place - Mother's love. Viewers' Choice, Nature: Crowned Hummingbird, Ecuador
Announced the winning photographers. This annual competition shows the diversity of our planet, its inhabitants and the wonders of nature. The photos are really impressive, however, just like last year.
Judges evaluated over 15,000 photographs from travelers around the world in three categories: nature, people and cities. The Grand Prix went to Sergio Tapiro Velasco of Mexico for his photograph of a lightning strike from a volcanic ash cloud. Velasco's photo also won first place in the Nature category.
Norbert Fritz (Hungary) won the Grand Prix in the Cities category for his photo titled Reading Levels, and F. Dilek Uyar (Turkey) won in the People category with Worship.
Second and third places in each category were also awarded, and $2,500, $750, and $500 respectively in prize money. Grand Prix winner Sergio Velasco was rewarded with a 10-day trip for two to the Galapagos archipelago.
1. Grand Prix of the competition: "Force of Nature", Rancho De Aguirre, Colima, Mexico
Lightning illuminates the slopes of the Colima volcano in Mexico December 13, 2015. I was in the city of Komala when I suddenly saw a discharge over the crater of a volcano and started filming. A few seconds later, a powerful volcanic explosion erupted into a cloud of ash, and massive lightning lit up the night landscape. It was one of the most exciting moments in my life.
2 Honorable Mention, Nature: Fairy Forest, Tamba, Japan
In a small village near the city of Tamba, twinkling fireflies illuminate the Forest of the Gods in summer evening. The firefly carpet is a staircase leading to a small temple revered local residents. And it creates a magical atmosphere.
3 Honorable Mention, Nature: Marble Caves, Chile
My father and I went to Patagonia at the beginning of the year, we wanted to see something different and different. After a 10 hour drive down a long and muddy road, we finally made it to marble caves. We hired a boat to get closer, and I waited for the perfect light to capture those intricate blue swirls. The effort was worth it.
4. Viewers' Choice, Cities: Colorful Market, Bangkok, Thailand
When night falls over Bangkok, the rows of colorful markets come to life.
5. Third Place, People: Under the Wave, Tavarua, Fiji
I recently traveled to Tavarua, Fiji with pro surfer Donavon Frankenreiter and took this shot there. At first I took ordinary surf photos, and then I decided to get more creative and started looking for new angles and perspectives.
6. Third place, Cities: Henningsvær football field, Nordland, Norway
in Norwegian Lofoten Islands Hennigsvaer football field is considered one of the most amazing in Europe. This photo was taken while sailing from Tromsø to the Lofoten archipelago. After a week of cold and rainy weather the sky finally cleared up and I launched the drone. We were surprised to learn that the football field is heated. I lay on it and warmed myself while controlling the drone. So this photo was taken from a height of about 120 m.
7. Runner-up, People: Point of Interest, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
A crowd of spectators stand in front of Rembrandt's masterpiece The Sindiki at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Watching this scene, I laughed when I realized that the people in the picture were also looking at the visitors. I managed to get two shots before the audience moved away - one was out of focus, but this one came out great.
8 Viewers' Choice, Nature: Crowned Hummingbird, Ecuador
A crowned hummingbird drinks nectar from a flower in an Ecuadorian forest. A real bird paradise.
9. First Place, People: Worship, Konya, Türkiye
Rays of light penetrate through the roof historical building in Konya, Türkiye, where a whirling dervish performs an ecstatic dance. It represents the mystical spiritual ascent of man to truth and love, the constant movement of all living beings. For example, the Earth itself is in a state of rotation, as well as the atoms that make up everything.
10 Honorable Mention, Nature: Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia
Mount Bromo is small but active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. On January 17, 2016, I was just nearby when an increase in seismic activity was noted. This photo was taken from the courtyard of a local hotel where I was waiting with my camera. The volcano threw out a fountain of ash that seemed to glow. The photo is very special to me - a rare eruption of Mount Bromo with excellent lighting.
The photo that was awarded the main victory shows an orangutan peeking out from behind a tree. The shot was taken by photographer Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan as he spotted a primate crossing a river in Indonesia. “Growing palm oil extraction is harming this endangered monkey, forcing it, accustomed to living in trees, to resort to unusual behavior, such as wading through a crocodile-infested river, to survive,” the author wrote.
The best nature photos chosen by the judges of the 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year:
Category "Wildlife"
Biggest Winner & 1st Place Wildlife - Face to Face on the River in Borneo
2nd place - Mother's love
Author of the photo: Alejandro Prieto. adult caribbean pink flamingo feeds the chick. Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico.
3rd place - White fighters
Author of the photo: Bence Mayet. Two fighting gray herons and a white-tailed eagle in Chongrad, Hungary.
Honorable Mention - Serving the Macaque
Author of the photo: Lance McMillan. Japanese macaque on the shores of the famous hot springs.
Viewers' Choice - Great Gray Owl
Author of the photo: Harry Collins. Great-headed gray owl hunts in the field. Newport, New Hampshire, USA.
Category "Landscapes"
1st place - Fire Falls
Author of the photo: Karim Ilya. Just before dusk, Calapana, Hawaii, USA.
2nd place - Canyon in Dushanzi
Author of the photo: Yuhan Liao. The sun glistens on mineral layers of different colors in a canyon in Dushanzi, China.
3rd place - Illumination
Author of the photo: Mike Olbinsky. A summer thunderstorm strikes like lightning at the South End of the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.
Honorable Mention - Cold and Foggy
Author of the photo: Gheorghe Popa. Morning mist among frozen trees on Kuezhdel lake, Neamt, Romania.
Viewers' Choice - Kalsoy
Author of the photo: Wojciech Kruczynski. Sunset illuminates the lighthouse and the rainbow on Faroe Islands.
Aerial photo category
1st place - Pool in the rocks
Photographer: Todd Kennedy. Collaroy, New South Wales, Australia.
2nd place - Above
Author of the photo: Takahiro Bessho. Snow-covered metasequoia trees along a road in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
3rd place - Runoff
Photo by: Greg S. Lava from Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii drains into the Pacific Ocean.
Honorable Mention - Life After Life
Author of the photo: Agathe Bernard. Migrating gulls fly over a cedar tree, which is carried away by the current of a glacial river into British Columbia, Canada.
Viewers' Choice - Twisted Canyon
Photo by: David Swindler. Green vegetation on the banks of the river and in coastal zone winding canyon in Utah.
Category "Underwater"
1st place - Fluorescent anemone
Photographer: Jim Obester. Location: Hood Canal, Washington, USA
2nd place - In your face
Author of the photo: Shane Gross. A shy Caribbean reef shark has been caught by a remote-triggered camera in a marine protected area. Queen's Gardens, Cuba.
3rd place - Flying fish in motion
Photographer: Michael O'Neill. Yielding to the Gulf Stream, a flying fish moves through dark waters at night five miles from Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
Honorable Mention - Predators at the Lure
Author of the photo: Jennifer Oneel. Tarpons are preparing to attack horse mackerels off the coast of Bonaire Island in the Caribbean.
Viewers' Choice - Drift
Photo credit: Matthew Smith. A Portuguese boat approaches the beach on a summer morning. Thousands of such jellyfish are annually washed up on the east coast in the New South Wales, Australia.
A few more contest photos that did not win prizes, but are still wonderful:
Lake Maline
Author of the photo: Robert Downey. Sometimes you just need to stop and take a breath. One of those moments on the very frozen Lake Maline, national park Jasper, Alberta, Canada.
Kayakers on the river
Author of the photo: Karim Ilya. If you look closely, you can see two kayakers on the river.
Carefully!
Author of the photo: Markus Pavlovsky. Four cheetahs, a mother and three cubs, chased a giraffe in the reserve, but he escaped. Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa.
monster from the deep
Author of the photo: Paul Kingston. Huge wave and lighthouse at Seaham North Breakwater in North East England.
Unusual bear
Photo credit: Andy. C. When all the other bears go into hibernation, one bear found out that the river on her territory does not freeze, and the fish are found at the end of November. Wet fur was covered with ice, because the air temperature is -25 ° C.
winter fairy tale
Author of the photo: Stephen King. Trees covered in snow after an unexpected spring blizzard at Hirafu summit in Hokkaido, Japan.
Lion in a sea of flowers
Author of the photo: Ge Xiao. In the early morning, a young lion among the flowers shakes his mane in the wind.
National Geographic has announced the winners of the Nature Photographer of the Year competition. This event is held annually, and in 2017 the jury had to make a rather difficult choice, because 11,000 people took part in the competition. The competition among the best photographers who specialize in working in natural conditions is held so that every person on our planet can see the beauty and diversity of the world around us and once again admire how beautiful our nature is.
For the victory in the competition, of course, a prize is assigned. The best photographer takes home $7,500, and the winners in each of the four categories ("Landscape photography", "Life in the Wild", " Undersea world"and" Aerial photography ") receive $ 2,500 each. So, are you wondering which work the jury recognized as the best? To find out, view the photos collected in this material.
Grand Prize Winner - Best Photographer
A male orangutan looks at the photographer from behind a tree. The photo was taken on the Borneo River in Indonesia. Cutting down trees leads to the fact that many animals are forced to behave atypically in order to survive. This orangutan makes its way through a crocodile-infested river to find food.
fiery river
This fiery waterfall was filmed in Calapan, Hawaii. The lava flow melted part of the rock, and, according to the photographer, it took the fiery river less than thirty minutes to make a convenient channel for itself.
The best place for those who love loneliness
This landscape was captured in the Faroe Islands. A photographer from Poland shot a rainbow and a lighthouse in the rays of the evening sun.
parental care
A Caribbean pink flamingo is feeding its chick. These birds create pairs in which both the male and the female take part in the upbringing of the offspring.
Hunting in British fields
A great gray owl hunts in the fields of New Hampshire (UK).
portuguese boat
This Portuguese boat was photographed off the coast of Australia in the early morning. Hundreds of these jellyfish come to east coast continent each year.
Family of magpie pygmy falcons
These birds look interested. Although they look like formidable predators in the photo, they are actually very small.
Lion in the sea of flowers
Early in the morning, this young male basks in the sun in the grassy sea of the savannah. He looks at the same time peaceful and happy.
Camouflage gifted by nature itself
This picture was taken using aerial photography. From other angles, it would be difficult to understand that we have a crocodile in front of us.
Fur seal with a smile poses for a photographer
This fur seal looks quite happy in the morning sun. A photographer from Denmark says that he got out at dawn to North Sea and found this cute model on the shore.
Mountain goats on the rock
How many mountain goats do you think can fit in a small piece of space on a rock if you start stacking them on top of each other? A photographer from Colorado (USA) knows the answer to this question.
A closer look from above
Have you ever had the feeling that you are being watched? Imagine you look up and meet the eyes of a dangerous predator looking down at you from an icy tree. You look at him, and he, in turn, also does not take his eyes off you and analyzes your every movement.
"Liquid" bear
The photo was taken in Kamchatka (Russia).
fish tornado
The fish that created this bizarre underwater tornado are giant trevally. The photographer took them in Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico. A few years ago, local fishermen decided to bet on ecotourism and stopped doing fishing in these waters. This photo is proof that if you give the ocean a chance to recover on its own, it will.
Crowd in the fog
Reindeer are the only wild animals that, despite the fact that they prefer to live alone or in small groups, once a year gather in a large herd and go in search of food together. This picture was taken in Sweden.
Time for games
This baby was photographed in one of the Indian national parks. Those skills that he will acquire during his outdoor children's games will help him survive in the future.
sneezed
Marine iguanas with Galapagos Islands really often sneeze to expel sea water and sand from their nasal passages.
Extraordinary bear
Normally, all bears in the Yukon hibernate during the winter, but this bear went out to fish. She somehow learned that in the area where the river does not freeze, there are still a lot of fish, and she decided to catch some fish for dinner for her cubs.
Almost a victim
The photographer describes the story of this shot as follows: “I was diving off the coast of Maui and followed a slow-moving moray eel, watching from afar as it glided near coral reef, peering into every hole she came across on the way. Finally, she seems to have found what she was looking for. She rushed into dark hole and began to aggressively attack. The next thing I saw was a cloud of ink, and then the tentacles appeared. This octopus came out of its hiding place and swam towards me. For a moment he froze in front of the camera lens, and I managed to photograph him.”
Floating over a herd of sperm whales
This diver swims over a herd of sleeping sperm whales. The picture was taken in the Caribbean off the coast of the Dominican Republic.
lavender water
Amazing symmetry, isn't it? In clear blue water, this octopus looks incredible.
monster from the deep
It seems that this lonely beacon is about to be attacked by some bizarre deep monster.
Winter in Transylvania
Winter in Transylvania is breathtakingly beautiful. This road, photographed with a drone, leads to Sighisoara, the city where Count Dracula was born.
Massage
Japanese macaques grooming each other near famous thermal springs. Just like in a spa!
Takeoff
"Don't come any closer!"
The sea clown hides from the photographer in his safe hiding place.
Up!
These guys seem to know exactly where they're going.
Stretching
Another photo proving that big cats are beautiful.
African buffalo and his companions
This buffalo came to the watering hole, and there seemed to be a flock of starlings waiting for him there.
winged thief
Looks like someone really likes sweets.
Chinese Grand Canyon
Yes, yes, that natural wonder also exists in China. In this picture we see how the morning rays illuminate colorful landscapes canyon.
Dead in the fog
In this photo, we see dead trees that stand in a lake formed due to a landslide in Romania. In the fog they look ominous.
Web
Just a cobweb on the grass in the background beautiful scenery. And it looks really incredible.
Predators and prey in the sea
Tarpons hunt horse mackerel by cutting schools of these small fish and drawing unusual patterns in the waters of the Caribbean Sea.
Life force
It is possible that offspring will still be hatched from these eggs.
Flying fish
This photo was taken near Palm Beach, Florida. A flying fish crosses the dark waters of the Gulf Stream.
Snow-covered treetops
This aerial photo shows the beauty of the snow-covered trees lining both sides of a road in Takashima, Japan.
Northern lights
The photo was taken in Iceland, and it perfectly conveys the beauty of this amazing country.
The waves are attacking
In Australia, sometimes the tidal waves are just incredibly strong. They are destroying a foundation built on the shore back in the 1930s.
Playing with a star
The young sea lion you can see in the main photo was captured by a photographer in Mexico. He seems to be playing with his prey like a cat with a mouse, but in fact he is most likely just looking for comfortable position to eat her.
sensational shots wildlife and wonders of the weather, underwater and aerial photographs - all of these are impressive photos that made it to the final of the Best Nature Photographer of the Year 2017 competition (National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2017).
Most recently, we admired. And today we are getting acquainted with the finalists of the Nature Photographer Of The Year 2017 competition. The competition closed on November 17, but the winners will be announced only on December 12: the author of the best photo will receive a $10,000 reward.
A selection of 28 pictures that we offer you is best work, honored to be finalists for "beauty, composition, precision and originality".
Wanderer. Sandstorm in national park Altyn-Emel, Kazakhstan. (Photo by Alesya Osadchaya | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Sea turtle and sunset. (Photo by Gaby Barathieu | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Kayak on a frozen lake in the heart of the Alps. (Photo by Stefan Thaler | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Dragonfly and dew. (Photo by Teri Zandi | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Bridge and river in Iceland. View from above. (Photo by Manish Mamtani | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Curious kitten. (Photo by Daina Buchner | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Wild emotions. Foxes in the Kodiak Archipelago National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska, USA. (Photo by Joshua Blouin | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Bridge for animals. Singapore has the first ecological bridge in South-East Asia, designed to restore the ecological connection between the two reserves. (Photo by Son Tong | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Wild Stories. (Photo by Shane Kalyn | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Rain on the border of Lake Amboseli in Kenya. (Photo by Ken Dyball | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
And no less curious bear to the north of the Svalbard archipelago. (Photo by David Sinclair | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Located next to Halong Bay, Lanha Bay is calm bay in the Cat Ba Island system. There are about 400 large and small islands in Lanha Bay, covered with green vegetation and limestone. (Photo by Son Tong | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
In India, there is the mysterious village of Hampi - 20 years ago, a settlement lost in the jungle, known only to a narrow circle of Indian historians. It is located along the banks of the Tungabhadra River, in the north of the South Indian state of Karnataka. (Photo by Par Parekh | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Kayak on autumn lake in New Hampshire. (Photo by Manish Mamtani | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Patagonia is the land of winds and clouds. And there are still lenticular clouds. Clouds usually hang on the lee side of mountain ranges, behind ridges and individual peaks at a height of two to fifteen kilometers. Pretty rare a natural phenomenon. (Photo by Daisy Gilardini | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Amazing iceberg with an arch in West Greenland. (Photo by Marek Biegalski | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Faroe islands. (Photo by Wojciech Kruczynski | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Fishing on the Kuril lake, Kamchatka. (Photo by David Chen | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
A hawk attacks a prairie dog. (Photo by David M. | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Humpback whale in Alaska. (Photo by Eric Esterle | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Football field in the Lofoten Islands, Norway. (Photo by Stas Bartnikas | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
Lioness and giraffes. (Photo by Mike Hall | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year) A supercell in the Kansas Plains. (Photo by Ryan Wunsch | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year) A raccoon dog hides in the foliage. (Photo by Lukas Adamec | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)Hidden. Orangutan in Tanjung National Park in Indonesia. (Photo by Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan | 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year)
