Winners

This beautiful image captures hundreds of boats on the Jadukata river in Sunamganj, Bangladesh. The people on the boats are busy collecting various types of stone from the riverbed. I had to climb a nearby mountain in order to get a high enough perspective which allowed me to capture the vast landscape and busy scene. Thousands of peoples livelihoods depend on collecting the stones which are then used for making bridges, roads and buildings etc.

This is a long exposure image taken in Slovenske Rudohorie mountain during the autumn season. Crawling mists coming from one side of the ridge to another were blurred by the motion as I set 30 seconds exposure time.

Light rays illuminating the little church of Santa Maddalena, Italy The very first sun rays found their way to the deep valley in Dolomiten that morning and created a special atmosphere.