B&H Photo Announces the Winners of The 2018 Drone Photo Contest

We here at B&H Photo Video are proud to announce the winners of this year's Drone Photo Contest! Drones are hot in the photo and video world, and B&H is your one-stop shop for all the photographic unmanned aerial vehicles you need to meet your creative goals!

The submissions were graded by a panel of tech influencers and photo enthusiasts.

  • Armando Ferreira
  • Dom Esposito
  • Sally French
  • Enobong Etteh
  • Jason Vong
  • Jonathan Casey
  • Tomas Villegas

The submissions were graded based on the following criteria:

  • Creativity of composition
  • Subject's "wow" factor
  • Originality
  • Image quality

Without further delay, here are the winners of this year's B&H Drone Photo Contest:

1st-Place Winner - $1,000 B&H Photo Gift Card

Atop the Climatron
Atop the ClimatronNathan Wambold

"As an architect, photographer, and drone pilot, I simply found pure beauty in the geodesic dome that is the Climatron, at Missouri Botanical Garden. With permission from the Garden, I found workers working on the structure as I took this photo."

See the full image by Nathan Wambold, click here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/contest/photos/atop-the-climatron

2nd-Place Winner - $750 B&H Photo Gift Card

Piedra del Peñol
Piedra del PeñolSebastian Moreno

"For this shot, I took advantage of the DJI Mavic 2 Pro's variable aperture to give the shot a bit of a bokeh. I also focused only on the Big Granite Monolith to make it stand out even more."

See the full image by Sebastian Moreno, click here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/contest/photos/piedra-del-pe%C3%B1ol

3rd-Place Winner - $500 B&H Photo Gift Card

Western Civilization
Western CivilizationIan Beckley

"This [is] one of the first images I ever took with a drone, and it is still my favorite. I spent over an hour on Google Maps trying to find something to look down on, and never thought to put my drone above this intersection. I drive through here every day to get to my college, so when I saw it from above I was amazed."

See the full image by Ian Beckley, click here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/contest/photos/western-civilization

People's Choice Winner (received 1,133 user votes) - $100 B&H Photo Gift Card

Christmas Eve Sunrise over Dallas
Christmas Eve Sunrise over DallasTony Corso

"I love to photograph this bridge whenever I am in Dallas."

See the full image by Tony Corso, click here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/contest/photos/christmas-eve-sunrise-over-dallas

B&H Photo would like to extend a special thank you to our panel of judges and to all of our passionate and dedicated customers who shared their work with us. For all things drone-related at B&H Photo, please click here.

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