Cracked Waters

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Photographer

Daniel Franc
Prize

Honorable Mention
Jury Top 5 Selection

I kept returning to this image as I was judging the category, and after. Such a perfect moment, full of lightness and doesn't make me think at all about how it was captured.
Date of Photograph

May 9, 2020
Technical Info

DJI Mavic Pro 2 drone, 1" Sensor
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Gulls fly over a dried out pond with a few inches of water. The Czech Republic saw some heavy droughts in the Spring 2020. Many ponds dried out, especially in South Moravia. When rains brought a few inches of water in later, it didn't dissolve the dry mud and a "cracked water pond" full of birds was born.

Biography

Daniel Franc uses a drone to create fine art photographs that are about a new perspective on the external and internal worlds. He got his first drone more or less by accident in 2017 and since then he has been visiting places with it in the most common parts of the world around us, as well as more exotic destinations.
Awards

3rd place, Annual Photography Awards 2022, Special - Drone 1st and 3rd place, International Photography Awards, Fineart - Nature, 2022 "Aerial photographer of the year" title and 1st and 2nd place in the Aerial category, Minimalist Photography Awards, 2022. Winner (category Places),Earth Photo by Royal Geographic Society UK, 2022 Czech Nature Photo, Landscape 1st and 2nd place (2022), 2nd place (2023), 3rd place (2021) Gold (Aerial Nature), 2nd Place (All Nature Categories), Top 5 jury selection. Tokyo International Photo Awards, 2021 ?2nd place in the category, Drone, ND Awards, 2021 Top 5 jury selection, IPA - International Photography Awards, October 2021 "50 Best BnW Minimalist Photographers" USA, 2021