MontPhoto, international photography contest (Mountain and Nature Photography Awards)

1st Award
Aparición de Francisco José Jiménez Manzano de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Place: Parc Nacional dels Picos de Europa, Espanya
Description: «After a six-hour walk from Covadonga, having reached the Ario sheep pen and almost at the top of the peaks –when the thick fog did let him see or guess nothing-, Alejandro Pidal was still looking downwards without seeing anything when suddenly heard voices and exclamations of admiration and surprise. He then looked up and –Oh, surprise...! the massive Urrieles, golden by the sun, were appearing above the clouds ...» (Pedro Pidal, in the Mountain of Covadonga National Park guide book. Madrid, 1932).

Francisco José Jiménez Manzano

1st Award

Honor award
Zanskar de Enrique López-Tapia de Inés de Madrid (Madrid)
Place: Zanskar, Himàlaia (Índia)
Description: The full moon rises at dusk above the sharp mountains of the Zanskar mountain range, one of the most remote regions of Kashmir, in India. The shadows of the clouds over the mountain make the light of dusk more intense over the cut-out profile of the peaks.

Enrique López-Tapia de Inés

Honor award

Honor award Popular voting
Sierra Nevada de Ignacio Flores Arcas de Granada (Granada)
Place: Sierra Nevada, Espanya
Description: This is a view of the Sierra Nevada mountain range from the Aguacil mountain pass, showing the north side of the Alcazaba Peak (3,371 m). These atmospheric phenomena, which take place in this Mountain range due to its altitude, it’s called lenticular clouds and is caused by mountain waves in stable atmosphere conditions.

Ignacio Flores Arcas

Honor award / P. V.

Honor award
L'empremta d'una antiga glacera de Miquel Angel Artús Illana de Tossa de Mar (Girona)
Place: Parc Nacional i Reserva Denali, Alaska
Description: The 24,585 km2 of pure virgin nature shared by the Denali Park and the Denali Preserve in Alaska, is not only the home to Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in the US. Those which not long ago were glaciers are now moraines of white and bluish rock that contrasts with the red, yellow, orange, and green colours of the tundra of this immense natural paradise. At autumn, when this photograph was taken, the chromatic variety of this place multiplies and is simply -unique and amazing!!

Miquel Angel Artús Illana

Honor award

Honor award
Atardecer en la cueva de Luís Manuel Vilariño López de Bergondo (A Coruña)
Place: Sud d’Islàndia
Description: It was snowing while we were looking for a melting cave well orientated to the west in one of the glaciers in South Iceland. We patiently awaited for dusk and when the sun was already touching the horizon, the waning light of the day made its way through the clouds, illuminating the cave's walls and making them look almost metallic.

Luís Manuel Vilariño López

Honor award

Honor award
Cimas de Lavaredo de Vicenç Gimeno Rivero de La Garriga (Barcelona)
Place: Les Dolomites, Itàlia
Description: The day ends over the mythical peaks of Lavaredo, where some of the best climbers of all times were forged.

Vicenç Gimeno Rivero

Honor award

Honor award
Aurora 2 de Gunar Streu de Gällivare ()
Place: Muntanya Kebnekaise, Län (Suècia)
Description: Northern lights above snow covered mountains, Lapland, Sweden. I spent six days waiting for clear skies to capture the northern lights in this place. This night was windy with low activity in the sky but around midnight the northern lights exploded and I witnessed a incredible light show and stayed there till dawn.

Gunar Streu

Honor award

Honor award
Kluane Blue de Peter Mather de Whitehorse (Yukon)
Place: Parc Nacional Kluane, Canadà
Description: Sheep Mountain reflected in a layer of overflown water that appeared on Kluane Lake, inside the Canada's Kluane National Park. This phenomena often appears on frozen lakes when the temperatures drop below minus 30 degrees Celsisus.

Peter Mather

Honor award

Honor award
Trolls' refuge de Kirsi MacKenzie de Helsinki (Finlandia)
Place: Stokksnes, Islàndia
Description: A peaceful grove offering shelter from the roaring winds. What first caught my eye were the patterns on the sand forming an elliptical arc leading toward the dunes and mountains.

Kirsi MacKenzie

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2014

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