WINNERS ROUND OctDec20
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ROUND OCT-DEC 2020
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VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT
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• We thank all PHOTOGRAPHERS submitting photos.
• We thank all online VOTERS voting photos.
• We thank the JURY Members for their time and dedication.
• We thank our PARTNERS for their help and support.
ALL the photos we received ARE AMAZING, without exception!, but regrettably only one can win in each category.
In short we will announce the start of our FINAL ROUND 2020 where all winners and finalist in the standard and special round during the year will compete for the PHOTO OF THE YEAR award of 🎯5000USD.
👍🏻The ‘VOTERs contest’ will have a NEW FORMAT during FINAL ROUND 2020…
´Guess the winning photo´
to run on INSTAGRAM @lucamemorial
for chances to win 🎯500 USD
Everybody can participate.
FINAL ROUND 2020 STARTS 15th JANUARY
DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED on Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter
Scroll down this page to learn about the Winners and Finalists in each category.
ENJOY THE VIEW!
2021 Contest is getting ready… click here
Now competing in 2020 contest:
32 Countries
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela
JURY MEMBERS
Below the Jury Members that have evaluated Round Oct Dec 2020.
They took a great effort and much of their precious time to fairly evaluate all the amazing photos received.
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF THEM!
(click on image to learn more about the Jury Members)
CATEGORY: CAVE EXPLORATIONS
Below the best 15 photos scored and ranked by the Jury.
WINNER: #1 photo
FINALISTS: #2…#15 photos
Winner and finalists get access to FINAL ROUND 2020.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!
CATEGORY FINALISTS: #2...#15
#1 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France 🇫🇷 link
#2 Alessio ROMEO, Italy 🇮🇹 link
#3 Alessio ROMEO, Italy 🇮🇹 link
#4 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#5 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France 🇫🇷 link
#6 Luca CASTELLANI, Italy 🇮🇹 link
#7 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France 🇫🇷 link
#8 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#9 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#10 Daniel MACEDO, Venezuela 🇻🇪 link
#11 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#12 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France 🇫🇷 link
#13 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#14 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#15 SUBTERRANOLOGIE, France 🇫🇷 link
CATEGORY WINNER #1!!!
France 🇫🇷
Melvin LEFÈVRE (SUBTERRANOLOGIE)
FRANCE 🇫🇷
I am a 22-year-old used to exploring underground cavities dug by man in France (quarry, mine).
I had never before explored a glacier. So I used my usual techniques to take this shot and it worked as I wanted it to.
HOW WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN?:
In February we went with a friend to Switzerland to discover an underground glacier. It was the first time that we discovered one and it was truly spectacular. We didn't expect to see such a large and voluminous cavity made of ice. we stayed a few hours to appreciate the beauty of the place as well as bring back some pictures.
The shot was taken in the highest and most impressive part of the glacier. I just put my camera on a tripod, put the self-timer on and then, placed behind my friend, I ran towards him with a very bright light.
CATEGORY online VOTER WINNER:
The winner photo #1 was voted by 13 online voteres.
We run a random draw (kind like a lottery) among who voted for #1 WINNER PHOTO
(random draw certificate here)
And the online VOTER winner of Cave Explorations is…..
Rob Marin
PANAMA 🇵🇦
Rob is winning the voter's prize AGAIN!. He was already winner in Round Sep-Oct.
Rob cast 54 votes during the Oct-Dec Contest. He also participated as PHOTOGRAPHER.
"I was looking at the gallery and I saw the photo. It was impossible not to go in and look at its details: what an incredible scenary, what a beautiful place ... and I decided to vote for it."
CATEGORY: CANYON EXPLORATIONS
Winners and finalists will be announced before 15 January 2021
Below the best 15 photos scored and ranked by the Jury.
WINNER: #1 photo
FINALISTS: #2…#15 photos
Winner and finalists get access to FINAL ROUND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!
CATEGORY FINALISTS: #2...#15
#2 The ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHERS, United Kingdom 🇬🇧 link
#3 Johan AGUILAR VARGAS, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 link
#4 Georges MARVALO, France 🇫🇷 link
#5 Cris BORGES, Brazil 🇧🇷 link
#6 Georges MARVALO, France 🇫🇷 link
#7 Gabriel ASSIS, Brazil 🇧🇷 link
#8 Juan CARLOS ESCOBAR, Colombia 🇨🇴 link
#9 Georges MARVALO, France 🇫🇷 link
#10 Gabriel ASSIS, Brazil 🇧🇷 link
#11 Johan AGUILAR VARGAS, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 link
#12 Juan CARLOS ESCOBAR, Colombia 🇨🇴 link
#13 Juan CARLOS ESCOBAR, Colombia 🇨🇴 link
#14 Johan AGUILAR VARGAS, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 link
#15 ESPELEOPR, United States of America 🇺🇸 link
CATEGORY WINNER #1!!!
Spain 🇪🇸
NOTE: This photo was excluded from Round Jul-Sep Judging process because it was wrongly dated as a 2019 photo. It is a 2020 photo, so it has been readmitted in Round Oct-Dec 2020 and it has undergone the standard Judging process.
Daniel Planells
SPAIN 🇪🇸
Viking Open Canyon team coordinator. (Norwegian canyoning team) with two expeditions to Norway and 20 open ravines in the Scandinavian country.
Coordinator of the Albania ravine opening expedition.
Member of the Costa Rica Open Canyon team, and two expeditions to it.
In addition, it has opened ravines in Switzerland (Rottalbach) and in Spain.
President of the Cabres de Muntanya canyoning club.
Large descents like the great waterfall of Gavarnie in France (422 meters) Trou de Fer (Reunion Island), Trummelbach, Gries, Gamchi (Switzerland), Zammer Loch (Austria).
One of the authors of the first canyoning guide in Norway.
Title of canyoning guide.
HOW WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN?:
The photo was taken in February 2020 on the second Costa Rica open canyon expedition.
It is the Chindama waterfall. It is one of the most compromised canyons in Costa Rica due to its large amount of flow, the narrowness of its walls and its impossibility of escape during its journey. For this reason, the team invested more than 5 days in its exploration in 2019 and another 3 days in 2020, leaving a small part of the canyon still unexplored.
The photograph was taken from a Maverick drone.
CATEGORY online VOTER WINNER:
The winner photo #1 was voted by 6 online voteres.
We run a random draw (kind like a lottery) among who voted for #1 WINNER PHOTO
(random draw certificate here)
And the online VOTER winner of Canyon Explorations is…..
Luca Castellani
ITALY 🇮🇹
Luca cast 24 votes during the Oct-Dec. Contest. He also participated as PHOTOGRAPHER.
"I am a member of a photographic group that mainly does underground photography and I voted for this photo because it shows the spatiality of the environment and particularly affects the optical effect of the cone of the waterfall that plunges into the deep blue waters."
NOTE: The Contest gallery was open for submitting and voting earlier than 1st July 2020. Rob Marin cast his vote on 30th June. His vote is fully valid.
The random raffle will be held on 8th January 2020
CATEGORY: W·O·W Wonderful Outdoor World
Winners and finalists will be announced before 15 January 2021
Below the best 15 photos scored and ranked by the Jury.
WINNER: #1 photo
FINALISTS: #2…#15 photos
Winner and finalists get access to FINAL ROUND.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!
CATEGORY FINALISTS: #2...#15
#1 Yulia IZMAYLOVA, Spain 🇪🇸 link
#2 EKULAK, Turkey 🇹🇷 link
#3 Johan AGUILAR VARGAS, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 link
#4 Diego CABALLERO, Spain 🇪🇸 link
#5 Luca CASTELLANI, Italy 🇮🇹 link
#6 CASCALLANA, Spain 🇪🇸 link
#7 YOSHIKI, Japan 🇯🇵 link
#8 Diego CABALLERO, Spain 🇪🇸 link
#9 Romain VENOT, France 🇫🇷 link
#10 EKULAK, Turkey 🇹🇷 link
#11 Vicente BARRAQUET, Spain 🇪🇸 link
#12 Keli CRIXTINA, Brazil 🇧🇷 link
#13 Claudia MAGNANI , Italy 🇮🇹 link
#14 Romain VENOT, France 🇫🇷 link
#15 valeria MIELE , Italy 🇮🇹 link
CATEGORY WINNER #1!!!
Spain 🇪🇸
Yulia IZMAYLOVA
SPAIN 🇪🇸
I have been practicing speleology for 15 years.
Participated in a lot of cave exploration expeditions.
Most remarkable are in the to the deepest caves in the world (Krubera Voronya Cave (-2199 m) project “Call of The Abyss”, Sistem Illuzia–Snezhnaya-Mezhonnogo (-1760 m) etc) and National Geographic Expedition "Uncharted Caves of Kyrgyzstan". The second passion is canyoning.
HOW WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN?:
The photo was taken at 150 meters rappel of "el Salto del Nervión" the largest waterfall of Spain 222 meters. The conditions were perfect, but when we were descending this rappel, the wind started blowing and the rappel was as a huge shower. Impressive emotions!
CATEGORY online VOTER WINNER:
The winner photo #1 was voted by 18 online voteres.
We run a random draw (kind like a lottery) among who voted for #1 WINNER PHOTO
(random draw certificate here)
And the online VOTER winner of Canyon Explorations is…..
DESERTED
We contacted the winner but she did not replied nor claimed the prize within the deadline.
NOTE: The Contest gallery was open for submitting and voting earlier than 1st July 2020. Rob Marin cast his vote on 30th June. His vote is fully valid.
The random raffle will be held on 8th January 2020
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