# Fire Dragon – Highly Commended In Siena Drone Awards 2024

URL: https://jvn.photo/fire-dragon-highly-commended-in-siena-drone-awards-2024/
Last updated: 2026-09-22

> The results are in! I am happy to share that I have been Highly Commended with my photograph 'Elddreki / Fire Dragon' the Siena International Drone Photo Awards 2024. 'Elddreki / Fire Dragon' is an image I captured last summer during the Litli-Hrútur eruption.

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**The results are in!** I am happy to share that [I have been Highly Commended with my photograph ‘Elddreki / Fire Dragon’ in the Siena International Drone Photo Awards 2024](https://droneawards.photo/gallery/photo/275358). ‘**Elddreki / Fire Dragon**‘ is an image I captured last summer during [the Litli-Hrútur eruption](https://jvn.photo/litli-hrutur-eruption-timeline/). Interestingly, I captured this photograph with the impulsively purchased [DJI Air 3](https://jvn.photo/go/djiair3), which I had just gotten a few hours before to replace my [DJI Mavic 3 Pro](https://jvn.photo/go/mavic3pro) as it had been damaged at the eruption just the day before.

I would like to congratulate the overall winners and other photographers who placed in [this year’s competition](https://droneawards.photo/gallery/2024/category/1583). You can see the other images in [the Abstract category on the website of the Siena Drone Awards](https://droneawards.photo/gallery/2024/category/1583).[image_with_animation image_url=”1131182″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”1114124″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”]

*What you are looking at is a top down view of a small part of an active lava field. The lava broke through the upper part of the lava field and began flowing over it. To me, this particular abstract shot resembles a fiery dragon.*

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