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Rooftops by Serhiy Vovk, Ukraine
This is the first-place winner of the urban category. It shows the colourful rooftops of the Kartoffelraekkerne neighbourhood, in Oesterbro Copenhagen.
Sleeping on a Boat by Anindita Roy, Bangladesh
The winning image from the people category shows a person resting on their boat in a busy river port in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Solidarity by Mehdi Mohebipour, Iran
The wildlife winner gives us a great view of Flamingos sleeping neatly together, crowded closely for safety and security.
Falling Skiers by Daniel Koszela, Poland
This winner gives a weird and wonderful perspective of a group of skiers in action. From this angle, it looks like they’re tumbling down a vertical cliff face.
Meeting by David Rouge, Switzerland
From the nature category comes this award winner showing a wonderful view of the Namib
Desert’s sand dunes meeting the waters of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Salt Farm Workers Harvesting by Saurabh Sirohiya, India
This award winner sees an abstract view from above. Taken above the salt pans in Habra, India.
Like a Painted Picture by Krzysztof Krawczyk, Poland
Looking for inspiration for wedding photos? Then you need to see the wedding category of the Drone Awards.
Abandoned Weather Station by Dmitry Kokh, Russia
This collection by Dmitry Kokh won the award in the series category and shows some brilliant views of polar bears in an abandoned weather station.
Beautiful life - Princess Taiping by Jingkun Yang
Here’s a beautiful landscape view of an iconic area of parkland with an image of a famous princess lovingly crafted from various colourful plants.
Five-leaf flower Hall by Ying Zhang
This view shows a hotel like you’ve probably never seen before. Also, one that’s unlikely to be fully appreciated except without an aerial image like this.
Perfect timing
One of the commended photos in the wildlife category shows a brilliant moment of perfect timing as a whale’s tail turns the sea into brilliant foam.
Shadow Basketball
Here’s a brilliantly composed shot of some basketball happening below Kateryna Polishchuk’s drone.
Abstract aerial art
Here’s a brilliant aerial shot of an empty hotel taken during the pandemic when everything was quiet. Fantastically abstract.
Rice Processing
We’ve already seen a great shot of workers processing salt, now we get to see a brilliant aerial shot of rice being dried out in the sun too.
Aftermath of La Palma’s Volcano Eruption
It’s an aerial image of the aftermath of the massive eruption of volcano Cumbre Vieja which destroyed 3,000 buildings and plenty of the landscape too.
Wings of the White Cliffs
Another of the commended photos from the nature category shows some brilliant cliffs with fantastic shapes.
The Tidal tree
This brilliant image looks like a tree’s roots spreading across the landscape but is actually water cutting its way through the dry land.
Nature’s Eye
Lake Tyrrell in Victoria, Australia is a pink salt lake which has an intriguing sight that looks like a tiger’s eye when seen like this from above.
The Unicorn
This is a single aerial view of the impressive manmade sights of Unicorn Island, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Geothermal delights
This image from the Icelandic Highlands shows a fantastically vivid blue pool nestled inside a geothermal crust.
Red river
Nature has some incredible views if you take the time to look. Here we’re seeing an aerial view of a river that’s turned red due to oxidised iron in the area.
Together
We find these wedding photos taken with drones particularly interesting. Certainly not your average shot.
