The winning images from the second annual Natural Landscape Photography Awards were just announced. The competition was started to “promote the very best landscape photography by digital and film photographers who value realism and authenticity in their work,” with rules set up to prevent deceptive editing techniques. More than 1,100 photographers entered from 55 countries this year. Contest organizers were once again kind enough to share the winners and runners-up.
Winners of the 2022 Natural Landscape Photography Awards
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![A view of a mountain casting a shadow across low clouds, seen from below]()
Read moreThird Place, Mountains #
Alessandro Masiero / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![An aerial view of a striated hillside with a single small tree on a ridge]()
Read moreWinner, Photographer of the Year (1 of 2) #
Brent Clark / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![A broad view of sand dunes bathed in low sunlight]()
Read moreWinner, Photographer of the Year (2 of 2) #
Brent Clark / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![Sun dogs appear in a halo around the sun—sunlight is refracted through ice crystals above a frozen body of water.]()
Read moreThird Place, Frozen Worlds #
Steve Evans / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![A view into reddish-colored river water]()
Read moreRunner-Up, Project. A view of the Río Tinto, a river in Andalusia, Spain, tinted red by iron and heavy metals. #
Luís Afonso / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![Thick icicles hang from branches or roots.]()
Read moreRunner-Up, Frozen Worlds #
Jason Pettit / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![An erupting volcano, seen at night, with cinders arcing in the air and landing on the slopes]()
Read moreThird Place, Grand Scenic #
Nicolas Raspiengeas / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![A view of an arid mountainside, obscured by sunlight passing through raindrops]()
Read moreRunner-Up, Intimate Landscapes #
Eric Erlenbusch / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![A single small flower blooms among many green leaves.]()
Read morePhotographer of the Year, Sixth Place (1 of 2) #
Hans Gunnar Aslaksen / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![Abstract striped and looped patterns and blue sky are reflected on ripples on water.]()
Read morePhotographer of the Year, Sixth Place (2 of 2) #
Hans Gunnar Aslaksen / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![A branching star-shaped crack appears in snow-covered ice.]()
Read morePhotographer of the Year, Third Place #
Alfredo Mora / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![A night view of a tall rock formation partially covered by snow]()
Read moreRunner-Up, Grand Scenic #
Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![A tall ocean wave crashes, with smaller waves seen in the foreground.]()
Read moreWinner, Seascapes #
Andre Donawa / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![A snow-covered slope with one pine tree poking through]()
Read moreProject Winner. Forests in Romania's Carpathian Mountains (1 of 3) #
Daniel Mîrlea / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![Sunlit mist envelops pine trees on a mountain slope.]()
Read moreProject Winner. Forests in Romania's Carpathian Mountains (2 of 3) #
Daniel Mîrlea / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![A dozen small pine trees stand clustered with snow on a snowy mountainside.]()
Read moreProject Winner. Forests in Romania's Carpathian Mountains (3 of 3) #
Daniel Mîrlea / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![Hundreds of sparks fly from a burning tree.]()
Read moreWinner, Environmental #
Samuel Markham / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![Ice forms into overlapping plates in a body of water beside snow-covered mountains.]()
Read moreRunner-Up, Seascapes #
Michal Krause / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
![A view of rushing water along a shoreline]()
Read moreWinner, Intimate Landscapes #
Spencer Cox / Natural Landscape Photography Awards -
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![Steam rises from barren mountain ridges.]()
Read moreWinner, Deserts #
Peter Coskun / Natural Landscape Photography Awards
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