Free-to-use Agora app shares the finalist shots from its #Nature2020 competition where amateur and professional photographers from all around the world have submitted 11,086 participations to win the $1,000 top prize. The voting phase is now open on Agora to choose the winning nature photography shot, results will be revealed on Wednesday 4th March.
Only one species living on Earth can choose what the future will look like and that species is us. Our beautiful planet is in danger, and it's up to us to save it.
Agora launched the #Nature2020 photo contest on January 31st via its mobile app where users can create, discover and vote for the World's Best Photos. The competition challenged all photography lovers to represent what Nature meant to them and show the beauty of nature through their own camera lenses.
11,086 beautiful photos have been entered, from which only 50 made it to the Top final.
"Taking the time to observe the nature that surrounds us to connect with it and feel the reason for our existence: the fact that Agora's photography contest encourages this magic to happen is one of our main reasons to exist. Power to nature!" - Octavi Royo, Agora's CEO & Co-Founder
Everyone is now invited to have their say on which nature photo should be crowned 'Best Photo in the World of #Nature2020' and win the prize by voting for their favorite finalist shot on free-to-use Agora app. The photo that will gather the highest amount of votes will be rewarded with $1,000.
The winner will be announced on Wednesday 4th March 2020 on Agora; results will be revealed through the app but also via the photography app's social media channels.
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#21 Aurora Dance
Location: Senja Island, Norway
"The Devils teeth is quite a famous place to take photos on Senja island. I wanted to combine the rugged mountain with the aurora."
@uglefisk (Norway)
11points
#22 Nature Is Beautiful
Location: Tavira, Portugal
"The oceans are a big and beautiful part of the nature surrounding us. We need to protect them."
@olgacristal (Portugal)
11points
#23 Pink Lake
Location: Murcia, Spain
"A beautiful & natural pink lake in Spain. The high salt level in the water has caused the water to turn pink naturally."
@henrydo (USA)
11points
#24 The Open Road Is Calling
Location: USA @thejosiah (USA)
11points
#25 Waterfall Paradise
Location: Tỉnh Cao Bằng, Vietnam
@notanothermica (Belgium)
11points
#26 Early Fog
Location: Bao Loc city, Lam Dong province, Vietnam
"I walked many difficult roads to climb to the top of this mountain, from where I could see the entire hills below. I have come here many times but I had never seen the fog covering the mountains this way. It was a very wonderful feeling."
@caokynhan (Vietnam)
10points
#27 Lightning
Location: Hpa-An, Kayin, Myanmar
"Finally, I managed to capture lightning in a photo for the first time in my life."
@swetun (Myanmar)
10points
#28 Peru, Rainbow Mountains
Location: Rainbow mountains, Peru
"I took this shot during a hike to the rainbow mountains in Peru, around 5000m above sea level. I really like the colors and the fact that there is just one person hiking by itself."
@superthijs (Germany)
10points
#29 T I G E R
Location: Seoni, India
@mits4772 (India)
10points
#30 Forest Mood
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
"I wanted to give this shot a very moody and sad emotion because the subject (myself!) is surrounded by a dark forest. I also wanted to transmit a feeling of freedom to explore the world and nature surrounding us. This picture was a dream shot for me. It was very difficult to find the right forest with the perfect lighting for a moody feeling."
@rvb_productions (Belgium)
9points
#31 Little Bambi
Location: Belluno, Italy
@jp.photoart (Germany)
9points
#32 Sand Dune
Location: Namibia
@joeshelly (UK)
9points
#33 The Land Of Sunsets
Location: Kenya
"The light was about to go out completely when I saw this tree and luckily got this shot. I wanted to transmit tranquility and peace through this image. The animals grazing in the last light of the day should be a lesson to humans as we take food security for granted, which is causing food shortages not only for humans but also for animals."
@someguybehindthecamera (Kenya)
9points
#34 Quiver Trees
Location: Windhoek Rural, Namibia
@tomdewaart (Netherlands)
8points
#35 First Light Hitting Abstract Erosion
Location: Utah, USA
"It shows you how beautiful nature can be. This is pure abstract erosion in the desert, with mother nature’s first light hitting."
@hugohealy (UK)
8points
#36 Cikanteh Waterfall
Location: Cikanteh Waterfall, Indonesia
"I could discuss the beauty of the Ciletuh geopark forever, but most of all, the Cikanteh waterfall. Curug is a great destination to entertain your eyes with the beauty of nature. If I win, I will use the $1,000 prize to invite my parents to Umrah, in Mecca because it's my biggest dream since childhood."
@cahyopriyo (Indonesia)
7points
#37 Ice Cave
Location: Black Ice Cave in a Glacier, Iceland
"There's no other place in the world that has black ice – thanks to Iceland's unique volcanic landscape combination of fire and ice, we're fortunate enough to experience this. Although black, What makes these glaciers so clear is that when snow falls it’s compressed - squeezing out the air bubbles and increasing the ice’s density. All nature is unique, just like this ice cave, one that changes all the time as glaciers constantly move. This ice cave might be here one day and gone the next, making it a truly unique part of nature."
@joncleave (UK)
7points
#38 Beauty Of East Africa
Location: Crescent Island, Kenya
"It was the first time I was seeing a giraffe up close. With this shot, I wanted to show how beautiful and majestic this animal was."
@eighthman (Ghana)
7points
#39 Kirkufell
Location: Kirkufell, Iceland
"This is nature on its most dramatic: fantastic light and blizzard is an unusual combination. Kirkufell, one of the most iconic mountains in Iceland. Stormy conditions at the time of sunset. Happily, there was a short glimpse of light for this composition. I wanted to present the majestic mountain as the main object. Kirkufell is probably one of the most photographed mountains, but rarely as the main object. It is often pictured in the background of the small waterfall or the sea. With these stormy conditions, I was able to get a quite unique capture."
@øystein (Norway)
7points
#40 Winter Soldiers
Location: Flims, Switzerland
"Trees are like small soldiers under the snow, always straight and ready. Trees are life, and nature is life."
@pherrography (Switzerland)
7points
