Aerial photography platform SkyPixel received 27,000 entries to its 2016 competition. Here are the winning shots plus some of The Guardian's favorites.
Published by The Guardian
Wednesday 25 January 2017
A line in the sand ... SkyPixel’s competition was open to both professional and amateur photographers and was split into three categories: Beauty, 360, and Drones in Use. This image – of a camel caravan in the desert – won first prize in the Professional Beauty category.
Photograph: Hanbing Wang/SkyPixel
Dam near perfect ... second prize in the same category was of the Huia Dam in Auckland, New Zealand. Hong Kong-based SkyPixel was launched in 2014.
Photograph: Brendon Dixon/SkyPixel
Dead straight ... this image of a road bridge in the US won first prize in the Amateur Beauty category.
Photograph: SkyPixel
Green waves ... this shot, taken in Italy, won second prize in the Amateur Beauty category.
Photograph: Mauro Pagliai/SkyPixel
ce art ... third prize in the Amateur Beauty category. This image is of a frozen river in the US.
Photograph: SkyPixel
Catching the winning image ... fishermen close the net in Fujian province in China. This was the grand prize winner in the competition.
Photograph: Ge Zheng/Ge Zheng/SkyPixel
On the terraces … the competition – the first run by SkyPixel – attracted 27,000 entries, including this one of a rice terrace in China, which was one of our favourites.
Photograph: SkyPixel
Where did you park the car? Another of our favourites, though not a category winner, is of a huge parking lot.
Photograph: SkyPixel
City cool … people play amid the fountains.
Photograph: SkyPixel
And they were all yellow … uncredited landscape shot.
Photograph: SkyPixel
Rainbow lines … a track runs between the multicoloured lines of tulips in the Netherlands.
Photograph: SkyPixel
For more on . . .
-N- Stuff : On Living : Critical Thinking
BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN AND SUBSCRIBE - THANKS FOR READING!