The most amazing drone photos you’ll see all year

From 44,000 submissions, these are the winners of Skypixel's annual aerial photography competition

Every year, SkyPixel – the world’s most popular aerial photography community affiliated with drone giants DJI – hold a competition. Challenging photographers to take the most stunning drone photos they can, this year submissions hit 44,000.

People from a huge 141 countries entered their images during October to December last year, and these entries were divided across the three categories of landscape, portrait and story. We’ve chosen our 10 favourite images from the finalists, so scroll away through the most amazing drone photos you’ll see all year.

Dancer, Portrait enthusiast group, first prize

cooanext

Raising Ducks, Landscape enthusiast group, third prize

caokynhan

Grab the Fall’s Tail, Nominated entry in landscape category

Leng_Vision

Geometry of Liquid Gold, Landscape enthusiast group, second prize

Javier del Cerro

Footprint, Nominated entry in portrait category

足迹

Waterfall Hero, Portrait professional group, second prize

沈旻

The Path of Camels Across the Sands, Nominated entry in landscape category

Abdullah Alnassar

Lobsters Farm, Landscape enthusiast group, first prize

Trung Pham

The Sun Is Busy, Portrait enthusiast group, third prize

菜鸟视觉

Above the Polar Bear, Photo of the Year

Florian Ledoux

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