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WINNERS GALLERY Jun 2022

"Sunrise and Sunset​" 2022 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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Tre Cime BY Tomasz ​Rojek

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Our First Place Winner was submitted by 
Tomasz​​​​​ ​Rojek​​​​ from Rudy, Poland
I was born in the mid-seventies and I am from Poland.   My adventure with photography begins with a passion for travel. Many years ago, while still in college, I began to see the beauty of the world around us, its various corners, those close and those in distant countries. This led me to visit many places both in Poland and beyond its borders. An indispensable companion of every traveler is a camera. This was so in my case, but initially my photography was directed on documenting what I had the opportunity to see. Over time, I wanted something more than another photo from a trip, something more than another photo of one place or another. For several years I have been trying to create frames consciously, use the aura, the times of the day and the year to show my vision of the places I visit.    

Today I carefully plan every trip for my photography. Both the places I visit and travel time are subjected to it. My idea for photography is to follow the light, seek and use it in the best possible way.​

​Visit more of Tomasz​'s​​​ amazing  ​work online at:
www.tomaszrojek.pl

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Fire crystals​ BY Juan​ Lopez​

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 Our Second Place Winner was submitted by 
Juan Lopez​ 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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Sunrise in the Old West by Juan Lopez

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

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Walking among giants​​ by Julio Setiadi

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Our Honorable Mention 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

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 - Ring of frost
Judith Kuhn - Aldeyarfoss
Alex Cao - The moss season on Ly Son Island
Anne Dignam - Embracing Dawn
Aung Chan Thar - Sunrise
David Cohen - Wake Up World
Craig Bill - Starfire
Juan Lopez - The Walls of Valhalla
Bob Debski - Douro Dawn
Vladimir Karamazov - The hand of the sun
Bob Debski - Sailors Take Warning
Brodie Knox-The Fisherman_
Craig Bill - Stargate
Dan Cook - Fade of Day
Dan Cook - Soft Rise
Vladimir Karamazov - Perfect light
Dan Mitler - Courting Autumn
Anne Dignam - Sunset Over Kilimanjaro
Dan Mitler - Remnant
Tomasz Rojek - Bardenas Reales
Fausto Rosa - Connection
Julio Castro - The-Eyes
Daniel Allen - SummerSun
Daniel De Bord - Sunrise Over Havasu
Ales Krivec - Sunrise in the Dolomites
David Cohen - Morning Explodes
Anne Dignam - Canyonlands Arch
Dawn LI - Warm lovely colors of sunrise in the Himalayas
Julio Castro - The dreamed islands
Debra Behr - Sunset over the Minarets in Mammoth Lakes
Jonas Lindell - Sunset with crescent moon
Dan Mitler - Valley of Fire
Fausto Rosa - Foggy Morning
Filippo Pincolini - Quiete fittizia Fictitious stillness
Francisco Jimenez - La Barraca Puesta de sol
Dan Mitler - Pink Maroon
Amy Szczepanski - After the Storm
Judith Kuhn - Diamond fever
Alex Class - The Opening Hours
Francisco Jimenez-Candilazo - Puesta de sol
Gary Cotton - Sunset Behind Advancing Fog Bank
Hainburg-Danube-Braunsberg-sunset-04
Heidi Mustonen - Sunset-3
Jacob Ricker - Early Morning Fog
Jacquelyn Sinclair - Morning Sun
Judith Kuhn - Seljalandsfoss
Vladimir Karamazov -Society at sunset
Jeroen Lagerwerf - Call-it-a-day
Judith Kuhn - Magic Vestrahorn
Jeroen Lagerwerf - Frozen-fields-of-Deelen
Jesus Manzaneque - Windmills and haze
John Laue - Sunset Dreamer
Martin Kucera - Winter evening in lowlands
Emir Tamer - Alanya
Jonas Lindell - Kvarken Archipelago Unesco world heritage moraines
Joseph Hamner - Sunset Over Lake Pontchartrain
Joseph O'Neill - Foggy Sunrise Prague
Juan Lopez - Burning desert
Juan Lopez - Darkness on the fjord
Lakshitha Karunarathna - Vibrant Evening
Juan Lopez - Sunrise at the Mesa
Kylo-Patrick Hart - Arctic Twilight
Julio Castro - The arch
Tomasz Rojek - Hamnoy
Karen Safer - Kalmata Skies
Jerry Chinn - Spring Paris Love
Kaz Leroux - For Sale
Martin Kucera - In the last rays
Lakshitha Karunarathna - Bubbly Sunrise_
Jeroen Lagerwerf - Daisies-at-Sunset
Marc Quireyns - African Wild Dog
Tomasz Rojek - Reinebringen
Hisaya TANABE - Chaje Shukarije
Marc Quireyns - Elephant
Vladimir Karamazov -Sunrise at Hamnoy
Margo Kessler Cook - The Fogged In Breakfast Club
Maria Paz - Jump
Martin Kucera - Fairytale morning
Martin Kucera - The Sign
Maurizio Pol - Sunrise on Milano city
Melanie Cleusix - Rising day
Mike Bourgeault - Fire in the Sky I
Nic Woolford - Sunset on K'Gari (Fraser Island, QLD)
Nina Schneider - Apocalyptic Sunset
Patricia Lewis - Sunflower Sunrise
Paula Shenk - Blue Ridge Mountains
Rain Bunder - Red Sunset
Pete Robinson - Sunrise Rock Tree
Samuele Marzi - Sunset over the seaport
Tina Helart - Sloans Lake Colorado
Tom Pickard - Painted Sky
Tomasz Rojek - Mulafossur
Tanya Holden - Palms at Sunrise
TONINO VICARI - COACHELLA
Wes Uncapher- Pronghorn sunset
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