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35 Inspiring Winning Photos Of The Drone Photo Awards 2023

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Here are the inspiring winning photos of the Drone Photo Awards 2023. This year photo of the year won by Or Adar for his photograph “Must Resist” (An aerial view of protesters holding banners during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister.)

There are total nine categories Urban, Wildlife, Sport, People, Nature, Abstract, Wedding, Series and Video. For each category there are winner, runner up, highly commended, and commended photographers are selected.

Drone Awards is the most important worldwide competition about aerial photography and video. It’s a project of Siena Awards, dedicated to a different photographic genre deliberately separated from being compared to traditional photography.

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#1 Photo Of The Year: Must resist by Or Adar

An aerial view of protesters holding banners during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Israeli cities for the ninth straight week, on Saturday March 4th, to fight a government plan to overhaul the country’s court system.

#2 Urban – Winner: Playground by Sebastian Piórek

A playground full of joy hidden somewhere deep in the south of Poland shows its beauty in the first flash of sun from above. This region is known for its mines and strongly urban character of architecture, so such a colorful playground is a kind of pearl from the ground and also from the air.

#3 Urban – Runner Up: Sunken church tower by Paweł Jagiełło

#4 Urban – Highly Commended: Carpet Farm by Muzaffer Murat İlhan

#5 Urban- Commended: A monument to eternal love, the Taj Mahal by Michele Falzone

#6 Wildlife – Winner: Sleeping Giant by Dhanu Paran

The elephant rests on its side, its massive body occupying a significant portion of the frame. Its wrinkled grey skin appears to harmonize effortlessly with the surrounding foliage, giving the impression that it is an inherent component of the landscape.

#7 Wildlife – Runner Up: Sorry Sight by Lalith Ekanayake

#8 Wildlife – Highly Commended: Gathering in Gold Harbour by Renato Granieri

#9 Wildlife – Highly Commended: Paving the Way by Joanna Steidle

#10 Wildlife – Commended: Fresh Tracks by Austin Johnson

#11 Sport – Winner: Highline by David Machet

In January 2021, amidst intense cold, the renowned tightrope walker Nathan Paulin successfully crossed a 200m long and 2.5cm wide “highline” at “Pointe d’Areu” in the Aravis range, at an altitude of 2460 meters. This incredible achievement required the dedicated efforts of a team of six individuals over the course of three days to execute this world premiere.

#12 Sport – Runner Up: Streaming by Joanna Steidle

#13 Sport – Highly Commended: Rhythm of Life by Xiaoke Wang

#14 Sport – Commended: Dinghy Donuts by Debbie Stevens

#15 Sport – Commended: Dunker by Rafal Saganowski

#16 People – Winner: Beach Bliss by Simon Heather

Sun lovers bring their brightest towels, swimsuits and umbrellas to the shores of Cascais, creating a wonderful vibrant wallpaper when viewed from above. Life is better at the beach!

#17 People – Runner Up: Nowruz Kurdistan by Omid Heydarifar

#18 People – Commended: Y Crossing 18 by Chin Leong Teo

#19 People – Commended: A walk in the ice by Arturo De Frias

#20 Nature – Winner: Austfonna Ice Cap by Thomas Vijayan

I have visited this place several times before, but last year it was disheartening to witness the sea ice melting as early as June. Our ship was able to navigate through the melted ice and reach the ice cap. However, even the ice cap had begun melting earlier than usual last year, which was a concerning observation.

#21 Nature – Runner Up: Boon to Bane! – The 300 acres of dumpyard by Raj Mohan

#22 Nature – Highly Commended: The lonely volcano by Daniel Viñé Garcia

#23 Nature – Commended: Art Of CLAY LAYERS by Ammar Alsayed Ahmed

#24 Nature – Commended: Skýjasnúningur / Cloud Inversion by Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove

#25 Abstract – Winner: The Exhausted Lungs of Earth by Ignacio Medem

The Colorado River basin has been severely impacted by a combination of poor management and prolonged drought, reaching a critical point of no return. The intricate patterns formed by the water, metaphorically resembling the lungs of the earth, have become depleted and are teetering on the edge of collapse.

#26 Abstract – Runner Up: Arctic Forrest by Marek Biegalski

#27 Abstract – Highly Commended: River of Fire by Tom Putt

#28 Abstract – Commended: Vibrant Speckled Way by Joanna Steidle

#29 Abstract – Commended: Posti Liberi by Pier Luigi Rivasi

#30 Wedding – Winner: Swim in the stars by Krzysztof Krawczyk

Under the heavy clouds, thousands of dry leaves glisten like stars from this vantage point, while gentle waves ripple beneath. The bride and groom find themselves in a boat adorned with beautiful flowers, creating a truly romantic scene.

#31 Wedding – Runner Up: Wedding Ring by Marcis Baltskars

#32 Wedding – Highly Commended: You belong among the wildflowers by Robin Goodlad

#33 Wedding – Commended: Sleep in the dead sea by Krzysztof Krawczyk

#34 Series – Winner: Foodscapes by George Steinmetz

FOODSCAPES is an aerial component of my Feed the Planet project, which aims to comprehensively explore the global food supply and address the increasing challenge of feeding the growing human population, projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, without further encroaching on natural lands. Gaining a deeper understanding of food production and its environmental impacts is crucial for making informed decisions. To accomplish this, I utilize professional drones to capture elevated perspectives, as they offer the most effective means of showcasing the immense scale required to sustain the entire human population.

#35 Series – Runner Up: Drawing the Line by Oren Alon

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How to photograph the full moon tonight

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Full moon dates in 2023

September 28-29, 2023
October 28, 2023
November 26-27, 2023
December 26-27, 2023

The Moon is one of nature’s wonders, but to photograph it successfully you first have to understand it.

Although astrophotographers specializing in the Moon usually photograph it through a powerful telescope, a telephoto lens of almost any focal length is good enough to get a good Moon shot. Making the Moon the sole focus of a shot, however, is only one way to approach lunar photography; another is for it to enhance a landscape photo, where it can provide a powerful addition to a wide-angle image.

This month the full moon will occur on Friday 29 September – and is known as the Harvest Moon. The best time will be early in the morning in North America (5.58am ET). It is the last so-called supermoon of 2023 – as the moon is slightly closer than usual, so appears slightly larger in the sky.

Read more: Astrophotography tips

Equipment

The equipment you’ll need is the same as for wildlife or sports photography: a DSLR, mirrorless or bridge camera on a sturdy tripod, and either a wide-angle or any regular telephoto lens, such as one with a 70-300mm focal range. A remote shutter-release cable will also be useful so you don’t introduce vibrations, although you can also use the timer in your camera.

The Moon is a moving target; the combination of Moon’s 2,288 miles-per-hour orbit and Earth’s 1,000 miles-per-hour rotation makes our satellite a fast-moving target. However, it’s usually bright enough for a relatively fast shutter speed to yield good results.

How to focus on the Moon

Although you can autofocus on the Moon as it rises, or as it becomes visible just before sunset, it’s a good idea to focus manually. With your lens set to manual focus, set the the focusing ring to infinity. It takes some practice since most cameras can focus beyond infinity, and finding the exact point that works for your lens takes trial and error.

Take some test shots and zoom in on the result on your camera’s LCD screen to see which one works best. Don’t skip this step; only once you’ve done it correctly will your Moon photos be reliably sharp.

How to expose for the Moon

It’s a common mistake to overexpose the moon but it’s actually much brighter than you think. However, if you want to photograph the foreground and not just the moon by itself you will need to make sure your exposure works for both or use bracketing to take multiple shots with different exposures.

To get a great Moon shot and little else, set your camera to ISO 100 or ISO 200 and the aperture to between f/5.6 and f/11, and adjust your shutter speed to between 1/125sec and 1/250sec. The exact settings will vary depending on your camera and the brightness of the Moon, which depends on its exact phase, but these base settings will get you started.

Taking a landscape photograph that includes the Moon is more difficult because during that ‘blue hour’ after sunset the Moon is already too bright. So, if you take a longer exposure for the landscape, you’ll overexpose the Moon, and if you expose for the Moon, the landscape with be under-exposed. So what do you do?

The answer is either to photograph the Moon just before sunset when the light levels are higher (they drop-off so quickly at the point of sunset), or to take two exposures and combine them in photo-editing software. The latter approach, however, often looks fake. Another way is to expose for the Moon, and use a flash to light the foreground.

When to photograph the Moon

The full moon is probably the lunar event that most photographers will want to photograph first – but it is actually one of the most difficult due to the glare that this creates and July’s supermoon is the biggest and brightest of them all. Some of the most impressive shots of the full moon are those where it is seen behind a building or a natural structure – which makes the moon look much larger than it does to the naked eye.

If you want less of a cliche, go for other phases of the Moon when you can see a line between the light and dark sides. This is called the terminator line, which is when the craters on the Moon throw shadows, particularly near its South Pole. You can see this most nights, but perhaps the most precious kind of Moon is visible only on the few days on either side of New Moon. At this time, you’ll also see a waxing or waning Crescent Moon close to the horizon, and it comes with the bonus of Earthshine.

How to capture Earthshine on the Moon

Although 50% of the Moon is constantly being illuminated by the Sun, there are a few days each month when the Earth gets involved – and it’s a beautiful event to capture.

Earthshine is a dull glow to the unlit area of the Moon that’s the result of sunlight reflecting off Earth’s surface and onto the lunar surface. Its subtle and mesmerizing, and easy to capture if you time it right.

Set up for the first (or, more likely, the second) sunset after New Moon. Using a lens with as long a focal length lens as possible, and with your camera on a tripod, dial in a sensitivity of ISO 400, an aperture of f/2.8 (or as wide as your lens aperture will go), and open the shutter for between one and four seconds.

See our guide to photography earthshine

In fact, Earthshine is always being reflected onto the Moon to some extent, but it’s only around New Moon that the crescent of sunlight is small enough for the camera to expose for both the lit and unlit areas.

This is also a good time to combine Moon photography with night-sky photography because the Moon will set soon after you’ve photographed it. You can then go looking for stars and the Milky Way.

How to capture a moonrise or moonset

There are two exceptions to the advice to avoid photographing the Full Moon.

The first is when there’s a total lunar eclipse, and the second is when a Full Moon as it rises or sets, as it’s a great alternative to a sunset. The sight of a Full Moon peeking above the horizon and turning from deep orange to pale yellow to bright white during twilight is a spectacular sight. It also presents an opportunity to get the Moon in the context of a beautiful landscape.

The colourful spectacle lasts mere minutes and is easy to miss, but, like everything else in the night sky, a rising Full Moon is predictable down to the second. Simply find out exactly on what day the next Full Moon is going to be where you are, and exactly what time sunset is on that date, then look to the east for the moonrise. Start-off with your camera set to ISO 100, f10 and 1/125.

If you’ve ever seen photos of someone or something silhouetted against a seemingly giant Moon, perhaps while standing on top of a hill, they were taken during a moonrise. They were also ruthlessly planned; The Photographer’s Ephemeris and PhotoPills apps are ideal for this kind of project.

To make the Moon look so large in the background, photographers need to use superzoom telephoto lenses of at least 1,000mm while being positioned a mile or so away from the all-important foreground subject that introduces that sense of scale.

Composites, moon-stacks and super moons

It’s possible to shoot the Moon and add it to another landscape shot using Photoshop. However, almost everyone who attempts this either makes the Moon look way too big, or they place it somewhere in the night sky that it doesn’t occur (such as in the norther hemisphere’s northern sky).

To anyone with a trained eye, most composites look like what they are: fakes. There is one exception; moonstacks, a lunar time-lapse, in which you take several photos of the moon as it moves through the sky, and then use Photoshop to composite them into a single image.

Read more: How to create a moonstack

Although it often grabs the attention of photographers and media alike, pay little attention to the term ‘Super Moon’. A recent term that merely means that the Moon is slightly closer to Earth than normal, it has little practical meaning or use. However, while a Super Full Moon does look larger as it rises above the horizon, it’s only by about 10%-15%, so it’s barely noticeable to eye or camera.

The very finest way of getting a close-up shot of the Moon – and the only way to get enough magnification for it to fill the entire frame – is to mount the body of a camera on a telescope using a cheap T-adaptor; it’s like having a very large telephoto lens. Try to find a telescope with a focal length of over 1,000mm, but under 2,000mm to capture the whole of the moon.

Whatever kind of Moon-shot you try for, photographing our satellite provides a good lesson in the role of precision timing in composing unique landscape and nature images.

Read more

• The best lenses for astrophotography
• The best camera and gear for shooting the night sky
• Best light pollution filters
• The best telescopes for astrophotography

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New entomologist for The Nat uses macro photography to study his specimens

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An arachnid from the island of Tasmania is seen above in a photo by Shahan Derkarabetian. Its tall eye-mount, which looks like a neck and a head, is very unusual. And after capturing the rare creature with his camera, the reactions to it have been sort of strange.

“When I put photos of this on social media a lot of people thought this was from the ocean. I had to correct multiple people (who said) ‘That’s crazy! It’s amazing what you can find in the ocean.’”

“This is from underneath a log!” said Derkarabetian, the entomology curator for the San Diego Natural History Museum.

Entomologist Shahan Derkarabetian sets up his macro photography camera in a lab at the San Diego Natural History Museum on Sept. 27, 2023.

Derkarabetian took up macro photography after he got frustrated with the poor photos he was trying to take through his microscope. He says taking these super-close photographs help you get to know the creatures a lot better.

“You see how they move, you’re paying attention to the fine details of how they look and maybe things you wouldn’t notice from somebody else’s photograph, right?” Derkarabetian said. “When you’re looking through the camera, and you see this weird structure, you want to focus on it.”

Derkarabetian attended San Diego State University and got his Ph.D. from UC Riverside. He spent five years at Harvard as a postdoctoral fellow.

He has focused his studies on arachnids called Opiliones. You may know them best as daddy longlegs or harvestmen. He said the name comes from Leiobunum Vittatum, which is very common in the U.S. and typically appears around the fall harvest.

Opiliones are not spiders and they’re easy to tell apart.

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Triaenobunus pilosus is a harvestman arachnid that’s native to Tasmania. Undated photo

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Trogulus tricarinatus is a harvestman arachnid originally from Europe now found on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Undated photo

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This member of the Sclerobunus family of arachnids has not yet been named. It was found in Idaho. Undated photo

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This member of the Sitalcina family is an arachnid that’s not yet named. Found in North America. Undated photo

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Leiobunum vitta

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Phricta spinosa is a katydid that’s native to Australia. Undated photo

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“Spiders will have two body parts. But Opiliones will have those fused. So they are basically a ball with legs,” Derkarabetian said. “Harvestmen don’t have venom. They don’t have fangs. They don’t make silk. They don’t make webs or anything like that and they are completely harmless.”

Harvestmen come in many varieties. Triaenobunus Pilosus is another native of Tasmania. Trogulus Tricarinatus originally came from Europe and it’s now seen along the Eastern Seaboard. Derkarabetian found one in the park where he’d eat lunch while going to Harvard.

Derkarabetian is a Southern California native who fell in love with nature at a very early age, growing up on the edge of development in Rancho Cucamonga. He says, to go into nature, he just had to cross the street.

“There was one day I remember. I wasn’t really paying attention to bugs or anything but I flipped this rock and there was a giant centipede. And it scared me but I couldn’t look away,” he said. “And ever since then I’d be flipping rocks and looking at the rolly pollies and the snails and things so it kind of started there.”

And now he’s collecting those strange, hidden creatures for The Nat in San Diego.

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CJPOTY round 8 winners – Camera Jabber

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The theme for the August 2023 round of the Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competition was ‘Light’. Once again, there was a terrific array of images submitted and it was a genuine delight to narrow them down to our top ten. We are thrilled to reveal that the following images will be added to our shortlist to be judged by our illustrious panel of judges at the end of the year.

One of these ten shortlisted images has also been selected as the round winner, with the photographer being awarded a voucher from MPB worth £500 – scroll down to find out who.

CJPOTY August 2023 ‘Light’ shortlisted images

Edyta Rice

Edita created this wonderful image with her Nikon D850 in Provance a year ago. It’s a brilliant self-portrait showing natural light being ‘captured’ in the lantern. Edyta says she was fortunate with the conditions and looked for the perfect location and shooting angle to deliver her idea.

Melanie Sharp

Melanie photographed this beautiful male Mandrill with her Sony R10 IV. She says, ‘ he was looking up at the sky deep in thought – or so it appeared. He knew exactly what was going on around him and where all his troop were. I loved how the light fell on his face and eyes.’ That’s precisely what pulled us into the shot, Melanie.

Louise Norris

Who doesn’t love a puffin? Louise captured this wonderful image using her Canon EOS 90D in the golden glow of sunset while looking out to sea on Skomer Island. It’s a tricky scene to expose, but Louise has got it just right.

Samantha Deakin

Samantha tells us, ‘My daughter loves jigsaws. Jigsaws and dolls. She often takes herself away and when I go to find her, she will be playing with one or the other in the most unusual places – the stairway, bathroom and sometimes in cupboards. I love it best when she finds a pretty patch of light! We are renovating our house and there is lots of clutter and unsightly decoration to hide if I am to realise my vision. By exploiting the properties of ‘light fall-off’ I can let the clutter melt away into the shadows. I used an off-camera flash as my light source in this image.’ We love it, Samantha. There’s a wonderfully cosy, family feel to the shot and your lighting has recreated a sunbeam perfectly.

Linda Wride

As always, Linda’s composition is excellent. We love how the white-painted walls make the photograph all about the light and its fall-off. There’s a real elegance to this photograph.

Helen Trust

Helen has two images shortlisted this month, both captured using her Canon EOS 5D IV. The first is this beautiful image of the Hamburg subway. The clean, futuristic appearance and bold leading lines draw the eye effectively. Great work, Helen.

This image was Helen’s reward for an early trip to witness the morning commute past the City of Arts & Science in Valencia. It’s a fabulous scene made even more attractive by the light from the low sun, while the cyclist gives our eyes a place to rest.

Jo Martindale

Jo is the second photographer to have two images shortlisted this month. Her inspiration for this image came when she spotted the shadows the low morning sun was creating on the wall. She gave her daughter a ball, asking her to throw it up in the air and used her Canon EOS R6 to capture the whole scene. The girl in strong directional light while her shadow is framed by the foliage shadows. It’s a playful image that the Jabber team like a lot.

Jo saw the light streaming through the tall windows in the old turbine hall at Battersea Power Station and immediately reached for her camera. She let her children explore the area and waited until her daughter was in the perfect spot for this super shot.

Fo Bugler

There’s a fabulous sense of style in this image, it’s only the nose ring that grounds it in modern times. Fo made the right decision to shoot in (or convert to) black and white because it really emphasises the pattern of light and shade on the model’s face. It’s a striking portrait.

CJPOTY August 2023 winner: Melanie Sharp

Congratulations, Melanie, a voucher worth £500 from MPB is heading your way!

Melanie’s image joins the other 9 images selected this month and goes onto our shortlist for our panel of VIP judges at the end of the year for the overall prize.

CJPOTY September: Natural Colour

There are just a couple of days left to submit images to the September round of CJPOTY. The theme ‘for the ninth round of the 2023/24 Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competition is ‘Natural Colour’.

Nature always seems to go one way or the other with colour. It’s either full-on or subtle. We want to see your images of whichever you prefer, muted tones or vibrant hues – or both!

This round of our monthly competition is open for submissions until 23:59 BST (00:59 CET and 15:59 PST) on 30th September 2023.

To submit your entry, follow the link to cjpoty or click on the CJPOTY button at the top of any of our website pages. You can submit up to three entries for £2.00 plus payment processing costs (£0.26). Images should be Jpegs at least 1920 pixels along their longest side but no larger than 2MB.

Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year prizes

At the end of the month, the Camera Jabber team will pick one winning image and nine runners-up from the September entries. The photographer of the winning image will receive a voucher from MPB.com to the value of £500 which can be spent on anything from a huge range of kit from the World’s biggest platform for used photographic gear.

All 10 of the selected images will go into our shortlist for the year.

We’ll do this each month in 2023 so that by the end of the year, there will be 120 shortlisted images. These will then go before our fantastic panel of judges who will decide the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-placed images.

The photographer of the first-placed image overall, as decided by the panel of judges , will receive a voucher to the value of £1000 from MPB.com as well as a trophy and the title ‘Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year 2023‘. The photographers who come second and third will receive vouchers worth £500 and £250, respectively.

About MPB

Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB is the world’s largest platform for used photography and videography kit. MPB has transformed the way people buy, sell and trade equipment, making photography more accessible, affordable and sustainable.

Headquartered in the creative communities of Brighton, Brooklyn and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service. Every piece of kit is inspected carefully by product specialists and comes with a six-month warranty to give customers peace of mind that buying used doesn’t mean sacrificing reliability.

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Lafayette youth nature program lands program expansion grant – Boulder Daily Camera

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The nonprofit Great Outdoors Colorado has awarded $371,000 to the Nature Kids/Jóvenes de la Naturaleza program in Lafayette, enabling it to provide more opportunities to access nature and the outdoors.

The NKJN, with help from Lafayette, provides year-round nature exploration for underrepresented Lafayette youth and families. The additional funding will allow the NKJN to focus on family engagement, expand youth programs and to provide support to families.

NKJN will also expand its Spanish bilingual and internship programs, while continuing to help break down barriers preventing some families from program participation such as language, transportation and accessibility.

The funding is part of GOCO’s Generation Wild program which helps introduce Colorado communities to nature. More information is available at goco.org.

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17 Winning Photos Of The 2023 International Pet Photographer Of The Year

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Here are the stunning winning photos of the 2023 International Pet Photographer Of The Year. Photographers specializing in pet photography hailing from 32 different countries showcased their finest works featuring dogs, cats, horses, and a myriad of other beloved animals in the esteemed 2023 International Pet Photographer of the Year competition.

Hosted by the renowned dog photography platform, Unleashed Education, the curtain was raised on the triumphant winners during the groundbreaking Shutterhound event – the world’s inaugural specialist dog photography conference.

The illustrious title of International Pet Photographer of the Year was bestowed upon the talented Swedish photographer, Sanna Sander, for her exceptional portfolio of images. Beyond Sander’s overall victory, this prestigious competition also honored outstanding photographers across five distinct categories: Portrait, Action, Pets and People, Documentary, and Creative.

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