From a starry night in Brazil to the stunning highlands of Iceland, the Landscape Photographer of the Year’s incredible winning shots revealed
Sadie Whitelocks for MailOnline
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15:07 GMT, 15 February 2018
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year/Cristiano Xavier
Cristiano Xavier is a Brazilian professional photographer with 18 years of experience in nature and travel photography
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Adam Gibbs
Adam Gibbs is a British photographer who has been in the business since 1991. His work has been used extensively internationally both as fine art and commercially
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Alex Nail
Alex Nail is a professional landscape photographer known for his photos of remote and mountainous areas. This shot was taken in the highlands of Iceland
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year/Max Rive
Max Rive from the Netherlands has been announced as the winner of the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition with his stunning images, capturing some of the world’s wildest scenery
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Marcio Cabral
Marcio Cabral is a landscape photographer based in Brasilia, Brazil. His prize-winning work has been published in a variety of travel and tourism magazines, as well as in books showcasing sites of interest in Brazil, such as the magical location here
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Theo Bosboom / Max Rive
Theo Bosboom is an award-winning nature photographer from the Netherlands (left) as is Max Rive (right). Bosboom came third in this year’s competition
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Huibo Hou
Huibo Hou, a photographer who is based in San Diego, California, specialises in black and white landscape photography
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Adam Gibbs
Photographer Adam Gibbs was born in Watford, England, and he says his interest in the outdoors began when he joined the boy scouts with his older brother
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Adam Gibbs
This dreamy photo was taken while Adam Gibbs was up in British Columbia, Canada
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Stephen King / Adam Gibbs
Stephen King from Hong Kong captures hauntingly beautiful landscapes (left), while Adam Gibbs took this shot of Natural Bridge in Virginia in the depth of winter (right). King won The Exemplary Tree Award
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Huibo Hou
This strikingly stark image was taken by Huibo Hou in Yellowstone National Park, which spreads across the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Huibo Hou
Hou concentrates on working with monochrome and lighting plays a big role in her shots
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Huibo Hou
This dramatic shot was taken in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, which is a 45,000-acre wilderness located in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Zsolt Andras Szabo
Zsolt Andras Szabo is an amateur, self-taught landscape photographer, based in Romania with a passion for mountains and wilderness. He came second
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Max Rive
Max Rive’s photography has taken him around the word to spots including Sarek, the Himalayas, the Dolomites, Patagonia, Iceland and Norway. This shot was taken while he was travelling through Patagonia
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Cosmin Stan
Cosmin Stan is a Romanian photographer with a love of photographing wonderful places from his country, especially in the mountain areas
© The International Landscape Photographer of the Year / Max Rive
If you want to learn how to take shots like this, Max Rive runs photo tours at different locations throughout the year. This picture was awarded first prize in the single image category
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