The best travel photos of 2011

The contest of travel photography called Traveler Photo Contest 2011 of National Geographic Magazine has just ended.Here are the best photos across the five continents, divided into four categories: 'Journey portraits', 'Outdoor scenes', 'Feelings' and 'Excitement'. Photo on National Geographic.

1. The person watching the star

Photo photographer won the first prize named "Lie on the back of the star" by photographer Ben Canales. In the picture, Ben Canales is lying on his back in the snow under the stars in the Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA. The photo uses long exposure techniques and self-timer. Dan Westerngren, longtime editor of Traveler magazine, this year's jury president appreciated the humor in this winning photo.

2. The pilgrim confessed

The priest is listening to a pilgrim confessing in Vatican Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, the final destination of a Christian pilgrimage named Camino de Santiago, or 'The Way of St. James.' This photo was taken by Jaime Murcia from Victoria, Australia and submitted for competition in the 'Improvisation' category . The picture won the second prize because it caught the soul of the holy land, according to Mr. Westerngren.

3. Receptions for "Spot"

The head of a Rothschild giraffe obscures her face during the time she feeds it at the Giraffe Manor Hotel in Kenya. I think we have seen so many pictures of places so beautiful that we try to find something out of the ordinary to make it more interesting, and sometimes a little more funny, like a photo. in this "impromptu" section taken by Robin Moore, from Washington, DC The photo won the third prize.

4. When the world turns

These colorful cloths rotate when the girls celebrate the day Bharat Scouts and the Guide Thinking Day at Scouts Association and guide the world women in Pune, India.'These young girls are illustrating the game they were teaching us, and I had enough time to take the photo before dropping the camera to join them , ' photographer Holly Baker Canada said. Consolation prizes.

5. Winter waves

A fisherman stood alone on the edge of the roof of the rock on the Palmachim dictionary, Israel when the waves swept across his feet in a photo of photographer Ilan Shacham, Modiin, Israel.'The boy standing there alone gave me a feeling of loneliness in the power of the waves that washed over the rock.' Westergren commented on this consolation prize.

6. Dance with dolphins

A group of dolphins enjoy playing with a diver in the Bahamas.'Interaction with wildlife is a great thing,' said American photographer Becky Kagan Schott.

7. The garden

A gardener is busy cutting fences, a never-ending job at a palace outside of Porto, Portugal. ' The garden is still perfect but it is not until you see the man on the ladder that you realize that there must be someone to make that perfect' . The author of the photo is Laura Grier, USA.

8. Tiger dance

Tiger dancers on Mumbai streets during the fourth day of the Onam festival, a harvest festival in Kerala, India.'The image of big-hearted boys has a bustling tiger image and makes the picture more effective in terms of images.'

9. Peek at the pub

The barefoot children peeked into Bofina pub in Kybira, Uganda. Photograph by Leslie Alsheimer American. The curiosity of the children is the attraction of the picture.

10. Gathering

A man playing an accordion for friends in an outdoor picnic on cloudy days in Mongolia in a photo of Chris De Bruyn, American. ' The player is very adamant, the person behind him cares very much. Each one seems to make you seem to be sitting at a picnic with all kinds of personalities in the world. '