PDN The Great Outdoors Photography Competition 2015

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Professional - Winners Wingsuit BASE jumpers leaving the exit point in the Sass Pordoi area of the Italian Dolomites.

PDN The Great Outdoors Photography Competition 2015

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Professional - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREADAM MORAN

Snowboarder Jussi Oksanen slashing in the Whistler, British Columbia, backcountry, seen from above.

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Professional - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREDEVIN KRINKE Inside the Mendenhall Glacier, located in Mendenhall Valley, Alaska.

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Professional - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREKEITH LADZINSKI

ofessional climber Cedar Wright peering over the edge of the Virgin Tower in China's Enshi Grand Canyon after successfully making the first ascent.

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Professional - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATER : FIRST PLACECHRIS ROSS / AURORA PHOTOS

A hooked Great White Shark lands in an underwater research cradle.

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Professional - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATERWOODS WHEATCROFT

Two beachgoers are caught by an unexpected shorebreak wave in Baja California, Mexico.

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Professional - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATERJASON LINDSEY

Snorkelers at a cenote near Tulum, Mexico.

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Professional - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATERSAM ROBINSON

A low fog cloaks the beach in the Catalan region of Baix Empordà. 1

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BEACHES & UNDERWATERSAM ROBINSON 2

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BEACHES & UNDERWATERSAM ROBINSON 3

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BEACHES & UNDERWATERSAM ROBINSON 4

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Professional - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATERSAM ROBINSON 5

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Professional - Winners LANDSCAPES : FIRST PLACEKEITH LADZINSKI

A long exposure reveals fog and rain attacking a pristine valley in the Swiss Alps.

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Professional - Winners

LANDSCAPESASHLEY ADAMS

While ice caving in Iceland, Adams caught the sunrise illuminating the inside of the cave, creating an orange glow.

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Professional - Winners LANDSCAPESSAMANTHA ISOM

Haleakala Crater, Hawaii. 1

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Professional - Winners LANDSCAPESSAMANTHA ISOM

Haleakala Crater, Hawaii. 2

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Professional - Winners

LANDSCAPESSAMANTHA ISOM

Haleakala Crater, Hawaii. 3

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LANDSCAPESSAMANTHA ISOM

Professional - Winners Haleakala Crater, Hawaii. 4

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LANDSCAPESSAMANTHA ISOM

Professional - Winners Haleakala Crater, Hawaii. 5

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LANDSCAPESSAMANTHA ISOM

Professional - Winners Haleakala Crater, Hawaii. 6

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LANDSCAPESJOHN RICH

Professional - Winners

"Splayed Tree" is a composite of a single tree shot from various angles. The resulting image shows the entirety of the tree'’'s circumference unfurled in two dimensions, allowing the viewer a unique perspective and the opportunity to consider the subject from a fresh point of view.

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WILDLIFE & INSECTS : FIRST PLACEPAUL COLANGELO

Professional - Winners Every four years, millions of sockeye salmon migrate up the Fraser River system to return to their natal river to spawn.

23WILDLIFE & INSECTSANDREA FREMIOTTI

Professional - Winners

Every four years, millions of sockeye salmon migrate up the Fraser River system to return to their natal river to spawn.

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WILDLIFE & INSECTSRYAN DEBOODT / AURORA PHOTOS

Professional - WinnersA child Sumatran orangutan fights with a macaque over a banana in Gunung Leuser National Park in Northern Sumatra.

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WILDLIFE & INSECTSJASON VAN BRUGGEN

Professional - Winners The last stragglers of a 3,000-strong reindeer herd crests a hill. A few of them cast backwards glances in the photographer'’'s direction as his snowmobile slowly approaches.

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Amateur - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATER : GRAND PRIZEDAVIDE LOPRESTI

Cage diving at Isla Guadalupe in Mexico.

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Amateur - WinnersBEACHES & UNDERWATERFABRICE GUERIN

Once a year, the sailfish—the fastest fish in the world—can be seen hunting shoals of fish off the coast of Isla Mujeres in the Gulf of Mexico, offering an impressive show.

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Amateur - Winners BEACHES & UNDERWATERSTEFEN ROSS

Away from it all.

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BEACHES & UNDERWATERRAFAEL COSME

Taken off the coast of Tulamben, Bali. 1

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Taken off the coast of Tulamben, Bali. 2

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Taken off the coast of Tulamben, Bali. 3

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Taken off the coast of Tulamben, Bali. 4

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Taken off the coast of Tulamben, Bali. 5

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Amateur - Winners Taken off the coast of Tulamben, Bali. 6

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTURE : FIRST PLACEJEFF DEIKIS Climber Jeff Snyder on a first ascent, high in the Mount Elden cliff bands above Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Amateur - Winners

ACTION & ADVENTUREFABRICE GUERIN

Taken in the heart of the Yucatán region in Mexico. In this cenote, "Angelita," Guerin says, the light is "very special," describing the atmosphere as "similar to a lunar landscape."

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTURETOMMY AU

Rushing waters at Middle Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan, China.

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Amateur - Winners

ACTION & ADVENTUREMALLORY ROE

A place where the stars and sea collide. 1

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREMALLORY ROE

A place where the stars and sea collide. 2

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREMALLORY ROE A place where the stars and sea collide. 3

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREMALLORY ROE

A place where the stars and sea collide. 4

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREMALLORY ROE

A place where the stars and sea collide. 5

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Amateur - Winners ACTION & ADVENTUREMALLORY ROE A place where the stars and sea collide. 6

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LANDSCAPES : FIRST PLACEDOUGLAS GIMESY

The Devil's Punchbowl at Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand, is part of the Southern Alps mountain range that divides the west and east coasts. There is a striking difference between the habitats on either side of this divide.

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Amateur - Winners LANDSCAPESERINN SPRINGER

Seagulls flying above the water in Seward, Alaska.

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Amateur - Winners LANDSCAPESJAMES KAO

The towering and majestic peaks of the mountains of Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, welcome travelers.

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Amateur - Winners

LANDSCAPESMARIKO KLUG

A spring morning in Ebersberg, Germany.

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Amateur - Winners WILDLIFE & INSECTS : FIRST PLACEPETAR SABOL

Image from a series of a kingfisher diving and catching its lunch. 1

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Amateur - Winners WILDLIFE & INSECTS : FIRST PLACEPETAR SABOL

Image from a series of a kingfisher diving and catching its lunch. 2

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Image from a series of a kingfisher diving and catching its lunch. 3

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Amateur - Winners WILDLIFE & INSECTS : FIRST PLACEPETAR SABOL

Image from a series of a kingfisher diving and catching its lunch. 4

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Amateur - Winners WILDLIFE & INSECTS : FIRST PLACEPETAR SABOL

Image from a series of a kingfisher diving and catching its lunch. 5

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Amateur - Winners WILDLIFE & INSECTS : FIRST PLACEPETAR SABOL

Image from a series of a kingfisher diving and catching its lunch. 6

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Amateur - Winners

WILDLIFE & INSECTSGREG TUCKER

A momentary look of confusion is evident on both faces of these unevenly matched species.

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WILDLIFE & INSECTSDOUGLAS GIMESY

A skua steals an egg from a royal penguin colony on Macquarie Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean

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Amateur - Winners WILDLIFE & INSECTSCEDRIC FAVERO

A cheetah looking for a vantage viewpoint in the Mara Triangle, a conservancy in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

7/29/2015 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from PDN. THE END