Welsh photographer Aaron Crowe, 35, from Rhuddlan, North Wales, meanwhile, was highly commended for his brooding storm picture taken off the Welsh coast.
He said: ‘I work as a crew man offshore taking technicians out to service the windfarms along the North Wales coast and have been doing this job for eight years.
‘When leaving site one afternoon to return to port I noticed the storm clouds building and I eventually caught this shot.
‘I’m pretty lucky doing what I do for work as I get to capture images that would be almost impossible for anyone else.’
Inga Cvijanovich, who came third, was actually caught up in the massive floods that led to his picture of an Orthodox church in Doboj, Bosnia.
He said: ‘The city of Doboj was under water, in some places water was up to seven metres deep.
‘Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina had suffered the greatest damage, as the rain was the heaviest in 120 years of recorded weather measurements.
‘At least 62 people had died as a result of the flooding, and hundreds of thousands had been forced from their homes.
‘I left my car, took a camera, and walked but I did not manage to reach my house. It was then I took this photo.
‘I managed to talk to my family on the phone but only arrived there by lifeboat the next day.’