Thank you to all the photographers that shared their best photos showing rural roads in the Country Roads Photo Contest with chances to win a Gift Card Bundle and more!
"It was exciting to see all the entries for this competition on Country Roads! Road are great - they lead us to places of mystery, adventure, beauty, and home, and many contestants captured that feeling of a road to wherever in their photographs. Not all gave enough emphasis to the road, though, and I felt that the road needed to be either the main subject or a strong element in the frame." - Brenda Tharp
A special thanks to our friend and professional photographer Brenda Tharp for her collaboration as a guest judge in this photo contest. Brenda Tharp has spent the past 30 years honing her artistic vision and skills. Her nature and travel photographs appear in a variety of magazines, books, ads, and brochures, for clients that include British Gas, Chronicle, Chicago Natural History Museum, National Geographic, Nature Conservancy, National Park Service and Sierra Club, to name a few. Her fine art prints are sold through interior designers and gallery events.
Congratulations Grand Jury Winner "Crossing-the-fields" by petersvoboda
"I just loved the dream-like effect the photographer gave to this image in post-processing, but the low angle of light that defined the landscape and the warmth of the light, and sheep, all added up to a great picture for me." - Brenda Tharp
Congratulations Runner Up "The Chase " by warrenstowell
"while it’s simply a piece of farm machinery, it feels like an alien creature bearing down on the truck, and tells a story in a humorous way." - Brenda Tharp
Congratulations Runner Up "Texas Country Road" by lisablevins
"Showed great use of selective focus and a low point of view to make it feel like we’re emerging from the thicket and it expresses a bit of mystery, too." - Brenda Tharp
Congratulations Runner Up "Neat clouds" by SweetRay
"Captures the drama of midwestern skies in the heartland of America, and the expansive feeling of big sky over the fields. " - Brenda Tharp
Congratulations Runner Up "Road to wonderland" by Jan_Zajc
"Even though the road is not large here, the snippets of it showing here and there still held the scene together and expressed the story of meandering through a stunning landscape in dramatic light." - Brenda Tharp
Congratulations Amateur Winner "l o n e l y " by EduardoAlvesLux
Congratulations People's Choice "Up on the hill " by saintek
"The way to the north " by mopimops
"On the Road to North " by timoksanen
"Mt Cook National Park " by Deb_Clark
"Aurora Borealis, Iceland " by aaronhill
"Farm road" by lisanicole
"Finding Insperation " by HazerLive
"Moonlit Startrails " by amyth91
"the Road " by bendikstalheim
"A Thing of Beauty" by Imagine_Life
"The Road Ahead" by timboten
"Alberta Prairies" by JEKAMOBILE
"The road to the church" by Geinis
"Mountain Norway road and scenic landscape of Lofoten islands." by kireevart
"Where are you Forrest Gump?" by HaraldL
"Golden Road " by BastianHoppe
"Essence of Fall" by ChrisWilliamsEXP
"Val D'Orcia, Land Of Gods" by ElenaParaskeva
"On the Road" by petertang
"Monument" by noahbryant
"_ALS0469" by anneschlueter
"Windy Road" by byrnephotography
"The King's Road" by Daniel-Photography
"Road..." by kbrowko
"Autumn Mist" by Mike_M_Martin
"Lovely old country road" by rmr731
"Longing for travel" by Amanda_Leigh31
"West Virginia Road" by R_Tom_Sizemore_III
"Winter magic" by JohnStager
"Silent Sanctuary " by Tila
"Lanzarote road" by felicebellini
"Stange - Norway" by Huner
"road" by MariLaegreid
"21-03-25" by PWMManchesterUK
"SD Badlands Sunset" by EvaBareis
"Lonely Road" by jrfleury
"The Start of the Hunt" by paulwild
"Down the road " by EstelleTimony
"Country road to sunset" by q-liebin
"Autumn Lane (Nevada 2007)" by FalconEyesPhotography
"Icelandic Church " by vitoservideo
"Val D'Orcia " by MaurizioCasulaPhoto
"Sentinels of The Nevis " by martinkohn
"Winter sunrise " by alechickman
"Number Seventy Four " by TimSmith67
"Autumn Visions - White Mountains, New Hampshire " by cmwieber
"Night watch " by swqaz
"Round the bend " by shaun_denholm
"The Traveler " by jnrr
"Workhorse " by SproutedAcornPhotography
"Road to nowhere " by ErikDerbyPhotography
"Stormy Autumn Twilight " by DerekKind
"Follow the Fall " by StephenBridger
"Axtell Aceny Road " by Aflorer
"RAINY " by Missklik
"tree on the hill " by wolfman57
"Heading Home " by Mariko
"_DSC6233 Hill Rd SR " by KoralC
"Mt Garfield in HDR " by brandydement
"Castelluccio " by giovannivolpe
"Close Call " by patrickkulwicki
"Take a Right at the Barn " by phil1
"Road to Mission Peak " by markcote
"The Color of fall " by AnneDphotography
"Heading Home " by DKPix
"Mount Cook " by Stephen-Blake-Photography
"Faroe Curves " by mikefennell
"CFMM_IMG_4840 " by cefem7
"into the distance " by phillticehurst
"Foggy morning " by DennisartPhotography
"Streets #2 / Iceland " by SebastianWarneke
"The long walk home " by joebaxter
"A01_9726-B&W " by Albert-Serra-Photography
"The way of sun " by biagiosalerno
"Home (defish) " by Tpm067
"the road to nowhere " by oliverschwenn
"Sometimes in Life Your Paths You Walk May Have Curves... Go with the Flow. Home for The Holidays " by juliannarivera-perruccio
"Sofie in Scotland " by Iwona
"Geomtric Field " by Bishoop
"Casiss " by nikosladic
"Tuscany " by Rostovskiy
"Japan Countryside " by MatthewKou
"Frozen Dream " by srdjanvujmilovic
" Troll Bends " by peterfoldiak
"Narrow is the way ... " by BRIN
"Girl on a Bike " by JohnFilmalter
"The Long Road " by windycorduroy
"Gable House Snowy Night " by HIPHeidiIhnen
"Early Morning Jog " by jimstennette
"Breaking Dawn " by Jellyfire
"the-zephyr " by SonyaAdcockPhotography
"Super cell over Harrisville " by DanMarshall91
"Trail's End " by tracymunson
"Aurora Over A Country Road " by knoxphoto
"Red Rock Canyon Road - Waterton National Park " by Mish55
"Awesome Sunset! " by akphotographystudio
