Simon Tong Photography. National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 - Alan Taylor. National Geographic is currently holding its annual photo contest, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 30.
For the past nine weeks, the society has been gathering and presenting galleries of submissions, encouraging readers to vote for them as well. National Geographic was kind enough to let me choose among its entries from 2011 for display here on In Focus. Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos]
Tree Houses. 3HD7 (JPEG Image, 1680x1050 pixels) - Scaled (60%) Siesta by Istvan Lichner. The 40 Most Spectacular and Mindblowing Photos of Nature. A lifetime is not enough to see what nature has to offer and all its beauties, along with its weirdness at times. There’s always something new happening in the world that people can hardly explain and sometimes mysteries are never solved.
Pxleyes presents a stunning showcase of 40 images dedicated to the spectacular nature events from all over the world: a show of natural lights and colors, impressive rocky mountains and structures, tons of beautiful blue eyes and many other interesting elements, some almost unheard of. All images show only NATURAL elements, non altered by human hand or post editing software! It is all genuine and happening somewhere in the world. This might help in picking the next vacation destination. Bob Gruen, Rock and Roll Photographer - The Files. ©2001 Bob Gruen - No image or material on this site may be reproduced, copied or distributed in any way without written permission from Bob Gruen.
XJhQj. Aurora_kuenzli.jpg (JPEG Image, 1527x600 pixels) - Scaled (82. Blue flowers path.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280x800 pixels) - Scaled (72%) 160.jpg (JPEG Image, 950x633 pixels) - Scaled (91%) Conrad Maldives Rangali Island's unique underwater suite (NOT photoshop)
Landscapes with a soul. Lori Nix. 59464_0_908x756.jpg (JPEG Image, 908x756 pixels) - Scaled (76%) Misty_Rainbow_Waialu_Valley_Molokai_Hawaii.jpg (JPEG Image, 1600x1200 pixels) - Scaled (41%) Kasbah-tamadot-the-fantastic-view-with-a-breakfast1.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x527 pixels) - Scaled (93%)