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"Stormy Day" 2023 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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Fire In Pantanal BY Bence​ Máté

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Bence Máté​​​​ ​​​​​ from Pusztaszer, Hungary
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Bence Mate is a Hungarian wildlife photographer, and the most successful participant in the history of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of The Year competition. He is the only person to be voted both 'Young Wildlife Photographer of The Year' and 'Wildlife Photographer of The Year', and he leads all the rankings in this competition. He is best known to the public as 'The Invisible Wildlife Photographer' from the title of a three-part series broadcast on Spectrum Television. Apart from these achievements he has also established an international reputation as a designer of specialist photography hides. According to a 2014 survey, he is the 9th best-known Hungarian in the world, and is also very successful in his own country.

Bence is an Ambassador for Panasonic cameras.

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:
bencemate.com

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Elk Storm By Wes Uncapher

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Wes Uncapher​​​​ from Riverton, Wyoming

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I have been a photographer for thirty plus years trying to do a little better with each passing year.  The daily goal is to make todays picture a little better than yesterday.
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​Visit more of Wes​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.belchingfrog.com

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Dark Fjord by Juan Lopez Ruiz​

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Our Third Place Winner was submitted by 
Juan Lopez Ruiz​​​​ from Madrid, Spain
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Amateur photographer born in Madrid, Spain.

My specialty is landscape photography but I have also developed a special interest in architectural and wildlife photography.

​Visit more of Juan's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.jlopezruiz.com

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Rough sea​ By Giovanni Allievi

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
Giovanni Allievi​​​​ ​ from Pietra Ligure, Italy


For over three decades, my photographic focus has centered on the mesmerizing world of sea storms. Since the mid-1980s, I have honed my craft, capturing the raw power and untamed beauty of these turbulent oceanic displays. Venturing to remote coastlines, I seize moments of elemental chaos, evoking awe and reverence for nature's grandeur.
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Visit more of Giovanni's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.allievi-photography.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! 

Bill Wilkins - Antarctica Iceberg
Bence Máté - Stormy Day
Juan Lopez - The Fjord Entrance
Marc Marco - Sa Foradada Storm
Bill Wilkins - Svalbard Storm Scene
Bill Wilkins - Icelandic Sunset
Bill Wilkins - Shafts Of Light
Bill Wilkins - Svalbard Stormy Reflections
Bill Wilkins - Tahitian Storm Sunset
Bill Wilkins - Weather In The Beagle Strait
Catherine Holmes - Calm beneath a stormy sky
CHUNYANG HOU - Gobi wind and clouds
Celia Surita - Full moon night
CHAO –YANG HUANG –Homing
Christy Mandeville - Purple Rain
Martin Kucera - Summer Storm
Juan Lopez - Dark Coast
Christy Mandeville - Stormy Shelf Cloud
Khanh Phan - Stormy Day
Karen Horner - Silent Echoes
Bill Wilkins - Rainbow over Iceland
Christy Mandeville - Stormy Sunset
Jeroen Lagerwerf- One Way
David Cohen - Heart of the Storm
Deryk Baumgärtner- Lofoten-Storm
Dylan Engel - Sparks in the Sky
Marcio Cabral - Electric Sunset
Tori Jane Ostberg - Lacona Ghost
Darren Lehane - Double Rainbows
Ted Socci - Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Alison Souza - The Sky Over The Mountains
Li Ying Tseng-Rain falls
Ted Socci - Tortolita Mountains II
Fabio Giachetti - The Castle
Tori Jane Ostberg - Sonoran Fire
Greg Buening - Dark and Stormy
Jeroen Lagerwerf - Crown of-the Thunder King
Martin Kucera - Before Storm II
Josh Sacks - Lightning Crashes
Ken To - After The Rain
Juan Lopez - Dark Window
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Brewing
Marcelo Hayashida - Choro do Cerrado
Tori Jane Ostberg - Ripples
Marcelo Hayashida - Festa em Fresta
Mark Ryan - Raging Lake Superior
Markus van Hauten - Close to sunset
Miriam Schulman - Storm over Otemanu
Md Asker Ibne Firoz - Coastal Storm
Miriam Schulman - Barbie Strikes
Mohammad Hedayet Sarker - Stormy rain can't hold me.
Neema Dainow- Stormy Skies
Olha Pashkovska - Eye of the devil

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