Best of the Week

“The winning photo was taken on one of those rare days, from the top of the Husfjellet in Senja, Norway. It was intended to be more of a scouting photo for the next morning, where I wanted to shoot a panorama at sunrise. But actually, I like the light coming from the other direction even better; it gives more depth to the image, and also the mood fits much better into the Norwegian landscape.”

“The winning shot was taken during a personal project where I traveled with a friend to Kapas Biru Waterfall, East Java. Unfortunately, I came late and didn’t have much time to enjoy that beautiful place. Though, the time that I had, I spent it feeling happy and creative.”

“The moon was already low, setting on the horizon. The wind howled softly in the mountains and the sea roared in the distance. It was almost quiet. The dark landscape surrounding this place and the wide starry sky gave me a feeling of loneliness and melancholy.”

“After leaving school, I initially trained as a commercial pilot, fueled by my passion to travel to new places. But due to the Covid pandemic, I have had to rethink my career path. This has enabled me to devote myself to my passion for photography and pursue a career as a freelance photographer.”

“I tried to capture the reflection as clear as possible and I wanted the mountains to look like they were illuminated by the sunlight. There is a famous hut right next to it that has been seen on Instagram many times, but I never saw this angle of this place on Instagram before and loved it even more.”

“This photo was captured at King Kong Hill – the pretty famous viewpoint with an outlook on Mount Bromo in Java. I tried to convey the magnitude of the scene, which looked straight out of Jurassic Park.”

“Often it is difficult to express how big something actually is in just a picture. Therefore, we were lucky that the group of women came along for the sunrise and Flurina was able to position herself in such a way that I got the necessary scaling point.”

“The winning shot was actually a part of a sequence of a few more photos. I had been on a photography mission with a company and we were on our way home, enjoying the views during the ride as the landscape was lit up by the full moon.”

“At the end of June 2020, I decided to go on a solo trip in my van for a few months to photograph the most beautiful landscapes in Europe. I was working in a refuge in the Mont Blanc massif at the time and all my free time was spent setting up my van, so it practically became my house on wheels.”

“Almost a three-hour drive from the Alentejo region toward the west coast of Portugal you can find Óbidos. That’s where my winning Nomadict shot was taken during a long weekend getaway.”