In an arid landscape on the outskirts of Madrid, where the human footprint seems to dominate the environment, nature reclaims its space with unexpected elegance. An abandoned bulldozer, weathered by time and surrounded by disturbed earth, becomes the foundation for a large stork’s nest. Perched atop it, a stork stands watch, while in the distance dozens more are scattered across the horizon, as if they have transformed the landfill into their own sanctuary.
The image captures a powerful contrast: machinery, a symbol of intervention and decay, set against wildlife that adapts, endures, and is reborn. The composition conveys a quiet coexistence between two opposing worlds, where human abandonment gives way to a new natural balance. It is a scene that invites reflection on nature’s ability to reinvent itself even in the most inhospitable environments.
– Рейтинг фотографов по странам и городам строится на основе 3-х лучших фотографий автора и их относительной позиции в каждой отдельной номинации. Рейтинг в номинации "Мобильная фотография" учитывается в меньшей степени для формирования рейтинга. В списке по странам и городам показывается одна фотография автора с лучшим рейтингом.
– В списке опубликованы только работы которые прошли 2-й этап голосования.
– В рейтинге лучших фотографий учитывается только одна — самая сильная — работа от каждого автора. Даже если у фотографа опубликовано несколько работ, в расчёте позиции используется только одна, с наивысшим рейтингом. Поэтому порядок фотографий в списке может не совпадать с итоговым положением автора в рейтинге.
– The rating of photographers by countries and cities is based on the three best photos of the author and their relative position in each separate nomination. Rating in the nomination "Mobile Photography" is taken into account to a lesser extent for rating formation. The list by country and city shows one photo of the author with the best rating.
– Only those photos have been published in the list that passed the second stage of voting.
– Only one strongest photo from each author is counted in the Best Photos ranking. Even if a photographer has several published works, only the highest-rated one is used to calculate their ranking position. As a result, the order of photos in the list may not match the author's final ranking position.
