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2016 National Geographic Travel

Photographer of the Year Contest,
Part II
AL AN TAYLOR | MAY 24, 2016 | 2 3 PHOTOS | IN FOC US
The deadline to enter the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the

Year Contest is fast approachingentries will be accepted until May 27,
2016. The grand prize winner will receive a seven-day Polar Bear Safari for
two in Churchill, Canada. National Geographic was once more kind enough
to allow me to share some of this years entries with you here, gathered
from three categories: Nature, Cities, and People. The photos and captions
were written by the photographers.
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1. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada), photographed near Debre Libanos, in Ethiopia. #

Marco Marchioni / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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2. This photo was taken on a summer morning. The mountains were completely shrouded by clouds. For only five
short minutes the clouds let the mountains breathe a bit before covering all again. #
Federica Violin / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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3. A young Kalbelia woman from Rajasthan, India, poses for portrait. #

Mark Meyer / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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4. The Blue Pond, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. #

Hayley Charlotte / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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5. A first-row seat on beaches along Argentinas Valdes Peninsula brings with it an adrenaline-packed experience
with Mother Nature unplugged. It is here in Patagonia where Orcas have learned the unique skill of intentionally
stranding themselves on the beach to catch sea lion pups. We spent 2 weeks, 10 hours per day, sitting on the
beaches of a private sheep ranch straddling the northern coastline of the Valdes Peninsula. #
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Bill Klipp / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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6. It was 5:29 in the morning. The man appeared to get the first train started. No customers were in the train or
Aizu-Kawaguchi station in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Soon the train departed on time in the heavy snow. #
Akinori Koseki / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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7. His siblings are all gone, decimated by mange, a disease introduced by humans to control wild canines in the
early 1900s. Hungry and weakened by that same parasitic infestation, the last remaining pup of the Lamar Canyon
wolf pack is struggling across the soft snow of an unusually warm February in Yellowstone National Park. #
Michel Zoghzoghi / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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8. A boat ferries monks with parasols across Taungthaman Lake, near Amarapura in Myanmar, at sunrise casting a
reflection on the still water of the lake. #
Brett Rylance / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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9. In Cuba, we tried to stay off the beaten track and avoid typical touristy tobacco farms. We randomly stumbled
across Roberto's farm after his granddaughter came rushing out to greet us following a quick U-turn near their
drive. So glad she did! Roberto had a fantastic story of generations of tobacco farming, the revolutionwe spent a
good hour sipping coffee and smoking cigars with him. Beautiful family in a beautiful country. #
Kiel Bristow / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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10. This is taken on the Copenhagen Metro, from the front of the train going through a tunnel. I like the effect of
motion and extra-terrestrial feel of this shot. #
Andrew Robertson / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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11. In Ladakh, India, my sherpa spotted a single cat about 8:30 a.m. We climbed up the hill to the highest spot
facing the cat, 400 meters away and another 50 meters higher, and we could not get any closer. We remained
there despite the weather30 mph wind, snow flurries, and brief breaks of sunshine. By 6 p.m. as the light started
to dim out, I was left alone on the peak. A few minutes later I heard a cat calling, following the sound a second cat
showed up. To my surprise, they embraced each other, a mother and her 3-year-old cub. #
Amos Nachoum / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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12. This is a sacred moment from the Holy Week in Canary Islands, Spain. Older women meet at the Cathedralss
with their White Mantillas in order to escort The Virgin Mary Procession. #
Anabel Vargas / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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13. In the mangroves of Cuba, we had an incredible experience with this American crocodile. It was like swimming
with a dinosaur. #
Gregory Lecoeur / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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14. A birds eye view of a caravan of camels walking along Cable Beach, Western Australia, at sunset. #
Todd Kennedy / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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15. During our road trip in Ireland, we made a stop at Connemara Park and we decided to climb Diamond Hill. The
weather was really sunny and there was a lot of wind. For only one minute, we had this point of view with such
epic colors, with the valley lit up. Three hikers was ready to disappear and I just had the time to take this picture
which represents perfectly the very moment when we saw the beauty of the place. #
Jean Tmr / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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16. To take this image I had to camp in the wilderness of Greenland about 90 kilometers away from Kangerluusuaq
right at the border of the inland ice. After days of walking and looking trough my telephoto lens I finally found the
Musk ox. I approached very slowly because Musk ox are extremely shy. Then I made a huge mistake, I moved too
fast and they could hear me. Immediately they built a wall and the adults protected the juvenilesthe perfect
moment for this shot. #
Stefan Forster / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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17. This photo was taken far out on the sea ice in the Davis Straight off the coast of Baffin Island. This mother and
her yearling are perched atop a huge snow-covered iceberg that got socked in when the ocean froze over for
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the winter. To me, the relative smallness of these large creatures when compared to the immensity of the
iceberg in the photo represents the precariousness of the polar bear's reliance on the sea and sea ice for its
existence. #
John Rollins / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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18. Elephants hold onto each others tails as they walk the fields of The Crags Elephant Sanctuary, Plettenberg
Bay, South Africa. #
Kathleen Cameron / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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19. Young men having fun on the rooftop of the trains. There were too many people rushing home after the Bishwa
Ijtema at Tongi train station, in Bangladesh. #
David Nam Lip Lee / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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20. I was on a little airplane taking pictures of landscape in the amazing Donana while I saw a group of flamingos
that just created a sort of marvelous blue painting while they were finding their food in the shallow water. I asked
the pilot to make a turn positioning the plane perpendicular to the scene and I took this shot while they were
taking off. #
Barbara Dall'Angelo / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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21. Taken in Lombok Indonesia, a traditional horse race held every year. The jockeys are children aged 8 to 12,
riding without the use of protective helmets or saddle. I kept my camera on the ground for a low-angle shot. Im
lucky my camera was not trampled by the horses. #
Alamsyah Rauf / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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22. A lonely zebra in the midst of a field full of flowers. Near Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. #
Yuval Ofek / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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23. Leo Houlding and team sit atop the Mirror Wall in Arctic Greenland after making the first ascent of the main
face of the peak. Climbing with Joe Mhle, Matt Pickles, Matt Pycroft, and Waldo Etherington, the team succeeded
in climbing a new route on the main face of the 1,200-meter peak. Free climbing 23 of the 25 pitches, they spent
12 nights on the wall and topped out in an upwards snow storm at 4:20 a.m. on July 22, 2015. #
Matt Pycroft / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
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2016 National Geographic Travel

The deadline to enter the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the

1. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada), photographed near Debre Libanos, in Ethiopia. #

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3. A young Kalbelia woman from Rajasthan, India, poses for portrait. #

4. The Blue Pond, Biei, Hokkaido, Japan. #

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