Now go back and look again remembering that these works are made of SAND.
I posted the winning sculpture by John Gowdy, entitled Young Love Never Grows Old", a few days back.
2nd Place - Rich Varano | USA
Title: “Cascadia – A Sand Fantasea”
3rd place - Walter MacDonald | USA
Title: “Poor Planning”
This is again the 3rd place entry. Same shot just edited to enhance, and draw attention to the work and not the surroundings.
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4th place - Matt Diebert | USA
Title: “Glory Lost and Restored”
5th place - Sudarsan Pattnaik | India
Title: “Save the Sea”
6th place - Helena Bangert | Netherlands
Title: “Going for a Ride”
Great details you caught in these. Well done.