World Nature Photography Awards 2021

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The 2021 World Nature Photography Award winners have been announced and, no surprise, there are dozens of wonderful images to see. I particularly liked these:

Facing Reality: Photographer Amos Nachoum

Nature Art: Photographer Federico Testi

Abandoned House: Photographer Gautam Kanat Bambolkar

BioArt Competition

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FASEB’s BioArt competition shares the beauty and wonder of biological research. I really like these:

Supramolecular Confetti: image by Jack Kolberg-Edelbrock

MicroCT Scan of 96 million-year-old Fossil Turtle Shell Surface Texture: image by Heather F. Smith

Environmental Photography of the Year 2021

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The 2021 Environmental Photography Awards have been announced, and there are some extraordinary works among the winners. I am especially drawn to these three:

Green Barrier: photographer Sandipandi Chattopadhyay

Survive for Alive: photographer Ashraful Islam

Drying Incense: photographer Azim Khan Ronnie

Emerging Photography Awards 2021

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The Emerging Photography Awards for 2021 have been announced. I really like these:

Kansas: photographer Rob Darby

Chinese New Year Reimagined: Photographer Horace Li

Woman: Photographer Daniela Constantini

Siena Awards

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The Sienna International Photo Awards for 2021 have been announced. The various galleries contain a wealth of extraordinary photographs. Of the many fine works, I particularly liked the following:

Childhood, photographer: Lopamudra Talukdar

Out for Prayers, photographer: France Leclerc

Return To The Village, photographer: Ahmed Fatih Sonmez

There are literally another twenty or thirty I could have chosen. Have fun looking through the galleries!

Weather Photos of the Year 2021

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The Royal Meteorological Society have announced the 2021 winners of their Weather Photograph of the Year award. Top prize went to Giulio Montini:

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The public favourite was:

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Winner in the Mobile Phone category was:

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The National History Museum of the UK has revealed some finalists in their 57th annual wildlife photography contest. I really liked these:

Toxic Design: Photographer Gheorghe Popa

Storm Fox: Photographer Jonny Armstrong

Linx on the Threshold: Photographer Sergio Marijuan

Martin Kantor Portrait Prize 2021

The finalists for this gallery of culturally significant Australians has some interesting pieces. My favourites are:

Self portrait: John Gollings

Dolly Diamond, by Sanjeev Singh

Sue Cato by George Fetting

Wellcome Trust Photography 2021: Shortlist

The Wellcome Photography Prize this year illustrates three of the most urgent global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and global heating. From the shortlist, I particularly liked:

Image: Oded Wagenstein

Image: Anastasia Tay lor-Lind

Mountaineering Photography

The International Mountain Photography contest has announced its winners. The overall winner was this dramatic composition called The X by Marcin Ciepielewski.

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