Photographs: Location: Rio Negro, Ponta Negra Beach, Manaus, Amazon, Brazil
The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photograph Contest received more than 15,000 entries from photographers around the globe, with contestants submitting their entries in four categories: Travel/Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments.
We present the winning photographs of the prestigious competition, which will be published in the December 2013/January 2014 issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine.
First Place Winner: Dig Me River
Wagner Araujo of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has been selected as the grand-prize winner of National Geographic’s 2013 Traveler Photo Contest. His winning photo, “Dig Me River,” captures Brazilian Aquathlon participants running into the Rio Negro.
“I was in Manaus, Amazonas, during the Brazilian Aquathlon (swimming and running) championship. I photographed it from the water and my lens got completely wet, but there was so much energy in these boys that I just didn't worry about that,’ the photographer says.
Araujo has won a 10-day National Geographic Expedition to the Galápagos for two aboard the National Geographic Endeavour.
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Second Place Winner: Thunderstorm at False Kiva
Photographs: Location: Utah, USA
Third Place Winner: Say Cheese
Photographs: Location: Masai Mara national park, Kenya
Third place went to Yanai Bonneh of Negev, Israel, for his image of cheetahs, captioned “Say Cheese.” His prize is a six-day cruise for two on a Maine windjammer schooner.
“Cheetahs jumped on the vehicle of tourists in Masai Mara national park, Kenya,” the photographer explains
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Merit Winner: The TataHonda Sect
Photographs: Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
“I could get inside of an enclosed sect named Tatahonda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The ladies are preparing for their religious ceremony,” the photographer Gergely Lantai-Csont explains.
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Merit Winner: Sakura
Photographs: Location: Seiunji-temple,Arakawa,Saitama,Japan
“Cherry blossom is called Sakura in Japanese. Cherry blossom is a Japanese symbolic flower. The trees of the cherry tree exceeding hundreds of years are located in a line with a nebula this temple, and if spring comes every year, can become a powerful spectacle,” the photographer explains.
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Merit Winner: Children of Reindeer
Photographs: Location: Mager�ya, Norway
“Mikael Ánde, a child of Sámi reindeer herders, takes a break indoors after a long, cold day of rounding up the animals for vaccinations and slaughter. Children of reindeer herders learn to handle these animals and the land they thrive in from infancy -- young Mikael here knew far more about the ways of nature than I could ever hope to learn,” the photographer explains.
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Merit Winner: Piano Play at Sunset
Photographs: Location: Queenstown, New Zealand
“Streets of Queenstown, New Zealand at the end of one more day filled with adrenaline. Calming and doleful scene with piano sound in the background,” the photographer says.
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Merit Winner: Portrait of an Eastern Screech Owl
Photographs: Location: Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, USA
“Masters of disguise. The Eastern Screech Owl is seen here doing what they do best. You better have a sharp eye to spot these little birds of prey,” the photographer explains.
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Merit Winner: Guanjiang Shou
Photographs: Location: Taichung, Taiwan
“Guanjiang Shou troupes are one of Taiwan’s most popular activities that may be seen all over the country at traditional folk religious gatherings. With their fiercely painted faces, protruding fangs and powerful, choreographed performances, they are easily recognized. They may be described as underworld police or gods' bodyguards,” the photographer explains.
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Merit Winner: Lady in Water
Photographs: Location: Bagan, Myanmar
“A lady collects water in the river by a village in Bagan, Myanmar,” photographer Marcelo Salvador explains.
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Viewers' Choice Winner: Another Perspective of the Day
Photographs: Location: Indonesia
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