Vietnamese photographer wins international award with moment “frozen” in time

The moment of a lonely boat on Tuyen Lam Lake in Lam Dong and a mother and baby elephant on De Gi Bay (Binh Dinh) won high prizes at the Skypixel aerial photography contest .

The contest announced its final results on March 19. The work “Silence” by photographer Nguyen Khanh Vu Khoa won 6th place in the annual Top 10 Best Photos Award, in the Portrait category.

The photo was shortlisted in the top 10 best photos of 2023 of the Skypixel contest. Photo: Nguyen Khanh Vu Khoa

Sharing with Lao Dong , Mr. Vu Khoa said that the work was taken in the winter of 2023 at Tia stream - an upstream stream that is likened to a fairyland flowing into Tuyen Lam lake in Lam Dong. Appearing in the frame is a boatman who often takes passengers to visit the lake. The photo seems to "freeze" time in a peaceful moment. "That morning, I accidentally captured that moment. I named the photo 'Silent' because of the peaceful, beautiful view of the lake from above, with bare tree branches growing on the water surface," he said. The top 10 best photos of 2023 also include the photo “Hunting together” by photographer Pham Huy Trung, ranked 7th. “ A mother and baby Bryde’s whale are hunting in De Gi Bay, central Vietnam in the early morning. This is one of the rare appearances of this whale species in the area and is exciting for those who have the opportunity to admire it,” the photographer described.

A mother and baby whale appeared in the waters of De Gi, Phu Cat district, Binh Dinh. Photo: Pham Huy Trung

The Skypixel Photo and Video Contest is one of the most famous competitions in the world, impressing art lovers and critics with works taken by remote control devices (drones). 2023 is the 9th year of the contest, attracting more than 130,000 entries. The photo contest is divided into 4 categories: Nature, Architecture, Portrait and Sports . Below are the photos that won the final prize and made it into the top 10 best works:

Daolai’s “Mongolian Tent” won the 9th annual Skypixel Best of Show Award. The photo was taken on a snowy morning in the Ulan Butung Grassland in Inner Mongolia, China, as locals prepared for an event on the grassland. The scene is reminiscent of a traditional Chinese ink painting.

The best of the top 10 is photographer Parker's work, capturing a surfer in Hainan, China.

Author Patrick Wong won 2nd place, topping the Architecture category with this photo depicting the contrast between “Movement and Stillness”.

Pawel Zygmunt's bird's eye view of Iceland came in third place in the top 10, winning the Nature category.

Fourth place went to “Music of Snow” by Guo Fu, China. This outstanding photo in the Sports category was taken at Beiling Park in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in winter.

“Eyes in the Lake” is the 4th best entry in the Nature category. Author Ekrem Sahin took this photo at Yarisli Burdur Lake, Türkiye during the drought season with a message about protecting nature and the Earth.

The photo “Tree of Life” by photographer Isabella Tabacchi ranked 8th in the top 10. The work depicts ditches, trees and rivers forming the shape of a tree in the Icelandic highlands.

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