Dronestagram hosted an aerial drone photography contest with partners from the likes of Kodak and National Geographic. Dronestagram is the Instagram of drone photos and videos, and they have been doing this annual contest since 2014. There were three different categories to choose from: nature, people, and urban. The Dronestagram contest ranked first, second, and third place winners for each of the three categories. With thousands of photos submitted from all over the world, judges from National Geographic and the team at Dronestagram chose these respective photos as the winners of their 2017 International Drone Photography Contest:
Dronestagram Contest Category: Nature
1st Place: Provence, Summer Trim by J Courtial
2nd Place: Infinite Road to Transylvania by Calin Stan
3rd Place: Ice Formation by Florian
Dronestagram Contest Category: People
1st Place: End of the Line by Martin Sanchez
2nd Place: Waterlily by Helios1412
3rd Place: La Vijanera by Feelingmovie
Dronestagram Contest Category: Urban
1st Place: Concrete Jungle by Bachirm
2nd Place: Dawn on Mercy Tower by Alexeygo
3rd Place: Peace by Luckydron
Dronestagram Extra Contest Category: Creativity
This category is an added category that did not have ranked winners, and Dronestragram added, “We have decided to create this year a special category, named “Creativity” to reward the amazing creativity of our talented community.” It is unclear if the photographers who shot these photos received a prize, but they definitely deserve the attention for their unique aerial creativity.
Two Moo by LukeMaximoBell
Ugo Le Marin by Rga
Next Level by Macareuxprod
Dronestagram Contest Prizes
The first place of nature, people, and urban categories received a brand new DJI Spark, a large print mounted on aluminum with a Plexiglas cover from an online photo laboratory called Zeinberg, and a Homido Virtual Reality headset.
The second place winners of each of the main three categories received a Kodak Pixpro SP 360 4K camera and one mini Plexi print from Zeinberg.
The third place winners of each of the main three categories received a drone backpack called Droneguard BP 450 AW and one mini Plexi print from Zeinberg.
Dronestagram Contest & More
If you have a drone and you are interested in joining a drone contest, you can wait a year for the next Dronestagram contest, or you can join Skypixel’s contest. Skypixel’s contest already started back on June 2, 2017, but it won’t end until August 2, 2017. If you have been saving your best drones shots, consider entering them into a drone contest like Dronestagram or Skypixel.
