Stunning Winning Photos Of The Drone Photo Awards 2021

Photo of the year: Pink-Footed Geese Meeting the Winter by Terje Kolaas

Here are the stunning aerial images of Drone Photo Awards 2021. The exhibition “Above Us Only Sky” will showcase the overall winner and the eight category winners.

The winners are announced for Photo of the Year, Urban, Wildlife, Sport, People, Nature, Abstract, Wedding, Series and Video categories. A flock of thousands of Pink-footed geese flying over snow-covered ground, immortalized by the Norwegian photographer Terje Kolaas, is the overall winner of the Drone Awards 2021, the main international contest of aerial photography.

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Urban – 1st classified: Metaphorical Statement About City and Winter by Sergei Poletaev

Urban – Runner Up: The Kingdom Centre by George Steinmetz

Urban – Highly commended: Passaggio Sospeso by Paolo Crocetta

Urban – Commended: Bank Of Buriganga by Md Tanveer Hassan Rohan

Urban – Commended: Julier Snake by Roberto Moiola

Urban – Commended: Traditional Polish “Redyk” by Bartlomiej Jurecki

Wildlife – 1st classified: Back to Adventure by Qasim Al Farsi

Wildlife – Runner up: Fast Food by Igor Altuna

Wildlife – Commended: Emus of the Salt Lake by Gary Steer

Wildlife – Commended: Baby Flamingos by Seyit Konyalı

Wildlife – Commended: A Still Point in Time by Jay Roode

Sport – 1st classified: Gold at the End of the Rainbow by Phil De Glanville

Sport – Runner up: Follow Me by Pierluigi Orler

Sport – Highly commended: One Shot by Lampson Karmin Yip

Sport – Commended: Colour Series II by Ilanna Barkusky

People – 1st classified: Fishing in Mangrove Forest by Trung Pham Huy

People – Runner up: Beach Season by Alexandr Vlassyuk

People – Highly commended: Pray for Souls by Phu Khanh Bui

People – Highly commended: Collecting Water from Driedout Riverbeds by Sujon Adhikary

People – Commended: Drying Steamed Fish by Tuan Nguyen Tan

Nature – 1st classified: Extragalactic by Martin Sanchez

Nature – Runner up: The Great Divide by Janessa Anderson

Nature – Highly commended: Pure Power by Phil De Glanville

Nature – Highly commended: Camel Shadows at Sunset by Jim Picôt

Nature – Commended: City of Angels by Silvano Paiola

Nature – Commended: Labyrinth of Time by Tomas Neuwirth

Abstract – 1st classified: Poisoned River by Gheorghe Popa

Abstract – Runner up: Caleidoscopio by Paolo Crocetta

Abstract – Commended: Tailing Dam Abstract by David Dahlenburg

Wedding – 1st classified: Verso l’Infinito Insieme a Te by Matteo Originale

Wedding – Runner up: Boundless sea of love by Wujiang Zhu

Wedding – Highly commended: Natural bride by Krzysztof Krawczyk

Wedding – Highly commended: Golf Court Stories by Tobias Froehner

Wedding – Commended: Water Skies by Raïs De Weirdt

Wedding – Highly commended: Plane in love by Krzysztof Krawczyk

Series – 1st classified: Blanketed in Fire Retardant by Adrees Latif

Series – Runner up: Abstract nature by Manuel Enrique González Carmona

Series – Highly commended: Ice Anatomy by Gheorghe Popa

Series – Highly commended: Habitat by Henrique Murta

Series – Commended: Covid self-isolation sucks by Adas Vasiliauskas

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