Award-winning photos of National Geographic Photo Contest 2015

National Geographic has just announced the list of winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest 2015 photo contest organized by them this year.

National Geographic Photo Contest 2015 photo contest this year as well as every year with 03 main topics are: Nature, Location and People. The competition was launched globally and received more than 13,000 entries submitted from both professional and amateur photographers worldwide, after which only 13 of the best photos were selected to compete for the top 3 awards. each topic. This year's Special Winner will receive $ 10,000 in prize money and a trip to visit the 3-day National Geographic headquarters in Washington, DC, to attend the National Geographic Photography annual seminar in January 2016. In addition, there are 03 first prizes for 03 topics corresponding to the prize of USD 2,500 per prize.

Following are the pictures that won the highest awards from National Geographic editorial board from the contest entries of National Geographic Photo Contest 2015 in the past 11 weeks on topics: Nature, Location and People, as well as honors, with notes written by the author himself.

Special Prize and First Prize for Nature theme

Dirt

Photos and captions: James Smart

Subject: Nature

Taken at: Simla, Colorado, United States

The Special Prize and also the First Prize for Nature was given to photographer James Smart from Melbourne, Australia, who won a $ 10,000 prize and a trip to Washington, DC for a photo called "DIRT " above.

"Surprisingly, when a rare reverse tornado passed and devastated a large farm, it did not affect the small house close to its path, near Simla, Colorado." The author of the photo "Dirt", Smart spent 15 days pursuing the storm with his brother and some friends, and on the last day he had the opportunity to catch such a wonderful moment. "The cyclone gets bigger and bigger by gathering dust and dirt on its way," Smart said: "It doesn't move too quickly, so we can get closer and as you have. As you can see in the picture, he walked across the house and the house was still safe. " "Driving on the dusty road of Colorado, we are very fortunate to stand on the west side of the tornado, and that has made it stand out more thanks to the sunshine and helps it separate from the background. This really helped us to get real photos with perfect lighting when there was a sky in front of us . "

First prize in the topic Location

"Asteroid"

Photos and captions: Francisco Mingorance

Subject: Location

Taken at: Cardeñas, Andalusia, Spain

" On the occasion of preparing materials to make reports on Ríotinto from the air, I decided to visit the limestone lakes located in the red swamps partially destroyed by radioactive waste. As a reporter I have to tell you about the environment, I have to write a report about this, but with the above picture as you can see, it itself has attracted a lot of attention from viewers. Low-flying training, it caught my attention, it was almost like an asteroid covered by the green water surface above . "

First Prize for People

At the Playground

Photos and captions: Francisco Mingorance

Subject: People

Taken at: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
"Bwengye lives in Kamwokya slum in Kampala, Uganda's capital. He loves his bike more than anything else. Bwengye often drives to the slum playground every afternoon to watch children play. football here ".

Consolation prizes

Orangutan in the Rain

Photos and captions: Andrew Suryono

Subject: Nature

Taken at: Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

" While I was taking photos of orangutans in Bali, it started to rain. Just before I tried to take the camera, I saw this orangutan using a big leaf to cover the rain for me! I immediately took the telephoto tube attached to the device and captured this magical moment . "

Acrobats of the Air

Photos and captions: Alessandra Meniconzi

Subject: Nature

Taken at: Appenzell, Canton d'Appenzell Rhoden-Interieur, Switzerland

" A red crow crow (Pyrrhocorax graculus), a bird that often lives on mountains and cliffs, is displaying aerial acrobatics. In a windy day, I captured a rare moment. show off their impressive flying skills. "

Changing Shifts

Photos and captions: Mohammed Yousef

Subject: Nature

Taken at: Masai Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya

" In the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, the cheetah uncle's children are famous for their mature age of Malaika to start hunting. They move through hills to find their prey. above, it seems that the newspapers are changing guard, when an uncle leaves the hill, gives way to another child ".

Colorful Chaos

Photos and captions: Bence Mate

Subject: Nature

Taken at: Mkuze, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

" The recurring birds (bee-eating birds) park next to each other on a tree branch before sleeping in its nest, made in earthen caves because they dug themselves in the sand strips on both sides of rivers and streams. I have pursued This topic ran out of 18 days, and it seemed that only 5-10 minutes a day, when lighting conditions were appropriate, but 90% of my attempts failed. In the corners of the light, the backlight will create rainbow streaks through the wings of the wings. the birds are flying down ".

Surrealist Painting in Nature

Photos and captions: Tugo Cheng

Subject: Nature

Taken at: Shihezi, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, China

" Considered as the largest mountain range in Central Asia, Tian-shan (known as" Tianshan "in China) is home to one of the most beautiful natural landscape collections in the world and many who considered it a paradise for picnic adventures, thanks to the abundance of sediments and the power of erosion by rivers flowing down the mountains, the northern face of Thien Son as depicted in the beautiful plateau and colorful gorges hundreds of meters deep, creating this surreal painting in nature ".

Hill of Crosses

Photos and captions: Hideki Mizuta

Subject: Location

Taken at: Šiauliai, Siauliu Apskritis, Lithuania

" There are hundreds of thousands of crosses, the Hill of Crosses, representing the peaceful resistance of Lithuanian Catholics under oppression. This small hill is home to many spirits. When I visited this place, a girl in pink dress ran through as if she was bringing peace, love and hope .

From Generation to Generation

Photos and captions: Jackson Hung

Subject: Location

Taken at: Shalu, Taiwan, Taiwan

"This photo was taken during the 2015 Lunar New Year in Taiwan. While I was doing an ancestor worship ceremony, I noticed a light coming into the room, casting a shadow on the wall as the image of the incense tree was given between. hands of family members The image as a symbol of knowledge and wisdom is passed down from generation to generation .

The Game

Photos and captions: Simone Monte

Subject: Location

Taken at: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Altinho game in Ipanema - Rio de Janeiro

Overlooking Iraq From Iran

Photos and captions: Yanan Li

Subject: People

Taken at: Shalamcheh, Khuzestan, Iran

"There are many remnants of war left in the border of Iran and Iraq. A group of Iranian female students play around an old leftover tank. Among them, there is a girl standing in the car. rising is spread out 2 arms ".

Nothing to Declare

Photos and captions: Lars Hübner

Subject: People

Taken at: Douliu, Taiwan, Taiwan

Nothing to Declare