The National Geographic's Traveler Contest is a one of the most anticipated and the most known photography contests in the world, it has started this year and it ends on 27 May, so if you have the ability of taking amazing photos and astonishing the people with your them, click on this link to enter the contest.
Of course National Geographic has always been the perfect gallery of the entire world, and anyone who wants to explore the world virtually, National Geographic will be his first choice to start. Also for photographers who want to share their photos with the world, National Geographic would be their kind host who will show their photos to the world.
The prizes of the National Geographic's Traveler Contest are:
- The winner will be named as the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the year.
- A 7-day Polar Bear Safari for two at Churchill Wild-Seal River Heritage Lodge in Manitoba, Canada.
2016 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest - Best Entries:
#18 - Lombard Street, San Francisco. By Toby Harriman:
Location: California, USA.
"Helicopter Aerial. Lombard Street is known to be the most crooked street in the world. But Vermont Street, the other San Francisco street claimed to be the "most crooked" has seven turns instead of eight, but its hill is steeper than Lombard's"
#17 - Beneath The Eiffel Tower. By Alejandro Merizalde:
Location: Paris, France.
"During my recent trip to Paris, I wanted to take a photo that would show the Eiffel Tower from an angle that would be a little bit less common. I chose to make it while standing directly underneath the structure and create an almost abstract--yet totally recognizable--point of view of this wonderful icon."
#16 - Children With Painted Face. By Massimo Rumi:
Location: Turmi, Ethiopia.
"Kara children with face painting on a tree. Ono River Valley, Ethiopia."
#15 - Arctic Surf. By Konsta Linkola:
Location: Unnstad, Nordland, Norway.
"Arctic surfing on Unstad beach at Lofoten Islands, Norway. We were hit by a blizzard as we were approaching the beach which made the surfing even more extreme".
#14 - Resistance. By Pedro Cattony:
Location: Quang Nam, Vietnam.
"At a time when Vietnam's younger generations seem to forget their traditions to embrace the influences of the West, I came across what appeared to be a symbol of the local culture resistance: two men entertained in a game board lit by candle light on a quiet street of Hoi An. Despite being a major tourist city, these two men did not care about the movement of nearby streets"
#13 - Boat Ride. By Tharanga Ramanayake:
Location: Uttar Pradesh, India.
#12 - Urban Jungle. By: Andy Yeung:
Location: Hong Kong.
"Hong Kong is a great city, but lurking beneath the prosperity is a severe housing problem that depresses every dweller in this city living in horrid conditions."
#11 - BEAST. By James Smart:
Location: Blackhawk, South Dakota, United States.
"Amazing supercell produces over the town of Blackhawk, South Dakota back on June 1st 2015. Flash flooding would occur near Rapid City."
#10 - Blue Heaven. By Hidenobu Suzuki:
Location: Mawatari, Ibaraki, Japan.
"When the views of the world was a beautiful color, people would be very happy. We pleased to be alive. It is the spring of superb view. All is blue world."
#9 - Forest Reflections. By Phillip Minnis:
Location: Czech Republic.
"Another scene from my 'Winter Reflections' series. I noticed this scene whilst driving between Prague and Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. To capture the image, I had to park the car some distance away, and walk along the edge of the lake, until this view was in front of me. It was muddy and icy, but I feel the end result was worth the effort and discomfort!"
#8 - Misty At Cemoro Lawang. By Achmad Sumawijaya:
Location: East Java, Indonesia.
"Misty morning, fill in Cemoro lawang village in Mount Bromo East Java, I taken this picture from Pananjakan Hills II."
#7 - Mystic Shed. By Pierre Destribats:
Location: Lapland, Finland.
"A cold night on the top of this hill in Lapland, near the russian border waiting for the dancing lights in the sky. All around, snow ghost are watching, standstill"
#6 - On Guard. By Reynold Dewantara:
Location: East Java, Indonesia.
"This picture was taken during Mt. Bromo eruption, the horse seems a little agitated due to the sound of the eruption."
#5 - Corumba Jump. By Victor Lima:
Location: Goias, Brazil.
"This waterfall is located in the State of Goias, Brazil, in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park region. Most impressive is that we can get very close to it and swim in the pool that is formed."
#4 - Terraces Village In The Mist. By Thierry Bornier:
"Captured this image early morning waiting for one week until I get the right mood of light and fog."
#3 - Balanced Rock. By Manish Mamtani.
Location: Utah, USA.
"Balanced Rock and lone tree in Arches National Park."
#2 - Namibian Desert. By Doris Landertinger:
Location: Erongo, Namibia.
"Springbok in front of a dune of namibian desert"
#1 - Family Ties. By Takeshi Marumoto:
Location: Nagano, Japan.
Those were photos from the best in the contest, but there are many more, and you can find them here.
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