Major Amateur Winner. Light, Arnhem Land, Australia. The birds are Australian brolgas, it was taken from a powered paraglider and is a three-image stitch. 5d mark2. “I submitted this image because I found the abstract nature of the clay lake and the contrasting subtle interplay between the Brolgas very compelling,” says Ben. “It was a tricky shot as I was out shooting landscapes that day at 35mm and knew I would have to get very low to capture the Brolgas in great detail, with a lot of sharp turns and some near misses it all came together in just 3 frames out of 200.”

Major Open Winner. The Sunshine Skyway Bridge in St. Petersburg, Florida. It was a beautiful cloudless day with some patches of rolling fog over the bridge. My friend and I decided to go fishing that mid afternoon. I found out that my reel wasn’t working so I grabbed my camera gear instead. I took a lot of shots around including this long exposure panoramic shot of the bridge. It took me a lot of time waiting and shooting in between the fog to get a good exposure. While waiting during long exposure times, I wished I had my fishing rod as well.

Built Environment Amateur Winner. Location: Lisboa, Portugal.

Nature 10th place. Location: Lake Mungo NSW.

Matt Hutton, 8th place Nature (including landscapes). Location: Kalbarri, Western Australia

Highest Scoring Gigapixel Image in the Open Competition. Location: Russia.

Highest Scoring Spherical/360 Image and Highest Scoring IAPP Member in the Open Competition. Location: Canada.

Highest Scoring Image from Film Capture in the Open Competition. Location: USA.

Nature Open Award 4th place. Location: Tourquay, Victoria, Australia.

The Built Environment category 23rd place. Location: Canberra, Australia.

Nature category 5th place. Location: Broome, Western Australia.

The Built Environment 25th place. Location: Kirribilli, Sydney, Australia.

Highest Scoring HDR Image in the Open Competition. Location: Iran

The Built Environment category 38th place. Location: Perth, Western Australia.

Nature category 7th place. Location: China.

Nature category 19th place. Location: Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.

Nature category 48th place. Location: Menindee Lake NSW.

The Built Environment category 43rd place. Location: Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia.

Nature category 21st place. Location: North Rams Head, Kosciuszko National park.

Nature category 11th place. Location: Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.