The photograph above was taken by Oleg Ershov, who took home the title of International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2019.

Ershov beat out 3 403 entries from 840 different entrants in last year’s competition (photographers can submit multiple entries) to claim the grand prize and prestigious title that comes with it.

You can see more of his work, and the work of other winners in categories ranging from ‘Wildlife in Landscape’ and ‘Abstract Aerial’ to ‘Lone Tree’, via Digg.

Sit back, and take in our favourites:

Photo: Oleg Ershov

Chinese photographer Yang Guang snapped up second place overall in the competition:

Photo: Yang Guang

Ricardo Da Cunha won the Wildlife in Landscape Award:

Photo: Ricardo Da Cunha

Australian photographer Ignacio Palacios won the Abstract Aerial Award:

Photo: Ignacio Palacios

Anke Butawitsch’s photo of a tree in Madeira, Portugal, won the Lone Tree Award:

Photo: Anke Butawitsch

This SpaceX rocket exhaust plume captured above the Sierra Nevada mountains was taken by Brandon Yoshizawa:

Photo: Brandon Yoshizawa

Photo: Magali Chesnel

Photo: Sander Grefte

If you prefer your landscapes with a few animals in them, check out the winners from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.

Now, leave your desk and find a real landscape to look at.

You’ve earned it.

[source:digg]