Still life

Photo © Sina Kelvani

1st classified

Flowers and Bird
by Budi Gunawan


This photo, taken on 15th of April 2022, shows how beautiful a bird and vase full of flowers could be when taken in a frame. The image is a conceptual photo which shows a gorgeous sunbird flying towards a vase full of flowers.

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Runner up

Mackerel and Spring Flowers
by Hester Blankestijn


This still life is part of an ongoing series in the Dutch visual language of the Golden Age. I am fascinated by the classical still life, which appears as a window onto another world full of lush food and flowers. Beside the well-balanced composition there is a slice of life narr...

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Highly commended

Black Tulips
by Peter Eleveld


This photo is created through a very old photographic process named “Wet Plate Photography”, which was invented around 1859. Taken on a glass plate 7x7 cm using the collodion process.

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Highly commended

Ballerina Dance
by Nenad Martic


It is amazing how many objects that surround me have various associations with me. This is an obvious example of this realization. From corkscrews and shower nets in an ideal combination, I managed to make a dancing ballerina.

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Highly commended

Spring
by Ryan Dyer


This is a still life photo created for self-promotion. It was shot in studio using natural light and was styled by Libby Marshall.

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Commended

Coloured Shapes
by Selina Selina


I made a series of images using different bottles of shampoo, body lotion, deodorants, perfumes, etc. that had strange shapes and that could almost seem like those modern buildings with the strangest shapes that you see in Dubai. I played with light by changing its colors in post...

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Commended

Glass Composition
by Peter Eleveld


Taken with Wet Plate camera 7x7 inch, Wetplate collodion on glass 18x18cm, Lens Stylor Paris, H. Roussel 300mm. The Wet Plate process is exciting and full of surprises and sometimes disappointments! You only have one prepared Wet Plate and one chance to get it right. You have to...

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Commended

Still Life with Nuts
by Iwona Nabzdyk


The photo was taken in a home studio in February 2021. The leitmotif are nuts and dried pasque-flowers in a blue bottle. The whole is complemented by a silk scarf.

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Commended

Ancient beauty
by Barbara Corvino


Flower + vase + old embroidery = Ancient beauty. A flower in a vase and a background with an old embroidery of my grandmother.

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Commended

White Still Life
by Junwu Yang


The dried lily in a white porcelain vase, the graceful curves and white shades form a harmonious and natural picture, reflecting a serene beauty.

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Commended

Tulip
by Mika Shiraiwa


This photo is inspired by the movement of tulips that have finished blooming and expresses a sumi-e (=.Ink wash painting) atmosphere.

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Commended

The Cosmic Game
by Adam Neuba


"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead." Albert Einstein

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Commended

Umbrella
by Wolfgang Wiesen


Seed umbrella of dandelion and meadow goat's beard. Still life composition in light tent contrasting the different sizes of the seed umbrellas.

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Commended

Still Life with Silver Jug
by Ron Mayhew


A still life with lemons and an old silver jug. I made the image in homage to Willem Kalf and many of the other Dutch Masters have been my inspiration.

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Commended

Eat
by Valentina D'alia


A chair, a portion of the table, a placeholder tablecloth and cutlery that peremptorily invite you to eat: EAT.

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