Golden Shot Photography Awards
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This photograph shows a powerful male grizzly bear in the Yukon, photographed in the wild and with deep respect for the animals. The image conveys the raw strength and presence of the bear while highlighting the fragile balance between human observation and wildlife in its natural habitat. The grizzly never took his eyes off me, […]
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From the heights of Brienzer Rothorn, the Alps unfold in a breathtaking panorama of light, stone, and drifting mist. Bathed in the golden hour’s warm glow, the rugged peaks and ridges appear suspended above a sea of clouds — a fleeting moment where silence and grandeur meet. In this luminous stillness, the mountains reveal their […]
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High above the winter silence, a solitary alpine summit rises from a sea of mist. Touched by the golden hour’s final glow, the peak appears almost otherworldly — a quiet monarch of stone and snow. In this fleeting interplay of light and shadow, the mountain becomes a symbol of stillness, grandeur, and the timeless poetry […]
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At 3,000 meters in the Swiss canton of Valais, I encountered a majestic Alpine ibex poised between rugged mountain peaks. Bathed in the golden hour’s last rays of sunlight, he seemed to pause and pose, throning above the valley with quiet dignity. This fleeting moment transformed the ibex into a true King of the Alps […]
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Just days before the 2025 blood full moon, I witnessed a rare sight in the Toggenburg region of Switzerland: the moon appearing to rest upon the majestic Churfirsten mountains. This natural spectacle lasted only a few fleeting minutes, and I was incredibly fortunate to capture it. Nature’s wonders often reveal themselves suddenly and unexpectedly — […]
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Red in Motion captures a live stage moment of the Swiss musical comedy group „Die Exfreundinnen“, featuring Martina Lory. The visual effects are created using a mechanical filter, producing hand-crafted, non-digital color diffusion that reflects the energy and atmosphere of live performance.
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This story about people who fallen into a difficult life situation. People who don’t give up and find opportunity for a full life. Surgeries, rehabilitation, depression and despair led them to the search for another ways and other meaning for life in new circumstances. The top of the self-sacrificing desire to conquer the tragic situation […]
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The change in the sky from evening onwards is beautiful. The beautiful and captivating sky is spread all over the world. (Narita Airport, Japan)
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This image is a still time-lapse day-to-night project that started before sunset and finally ended about 6am due to the cameras batteries being exhausted. The holy grail of still time-lapse imagery is a successful day-to-night photograph and can entail extensive spans of time, energy, preparation and sometimes luck to land.
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The camera was battery dead from the all night captures for the star trail project. I state this because that’s what was going through my mind as my camping companion urgently and excitedly described a sunrise rainbow with his animated hands while a toothbrush jutted out of his mouth. I scrambled out of the tent […]