The 10 winning photos from National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2015
National Geographic has announced the winners of their Traveller Photo Contest for 2015 selected from more than 17,000 entries:
1st Place: Whale Whisperer by Anuar Patjane Floriuk
He took the Grand Prize with this stunning photo of a humpback whale swimming exceptionally close to divers with her newborn calf around Roca Partida in the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico.
“The photo wasn’t planned,” Floriuk said. “I was taking photos near the head of the whale, and all of a sudden she began to swim toward the rest of the diving team. The divers gave the whale and her calf space, and I just clicked at the moment when the flow and composition seemed right.”
2nd Place: Gravel Workmen by Faisal Azim
“This gravel-crush working place remains full of dust and sand. Three gravel workmen are looking through the window glass at their working place.” The photo was taken in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
3rd Place: Camel Ardah by Ahmed Al Toqi
Camel Ardah, as it is called in Oman, is one of the traditional styles of camel racing, between two camels controlled by expert men. The faster camel is the loser, so they must be running at the same speed level in the same track. The main purpose of Ardah is to show the beauty and strength of the Arabian camels and the riders’ skills. Ardah is considered one of the most risky situations, since always the camels reactions are unpredictable and it may get wild and jump towards the audience.
Merit Winners:
Sauna in the Sky by Stefano Zardini
Romania, Land of Fairy Tales by Gutescu Eduard
A Night at Deadvlei by Beth McCarley
White Rhino’s by Stefane Berube
Kushti, Indian Wrestling by Alain Schroeder
Catching a Duck by Sarah Wouters
Highlanders by Bartłomiej Jurecki
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