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Photo competition 2023: Peaceful Nature - Looking deep into nature

 

Let‘s capture human efforts towards a peaceful world. Show us your best moment in a peaceful nature!

Share your best moment in a peaceful nature so that we do not forget peace and nature in troubled times.

 

The three most beautiful pictures will win great prizes!

 

All students of the University of Vechta are eligible to participate. Each participant can submit one photo at maximum. The photo should have a title and be accompanied by a short description (approx. 300 characters). In addition, participants have to hand in the signed registration form. Terms and Conditions apply.

The photo should be submitted in *.jpg or another common format and ideally have at least 1920x1080 pixels.

Please send your documents to International Office by 26th of May 2023.

 

 

A jury of students and employees of the University of Vechta will select the most beautiful and creative photos.

"PEACEFUL NATURE - LOOKING DEEP INTO NATURE"

Winners of the photo contest 2023

There are three equal winners! The order of publication is alphabetical.

Jury awards

ETERNITY

Cedric Staas

Nature reveals its beauty in the form of the majestic rock formations in Bohemian Switzerland. For millions of years, they have been part of the nature surrounding them, almost untouched by human hand. And in the same way, they will continue to exist for millions of years and will be part of this impressive nature forever, even long after us.




MYSTERIOUS FOG

Emily Falke

This picture was taken in the morning in the vast landscapes of Canada, the Rocky Mountains.

The fog of the early morning still hangs mysteriously over the water, while the sky is already a clear blue. The clear water reflects the incredibly beautiful landscape with the snow-covered mountains and the green firs. The colourful canoes in the lake alone stand out from this peaceful, almost untouched nature and yet seem to belong right there.

The picture shows contradiction and reflection in the same breath.




NEW LIFE, FROM SOMETHING PAST

Jennifer Schaar

My boyfriend, my best friend and I wanted to hike up to the Brocken and got lost. We hiked around the Brocken for 8 hours but never reached it. We still managed to find a few idyllic spots, where one of the things we found was this fallen tree with new life growing under its roots.




"Magic Moments"

Winners of the photo contest 2022

Jury awards

A MESSAGE TO THE SKY

Ekaterina Afanasova

It was a wonderful evening with my family when we could all make a wish. This I will never forget that moment when dozens of sky lanterns were sent into the sky. Like stars, they lit up the city and filled hearts with hope.




FUTURE VIEW

Oksana Osipovych

This is a photo of a peaceful beautiful blue sky and ripening wheat. This is one of the usual Ukrainian fields. This color combination symbolizes the blue-yellow flag of my native country - Ukraine. On the horizon there is a boy, my brother. It looks as if he is looking into the future. He looks into the distance and searches for what will happen next in his life. in his life. This photo was taken a year ago, before the war. But now every Ukrainian looks into the future in the same way, without knowing what will happen tomorrow, what will happen tomorrow. Therefore, this photo encourages us to appreciate the moments that now have , to be grateful for them and to help each other. Let us do everything in our power to make our future as bright as this photo.

 




ENCHANTED FOREST

Rebekka Stellfeldt

A magical moment - arising from the smoke of a steam locomotive, which pulls its incessant Trains through the forest. This mysterious shot on the path to Blocksberg, allows to dream and to disappear into other mysterious worlds. The belief awakens that the world has enchanted places, where no limits of the There are no limits to inventiveness and there is room for magical moments.




Audience Award

MAGIC UNICORNS

Julia Büter

Things are creative and joyful at Cambell Ridge Elementary school. The ABC days have different different mottos depending on the letter. From Action day to Teamwork day and movie day to Zoo day, everything was there. My theme was dedicated to the letter U, on which everyone made colorful unicorns. unicorns. Happy rainbowy Unicorn day!




Past autumns

Marlene Weßelmann

Being became having to know, dreaming became knowing. You have to be grown up, sensible, ambitious. Stop dreaming and know what you want, successful, independent and ambitious. Everyday life drives me on and I become 21, 22, 23. A driven child with daydreams of puddles and rubber boots, of flying kites and dancing in the leaves. We were 6, 7, 8. Autumns past, that's all that remains, just the hope that the next one will give us more time.


Calming at dawn

Santhoshi Raveenthiran

The photo was taken on my first day of internship at 6am in Tenerife. I was nervous and late. But the view from the window of my shared apartment in Tabaiba let me for a moment moment to come to complete peace.


Hope

Philip Lemasson

Dusk as a symbol of a positive future. In the sense of the historical saying "Red sky at night, sailors' delight" (in German more commonly: "Abendrot, Gutwetterbot'"), the reddish sky is a sign of good future weather. As viewers, we may locate ourselves in the dark, overcast part of the sky because of the challenging times we have experienced. dark, overcast part of the picture. Consequently, we direct our perspective all the more strongly towards the horizon and the reddish sky as its harbinger and wish that this proverb has truthfulness. and wish that this proverb is true and that we will be able to enjoy more positive times in the future. again in the future.


Wave Rider

Rebecca Lütjen

What almost looks like an oil painting is a surfer in the middle of a unique big city. Munich, probably the only place where you can meet surfers and skiers at the same time on the S-Bahn train. It's January, not far from the English Garden, thickly wrapped up, larger groups of of people and marvel at the surfers from the bridge. A magical moment for all those who tend to think of sledding and ice skating in winter.


Magic unicorns

Julia Büter

Things are creative and joyful at Cambell Ridge Elementary school. The ABC days have different mottos depending on the letter. From Action day to Teamwork day and movie day to Zoo day, everything was there. My theme was dedicated to the letter U, on which everyone made colorful unicorns. Happy rainbowy Unicorn day!


A message to heaven

Ekaterina Afanasova

It was a wonderful evening with my family when we could all make a wish. This I will never forget that moment when dozens of sky lanterns were sent into the sky. Like stars, they lit up the city and filled hearts with hope.


The beauty of nature

Jule Klemm

For me, photographing small objects is always a special moment. It is fun for me fun to make the small things look really big.


The early bird gets the worm.

As far as getting up is concerned, early risers and late sleepers are notoriously. Personally, I can sleep for a long time, but I have to admit that every day I get up early is a productive day, that every day I get up early is a productive day. In the morning hours I am most effective and efficient. So was the morning this photo was taken: It was autumn and I was visiting my grandparents in Ibbenbüren. Shortly before my father had bequeathed his analog Minolta X-700 to me, and so I had decided to get to grips with the old reflex camera and try it out. Before sunrise my grandpa and I drove to the municipal lake Aasee. What awaited us there, has the early All times got up rewarded. The mood was enchanted; the entire Aasee was covered by a thin blanket of fog and with the first rays of sunlight, the scenery came to life. awakened. Here and there a fish jumped, birds twittered, flew up and suddenly on the cormorant rose out of the fog on the water. The rising sun drenched the morning atmosphere at the Aasee in golden light. My grandfather and I enjoyed the spectacle of nature and this morning hour had for us in the truest sense gold in the mouth.


Suddenly christmas again

Sirah Koch

My grandma calls out to me in an excited, delighted voice: "Oh, where can you find something like that? Look out the window!" I walk curiously to the window and look out on a white snowy landscape.
In the middle of April in the USA. Actually, I wanted to visit my grandma at Christmas, but
Corona put a spoke in my wheel and didn't allow me to travel to the USA until April.
Not only the snowy landscape that appeared from one day to the next, but also the suddenly put up Christmas decorations of the neighbor, give me the feeling to be exactly on Christmas
to be with my grandma and to experience this magical moment with her.


Curtain up

Antonia Janssen

A liberating blow. That's where the magic begins. Why hold people back and rob them of the desire to breathe? Isn't that insanely exhausting to be "NORMAL"? "Smile, because it confuses people," proclaims the JOKER to a world he refuses to accept. He may appear to some as a cruel clown, but on closer inspection one sees a tragic beauty. tragic beauty. Magical moments are the times when we show our colors. In the words of the Joker: "They laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at them because they're all the same."


Summernight

Paul Sleverding

We traveled across the country and there was a plan. That night, however, each and every one of us of us wished for the lightness of a child. It was the thought of living every moment like this, as if there were no tomorrow. The Riviera covered by the sunset, the alleys full of life. That night No one wanted to sleep that night, because time seemed to have stopped.


Enchanted forest

Rebekka Stellfeld

A magical moment - arising from the smoke of a steam locomotive, which pulls its incessant
Trains through the forest. This mysterious shot on the path to Blocksberg, allows to dream and disappear into other mysterious worlds. The belief awakens that the world has enchanted places, where there is room for magical moments.


Future view

Oksana Osipovych

This is a photo of a peaceful beautiful blue sky and ripening wheat. This is one
of the usual Ukrainian fields. This color combination symbolizes the blue-yellow flag of my
native country - Ukraine. On the horizon there is a boy, my brother. It looks as if
he is looking into the future. He looks into the distance and searches for what will happen next in his life. This photo was taken a year ago, before the war. But now every Ukrainian looks into the future in the same way, without knowing what will happen tomorrow, what will happen tomorrow. Therefore, this photo encourages us to appreciate the moments that now have , to be grateful for them and to help each other. Let us do everything in our power to make our future as bright as this photo.


Harvest moon

Uta Schilmöller

Spending the semester abroad in Brazil was a dream of mine and it took me a lot of time and commitment to make this dream come true. That night, the moon symbolized so many things for me: fulfillment, hope, joy, home.


The hunt for infinity

My "Magic Moment" this year was the view of the Northern Lights over Iceland. You wait for this moment, all excited and impatient, until the time comes. For two minutes the world
all problems are faded out and a feeling of infinity arises. For a brief moment, everything seems fine.


Silent observation

Adelheid Böckmann

(1) All [...] shall have the right to assemble peacefully and without arms without notification or permission.
(2) For assemblies in the open air, this right may be limited by law or on the basis of a
law may restrict this right.


Aillte to Mhothair

Aylin Uzunpolat

Europe‘s western frontier - along the coast of clare, rising from the atlantic ocean - the cliffs of Moher inspired many. This unique and impressive landscape reminds of the history of Ireland and leaves you with the urge to discover more about this beautiful and diverse country.