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

1st Award
Lienzos de hielo, tinta de arena de Juan Tapia de Roquetas de mar (Almeria)
Place: Stokksnes (Islàndia)
Description: That morning the Stokksnes lagoon in Island woke up frozen.There were many details showing it would be a special series. The seaweed and other plant remains brought there by a strong thunderstorm were trapped by the ice and it was all captured on my canvas. The black sand played "Jackson Pollock", giving the scene a particular abstract emphasis.

Juan Tapia

1st Award

Honor award
The Wraiths Dance de Nandor Lang de Budapest (Budapest)
Place: Ozd (Hongria)
Description: Eerie shaped trees are dancing in the wind, hidden deep in a forest lit by the Moon, near Ozd, Hungary. Taken with In-Camera multiple exposure.

Nandor Lang

Honor award

Honor award
Frozen river de Daróczi Csaba de Soltvadkert (Ungarn)
Place: Hongria
Description: On the picture there is the confluence of Tisza and Maros rivers in winter. The camera was totally vertical, therefore the trees at the edges of the photo tilted perspectively, suggesting to our perception as they would stand normally. On the ice of Tisza there is a big leak, making harder to understand this visual image.

Daróczi Csaba

Honor award

Honor award
El rio verde de Hernan Bua de Mostoles (Madrid)
Place: Salt de Bolarque, Guadalajara (Espanya)
Description: The Tajo river, pictured as a watercolour painting shaped by the vegetation on its riverbed and the movement of its water...

Hernan Bua

Honor award

Honor award
Look to the sky de Katharina Becker de Berlin ()
Place: Grunewald, Berlin (Alemanya)
Description: The image was taken at one of the first beautiful sunny days in spring, where the sky was blue and the white clouds are passed by. To capture the impression, I photographed pine trees and the blue sky with a fourfold exposure while turning the camera position.

Katharina Becker

Honor award

Honor award Popular voting
Flames de Fortunato Gatto de Largs ()
Place: Escòcia
Description: This tree is close to where I live. Nature for me is an extraordinary metaphor through which different emotions can be represented. Because this plant is located in a quite deep valley, receiving the last sunset lights only for a few days during the year, it took several seasons to allow this photograph to be made, but when all conditions came together, the flames turned on and they never went off.

Fortunato Gatto

Honor award / P. V.

Honor award
Mi tesoro de Toni Sirera Moreno de SAnta Coloma de Farners (Girona)
Place: Llacuna Jökulsárlón (Islàndia)
Description: Wonderful abstractions with countless shapes and colours can be found in ice floes that have fallen from a glacier. They are real photographic treasures!

Toni Sirera Moreno

Honor award

Honor award
Africa de David Allemand de Puget sur Durance (França)
Place: Namíbia
Description: Ponds are one of the most attractive places to photograph animals at the Ethosa park in Namibia. Small pools full of water where animals can drink surrounded by a clear area to let animals walk through.

David Allemand

Honor award

Honor award
Pyramid de David Allemand de Puget sur Durance (França)
Place: Espanya
Description: In Spain, we took the picture of this geological abstraction representing coloured pyramids.

David Allemand

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2017

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