The contest is over! And the winners are[Site Picks The Best Aerial Drone Photos]

dronestagr.am ^ | 11 July 2014 | dronestagr.am

[Theoria]

Winners of the 2014 Dronestagram Photo Contest have finally been selected! Picking winners was a very difficult task especially because of the great quality of the photos that have been submitted. We tried to reward the photos that show the best the fantastic potential offered by drones in terms of image.

It’s been an amazing first edition with many photos entered from everywhere in the world. Thank you all for joining in.

We would like to extend a special thanks to our contest sponsors National Geograpic, Go Pro, Picanova, Droneshop and Parrot for generously offering amazing gifts !

Are you one of the lucky ones? Find out below!

Dronestagram & National Geographic Prizes : Awards of the most amazing aerial views

• 1st Prize : 1 drone DJI Phantom 2 + Go Pro Black Edition Camera + 150 €/200 USD offered on a print on canvas, aluminum or plexiglas.
  Featuring in Newswatch section of National Geographic website + Photo published on National Geographic French edition.
• 2nd Prize : 1 Parrot AR. Drone Elite Edition Sand + 100 €/140 USD offered on a print on canvas, aluminum or plexiglas.
• 3rd Prize : 1 Parrot AR. Drone Elite Edition Sand  + 75 €/100 USD offered on a print on canvas, aluminum or plexiglas.
  
  

1st Prize Winner: Capungaero – See author’s profile

http://www.dronestagr.am/bali-barat-national-park-indonesia/

2nd Prize: Jericsaniel – See author’s profile

http://www.dronestagr.am/manila-philippines/

3rd Prize: Drone-cs – See author’s profile

http://www.dronestagr.am/annecy-france/

Popular Prizes : Awards of the most liked photos in our contest section

• 1st Prize : 1 drone Blade 350 QX HORIZON + Go Pro Black Edition + 150 €/200 USD offered on a print on canvas, aluminum or plexiglas.
• 2nd Prize : 1 Parrot AR. Drone Elite Edition Sand + 100 €/140 USD offered on a print on canvas, aluminum or plexiglas.
• 3rd Prize : 1 Parrot AR. Drone Elite Edition Sand + 75 €/100 USD offered on a print on canvas, aluminum or plexiglas.

1st Prize Winner: Postandfly – See author’s profile

http://www.dronestagr.am/tamul-waterfall/

2nd Prize: Jams69 – See author’s profile

http://www.dronestagr.am/sanary-sur-mer-6/

3rd Prize: IceFire – See author’s profile

http://www.dronestagr.am/sofia-bulgaria/

The election of the best aerial photo has been conducted by Dronestagram and National Geographic. Dronestagram has displayed some choice entries randomly during the contest which, although demonstrating the high leveling of competition we have come to expect, have no bearing on the end result.

[PAR35]

I understand the first picture winning a prize. The second picture? Shouldn’t be a contender.

[Ken H]

I want to see one with a kid holding a slingshot, taken through a cracked lens!

[Zeneta]

A number of years ago I had the idea to build a drone that, from the ground, looked like a large bird that was commonly seen circling above in the country where it was deployed.

[lacrew]

I read a story, which indicated the pentagon was working on exactly that - a drone that looked like a bird.

And, it would land and ‘perch’ on a power line to recharge.

[Zeneta]

My original thought was for solar power, since the top side of the “bird” would rarely be seen.

I hadn’t considered that we could overcome the challenges for this thing to actually land.

[Iscool]

I can see why the 1st shot won...There’s a boat in a stream that dead ends...

[5th MEB]

I don’t think that’s a stream, looks more like a dredged channel.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

And, it would land and ‘perch’ on a power line to recharge.

It would have to have a way to get that recharge from the EM generated by a high voltage line. Without a connection to ground, it won't get squat. Though, I'm betting that would be fatal to any sort of electronics. It would have to be EM related.