These Are The Spectacular Winning Photos In The 2017 Best Aerial Photography Contest


Grand Prize. “Above the polar bear” by Florian Ledoux/© SkyPixel Photo Contest

Aerial photography inspires us to explore the unknown world and create unique works of art from a brand new perspective. Founded three years ago, SkyPixel is now one of the premier aerial photography communities in the world with over six million registered professionals and enthusiasts.

The 2017 SkyPixel Photo Contest is the most prominent aerial photography contest worldwide, and we have added a new Story category as well as a prize for nominated entrants in this year’s competition. Exciting prizes with a total value of $90,000 are waiting for you, so enter now to win a DJI Zenmuse X7 camera, Nikon D850, iPhone X, and more!

More info: SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Sun’s Up, Nets Out” by Zay Yar Lin/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Comet Into Darkness” by Drone Hikers/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Santa Maddalena village in front of the Geisler or Odle Dolomites Group” by Valentin Valkov/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Lobsters Farm” by Trung Pham/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“GEOMETRY OF LIQUID GOLD” by Javier del Cerro/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Raising ducks” by caokynhan/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Balmoral Ball” by Petra Leary/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“He is over sixty, he is the world record holder for the Guinness waterfall diving.” by 沈旻/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“-The Rebirth-” by andrea/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Dancer” by cocoanext/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Free wheeling” by nigelkwan/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“晒面忙” by 菜鸟视觉/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


““大地之殇”——人造自然启示录(组照18-1)” by 在那片更高的天空/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“金秋月柿飘香时” by 天涯/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“侠客行” by lalienware/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“1茵莱河捕鱼表演” by 水庆华/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“《美丽盐田》组照” by 光和影/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“The long ride” by Jesper Guldbrand/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“The path of camels across the sands” by Abdullah Alnassar/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“ELEMENTS” by olivier/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“抓住秋天的尾巴” by LENG_VISION/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“FANCY FINISH” by Martin Sanchez/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Lost in” by Marc Lamey/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


By Bobo/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“足迹” by 煙雨斜陽/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Elemental” by Max Foster/© SkyPixel Photo Contest


“Plane in the Forest” by mark calayag/© SkyPixel Photo Contest

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