Journalism of Courage
Aerial photography community Skypixel, which runs in cooperation with DJI, announced its top aerial and drone photographs of 2015. The results came after careful scrutiny of over 10,000 submissions from 146 countries collected within the period of two months. The competition was judged by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Ken Geiger and had two categories of submission - professional and enthusiast - which were divided in three further categories, dronie, drones in use and beauty.
The 2015 SkyPixel Photo of the Year went to “Surge,” a photograph of a lone swimmer shot by Kirk Hille./ Source: Skypixel
'Populus in the Fall' by Wang Han Bing won first prize in the 'Beauty' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
Thunderhead over West Texas by darin kuntz won second prize in the 'Beauty' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'In a Drift' by Karlo Matuguinas won third prize in the 'Beauty' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'Phantom above the Boats' by Chen Wenjian won first prize in the 'Drones in Use' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'Drone & Doves' by Yun Qing Zhang won second prize in the 'Drones in Use' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'Reaching for the Phantom' by Luke Bell won third prize in the 'Drones in Use' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'Panvelvet is Taking a Photo' by Alex Kerkis won first prize in the 'Dronies' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'King of the Mountain' by Audrius R won second prize in the 'Dronies' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'Dronie on the Mountain' by Marco Kolleppel won third prize in the 'Dronies' category of 'Professional' group / Source: Skypixel
'Eye' by Maksim Tarasov won first prize in the 'Beauty' category of 'Enthusiast' group / Source: Skypixel
'Unfinished' by Rob W won second prize in the 'Beauty' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'Hot Air Balloon' by Glen Orsak won third prize in the 'Beauty' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'Phantom 3 Light Trails' by Mo Mu won first prize in the 'Drones in Use' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'Wakeboard Chase!' by Robert Absher won second prize in the 'Drones in Use' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'Drone in Action' by Payont Thanasatirakul won third prize in the 'Drones in Use' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'Dronie on Crashed Plane' by Dmitry Balakirev won first prize in the 'Dronies' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'4 People Watch as a P3 Photographs a P2' by Todd Kennedy won second prize in the 'Dronies' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
'Dronie with My Wife' by Tonig Joe won third prize in the 'Dronies' category of 'Enthusiast' group/ Source: Skypixel
