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For this year National Geographic Photo Contest is
finish. Photographers of all skill levels (last year more than 16,000
images submitted by photographers from 130 countries) enter photographs
in three categories: Nature, People and Places. The photographs are
judged on creativity and photographic quality by a panel of experts.
There is one first place winner in each category and a grand prize
winner as well. The following is a selection of 54 entries from each of
the 3 categories. The caption information is provided and written by the
individual photographer.
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LONE TREE YELLOWSTONE
A solitary tree surviving another harsh winter in Yellowstone National
Park. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo and caption by Anita
Erdmann/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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IS HE STILL THERE?
One morning while on the Big Island of Hawaii, i 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. Holualoa big Island, Hawaii. (Photo and caption by Lorenzo
Menendez/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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LANDSCAPE IN THE RAIN
It was raining heavily when I took the photo, but the sun illuminated
the landscape parochially. Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. (Photo and
caption by Mihaly Attila Kazsuba/Nature/National Geographic Photo
Contest)
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LOVE OF PARENTS
The emperor penguins fight for survival and to protect their only baby
in the frozen Antarctic ice desert. Antarctica: Atka Bay, Weddell Sea.
(Photo and caption by Claus Possberg/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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DUSK IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS
A kitten and an elderly woman stand outside their hut deep in the
subalpine Bale Mountains of southeastern Ethiopia. Bale Mountains,
Ethiopia. (Photo and caption by Benjamin Guez/People/National Geographic
Photo Contest)
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SUNBATHING UNDERWATER
The sun gives us energy even underwater. This image was captured during
freediving (diving on a single breath without scuba gear) in the Red
Sea. Eel Garden, Dahab, Sinai, Egypt. (Photo and caption by Vaclav
Krpelik/People/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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THE UNTOLD STORY
A young Afghan refugee girl living, with her family, in a village named
Bhaun near district Chakwal in Punjab, Pakistan. Village Bhaun, Punjab,
Pakistan. (Photo and caption by Mohsin Khawar/People/National Geographic
Photo Contest)
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FALLING LEAVES
This photo was taken in Bruges, Belgium in September in 2011. Bruges,
Belgium (Brugge). (Photo and caption by Mandy Michels/Places/National
Geographic Photo Contest)
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NATURAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING
The Landmannalaugar is probably one of the most impressive place in
Iceland, a popular tourist destination. Located near the volcano Hekla
in southern section of Iceland's highlands. The area displays a number
of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite
mountains. When I took this picture, it was raining and it became worse
after. I waited a bit for have people into my composition, in such a
landscape to have a notion of scale is important, hence you will find a
group of people at the bottom left. Iceland, Landmannalaugar. (Photo and
caption by Romain Chassagne/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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BY THE WIND OF CHANCE
I was doing my touristic duties to photograph the Pyramids, and I hear
my professor shouting. Next thing you know my entire class and some
police officers were running to catch my professors hat. It actually
wasn't until later that night when scrolling through my photos that I
realized I captured this gem. Great Pyramid of Giza. (Photo and caption
by John Head/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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