Aerial photography and videography community Skypixel has announced the winners of their 10th annual competition. This year’s competition attracted thousands of participants, who submitted more than 140,000 entries from all over the world. While the competition is traditionally open to aerial photos and videos, a handheld video category was added this year, opening submissions for more than only air shots.
The competition features both photo and video categories, with two best video award winners – for aerial and for a handheld – and one best photo award winner. Additionally, the Skypixel competition selects top 10 videos and photo winners. There is also a “nominated entry” category (People’s Choice Award) with five video and five photo winners.
You can learn more about the competition and see all winning images and videos Skypixel competition website,
2025 Annual Best Video Award (Hawai): War – My Change Tour By Bashir Abu Shakra
Directed by Bashir Abu Shakra, War – My Change Tour Uses stunning air shots to tell its story of loneliness, leading to self-cushion. The project was shot in eight countries including China, Venezuela, Italy and more during five years. Shakra objectively chose each landscape to fit the song with songs, which was aimed at using the opposite between songs and scenes, to show how nature helped them overcome their struggles.
Judge Comments: Claudio Miranda said, “The initial shot is really captivating, its long duration, the beautiful camera movements and the calm beauty of the day’s time. The composition is particularly notable. It is one of my favorite, and the overall quality is extraordinary,” said Claudio Miranda.
“War is a commendable film. Landscape photography is never a simple record, and every shot taken by this cinematographer is refined, accurate and captivating. Angles, light all show their perseverance and firmness. This is a film where technology and producer’s internal vision is highly alignment. I really prefer to end.”
2025 Annual Best Video Award (Handheld): Japan trip cinematic By Henry You
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The new handheld category of Skypixel competition celebrates videography made with hand or stable cameras. Inauguration winner, Henry You, demonstrated popular and reputed sites in Japan Travel cinematicThe video uses cinematic camera angle and transition with creative compositions. you can Watch the video On the Skypixel website.
Judge Comments: Sam Newton said, “The use of sound design and movement in this film was not from anyone to another, the most surprising manner was capturing the essence of Japan.
“Japan travel is a task rich in visual elements, combining both motion and peace without any meaning of chaos, Henry controlled the speed of the film, with a clean ton and accurate, appropriate exposure control, which integrates all elements completely. It is a highly sophisticated and harmful piece,” Chenu Jean said.
2025 Annual Best Photo Award: Gangkaria
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Photographer: Marginal
Caption (Machine Translated): A red-mucut crane accidentally fell down, when he landed, left a Phoenix-like shade on snow-covered ice. The photographer used dark spring as a guide point to capture this beautiful moment.
Judge Comments: “This aerial photo works beautifully because it approaches you at first glance – as you are looking at a drawing instead of a real landscape. A frozen pond -shaped eye -shaped an eye -shaped that immediately attracts your attention, and a clean line of footprints from the bird adds a fickle sense of movement.
Selection of annual top 10 photo winners
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Photographer: Now gut
Image Title: Mud bath bliss
caption: At the center of the Indian rural areas, a buffalo finds its unique way to defeat the heat. This aerial scene catches the entire submerged animal in a vibrant pond, revealing in a luxurious earthen bath. Deep, rich mud sticks to its skin, provides a natural sunscreen and gives a soothing relief from scorching sun. The buffalo sighs satisfied, its eyes are half closed, as it is a calm, wet hug of mud. This image is the joy of simple pleasures in life, a good mud bath, and the flexibility of nature of nature that is in adopting their environment.
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Photographer: Fadah
Image Title: Sailing through ice
caption: nobody
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Photographer: Hanfi
Image Title: Bulgurku
caption: After various processes, wheat was harvested in Turkish Giontp province. The resulting Bulgur is placed in the sun to dry. Bulgur often needs to stir to ensure that it dries quickly. Various geometric shapes emerging during this process are preserved.
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Photographer: Jona Steidal
Image Title: another world
caption: It is a top-down drone, which is a capture of a fever of the Konose rays mixing in its own way through a school of Meenhedon fish. Hampton, Southampton, New York, were moved away from the coast of USA. On this day the sky was clean, and the sea was calm, allowing the sunlight to increase depth and burst the sand clouds.
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Photographer: QB.Pixels
Image Title: Alien made symbol
caption: The crest of Bari in Sicily is possibly a rocky ridge with the Mediterranean vegetation, which offers beautiful views from the rich past of Sicily and possibly historical ruins.
