National Geographic Photo Contest
Amazing pictures from National Geographic Photo Contest 2011
1: Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you’ve come from. (© Robert Spanring)
4: 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) #
5: 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) #
6: 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) #
7: 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) #
8: 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) #
9: 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) #
10: 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) #
11: 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) #
13: 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) #
15: The awesome power of a tornado displayed in Mapleton, Iowa April 11th, 2011. (© Timothy Wright) #
16: 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) #
17: Rare and endangered Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) swim and
play in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia.(© Michael
Patrick O’Neill ) #
18: 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) #
19: 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) #
20: 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) #
21: This is a shot of one of the many thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park. (© Danielle Goldstein) #
22: 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) #
25: 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 ) #
26: Flight of an Eagle owl Photo by Mark Bridger A large adult eagle owl in flight. (© Mark Bridger) #
27: 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) #
28: 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) #
29: 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) #
31: 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) #
33: 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) #
34: Nathan Fletcher rides one of the biggest waves ever ridden at Teahupoo, in Tahiti. (© Ted Grambeau) #
35: 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) #
36: A Rufous humming bird takes a much need break on a pine tree, boasting his beautifully bright chest. (© Cael Cook) #
38: 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) #
39: Lone Tree Yellowstone Photo by Anita Erdmann A solitary tree
surviving another harsh winter in Yellowstone National Park.(© Anita
Erdmann) #
40: This lynx (Lynx Canadensis) flinches its ear at bothersome gnats in
the late evening summer sun in Alaska. (© Jimmy Tohill) #
41: 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 ) #
42: 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) #
43: Morning light breaking through the windows of the ‘Temple of
Transition’ during the Burning Man event 2011. (© Lars Tiemann) #
44: 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) #
45: 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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