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Impressions of Paris

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Xuejun Long | 2025 Color Photo Contest | 2nd Place Winner | Non-Professional

Xuejun Long

China

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Whatever life is either short or long, with alternating sunshine and rain, if one holds love in heart, even if the years are desolate, one can still run to the mountains and seas, patiently awaiting the blooming of a tree. They were photographed in Masai Mara, Kenya from 2023 to 2024.

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Nominee

The Pursuit of Life

From the establishment of a small tribe's settlement in 259 BC to the pinnacle of modern civilization, Paris is a convergence of history and the future. France's cultural heritage is naturally beyond doubt, and its profound and significant history is hidden in the corners of its streets and alleys.

Honorable Mention

Aerial footage of a river mouth in Iceland captured by a drone, resembling dancing blue ribbons.

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Blue Ribbons

Mom was hunting not far away, and the 19-week-old little leopard stayed in the tree to sleep and woke up, beginning to be curious about everything.

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Climbing Expert

When traveling in Iceland, don't miss Höfn. Here, while enjoying lobster cuisine, the surrounding scenery is obsessive. In this drone work, the blue blood flowing to the estuary is like a stream of life in spring on the green planet.

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Blooming

Flying a drone in Utah, USA, there is always a surprise just like opening a blind box. April 20, 2024, over Utah, USA, drone perspective.

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Meridian 3

On the street of Havana, Cuba, a girl walking like the wind echoes a coincidental echo with a teenager walking in the same direction not far away.

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Parallel

The colorful houses of the residents stand out in a snowy world.

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Svalbard Dwellings

It was photographed on April 6, 2025 in Baffin Island, Canada. The baby polar bear was running after its mother in style. At that moment, the perceived temperature was minus 30 degrees Celsius.

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Morning Jog

It was photographed on October 1, 2024 in Kajiado, Kenya. The termites flying in the natural lighting resemble the stars twinkling over the zebra that drinks water at night.

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Dancing Elves

It was photographed on August 29, 2024 in Kenya. In nature, each creature has its own unique way of living, and the cooperation and attachment between the starling and the buffalo is the wisdom that nature has given them, creating a wonderful ecological balance.

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Staring

Travel to the places where you love, love what you do. It was photographed on February 2, 2014 in Venice, Italy.

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Colorful Life in Venice

Flying a drone in Utah, USA, there is always a surprise just like opening a blind box. It was photographed on April 22, 2024.

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Underwater Forests

It was photographed on November 19, 2024 in Havana, Cuba, where the wave attracted me so much.

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The Wave of Love

It was photographed on February 10， 2013 in Seville, Spain，where captured the passionate moment of two running boys.

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Dinosaur Games

It was photographed on November 19, 2024 in Havana, Cuba, which showed the inner peace and longing.

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Stillness

Photographed on April 7, 2025, on Baffin Island, Canada, a mother polar bear runs through the snow and wind with her two cubs, giving viewers a sense of the power of life in a vast world.

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Silver

Morning Jog 2

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The Dawn of Life 11

A pair of Southern Carmine Bee-eater show their love while building a nest.

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Show affection

The photo shows a group of flamingos flying over Lake Magadi in Kenya. Once a freshwater lake, it has now become a highly concentrated salt pan that is severely alkaline and toxic to most forms of animal and plant life – except for flamingos, which prefer to forage on the surface.