National Geographic Photo Contest
2011
Many people
pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've
come from. (© Robert Spanring)
Eruption of the
Cordon del Caulle. (© Ricardo Mohr)
Beluga whales in
the arctic having fun. (© Dafna Ben Nun)
This is a
streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. Charles
Ave. I held the camera against the window sill, making sure to divide the
image equally between the inside and the outside. (© Don Chamblee) #
This image
captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit
under starry skies. Wind shifts during the night would cause bands of smoke
from fires 100 miles away on Mt Hood to pass over Rainier. This
intermittent low-level haze caused the red glow seen in the sky and a
Rainier that looks like it was almost painted on. Lights from Sunrise can
be seen in the lower right of the frame. (© Chris Morin) #
Russia, polar
region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula. Reindeer breeding is one of the
basic means of employment for the indigenous population of this region. All
pieces of land suitable for pasture are assigned to families of reindeer
breeders, or Sovkhoz brigades. Reindeer grazing freely in search of
reindeer lichen overnight can disperse across few kilometers. Here, the
foreman of the shepherds examines a herd with the aid of binoculars. (©
Dmitriy Nikonov) #
An adult male
gelada rests in the early morning light after ascending the steep sleeping
cliffs of the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia. This male won his right to mate
by successfully deposing the old leader. Now he must defend his harem by
tending to his females' needs and fighting off anxious bachelors waiting
for their chance to become harem leader. (© Clay Wilton) #
An unexpected
side-effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that
millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood
waters; because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water
took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People
in the area had never seen this phenomenon before, but they also reported
that there were less mosquitos than they would have expected, given the
amount of standing water that was left. Not being bitten by mosquitoes was
one small blessing for people that had lost everything in the floods. (©
Russell Watkins) #
Curious
cormorants watch the start of the Gatorman part of the La Jolla Roughwater
Swim. Athletes swim 3 miles from La Jolla Cove to Scripps Pier and back. (©
Lee Sie) #
This place is
very special to me. The fèllensee is placed at the bottom of the hundstei
(dog stone). I know this might sound silly, but since my dog and I grew up
just around the corner and the naming of the mountain, I chose this very
calm lake as a final resting place for Spock (my dog) so he would have the
biggest gravestone of all dogs out there. That morning we had a farewell
ceremony for Spock. I took this picture and we summited the hundstei to his
honor (which was a very emotional challenge). This picture of his resting
place is now hanging in our kitchen to remember him. (© Nino Benninger) #
Copenhagen, The
Gemini Towers, private residential building by the river. I had to wait
about 2 hrs and hoped some residents would come in or out and kindly let me
in. It was worth waiting coz this building its so unreal. (© Elena Baroni) #
Cage divers
confront a great white shark. (© David Litchfield) #
Spark trails from
cannon blast captured at the Moorpark Civil War reenactment, sponsored by
the Moorpark Rotary Club. Soldiers manning the cannon were silhouetted due
to a large light behind them shining down on the battlefield. The large
flood light made it possible to also see the smoke from the cannon blasts.
(© Robert Jensen) #
Snow Geese in
flight. Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania. (© Charles Funk) #
The awesome power
of a tornado displayed in Mapleton, Iowa April 11th, 2011. (© Timothy
Wright) #
Yala National
park of Sri Lanka is best known for leopards, but of course very difficult
to get them in action. This is one of the well grown three cubs got excited
and started jumping between branches. I got it against the light within
fraction of a second. (© Lalith Ekanayake) #
Rare and
endangered Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) swim and play in the
shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia. (© Michael Patrick O'Neill ) #
This a portrait
that I took of my Grandfather. He was a photographer and I wanted to show
all his wonderful old cameras and his life in an editorial styled portrait.
He just turned 95 years old and still remembers how all his old camera's
work. I shot this with my cannon 7d body,and Tamron 17-55mm zoom lens. The
lighting is with a 1200w Pro photo 2 head kit with 2 medium soft boxes. As
well I used a 580 ex2 canon speed lite and diffused it with a paper lantern
that I made into a diffusion for my speed lite. I really love this picture
and hope you like it as well. (© Christopher Bellezza) #
Death valley
averages just 1.58 inches of rainfall a year. Yet somehow, in my first trip
there in four years, we catch a storm. Not just a storm, an electrical
storm. At sunset, of all times. This was the reward for years of trips gone
awry, blank skies, drenching downpours, and for every other cause of failed
photography endeavors. To me, this is an example of the best thing that can
happen to a photographer. To be in the right place, at the right time - and
to not mess it up too badly. (© Jeff Engelhardt) #
Within an ultra
modern society Japan still maintains to hold traditions passed down from
generation to generation making it one of the most beautiful and intriguing
places in the world. The city of Gion in Kyoto is one of those places that
you will walk into and forget about all the flashing lights the rest of
Japan has to offer. Its brick paved streets holds some buildings that have
been maintained like the old traditional Japan. If you're lucky you will catch
a glimpse of a beautiful geisha passing through the streets scurrying to
her next appointment, make sure you have your camera ready. (© Clancy
Lethbridge) #
This is a shot of
one of the many thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park. (© Danielle
Goldstein) #
An extraordinary
display of spring frost covering everything in sight. This particular image
of a frosted fence with a backdrop of a blue metal dumpster from a construction
site was taken in late-March of 2011. (© Sara Worsham) #
After school fun
at the river, in Laos. (© Danny Griffin) #
A male jawfish
mouthbrooding eggs until they hatch. (© Steven Kovacs) #
This image was
taken in wintertime in an arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures
were below 30 degrees Celsius, yet because there was no snow fall the
surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the
bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters.
(© Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris ) #
Flight of an
Eagle owl Photo by Mark Bridger A large adult eagle owl in flight. (© Mark
Bridger) #
In a mud pool at
the sea salt mines near Bourgas, Bulgaria locals gather. He applies the mud
from the pool and then stands upright until it is dry only to take a dip in
the nearby sea. Afterwards he gets a relaxing swim in the 30cm of water in
the salt mine. (© Antoni Georgiev) #
One morning while
on the Big Island of Hawaii, I was exploring my surroundings to see if I
could find something to photograph. I almost went back inside when
something on this huge palm tree leaf caught my eye. I stayed around and it
was this little gecko, startled by my presence he was hidden between the
ridges of the leaf. He would pop his head up periodically to check his
surroundings; as soon as he saw I was still there he would hide again. We
played this game for a while until I got the shot. (© Lorenzo Menendez) #
The weirdest
market on planet earth must be the voodoo market in Lome,Togo. Thousands of
dead animals are used for religious and health purposes. Freaky,
frightening but also fascinating (© Jorgen Tharaldsen) #
My son, Jack,
dune jumping. (© Betina La Plante) #
Every year around
the month of October, Dubai experiences heavy fog due to the still-high
humidity and the falling temperatures. With all the new high-rise buildings
(including the tallest in the world, Burj Khalifa), this provides a great
photographic opportunity. (© Catalin Marin) #
Bonobo Portrait,
Jacksonville Zoo, Florida (© Graham McGeorge) #
Climbing the
Harding Ice-field trail in the rain, has its rewards. I stopped to admire
glacier, only to find an adult black bear eating in front of a glowing blue
glacier. (© Colin McCrindle) #
Nathan Fletcher
rides one of the biggest waves ever ridden at Teahupoo, in Tahiti. (© Ted
Grambeau) #
Pinki Kundu,a 13
yrs old girl is suffering from a chronic disease & is being treated in
Mother Teresa TB Hospital in Kolkata. She is under CAT 1 drug therapy &
is doing well.The day I photographed her she was very hopeful mood that she
would be returning back to her parents soon. (© Saibal Gupta) #
A Rufous humming
bird takes a much need break on a pine tree, boasting his beautifully
bright chest. (© Cael Cook) #
At safari not
only animals can attract attention. (© Dmitry Gorilovskiy) #
The Himba Women
of northern Namibia perfome daily rituals where by they annoint themselves
with a mixture of ochre, oil and ash to protect themselves from the harsh desert
climate. They never take a shower, but rather burn aromatic herbs in a pot
each morning with which they smoke themselves as if applying perfume. (©
Dominique Brand) #
Lone Tree
Yellowstone Photo by Anita Erdmann A solitary tree surviving another harsh
winter in Yellowstone National Park. (© Anita Erdmann) #
This lynx (Lynx
Canadensis) flinches its ear at bothersome gnats in the late evening summer
sun in Alaska. (© Jimmy Tohill) #
This photo was
taken in the Upper Antelope Canyon near Page (AZ) and it shows the amazing
effect of the sand thrown in the air and struck by the rays of the sun. (©
Angiolo Manetti ) #
A
"joey" (baby) Eastern Grey Kangaroo pokes a head out from its
mother's pouch. The baby kangaroo will continue to peek until if feels safe
enough to emerge for short periods. After 7 to 10 months it will leave the
pouch for the last time. (© Brent Lukey) #
Morning light
breaking through the windows of the 'Temple of Transition' during the
Burning Man event 2011. (© Lars Tiemann) #
The sun gives us
energy, even when underwater. This image was captured during free diving
(diving on a single breath without scuba gear) in the Red Sea. (© Vaclav
Krpelik) #
I have been
trying to follow a leopard with cubs for the last year, and spend a lot of
nights with them. She has no tracking device, so when I find her I try to
stay with her as long as possible. On this particular evening a brown hyena
stole her kill (a springbok ) and was sitting on a rock ledge with the moon
rising behind her. I lit her eyes up with a torch to make it a bit more
mysterious. (© Hannes Lochner) #
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