It’s already that time of year! Time to kick off one of my favorite photo contests, The National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year! Photographers, come share your favorite travel experiences like that shocking face to face encounter with a polar bear or that magnificent erupting volcano. The grand prize winner will receive a 7-day Polar Bear Safari for two at Churchill Wild-Seal River Heritage Lodge, a National Geographic Unique Lodge of the World.
You have about a month to enter. National Geographic will accept submissions until May 27. Courtesy of National Geographic, here are some early entries.
Above: Wherever you go, I will follow you!!: Romance is in the air. It was the time of day immediately following sunset. I heard a voice. “Wherever you go, I will follow you” the voice says.
Location: Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
Photo and caption by Hiroki Inoue/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Impala at Sunrise Impala silhouetted as the sun rises in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya
Photo and caption by Kellie Netherwood/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Dronie – Selfie taken with a Drone: This image is an aerial selfie image. We laid down on the bridge covered with snow and flew the drone above us to take this image.
Location: Mittersill, New Hampshire, United States
Photo and caption by Manish Mamtani/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Ballet dancer: When a Japanese larch’s twig was exposed to illumination, looked like hands and feet. It was like the ballet dancer.
Location: Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
Photo and caption by Hiroshi Tanita/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Lioness @ Sunset: Lioness (Panthera leo) at sunset, Vumbura Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa.
Location: Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa
Photo and caption by Marja Schwartz/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Face to Face: A polar bear on Wahlenbergfjorden off of Svalbard. I was in a zodiac off shore when he sauntered down to the beach to sniff us out. Soon losing interest, he retreated for a nap and we left him in peace.
Location: Haugen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Photo and caption by Ari Ross/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Bond Between Friends: Shot in Sakrebailu Elephant Camp, Shimoga, India. This camp works towards rehabilitating rescued elephants from circuses and human animal conflict zones. The elephants are trained here by experienced Mahouts and forms a lasting bond between the two. Every morning these Mahouts get their elephants for a bath in the nearby river. This is also when people are allowed to interact with the elephants.
Location: Shimoga, Karnataka, India
Photo and caption by Aditya D. /National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Peaks & Penguins in Antarctic Sunrise: Stunning peaks & thousands of King Penguins on South Georgia in soft early sunrise. The photography challenge was to resist shooting only Penguin close-ups (very tempting for sure) & step back occasionally to be equally amazed by the landscape in which they live. Special Bonus: It was 100 years to the month that Shackelton’s boat (Endurance) finally went under the Antarctic pack ice (Nov 1915), precipitating his epic traverse of South Georgia, before finding help at nearby Stromness (1916).
Location: South Georgia
Photo and caption by Shivesh R./National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Jonas Blizzard and the Flatiron Building: While walking through the Jonas Winter Storm that swept across the East Coast last week, I captured this shot of the Flatiron Building against a backdrop of swirling snow. With the exception of a few minor details like logos and a food cart, the image looks like an impressionist right out of another another century. The cloudy atmosphere and gusty winds creates patterns that appear uncannily like brush strokes.
Location: New York City, New York, United States
Photo and caption by Michele Palazzo/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
La Fournaise volcano: The last eruption of LA Fournaise Volcano, Réunion Island.
Location: Saint-Denis, Reunion, Reunion
Photo and caption by Gaby Barathieu/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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