This document summarizes the winners and highlights from the 2014 International Nature Photography Competition hosted by Asferico. It lists the category winners and some highlighted photographers in categories like mammals, birds, other animals, plants and fungi, composition and forms, and man and nature. The overall absolute winner was Paul Souders from the US for his photo "The Water Bear".

1. Absolute winner - Paul Souders (American) - The Water Bear
2014 International Nature Photography Competition - Asferico
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2. The underwater world
Nuno Sá (Portuguese) - Basking shark || Highlight
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3. Csaba Tokolyi (Hungarian) - Seahorse|| Highlight
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4. Paul Souders (American) - Walrus Beneath the Ice|| Highlight
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5. David Barrio (Spanish) - Smile|| Highlight
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6. Alex Rush (Russian) - Inner Space|| Highlight
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7. Cristobal Serrano (Spanish) - Explosion of Life || Highlight
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8. Adriano Morettin (Italian) - Flames toward the sun || Highlight
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9. Iñigo Gutierrez (Spanish) - The Red Line || Highlight
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10. Scott Portelli (Australian) - New Born calf || Highlight
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11. Category winner - Radomir Jakubowski (German) - On the top of the word
Mammals
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12. Paul Souders (American) - Cheetah Kill and Lightning Storm|| Highlight
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13. Bastien Riu (French) - Au soleil couchant || Highlight 13

14. Gastone Pivatelli (Italian) - Don't bite me on the neck || Highlight
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15. Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti (Italian) - Leonessa nella palude|| Highlight
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16. Frédéric Demeuse (Belgian) - Colobus walk|| Highlight
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17. Roberto Bartoloni (Italian) - I fratelli|| Highlight
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18. Lassi Rautiainen (Finnish) - Flying wolf in Finland|| Highlight
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19. Francisco Mingorance (Español) - Fénnec el alma del desierto || Highlight
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20. Oscar Dewhurst (British) - Bellowing at Dawn|| Highlight
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21. Category winner - Michele Landscape Vettorazzi (Italian) - Temporale sul Collalto
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22. Soler Isern Pere (Spanish) - Lines & Trees|| Highlight
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23. Paul Souders (American) - Antarctic Ice || Highlight
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24. Gary Steer (Australian) - Fire and Salt || Highlight
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25. eorg Hafer (German) - Moon over 3 pinnacles|| Highlight 25

26. Cyrille Grillère (French) - Between storm and fog|| Highlight
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27. Parmo Lars (Danish) - Iceberg in the sunny dusk || Highlight
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28. Emmanuel Boitier (French) - Huang Shan scenery || Highlight 28

29. Fortunato Gatto (Italian) - The Miracle|| Highlight
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30. Salvo Orlando (Italian) - Inside Blizzard|| Highlight
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31. Category winner - Alejandro Prieto (Mexican) - Into The Shadows
Birds
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32. Ugo Mellone (Italian) - Kelp goose ( Chloephaga hybrida)|| Highlight 32

33. Plaickner Plaickner (Italian) - Nascondiglio per la notte || Highlight
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34. Niko Pekonen (Finnish) - Pine Grosbeak feeding on rowan tree berries|| Highlight 34

35. Espen Bergersen (Norwegian) - King Eider take-off|| Highlight 35

36. Audun Rikardsen (Norwegian) - Eagle on the hunt|| Highlight
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37. Klaus Nigge (German) - Caribbean Flamingos|| Highlight 37

38. Markus Varesvuo (Finnish) - Griffon Vultures|| Highlight 38

39. Demetrio Opinato (Italian) - Secretary bird and zebras|| Highlight 39

40. Paul Souders (American) - The Luckiest Penguin|| Highlight 40

41. Other animals
Category winner - Paul van Hoof (Dutch) - Firefly trails
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42. Johan van de Watering (Dutch) - Orange!|| Highlight
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43. Mellone Ugo (Italian) - American alligator|| Highlight
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44. Stephan Tuengler (German) - Crocodiles|| Highlight
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45. Ricardo Lourenço (Portuguese) - Dewdrop|| Highlight
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46. Johannes Wassermann (Italian) - Farfalla|| Highlight
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47. Marc Steichen (Luxembourger) - Green Sea Turtles on Beach|| Highlight
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48. Samuel Pradetto Cignotto (Italian) - Vipera ammodytes|| Highlight 48

49. François Nowicki/Olivier Dangles (French) - Acrocinus longimanus|| Highlight 49

50. Alain Rogati (French) - Blue flight|| Highlight
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51. Category winner - Luis Javier Sandoval (Mexican) - lily leafs underwater
Plants and Fungi
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52. Ioannis Schinezos/Roberta Pagano (Italy) - Euphorbia polyacantha|| Highlight
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53. Urtzi Vera (Spanish) - Between two stations|| Highlight 53

54. Diego Lopez Alvarez (Spanish) - El guardian|| Highlight 54

55. Filip van Boven (Belgian) - from another planet|| Highlight 55

56. Valter Binotto (Italian) - Astrantia major|| Highlight
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57. Maurizio Valentini (Italian) - Wild garden|| Highlight
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58. Gunar Streu (German) - Lichen || Highlight 58

59. Christian Vizl (Mexican) - Plants at cenote Car Wash|| Highlight 59

60. Edwig Vanhassel (Belgian) - Misty trees|| Highlight
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61. Category winner - Thomas Haney (American) - Receding Wave
Composition and forms
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62. Florian Smit (German) - Embryo|| Highlight 62

63. Dieter Schweizer (German) - Glacier River #03|| Highlight
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64. Sergi Garcia (Spanish) - Abstract || Highlight
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66. José Juan Hernández Martínez (Spanish) - Red Bugloss skeletons|| Highlight
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67. Amos Nachoum (American)|| Highlight
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68. Zoltan Laki (Hungarian) - Volute|| Highlight 68

69. Luis Javier Sandoval (Mexican) - Starfish close up || Highlight
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70. David Köster (German) - Smoke River|| Highlight
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71. Category winner Man and nature - Christian Vizl (Mexican) - The Wall 71

72. Audun Rikardsen (Norwegian) - Sharing resources|| Highlight 72

73. Carsten Egevang (Danish) - Walrus hunting|| Highlight
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75. Chris Gomersall (British) - By-Catch || Highlight 75

76. Lopresti Davide (Italian) - In the net || Highlight
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77. Juan Francisco Martinez Tapia (Español) - Aurora contaminada|| Highlight 77

78. François Nowicki (French) - The building cormorants || Highlight
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79. François Nowicki (French) - Fragmentation| Highlight
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80. Daniele Giannetti (Italian) - un insolito nido|| Highlight
8/27/2014 王文堯Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Asferico. THE END 80