Swimming, skylines and a dragon in lava -- the Drone Photo Awards 2024

[Celerity]

More than 2,000 entries were submitted for the awards, which shine new light on our planet and its people

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/photography-uk/article/swimming-skylines-and-a-dragon-in-lava-the-drone-photo-awards-2024-6t7psrzh8

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Gilad Topaz was sailing on an icebreaker through the frozen Baltic Sea when it stopped, giving the passengers the opportunity to swim in the “pool” created by the vessel. “The rubber swimsuits kept us warm – to me, it felt like we were floating in space,” Topaz said

Nominees for the 2024 Drone Photo Awards have been announced. More than 2,000 shots were submitted from 113 countries for the prizes, which will be handed out at the Siena Awards in Italy on September 28. There are ten categories: abstract, light and shadow, animals, nature, people, sport, urban, weddings, series and video.

Isabella Tabacchi is nominated for this aerial view of the Icelandic highlands, where grooves, rivers, and vegetation converge to form a tree-like pattern

Yuriy Stolypin went through months of planning and waiting for the perfect weather conditions to capture Europe’s tallest building, the Lakhta Centre in St Petersburg

Ivo Danchev used a drone to capture Nikola, the shepherd, with his small herd of the endangered Karakachan sheep breed in Bulgaria

This dramatic picture of the skyline of Guiyang City in China earned Xu Zhang a nomination

More than a million lesser flamingos gathered at Lake Logipi in Kenya, to take advantage of the ideal feeding conditions. Paul McKenzie’s picture captured just a few of them

Shen Jiang’s photo of the Jiashao Bridge near Hangzhou, China, shows how the the river carves out large, tree-like ravines on the mudflat

[duncang]

1. Beautiful shots.

Always been a fan of nature but even the shot of the city in China was great.

[Biophilic]

2. Oh, my heavens. Those are both fascinating and beautiful. Thanks for posting these. Nt

[Fla Dem]

3. Not only is the photography amazing, but what it captured is spectacular!

Thank You!