From Above Photo Contest Winners

Thank you to all the photographers that shared their best photos shot from high grounds in the From Above Photo Contest in collaboration with Colin Smith with chances to win a Aerial Video & Photography Handbook, a Pelican 1200 Camera Case and more!

A special thanks to friend and professional photographer Colin Smith for his collaboration as a guest judge. Colin is the founder of PhotoshopCAFE which has received over 30 million visitors. Colin has authored 19 books. He has won numerous awards including 3 Guru awards. He’s been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame twice. He loves art and technology and is a pioneer of HDR as well as aerial Drone Photography.

Congratulations Grand Jury Winner "A Different Perspective" by Garifenton

"Wow, just wow. This is such a powerful image of the jets looking like fireworks from an angle you would never see. I love the leading lines, this is a composition you can't take your eyes off." - Colin Smith

Congratulations Runner Up "Reflection" by Nico2z

"So trippy, at first you get vertigo, then wonder what the bubbles are, like something out of the matrix and then you realize its a reflection. So powerful and the limited color is spot on." - Colin Smith

Congratulations Runner Up "Dance" by darcysutphin-delia

"I just love the movement in this image, so graceful and then you see the feet and realize this is mid motion. A graceful and perfectly timed shot." - Colin Smith

Congratulations Runner Up "Escape to Zakynthos" by stsirkas

"I just love this unique perspective of the sky divers. It’s an unusual framing of a beautiful aerial scene connected compositionally by the skydivers, brilliant and intriguing, Great story telling." - Colin Smith

Congratulations Amateur Winner "Lone Taxi" by katoplato