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The 'Winter Time' challenge revolved around images that captured the essence of winter, from frozen lakes and grey skies to winter sports and snowy landscapes. The winners, and a selection of commended images, were published in Photography Week magazine and we're pleased to share the top 101 photographs here.
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Top Photographer – #1: Andy Fowlie (Finland) Top Photo – #2: Estislav Ploshtakov (Bulgaria) Guru's Top Pick – #3: Per Hultebrand (Sweden) #18: Richard Poirier (Canada) #36: Rie Bønsøe (Norway)
#37: Nagy Attila (Germany) #40: Dúddi Photo Art (Iceland) #77: markus paananen (Sweden) #90: Andres Siimon (Estonia) Top 101 shots Here are the top 102 images from GuruShots' Winter Time challenge, including the Top Photographer, Top Photo and Guru's Top Pick. Click on the arrows to scroll through the gallery of images!
Image 1 of 101 Top Photographer: Andy Fowlie - Finland Image 2 of 101 Top Photo: Estislav Ploshtakov - Bulgaria Image 3 of 101 Guru's Top Pick: Per Hultebrand - Sweden Image 4 of 101 Jovan Gibson-Aviance - Spain Image 5 of 101 Nick T. - Canada Image 6 of 101 Vesa Ala-Hakula - Finland Image 7 of 101 Serena Williams - Great Britain Image 8 of 101 Zdenek Pachovsky - Czechia Image 9 of 101 Zbigniew Kudej - Poland Image 10 of 101 Fek Berci - Romania Image 11 of 101 Erik Ersson - Sweden Image 12 of 101 Trude Stjernstrøm - Norway Image 13 of 101 KarinaFleur - Switzerland Image 14 of 101 Alexej Vozár - Slovak Republic Image 15 of 101 Pavlína Rolincová - Czechia Image 16 of 101 Lee-Ann Leitch - Canada Image 17 of 101 Darius Peckus - United States Image 18 of 101 Richard Poirier - Canada Image 19 of 101 Vincent C. - Canada Image 20 of 101 Krisztian Dolhai - Hungary Image 21 of 101 Vassilena Savova-Hristova - Bulgaria Image 22 of 101 Hermann Klecker - Germany Image 23 of 101 Richard Moore - United States Image 24 of 101 Jeanette Blomkvist - Sweden Image 25 of 101 janidani54 - United States Image 26 of 101 Xan White - Switzerland Image 27 of 101 James Pignoux - France Image 28 of 101 Yana Raaga - Latvia Image 29 of 101 Zigmund Bluvband - Israel Image 30 of 101 Suykens Jonathan - Belgium Image 31 of 101 MuMmY - Turkey Image 32 of 101 Ольга Зубарева - Russia Image 33 of 101 juki.korhonen - Finland Image 34 of 101 Sridhar Setty - United States Image 35 of 101 Jeremy Toulouse - United States Image 36 of 101 Rie Bønsøe - Norway Image 37 of 101 Nagy Attila - Germany Image 38 of 101 Elżbieta Rogaczewska - Poland Image 39 of 101 Dallas Hayman - United States Image 40 of 101 Dúddi Photo Art - Iceland Image 41 of 101 Mirjana Bocina-Anabella - Croatia Image 42 of 101 Jörgen Bergström - Switzerland Image 43 of 101 Regina De - Germany Image 44 of 101 Viola Björkgård - Finland Image 45 of 101 Marco A. Cartas-Ayala - United States Image 46 of 101 seeker - Bulgaria Image 47 of 101 branko.mihaljev - Croatia Image 48 of 101 Maurizio Hernandez - Norway Image 49 of 101 Joseph O’Connell - United States Image 50 of 101 Þorsteinn H Ingibergsson - Iceland Image 51 of 101 kuriene - Netherlands Image 52 of 101 Markku Solopuro - Finland Image 53 of 101 Jonathan Adriaenssens - Belgium Image 54 of 101 Torben Stæhr - Denmark Image 55 of 101 Unni Delgado - Norway Image 56 of 101 Irmin Bernstädt - Germany Image 57 of 101 Manfred Matzinger - Austria Image 58 of 101 Jacques Bertrand - Canada Image 59 of 101 Dirk St - Germany Image 60 of 101 Thomas Grimm - Switzerland Image 61 of 101 Oleg Kamikaze - Latvia Image 62 of 101 Guillermo Aguilar - Spain Image 63 of 101 cpodiaga - United States Image 64 of 101 Jessica Baughman - United States Image 65 of 101 dunecat - Kazakhstan Image 66 of 101 isabellapat - Canada Image 67 of 101 Igor Mozel - Russia Image 68 of 101 fourthdaughterphoto - United States Image 69 of 101 Alexander Tarasenkov - Russia Image 70 of 101 Cato Mortensen - Norway Image 71 of 101 anyzark - Poland Image 72 of 101 Lori Ann - United States Image 73 of 101 Kasey Mueller - United States Image 74 of 101 gors74 - Russian Federation Image 75 of 101 Tor Soldat - Norway Image 76 of 101 Hansje Hardenberg - Luxembourg Image 77 of 101 markus paananen - Sweden Image 78 of 101 Jennifer Benney - United States Image 79 of 101 Robert Ungh - Sweden Image 80 of 101 Ashton Sponaugle - United States Image 81 of 101 Kent Duryée - United States Image 82 of 101 Susana Belenkova - United States Image 83 of 101 Ciprian Hiticas - Romania Image 84 of 101 Zoltán Radics - Hungary Image 85 of 101 Lemona - Germany Image 86 of 101 Damian Baker - United Kingdom Image 87 of 101 Kenneth willassen - Norway Image 88 of 101 dubois Claude - France Image 89 of 101 Gretchen Huber - United States Image 90 of 101 Andres Siimon - Estonia Image 91 of 101 Anthony Kimber - Canada Image 92 of 101 Dorothy Inglis - Canada Image 93 of 101 Shelley Piasecki - United States Image 94 of 101 Gabriel Bertino - Argentina Image 95 of 101 Alexander Bondarenko - Russia Image 96 of 101 Sébastien Crego - France Image 97 of 101 Thurisaz Photography - Slovakia Image 98 of 101 wullie307 - United Kingdom Image 99 of 101 Vanessa Hylton - Germany Image 100 of 101 Stefan Krauter - Seychelles Image 101 of 101 Byeongjo Hwangbo - Republic of Korea Other GuruShots contests:
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