Hey Down There! Highlights of the International Drone Photography Contest 2017

The fourth International Drone Photography Contest, held annually by the Dronestagram community together with National Geographic, once again demonstrates how UAVs have quite literally taken photography to a whole new level.

The following gallery contains the winning photographs of this competition, carefully chosen from 8,000 total submissions.

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© Photo : Jcourtial/Dronestagram

Provence - Summer Trim by Jerome Courtial. 1st Prize winner in the Nature category.

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© Photo : Calin-Andrei Stan/Dronestagram

Infinite Road to Transylvania by Calin Stan. 2nd Prize Winner in the Nature category.

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© Photo : Florian Ledoux/Dronestagram

Ice Formation by Florian Ledoux. 3rd prize winner in the Nature category.

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© Photo : Martin Sanchez/Dronestagram

End of the Line by Martin Sanchez. 1st Prize winner in the People.

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© Photo : Helios141/Dronestagram

Waterlily by helios1412. 2nd Prize Winner in the People category.

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© Photo : Feelingmovie/Dronestagram

La Vijanera by Javier Bustamante. 3rd Prize winner in the People category.

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© Photo : Bachirm/ Dronestagram

Concrete Jungle by Bachir Moukarzel. 1st Prize Winner in the Urban category.

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© Photo : Аlexeygo/Dronestagram

Dawn on Mercury Tower by Alexey Goncharov. 2nd Prize Winner in the Urban category.

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© Photo : Luckydron /Dronestagram

Peace by Luis Saguar Domingo. 3rd Prize Winner in the Urban category.

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© Photo : Rga/Dronestagram

Ugo le Marin by Romain Gaillard. 1st Prize Winner in the Creativity category.

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© Photo : Luke Bell /Dronestagram

Two moo by Luke Bell. 2nd Prize Winner in the Creativity category.

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© Photo : Macareuxprod/Dronestagram

Next Level By Thibault Beguet. 3rd Prize Winner in the Creativity category.