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BBC News
18 hours ago
- BBC News
Check out these incredible images taken from above!
Photos can really help capture the beauty of the natural world around us, and the snaps taken for this competition certainly don't disappoint. Professional and amateur photographers from all around the world were invited to enter the very first International Aerial Photographer of the Year contest focuses on the wonders of the world from a bird's eye were more than 1500 entries and the overall winner was professional drone pilot Joanna Steidle from the can see more of the incredible photos submitted in this page and in the gallery of images above. This beautiful image may look like a tree, but it's actually water you're looking at! It's what's called a tidal creek and the photo was taken in Lake Cakora in Australia. Take a look at this jaw-dropping shot. This photo was taken nearly 24 hours after the start of the Litli-Hrútur eruption in Iceland which happened in July 2023. How stunning is this image?It captures the Sun's rays at Cono de Arita, La Puna in Argentina. This photo's lovely variety of colours represents the Autumn season so well. It was taken in the Muskoka District in Canada. Would you take a dip in these chilly waters? This image shows a group swimmers in the frozen Baltic This photo shows a herd of elephants trekking through the Busanga plains in Kafue National Park in you know elephants are the world's largest land animal? This photo looks like it's come straight out of a fairytale. The magical moment shows the incredible Mont-Saint-Michel rising over the clouds. This pair look very relaxed indeed!This image of two seals lounging peacefully on a drifting slab of ice was taken in the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon in southern Iceland.
Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Times
Aerial Photographer of the Year: the 2025 winners
The inaugural Aerial Photographer of the Year awards attracted 1,549 entries from around the globe, the photographers using drones, aircraft, helicopters and even balloons. The judging panel selected the top 101 images for publication and awarded the ultimate accolade to Joanna Steidle of the United States. Daniel Viñé Garcia, from Spain, and David Swindler, another American, took second and third place respectively in the photographer of the year category. Australia's Ignacio Palacios won photograph of the year, second and third place going to Talor Stone and Thomas Vijayan respectively. Awards for special categories spanning black and white, abstract, drone and chairman's choice were also handed out. Pal Hermansen, who won the special award in the drone category, captured a snow blizzard by a lake's edge in Norway COVER IMAGES Colin Leonhardt's photo of an alumina mine tailings dam, a waste pond for bauxite ore extraction, earned the special award in the abstract category COVER IMAGES Two seals lounging on a drifting slab of ice in the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon, southern Iceland, helped Fabien Guittard seal the win in the chairman's choice category COVER IMAGES A lava river flows out of the Litli-Hrutur volcano, Iceland, hours after its 2023 eruption, in this panoramic shot by Mike Mezeul SWNS Ignacio Palacios's photo of the Cono de Arita in the middle of the Arizaro salt flats in Argentina earned him the photograph of the year award COVER IMAGES A polar bear in Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago, after eating a walrus carcass, captured by Pal Hermansen, the winner of the special award in the drone category COVER IMAGES The alumina mine near Collie in Western Australia, photographed by Colin Leonhardt COVER IMAGES The Brasvellbreen glacier, part of the Austfonna Ice Cap in Svalbard, earned Thomas Vijayan third place in the photograph of the year category and reminded the public of the reality of climate change COVER IMAGES David Swindler captured a swarm of flamingos surrounding a small group of pelicans, as he won third place in the photographer of the year contest COVER IMAGES Glacial calving, the process where chunks of ice break off from a glacier, reveals an organic pattern in the waters of Northeast Greenland National Park in this photograph by Talor Stone COVER IMAGES Daniel Viñé Garcia caught the moment lava from Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano formed a pattern resembling a skull COVER IMAGES Joanna Steidle, the overall winner, also took a photograph of a fever of cownose rays approaching a school of menhaden off the coast of Southampton, New York COVER IMAGES David Swindler's photo of a desert playa, among the flattest of landforms, which can periodically get covered by water — leaving salt, sand and mud after it evaporates COVER IMAGES A dormant volcano in the high-altitude Puna plateau of Argentina reveals intricate erosion patterns sculpted by wind and time in a photo by Daniel Viñé Garcia COVER IMAGES Barbara Brown, the winner of the special award in the black and white category, photographed a salt lake in the Goldfields region of Western Australia COVER IMAGES Joanna Steidle's shot of a humpback whale diving back under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Southampton COVER IMAGES
New York Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
See the winners of the International Aerial Photographer of the Year Competition: Photos
The winners of the first International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition have been announced. From more than 1,500 entries from across the world, Joanna Steidle, a professional drone pilot and artist from the Hamptons, Long Island, New York, has taken the top prize for her stunning portfolio. She said: 'Aerial photography offers so many possibilities not yet explored. Every day is exciting as I look for unique subjects and moments. I try to stay away from the ordinary. 'I live in a very flat landscape, so top-down imagery has become quite a theme in my photos which happens to work well with my love for marine life.' The competition, which invited both professional and amateur photographers to submit portfolios of at least four images, also recognised runners-up Daniel Viñé Garcia from Spain (second place) and David Swindler from the United States (third place). 1 of 14 Photographer of the Year: Joanna Steidle, United States. A fever of cownose rays approaching a school of menhaden bait fish, taken just a few hundred feet from the coast of Southampton, NY. USA. Joanna Steidle/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 2 of 14 Photographer of the Year: Joanna Steidle, United States .A humpback whale diving back under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean after taking a breath of air. This was taken within 500ft of the coast in Southampton, NY, USA. Joanna Steidle/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 3 of 14 Photographer of the Year: Joanna Steidle, United States. Top down drone photography of a small fever of cownose rays stiring up some sand along their travels. Southampton, NY, USA. Joanna Steidle/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 4 of 14 Photographer of the Year: Joanna Steidle, United States. Top down aerial drone photo of a spinner shark creating a gateway into a school of menhaden fish in the Atlantic Ocean, Southampton, NY. Joanna Steidle/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 5 of 14 Second Place: Daniel Viñé Garcia, Spain. Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano as it cooled. The cracking pattern of the lava formed a skull, creating an eerie natural illusion for a few moments. D. Viñé Garcia/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 6 of 14 Second Place: Daniel Viñé Garcia, Spain. A dormant volcano in the high-altitude Puna of Argentina reveals intricate erosion patterns sculpted by wind and time. D. Viñé Garcia/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 7 of 14 Third Place: David Swindler. Flamingos and pelicans.. David Swindler/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 8 of 14 Third Place: David Swindler. Flamingos over a lake, USA. David Swindler/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 9 of 14 Third Place: David Swindler. Desert Playa. David Swindler/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 10 of 14 Swimmers in the frozen Baltic Sea. After a short trip, the icebreaker stopped and passengers were given the opportunity to go into the freezing cold water. Gilad Topaz/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 11 of 14 Polar bear on Svalbard after eating on a walrus carcass. Thanks to the drone with a telephoto lens, this rare scene could be captured without any disturbance. Svalbard, Norway. Pal Hermansen/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 12 of 14 Nearly 24 hours after the start of the 9 July 9 2023 Litli-Hrutur eruption in Iceland, this three image panoramic showcases the newly formed cinder cone and associated lava river. Mike Mezeul I I/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS 13 of 14 The Bråsvellbreen glacier, part of the Austfonna Ice Cap in Svalbard. Early melting and powerful waterfalls reveal the urgent reality of climate change reminding us what's at stake if we fail to act. Thomas Vijayan/Int. Aerial POTY / SWNS
