2009: Creative Visions
This category is for conceptual pictures – original and surprising views of nature, whether figurative, abstract or ambiguous – which are judged purely on their artistic merits.
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Winner Fantail Esa Mälkönen
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Runner-up Illumination Xavier Coulmier
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Specially Commended A settling of bramblings Ewald Neffe
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Highly Commended The filter-feeding forest Lawrence Alex Wu
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