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"Sunrise and Sunset​" 2021 THEME WINNERS

Both the beginning and ending of each amazing day in our world provide some of the most magical, mystical and beautiful light.   The golden hour or the blue light combined with magnificent skylines or majestic landscapes can produce some of the finest images a photographer will ever capture! 

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Three Mountains​​ BY Juan ​Lopez Ruiz

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Juan Lopez Ruiz​​​​​​​​ from Fuenlabrada Madrid, Spain
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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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Turmhof Steckborn​ BY Judith ​Kuhn

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Our Second Place Winner was submitted  by 
Judith Kuhn​​​​​​​ from Immenstaad, Germany
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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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Sunrise on the Viacrucis by JUAN ​LOPEZ RUIZ

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Our Third Place Winner was also submitted by 
Juan Lopez Ruiz​​​​​​​​ from Fuenlabrada Madrid, Spain

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Lighthouse at Sunrise by John Twiname

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Our Honorable Mention Winner was submitted by 
John Twiname​ ​​​​​​​ from Hamilton, New Zealand
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I am an amateur photographer based in New Zealand. I have been interested in photography since my brother gave me a camera back in the early 80s. I had been using a Nikon FE2 and using mainly slide films to take landscape, street and portrait photography in New Zealand, and Asia in my 20s. With the advent of the full-frame sensor, I have since developed an interest in black and white fine arts and architecture photography.

Visit more of John's​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
https://500px.com/johntwinamenz

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! 

Andre Legaspi - Subway Sunset
Douglas DeVore - Tranquility
Dan Mitler - Elephantication
Robert Debski - Whitehaven Inferno
Anne Dignam - Mesa Arch Sunrise
Craig Bill - Canyonscape
Craig Bill - Canyonscape
John Twiname - Supernova
Michaela Vinterová - Sunset in the central mountains
Douglas DeVore - Fire in the Sky
Dan Mitler - Sands of Time
David Booth - Glimmer of Light
David Spiel - Sunset at Sunion
Judith Kuhn - As evening falls
Juan Lopez - Spring sunrise
Judith Kuhn - Fire in the sky
Willem Kuijpers - La Romerio del Rocio 01
Craig Bill - Stargate
Fabrizio Conte - The dawn of the worst day
Fausto Rosa - Connection
Robert Debski - Rainbows & Unicorns
Garry Everett - Ancient Forrest
Garry Everett - Fire Mist
Dan Mitler - Tears of the Mountain
Mona Jumaan - Maldives at sunset
Herve Boutrouille - 6o6
Massimo Gaetano - Riflessi al tramonto
Carlos Ramiro - Sunset Surfers
Jan Maghreb - Desert sunrise
Juan Lopez - Sunset over the poppies
Andrea Gluckman - Delphi Sunset
Rick Lingo - Rural Sunrise
Demayne Murphy - Blue
Robert Debski - Salt Pond
Anne Dignam - Sunset at Horseshoe Bend
Jerry Chinn - Sunset March
Dan Cook - Language of Time
Demetrio Jereissati - Sunrise on Mount Sinai
Sam Wilson - Magic Rock
David L. Hickman --Sound Sunset 01
Masaaki Onaka - My Boat
David Baltozer - Dawn On Miami Beach
Aneesh Kotwal - Urban sun set
Dan Wheeler - Morning Mist
Diahann Tanke -Boston Skyline
Lisa Blount - Color of Sunsets
Michaela Vinterová - Sunset colors
Robin Scholte - Beach structures
Stephen Mimms - Godspeed
Willem Kuijpers - Operahouse Oslo 03
Adrian Cornwell - Sunset Mood

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