohen - Nurseling
Karen Cohen - Resting kit
Richard Fulcher - Wild Badger At Night
Greg Buening - Seagull Sunset
Ishan Kalliecharan - Focused
Martin Kucera - Dettifoss
Karen Horner- Perseverance
Karen Safer - Norway Fjords
Konrad Cox - Matley Wood 1
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Brewing
RAFAEL GARCIA LUNA - CASTILDETIERRA
Lakshitha Karunarathna - The Arctic Colors
Lalith Ekanayake - Art of Flamingos
Judith Kuhn - Teddy bear
Tomasz Rojek - River Ruda
Laura Cochran - Meditation
Tomasz Rojek - Bardenas Reales
Makayla Shank - Evergreen
Markus Van Hauten - Aldeyjarfoss
Gustav Franklin - Red-backed shrike
Julia Brooks - Lake Louise
Tomasz Rojek - Senja
Maryna Kostiukevych - Portrait of a Pelican
Maurizio Pol - A MARSH OWL
Todor Tilev - Sunrise at Lake Boora
Tomáš Tisoň - The radius
Kimberly Means - My quiet place
Suliman Alatiqi - Amphibious
Tomáš Tisoň - Windy place
Tomasz Rojek - Stokksnes
Maurizio Pol - BATTLE ON ALPS
Wes Uncapher - Life and Death
Tomasz Kudelski - 398
Stuart Chape - Ficus 1
Mike Davis - Nature Reclaims Ownership 1
Jamie Johnston - Peaceful
Muhammad Amdad Hossain - Beauty Of Hill
Patricia Gee - Fatsia swimming
Patricia Lewis - Autumn Morning At The Mill
Thomas Gloyn - Rough Waters O'Sullivan Beach
Paul Kellerman - Matterhorn in Reflection
Pete Robinson - The Stormy Sunset
Polly Weldon- The Nazca Courtship
Rain Bunder - The Squirrel
Robert Nowak - Ghost Falls
Samuele Marzi - Cammina solo
Sonja Ludwig - Almost there
Stephen Mimms - West rim v34
Stuart Chape - Blue rivers
Stuart Chape - Lotus leaves
Thomas James Parrish - Furnished with Rays
Suliman Alatiqi - Nature's Palette
Tanya Holden - Dry Summer at Gorman Falls
Taylor Newlun - Caelum
Tomasz Kudelski - 237
Vladimir Karamazov - The colors of summer
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