Siena Awards just announced the winners of the Drone Photo Awards 2022. For his shot of a fissure that was captured just a few hundred meters from the main crater of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, French photographer Armand Sarlangue has been chosen the overall winner of the competition.

The judges chose Armand’s winning photo from among thousands of entries; this year, 2,624 participants from 116 nations entered the well-known worldwide drone photography contest. The annual Drone Photo Awards is a testament to the greatest camera drones, which are capable of taking beautiful pictures on their own, but the sheer diversity of this year’s winning and praised photos demonstrates just how far drone technology has come in the recent years.

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#1 Photo Of The Year, Big Bang By Armand Sarlangue

In the picture, a secondary fissure happening a few hundreds meters from the main crater of Fagradalsfjall volcano, during the very last eruptive phase. It was captured as a storm was hitting west Iceland, with rain and strong winds. Due to the difficult conditions, a drone capture like this is unique.

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#2 Category: Wedding, Commended, Together By Nikita Dukhnik

“Face” was part of the scene, which remained after the music festival held nearby the wedding place was concluded. Since it was a close and pretty unusual setting the photographer decided to use it for the wedding photo album.

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#3 Category: Urban, After Sand Storm By Yura Borschev

In the picture, a basketball court after a sand storm in the United Arab Emirates: the sand is partially covering the field, letting the viewer get a glimpse of its original shapes and colors. It is one of the greatest finds in the author’s sport courts collection shot in 2021.

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#4 Category: Wildlife, 1st Classified, Solidarity By Mehdi Mohebipour

Flamingos sleep together at night for greater security and stay close together during the day, thus protecting each other. In this crowd of bodies the colorful nuances of the plumage and the reflections of the light stand out.

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#5 Category: Urban, 1st Classified, Rooftops Of Kartoffelraekkerne Neighborhood By Serhiy Vovk

Rooftops of Kartoffelraekkerne neighborhood, in Oesterbro. The neighborhood was built in the late 1800s for the working class families. Today, it is one of the most sought for in Copenhagen.

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#6 Category: Nature, Highly Commended, Volcano In The Clouds By Luis Manuel Vilariño Lopez

Thousands of earthquakes shook the Reykjanes peninsula in an orchestrated prelude to an eruption, until at 20:45 on 19 March 2021 the floor of the Geldigadalir valley gave way to the uncontainable magmatic pressure and split open, letting molten rock gush forth in an awe-inspiring spectacle.

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#7 Category: People, Highly Commended, Collecting Bang Grass By Huu Binh Nguyen

A man harvesting Bang grass (Lepironia articulata). Bang grass is the material to produce straws replacing plastic ones to protect our environment. Most of the land in this area is full of alum so that people can not plant any crop plants besides Bang grass.

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#8 Category: Wedding, 1st Classified, Like A Painted Picture By Krzysztof Krawczyk

The effect of the sun on the water, a felled tree and a brave bride lying on it: a magnificent picture drawn by nature. The surface of the water looks like a starry night sky, while the bride looks seems a dreamy princess.

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#9 Category: Wildlife, Commended, Great White Vortex By Clay Folden

A juvenile Great White Shark swimming through bait schools in the shallows off of a beach near Santa Barbara. The swirling trail behind him is called a vortex trail. This ‘wake’ is created by the oscillating movement of the shark’s tail, causing small contrasting vortices, which remain visible due to the suspended sediment in the surrounding water.

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#10 Category: Urban, Commended, Perfect Chaos By Sara Zanini

Aerial view of Gangi, a village immersed in the Sicilian countryside in the province of Palermo. The image was shot on an early summer morning. The orange houses’ rooftops give movement to the image, while the mountain peaks rise in the background.

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#11 Category: People, 1st Classified, Sleeping On A Boat By Anindita Roy

Dhaka is located on the bank of the famous Buriganga river. Sadarghat river port of Dhaka is the busiest port in Bangladesh, with services to most of the districts in the country. People from both sides of the Buriganga river cross it using small boats. The boat men working on them, usually sleep at night on the boats themselves.

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#12 Category: Nature, 1st Classified, Meeting By David Rouge

This picture is the result of a dream come true: the meeting of the desert and the ocean. As the drone climbed higher, the photographer noticed a particular atmosphere, where the light highlighted the delicious shapes of these dunes flowing into the South Atlantic Ocean.

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#13 Category: Sports, 1st Classified, Falling Skiers By Daniel Koszela

The photo taken in March 2022 shows the competitors of the annual ski event: Bieg Piastów held in Szklarska Poręba, at its 46th edition. Skiers whiz in their colorful clothing along the track surrounded by snow-covered trees.

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#14 Category: Abstract, Commended, The Tree By Jose Pesquero Gomez

The aerial view reveals a figurative forest landscape in which a large tree stands out rising from the surface of what appears to be earth but which is actually a mass of water, the protagonist of the shot and responsible for tracing the branches of the tree.

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#15 Category: Nature, Runner Up, Aftermath Of La Palma’s Volcano Eruption By Enrico Pescantini

The impressive eruption of volcano Cumbre Vieja hit the island of La Palma at the end of 2021. For 3 months the lava river destroyed over 3000 buildings, 90 kilometers of roads and endless hectares of banana plantations, leaving more than 2000 people homeless. The landscape changed completely.

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#16 Category: Urban, Commended, Beautiful Life – Princess Taiping By Jingkun Yang

After years of efforts, more than 2,000 mu of desertified land has been turned into forest resources. On a slope of the park, which covers an area of nearly 5 mu, the most representative and iconic landscape of the park: the “Princess Taiping”, made up of plants of different colors and shapes.

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#17 Category: Wildlife, Commended, Pink Flight By Kateryna Polishchuk

This is the shore of Lake Syvash in the Kherson region in the south of Ukraine. Part of this lake is pink and offers different abstract composition opportunities. A beautiful white bird is flying over it, guiding the viewer’s eye through the picture.

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#18 Category: Abstract, 1st Classified, Salt Farm Workers Harvesting By Saurabh Sirohiya

Some laborers at work in a salt pan where they move the salt to form circular lines allowing a slow evaporation under the hot sun. At the end of the day the salt will be collected in baskets: it’s a really hard job!

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#19 Category: People, Commended, Women Picking Red Chilies By Azim Khan Ronnie

Countless chilli peppers surround labourers in the Bogura district in the north of Bangladesh. Chilli peppers are a major part of the Bengali cuisine popular in Bangladesh and are used as part of a combination of spices for various meat dishes, including chicken and beef.

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#20 Category: Nature, Highly Commended, Blue Hour In Pamukkale By Dimitar Karanikolov

A top-down photo of the complex geometric patterns of Pamukkale – a natural rock formation of travertine pools in Turkey. The whole palette of blue and light blue shades welcomes the viewer from right to left.

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#21 Category: Sports, Runner Up, Once Upon A Wave By Phil De Glanville

Surfer Chris Ross charges down a monstrous wave as it begins to barrel above him. The ocean seems to swallow the athlete, who looks like a small yellow dot in the blue immensity of the wave. Shot at a surf break called The Right in Western Australia.

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#22 Category: Sports, Highly Commended, Thailand Jetski Competition By Seksan Saowarod

Thailand Jet Ski Competition is held every year in the summer. It is a competition that unites water jetski enthusiasts, happy to compete and accept the rules, regardless of who wins and who loses.

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#23 Category: Wedding, Commended, Space Invaders By The Wild Strawberry

Constance and Christopher had planned a moon and stars inspired wedding theme. Constance’s unusual dress is laying flat around her and takes the form of a full moon: she looks like she is floating in the space. Christopher, instead, looks like he is resting on a vintage solar panel. The couple took advantage of the wedding venue to play around with the viewers’ imagination.

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#24 Category: Nature, Highly Commended, The Other Side Of Sunrise By Larry Gunn

Shiprock is a volcanic plug rising out of the desert on Native American Navajo Tribal Lands. A rock dike also formed from the volcano leads to Shiprock. The early morning light illuminates the formation in the cold morning producing an interesting shadow: it is the coldest part of the night right before sunrise.

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#25 Category: Wildlife, Highly Commended, Siberian Whirlpool By Dipabrata Sur

Every winter, at this very location, thousands of migratory seagulls come from Siberia to India and early in the morning these birds gather at Yamuna Ghat where they are fed bird food by the local people. The photographer is using a slow shutter to gave the event a surreal look.

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#26 Category: Wildlife, Highly Commended, Magic Polar Bears By Florian Ledoux

Aerial image of two young adult polar bears playing together on the very fresh fast ice all night long. A slippery place where they made holes, dived, ice skated, being away from all the trouble reserved for them. This unique experience was the result of 5 months in the field, living with and near the bears.

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#27 Category: Sports, Highly Commended, Circus Bear By Sirvidas Tadas

In this picture, an accidentally captured moment of a BMX rider doing trick: his shadow appears as a circus bear or a monster with small bike. The optical illusion makes the image extremely lovely.

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#28 Category: Wildlife, Highly Commended, Feast By Igor Altuna

This picture was taken in the South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. A dead hippopotamus is being eaten by crocodiles in the Luangwa River. The predators blend in with the muddy water, while the prey stands out with its brighter skin color and catches the viewer’s eye.

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#29 Category: Wildlife, Runner Up, Learning Life By Florian Ledoux

A young polar bear, a yearling, is playing in the water testing the fresh ice and jumping back and forth in the water with his sibling, while their mother is resting nearby. This image is the result of 5 months in the field, living with and near the bears in a remote camp on the east coast of Svalbard.

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#30 Category: Urban, Commended, Icesolated By Martin Sanchez

During one of the coldest winters in the United States, a small cabin survives in the middle of a frozen lake in New Hampshire. It is completely isolated from everything in a peaceful setting with nature.

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#31 Category: Urban, Commended, Duotian By Ningtai Yu

Xinghua Qianduo Scenic Area is located in Qianduo Town, which is a globally important agricultural heritage and a four-star rural tourism spot in Jiangsu Province. The scenic spot is famous for its characteristic landscape. Every year, during the Qingming season, the “pallets” surrounded by water are covered with golden rape flowers. This magnificent view attracts many tourists.

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#32 Category: Urban, Highly Commended, Crisscrossed By Shuai Wu

Four roads are crisscrossed with traffic flow and speeding vehicles. The moving lights create a spectacular enlightened yellow cross, which leads the viewer’s eye throughout the picture. The photo was taken at Jiaozi Interchange, Chengdu, Sichuan.

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#33 Category: People, Runner Up, Waterlily Harvesting By Shibasish Saha

This image was taken by a drone to show the working time of rural people during the monsoon season in the wetlands of West Bengal. Two workers occupy the scene with their colorful hats and clothes. Waterlilies create two concentric colored rings from which one of the two characters seems to emerge.

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#34 Category: Urban, Highly Commended, The Backbone Of The Sahara By Justin Jin

The world’s longest train, with 3 kilometers of railroads, trundles through the Sahara desert bringing iron from an oasis to the coast. “The Backbone of the Sahara” is also the world’s heaviest train load and provides the only free of charge long-distance mean of transport in one of the world’s poorest regions.

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#35 Category: Abstract, Commended, Earth And Water By Ignacio Medem

This is an abstract landscape photography, where the object represented has been reduced to one of its main features: the colors. In this image the only thing that is evoking the existence of a landscape are two colors that are subconsciously related to earth and water.

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#36 Category: Wedding, Highly Commended, Chillout After The Wedding By Krzysztof Krawczyk

Lanzarote, an amazing place in the Atlantic ocean. Bride and groom, after an emotional day, are in an incredibly clear ocean perfectly immersed in nature. They’re holding hands as to celebrate the endless cycle of nature and love.

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#37 Category: People, Highly Commended, Sup Festival By Sergey Anufriev

The annual SUP (Stand Up Paddle) festival in St. Petersburg is supported by the Fontanka newspaper. Several thousand people from several countries take part in the festival. Their paddle boards seem to be trapped in a colorful traffic jam.

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#38 Category: People, Highly Commended, Salt Drying By Shourjendra Datta

Salt is an essential part of our life as well as diet. These two workers are engaged in the traditional method of drying salt under the blazing hot sun. Afterwards, they will collect it and put it in sacks for transport to the market.

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#39 Category: People, Commended, All Roads Lead To Death, Enjoy The Journey By Themistocles Kaltsidis

Abstract shot above a closed hotel in Santorini, in the middle of December. In quarantine, the photographer had the time to enjoy this little volcanic island and capture its very essence. Shooting without a particular purpose, he took his time to hone his craft when no one was watching.

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#40 Category: Wedding, Highly Commended, Eye By Matteo Originale

The photographer tried to create an unusual image with the drone that made the water move around the bride and groom. He attempted to make a normal shot special: the result is beautiful.

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#41 Category: Nature, Commended, Wings Of The White Cliffs By Alexey Kharitonov

The White Cliffs are one of the most famous landmarks of the island, stretching out for miles alongside the shore of the Okhotsk Sea. They are made of a very light and soft pumice, as a result of the huge volcanic eruption. This pumice is being eroded by the storms, rains and numerous small rivers, which shape the rocks amazingly.

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#42 Category: Abstract, Highly Commended, Floating Islands By Aakash Selvan

“Phumdis” are a series of floating islands, exclusive to the Loktak Lake, in northeastern India. They cover a great part of the lake and are heterogeneous masses of vegetation, soil, and organic matter in different stages of decay. “Phumdis” are used by the local people as enclosures for fishing and are inhabited by about 4000 people.

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#43 Category: Nature, Highly Commended, Yin And Yang By Gheorghe Popa

This is a drone view of Cuejdel lake in winter before the complete frost. Cuejdel lake is the largest natural dam in Romania, that’s why half of the trees look trapped in the ice.

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#44 Category: Wildlife, Highly Commended, Blue By Fernando O’farrill

The blue whale is not only the biggest animal on earth but the biggest that has ever existed. During the 20th century thousands of blue whales were killed by both legal and illegal hunting. After such a big drop on their population, and a lot of effort from international organizations, for the first time their population is increasing.

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#45 Category: Wedding, Commended, Lonely Land Of Fire And Ice By Krzysztof Krawczyk

This picture was taken in the land of fire and ice: Iceland. The spectacular black beach and the walking lovers with the sun behind the rocks, which is barely visible, make the image intimate, romantic and majestic.

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#46 Category: People, Commended, Drying Rice Paper By Hoai Nguyen Phuoc

Located on the bank of Con River, An Thai, a traditional trade village of dry vermicelli and rice paper, is over 100 years old. Rice is the main ingredient for making rice paper which is then is put on a bamboo griddle and brought out to dry in the sun.

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#47 Category: Abstract, Highly Commended, Natures Eye By Jim Picôt

Lake Tyrrell is a pink salt lake in Victoria. Its shape looks like a tiger’s eye. This small island inside the lake is something special, as the light falling over the island is amazing, along with the unique look of the island with its textures, colors and shape.

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#48 Category: Abstract, Runner Up, The Burning Bridge By Suzanne Nelson

A portrayal of the ferocity of the effects of extreme salinity on the environment, creating a wasteland of multicellular life, reminiscent of Australia’s reoccurring bushfires. The embedded tyre tracks carved in the salt pan give idea to a burning bridge leading the viewer straight into the fury of nature’s wrath.

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#49 Category: Sports, Highly Commended, Race To The Dolphin By Gilad Topaz

In the picture, a group of swimmers on a morning swim in the Eilat Bay. When they saw a dolphin near by they all started swimming towards him. It seems he was waiting for them, but when they arrived he just swam away.

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#50 Category: Nature, Commended, Splashed-Ink Earth By Hua Shang

Flying over the two lakes of Natron and Magadi on an helicopter allowed the photographer to take this picture. The clouds in the sky are reflected on the lake, and the flamingos are flying over it creating a magical atmosphere. From above, the colors and patterns change with the light and the direction of the wind, which is like a painter’s palette, colorful and constantly changing.

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#51 Category: Sports, Commended, Shadow Riders By Gilad Topaz

While the photographer was flying a drone near the beach on a cold morning, two cyclists past quickly and continued along the waterfront. The photographer immediately started chasing them from above to get the best shot. The whole chase finished in a few seconds when they were already too far away.

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#52 Category: Nature, Commended, Quetzalcoatl By Armand Sarlangue

Aerial capture of the incredible rivers of Iceland. All the patterns and colors get shaped under the water surface, resulting from the layers of sediments in the water itself. The photographer called it Quetzalcoatl from the mystical creature shape he imagined from the complex patterns.

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#53 Category: People, Highly Commended, Collecting Dry Red Chillies By Md Tanveer Hassan Rohan

Women sorting dry red chillies in a red chili pepper dry factory to preserve them. They get nearly $2 ( 160 BDT) for 10 hours of work and in some places they get paid even less. Bogura’s chillies are famous around the country.

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#54 Category: Wedding, Highly Commended, Just You And Me, By The Sea By Robin Goodlad

An overhead view of a bride and a groom alone on their wedding day, at the spectacular Holywell bay in Cornwall. The author wanted to capture the intense colours of the water and the beach, as well as give a real sense of place: the best way was from above.

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#55 Category: Wedding, Runner Up, I Think It’s Around Here By Fabián Ortiz

Even if you wander through the most inhospitable places, as long as you go hand in hand with the right person you will be able to reap the fruits of love, just as sweet wine is grown in La Geria, a place of volcanic and hostile lands on the island of Lanzarote.

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#56 Category: Abstract, Commended, Dumbleyung 1 By Tony Hewitt

Salt loving algae bring color to a remote and extremely saline lake in the South West region of Western Australia, while evaporation has broken the lake into a myriad of ponds and islands.

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#57 Category: Urban, Highly Commended, Kabushia Civilization By Satti Mohammed

Capuchin is considered one of the most ancient and rooted cities in history. It hosts the pyramids of Bejrawiya (ancient Meroe), as well as the royal city that was known in the BC period and was called in the past Birmingham, Africa, for its early discovery of iron.

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#58 Category: People, Highly Commended, Floating Water Festival By Thet Naing Yu

Inle Lake is a popular destination for foreigners visiting Myanmar, and has a floating market and floating water festival. The floating rainbow is a beautiful traditional image of Inle Lake.

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#59 Category: Sports, Commended, Street Wrestling By Subrata Dey

Playing wrestling is a part of the Bengali rural culture. Jabbar’s Balikhela is a special type of wrestling which is held on the 1st month of Bengali calendar every year at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong. In the picture, four people are seen fighting on the sand stage in front of street audience.

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#60 Category: Abstract, Highly Commended, Let Me Out By Daniel Franc

Glacial river before finding its entrance to the ocean. This mesmerizing puzzle of shapes, patterns and shades is painted by a river flowing from nearby glaciers straight to the ocean. It took the river about 600 meters around the shore to finally find the opening and enter the Atlantic ocean.

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#61 Category: Sports, Commended, The Last Dance By Gunjan Guglani

While traveling in Kochi back in 2019, the photographer was invited by a friend to a dunk competition he was participating in. After shooting for almost an hour he did not get the shot he was looking for, but just when his drone’s battery was about to die he took the last chance and got this perfect shot where everything aligned.

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#62 Category: Sports, Commended, Shadow Basketball II By Kateryna Polishchuk

A shot in Urban park in Kharkiv, the best place to practice sports – or take drone pictures like this one. The light blue ball is standing perfectly on the centre of the orange crescent-shaped part of the field. The two colors create a beautiful contrast in the picture.

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#63 Category: Nature, Commended, Winter Is Coming By Hristo Dimitrov

The photographer took this photo during his trip to Iceland last April. The weather was unpredictable, with a lot of wind at the beginning of the north snow storm. He just had one moment to take off with his drone and to try to take some pictures of that incredible place.

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#64 Category: Abstract, Highly Commended, Snake Eyes By Ovi D. Pop

A copper mine distorted the natural scenery, where there used to be the village of Geamana, Alba county. This picture was taken in winter, with the ice melting and making this interesting forms.

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#65 Category: Wildlife, Commended, Galloping In The Snowfield By Liangming Deng

A drone photo about the wildlife in Hoh Xil area in west China. From above, wild animals free to run across the wasteland paint the barren, dark landscape with dusty trails. The whitish lines rise illuminated by the twilight, forming clouds of different intensity that guide the observer’s eye towards infinity.

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#66 Category: Urban, Highly Commended, Sunny And Rainy By Donghui Chen

In the picture, dark clouds from the southeast and the sunset light in the northwest create a great contrast. The scene is very intense. As the drone had just landed on the ground, it started pouring rain.

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#67 Category: Abstract, Commended, The Unicorn By Shuai Wu

Overlooking the unicorn hollow dome from the air. From above, the triangular shapes and the curvy lines create a geometrical and fascinating pattern. The viewer’s eye gets lost in the movement of the image, as it was an optical illusion. The picture was taken at Unicorn Island, Chengdu, Sichuan China.

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#68 Category: Wedding, Highly Commended, I’m Married! By Wenyuan Kuang

After the bridal party shoot was all done and dusted, the photographer added something a little different to the gallery. Initially wanting to toss the groom up but decided it would be more fun to do it with the bride this time. And so here is the flying bride portrayed with the party guests and then framed by a field of autumn leaves.

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#69 Category: Sports, Highly Commended, Resting At The Crossroad By Stephan Bednaic

At the Drill & Chill festival highliners rigged multiple lines running across the canyon spanning several hundred meters long. As one of the lines was going opposite off the road and river running parallel below, it made a fantastic composition. The french highliner Benoit is lying down on the line, helping the photographer with his shot.

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#70 Category: Wildlife, Commended, Lost At Sea By Shah Paran

44 feet long and 26 feet wide giant dead whale has washed up on the Cox’s Bazar beach, drawing crowds of curious onlookers. From above the animal looks pretty small compared to the enormity of the ocean, though the people look even smaller.

Image credits: Drone Photo Awards 2022 (Siena Awards)

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