PRIZE

To get your hands on a piece of that *$1,000 prize pool, simply upload your shot to the CoinaPhoto public gallery category entitled ‘Mother Earth’. It’s that easy! For help, check out our step to step guide to publishing photos below.

STORY

We’re inviting you to share with us the wonders of the natural world, summed up in one stunning photograph. Showcase your creative flair whilst snapping on safari, use your photography skills in the jungle, or take that elusive night-time shot of nature at its finest: it’s up to you – but the bolder the better!

JUDGE

• Paul Steele, Former CoinaPhoto contest winner

WINNERS

But after much soul searching, chin scratching and some hair-pulling judge they did. We’re delighted to announce that the winner of our Mother Earth CoinaPhoto competition is Michael Bishara for his aptly named photograph Majestic Switzerland. Congratulations to Michael for winning out against the incredibly strong competition and may he spend his $500 worth of Amazon vouchers wisely.

Our resident expert and lead judge, Paul Steele, spoke for the panel as a whole when he described how he was blown away by Michael’s photograph:

“This isn’t about the massive surroundings. I can tell this is an impulse picture of that magical moment the photographer felt. Beautiful Colour in abundance at their feet with a backdrop of great snow covered mountains – mother earth at it’s most beautiful in the foreground and background”

Others on the judging panel even went so far as to call it a “window into the perilous utopia of Narnia”, other less whimsical members of the panel admired it for the technical skill in perspective photography it oozed.

We also need to give a very special congratulations to the two talented runners up; Albert Olle I Callau, who was awarded second prize of $300 Amazon Gift voucher for his underwater masterpiece Rhizostoma Pulmo Jellyfish, and Md. Akhlas Udin for his truly captivating image Sunset who picked up third place and $200 Amazon gift voucher.

This hard-come-to result for our Mother Earth competition was delivered after taking into consideration the number of votes achieved, how far the shot captured the proposed theme and which photo was deemed the best by our judging panel. In a perfect world, all of the hundreds of captivating images we received could be a winner!

You can take a look at our winning photos below and if you missed out on a chance to enter or win this time, then not to worry as there is another competition just around the corner J.

Runner-up - Albert Olle I Callau – Rhizostoma Pulmo Jellyfish

http://www.coinaphoto.com/image/mlg3RLPRYALnGeIqW2EKzA 

Third Place - Md. Akhlas Udin – Sunset

http://www.coinaphoto.com/image/Xrdk_R9CiNyaaInBt52oBA