National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2013
The 25th National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest has started, but those who wish to participate have enough time, as entries for the contest will be accepted until June 30 inclusive. Every week, the editors of the magazine show a gallery of their favorite works, and on the magazine's website, anyone can vote for the photos they like.
(Total 40 photos)
1. "Portrait of the North American scoop." The North American Owl is a master of disguise. Okfenoki Swamp, Georgia, USA. (Photo and caption by Graham McGeorge/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
2. "Grace". The flamingo sleeps peacefully in the midst of worldly bustle. State of Florida, USA. (Taylor Dearie/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
3. "In the rain." I photographed this alligator when I was vacationing in South Carolina. An alligator swam in a local pond. (Kandace Stroupe/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest
4. "Dead fish." The mass death of fish in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon occurred due to a lack of oxygen in the water due to an oversight by the authorities. Laguna Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Luis Gutman/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
5. Wildebeest. Wildebeests cross a river in Kenya. Mara River, Kenya, Africa. (Abdulaziz Alasousi/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
6. Metallic taste. A worker counts heating elements at a factory in Bolu, Türkiye. (Melih Sular/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
7. "Ice on Lake Baikal in the rays of the setting sun." Lake Baikal, Russia. (Edward Graham/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
8. "Prayer". The fog thickened to such an extent that the mountains on the horizon almost disappeared from view. And then I noticed a tree. Its branches seemed to be begging someone to draw attention to themselves. Maybe me? Buttermere, Cumbria, England. (Alf Bailey/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
9. "Evening mist". After a thunderstorm, fog came from Lake Ontario. Toronto, Canada. (Scott Teichman/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
10. "Dead Valley". The trees look like sculptures against a surreal backdrop. Dead Valley, Namibia. (Sara Narezo/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
11. "Burmese boy on a boat." A young Burmese fisherman under U Bein Bridge. Mandalay, Myanmar. (Jack Hoyle/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
12. Blue Pond during the May snowfall. This place attracts tourists from all over the world. Biei township, Hokkaido, Japan. (Kent Shiraishi/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
13. "Rest." My honeymoon. Daytona Beach, Florida. (Krasimir Vladimirov/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
14. "Abandoned Pier". East Boston, Massachusetts, USA. (Shaun Ramsay/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
15. "The solemnity of the moment." The approach of a thunderstorm. Lake Atitlan, Panajachel, Guatemala. (Juan Aguilar/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
16. "Railway" BNSF Railway "in Hygiene, Colorado." State of Colorado, USA. (Brad Sissom/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
17. Yosemite Valley at night. Car headlights illuminate the fog that rolls over the valley. Yosemite National Park, USA. (Phil Hawkins/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
18. "Sunset in Dakar". Dakar, Senegal, October 2012. (Guillermo Munoz de Alba/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
19. Serenity. Sandstone arch in Moab, Utah. (Becky Abrisz/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
20. "Fishing". Father and daughter fishing in Inle Lake, Myanmar. (Cynthia MacDonald/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
21. Dawn in Dongsheng. Taiwan. (Hsiao Chen-Hsuan/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
22. "Bright microcosms". The beetle Psilothrix viridicoerulea sits on a Tulipa saxatilis tulip flower in Crete, Greece. (Stavros Markopoulos/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
23. "Stingrays". When entering the port, fishermen throw small fish overboard, so stingrays (Dasyatis americana) have chosen coastal waters. Grand Cayman Island.
24. "The soul of a child." The boy jumps over the recesses in the 500-meter fortress wall. Morro de Sao Paulo, Bahia, Brazil. (Mauricio Pisani/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
25. "How great is our God." I took this picture while on the Healing Haiti mission in April 2013. We delivered free water to the Cité Soleil area in Haiti and sang the song "How Great is our God". (Paulette Covairt/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
26. "Friends for life." I took this photo during my trip to the Gobi Desert in Northwest China. Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. (John Wellburn/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
27. "Reflection of the Taj Mahal." Reflection of a woman and the Taj Mahal. Agra, India. (Degrey Phillips/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
28. "Hidden from the eyes." Beauty and innocence. The children we met in the remote, godforsaken Kumari region of Nepal were the embodiment of external and spiritual beauty. (Leif Smith/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
29. Surma smile. A boy from the Surma ethnic group, which lives on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan. His body is painted with red and yellow ocher from the stream. Omo Valley, southwestern Ethiopia, Africa. (Stephanie Hunt/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
30. "Street life". I met this woman on the street on the outskirts of Antigua, Guatemala. Her bright blue handkerchief caught my attention, but as we drew abreast, I also saw how beautiful her face was. (Ben Moore/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
31. "Years". An old Vietnamese woman sits by the road at a food market in Hoi An, Vietnam. Her beautiful hands speak eloquently of her past years. (Soren Hansen/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
32. "Portrait of a girl." Portrait of a girl with a doll from a poor area in the city of Fort Cochin, Kerala, India. (Bruno Tamiozzo/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
33. "Preparations." A girl is preparing to perform a local traditional dance. Quriyat, Oman. (Darryl MacDonald/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
34. "Dragonfly". When my friend and I were vacationing at Lake Yarger, Alaska, this beautiful dragonfly landed on her face. (Pavel Mach/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
35. "Sperare" (Italian). This is not a painting or a landscape, but colored woolen threads that hang from the wall. I tried to make this photo look like a seascape. The moon over the sea is a nail head. Stockholm, Sweden. (Aditya Vardhan Tibrewala/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
36. "Holi". The Hindu festival of Holi, also called the Festival of Colors, celebrates the arrival of spring. Barsana, India. (Byongsun Ahn/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
37. "Hard worker". Filipino workers unload tons of tuna daily. Most often, the fish carcass weighs more than themselves, but these people earn their living. City of General Santos, Philippines. (Ybrael Abergas/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
38. "Children of fishermen." Children help their fathers. The poor inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro most often earn their living by fishing. Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Luis Gutman/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
39. "Nepal, don't stop." Children play in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Mac Kwan/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
40. "Regla, Havana, Cuba." In February 2013, I attended a photography workshop in Havana and wandered into the suburb of Regla. Numerous wires and old cars caught my attention. This can only be seen in Cuba. (Daniel Ikemiyashiro/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
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