Posted on 11/20/2018 6:28:01 PM PST by Candor7
These sweeping photos certainly command attention. The stunning shots have been revealed as the winners of an international panoramic photography contest. Both professional and amateur photographers were invited to enter their best landscape shots for the Epson International Pano Awards 2018 in a bid to win more than $50,000 (£38,000) in cash. And this year's competition received 4,937 entries from 1,251 photographers in 74 countries. The overall winner of the contest was Veselin Atanasov from Bulgaria, who impressed with his shot of the sun rising over a tree-lined hill in Tuscany. We were also very taken with the shot of lightning lashing the Grand Canyon, a diver in a Brazilian abyss and a haunting shot of fog drifting around a U.S swamp. Scroll down to sweep your eyes over some of the incredible panoramic pictures that caught the judges' eyes...
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Really impressive photos at the link.
Thanks for posting.
Seems like much darkness in most of these pics.
“The digital art award is aimed at ‘rewarding excellence in modern digital post-processing’”
The pictures look great, but it’s essentially a photoshop contest, not “real” photography.
Miles Morgan trekked to the foothills of Mount Whitney in California to get this stormy image. It is the tallest peak in the U.S. state, topping out at 6,100 feet. It was entered into the open landscape category.
Uh, yeah, just a minor mistake here. Mt Whitney is NOT just 6,100 ft. Is is actually almost 14,500 ft tall. I've been there many times.
Wow - I love the misty swamp pics, they look like a video game. And the tree covered in snow is breath-taking.
Stunning photographs wow!
Nice! Thank you for posting!
"Miles Morgan trekked to the foothills of Mount Whitney in California to get this stormy image. It is the tallest peak in the U.S. state, topping out at 6,100 feet."
Not even a feet/meters confusion.
And it is the tallest in the contiguous 48 states. Alaska has taller mountains.
Love these.
Maybe the photographer was at 6,100’ elevation?
Maybe, but that’s clearly not what he said.
Yeah, I’ve been to the top of California’s Mt. Whitney twice when it was 14,496 feet high. New satellite technology actually shows it to be 14,505 feet high, making it the highest mountain in the lower 48 states.
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