Absolute winner - Paul Souders (American) - The Water Bear

2014 International Nature Photography Competition - Asferico

1

Nuno Sá (Portuguese) - Basking shark || Highlight

The underwater world

2

Csaba Tokolyi (Hungarian) - Seahorse|| Highlight3

Paul Souders (American) - Walrus Beneath the Ice|| Highlight 4

David Barrio (Spanish) - Smile|| Highlight 5

Alex Rush (Russian) - Inner Space|| Highlight 6

Cristobal Serrano (Spanish) - Explosion of Life || Highlight 7

Adriano Morettin (Italian) - Flames toward the sun || Highlight8

Iñigo Gutierrez (Spanish) - The Red Line || Highlight 9

Scott Portelli (Australian) - New Born calf || Highlight 10

Category winner - Radomir Jakubowski (German) - On the top of the word

Mammals

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Paul Souders (American) - Cheetah Kill and Lightning Storm|| Highlight

12

Bastien Riu (French) - Au soleil couchant || Highlight 13

Gastone Pivatelli (Italian) - Don't bite me on the neck || Highlight 14

Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti (Italian) - Leonessa nella palude|| Highlight 15

Frédéric Demeuse (Belgian) - Colobus walk|| Highlight16

Roberto Bartoloni (Italian) - I fratelli|| Highlight 17

Lassi Rautiainen (Finnish) - Flying wolf in Finland|| Highlight

18

Francisco Mingorance (Español) - Fénnec el alma del desierto || Highlight 19

Oscar Dewhurst (British) - Bellowing at Dawn|| Highlight 20

Category winner - Michele Vettorazzi (Italian) - Temporale sul CollaltoLandscape

21

Soler Isern Pere (Spanish) - Lines & Trees|| Highlight 22

Paul Souders (American) - Antarctic Ice || Highlight 23

Gary Steer (Australian) - Fire and Salt || Highlight 24

eorg Hafer (German) - Moon over 3 pinnacles|| Highlight 25

Cyrille Grillère (French) - Between storm and fog|| Highlight

26

Parmo Lars (Danish) - Iceberg in the sunny dusk || Highlight27

Emmanuel Boitier (French) - Huang Shan scenery || Highlight 28

Fortunato Gatto (Italian) - The Miracle|| Highlight 29

Salvo Orlando (Italian) - Inside Blizzard|| Highlight 30

Category winner - Alejandro Prieto (Mexican) - Into The Shadows

Birds

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Ugo Mellone (Italian) - Kelp goose ( Chloephaga hybrida)|| Highlight 32

Plaickner Plaickner (Italian) - Nascondiglio per la notte || Highlight 33

Niko Pekonen (Finnish) - Pine Grosbeak feeding on rowan tree berries|| Highlight 34

Espen Bergersen (Norwegian) - King Eider take-off|| Highlight 35

Audun Rikardsen (Norwegian) - Eagle on the hunt|| Highlight

36

Klaus Nigge (German) - Caribbean Flamingos|| Highlight 37

Markus Varesvuo (Finnish) - Griffon Vultures|| Highlight 38

Demetrio Opinato (Italian) - Secretary bird and zebras|| Highlight 39

Paul Souders (American) - The Luckiest Penguin|| Highlight 40

Category winner - Paul van Hoof (Dutch) - Firefly trails

Other animals

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Johan van de Watering (Dutch) - Orange!|| Highlight 42

Mellone Ugo (Italian) - American alligator|| Highlight 43

Stephan Tuengler (German) - Crocodiles|| Highlight 44

Ricardo Lourenço (Portuguese) - Dewdrop|| Highlight

45

Johannes Wassermann (Italian) - Farfalla|| Highlight 46

Marc Steichen (Luxembourger) - Green Sea Turtles on Beach|| Highlight 47

Samuel Pradetto Cignotto (Italian) - Vipera ammodytes|| Highlight 48

François Nowicki/Olivier Dangles (French) - Acrocinus longimanus|| Highlight 49

Alain Rogati (French) - Blue flight|| Highlight 50

Category winner - Luis Javier Sandoval (Mexican) - lily leafs underwater

Plants and Fungi

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Ioannis Schinezos/Roberta Pagano (Italy) - Euphorbia polyacantha|| Highlight 52

Urtzi Vera (Spanish) - Between two stations|| Highlight 53

Diego Lopez Alvarez (Spanish) - El guardian|| Highlight 54

Filip van Boven (Belgian) - from another planet|| Highlight 55

Valter Binotto (Italian) - Astrantia major|| Highlight

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Maurizio Valentini (Italian) - Wild garden|| Highlight 57

Gunar Streu (German) - Lichen || Highlight 58

Christian Vizl (Mexican) - Plants at cenote Car Wash|| Highlight 59

Edwig Vanhassel (Belgian) - Misty trees|| Highlight 60

Category winner - Thomas Haney (American) - Receding Wave

Composition and forms

61

Florian Smit (German) - Embryo|| Highlight 62

Dieter Schweizer (German) - Glacier River #03|| Highlight

63

Sergi Garcia (Spanish) - Abstract || Highlight

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Cristobal Serrano (Spanish) - The Brain|| Highlight

65

José Juan Hernández Martínez (Spanish) - Red Bugloss skeletons|| Highlight 66

Amos Nachoum (American)|| Highlight

67

Zoltan Laki (Hungarian) - Volute|| Highlight 68

Luis Javier Sandoval (Mexican) - Starfish close up || Highlight

69

David Köster (German) - Smoke River|| Highlight

70

Category winner - Christian Vizl (Mexican) - The WallMan and nature 71

Audun Rikardsen (Norwegian) - Sharing resources|| Highlight 72

Carsten Egevang (Danish) - Walrus hunting|| Highlight 73

Stanislao Basileo (Italian) - Saltando nei vigneti|| Highlight

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Chris Gomersall (British) - By-Catch || Highlight 75

Lopresti Davide (Italian) - In the net || Highlight 76

Juan Francisco Martinez Tapia (Español) - Aurora contaminada|| Highlight 77

François Nowicki (French) - The building cormorants || Highlight78

François Nowicki (French) - Fragmentation| Highlight79

Daniele Giannetti (Italian) - un insolito nido|| Highlight

8/27/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Asferico.

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