Check out some of the breathtaking snaps thrillseekers have entered into the Red Bull Illume photography contest

THE winners of the 2016 Red Bull Illume have been revealed.

Described as the world's greatest action and adventure sports photography competition, the Red Bull Illume was inundated with a whopping 34,000 images, submitted by photographers from 120 countries, in 11 categories.

The photographs make stunning viewing – with many depicting daring stunts.

The overall winner and winner of the Masterpiece category was Lorenz Holder from Germany, with his photo of BMX cyclist Senad Grosic performing a trick on a bridge in Gablenz, Germany.

Explaining how he got the shot he said: "When we got there the sun was just above the trees and it was lighting up the full colour-spectrum of the autumn leaves in a very soft way.

“One thing that was a little annoying was that the lake was covered with leaves which had fallen from trees, so the reflection of the bridge in the lake was just not there.

“But sometimes you just need a bit of luck: I had been on a fishing trip some days before and still had my fishing boots and a net in the car.

“So I tried to clean the lake by hand. It took a while until it was almost perfectly clean – at least where it was relevant.

"I'd chosen a very low camera position to get an almost perfect mirrored scene on the water surface. The bridge looked like a perfect circle and the light was still very good.

“When Senad was on the bridge, it took us two or three tries to get the shot. There was also no more time for another try because the wind came up and the perfect reflection on the water was gone."

Other categories winners were:

The Wings category

The New Creativity category

The Spirit category

The Sequence category

The Enhance category

The Lifestyle category

The Close-up category

Playground category

The Energy

The Mobile

The judges also chose four finalists per category, some of these included: