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Italy 2019 ©️Rich Goenne
Goðafoss (Waterfall of the Gods), Iceland
Ph. Joshua Holko, National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 2013
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The 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest: Bride due to be married on the only day of snow in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The contest ends on May 27th and the grand prize is a seven-day Polar Bear Photo Safari for two at Churchill Wild–Seal River Heritage Lodge, a National Geographic Unique Lodge of the World. To find out more about the competition search natgeo.com/travelphotocontest. Credit: Stephane Mangin/National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest 2016.
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1942 an amazing drink..
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#yestc #worlderlust #photowall #thebest #photos #thebestshooter #naturephotography #world #nomad #worldwide #worldplaces #fantasticview #fantastic #holiday #prilaga #travellife #amazingtrips #nationalgeographic #photograph #bestvacations #instatravel #funtime #beautifuldestinations #wishlist #wonderfulplaces #exploringtheglobe #mustsee #parkerandlenox (at Parker & Lenox)
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Amazing bootlegging bar in a hidden place in Mexico city. Way cool
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#fantasticview #wonderfulplaces #fantastic #prilaga #worldwide #yestc #wishlist #worlderlust #mustsee #amazingtrips #photos #worldplaces #photowall #exploringtheglobe #wanderlust #mexicocity #nationalgeographic #thebestshooter #thebest #world #naturephotography #holiday #somewhereinmexicocity (at Mexico City, Mexico)
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Petra de noche … las luminarias son tan lindas e iluminan el camino a uno de los monumentos mas lindos del mundo!
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#Petra #photowall #thetreasury #jordan
#yestc #wishlist #thebestshooter #fantastic #nomad #wanderlust #worldwide #mustsee #prilaga #amazingtrips #bestvacations #wonderfulplaces #natgeoru #holiday #worldplaces #nationalgeographic #exploringtheglobe #instatravel #funtime #travellife #naturephotography #thebest #photos #beautifuldestinations #photograph #fantasticview #world #nature_perfection
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#hawaii #linikaipilboxhike #pilboxhike #linikai #hiking #hill #mountain #usa #america #hawaiilife #hawaiisbestphotos #hawaii #hawaii #hawaiian #hawaiitravel #beach #ocean #sun #flowers #kalamabeach #kailuabeach #couchserfing #photography #photo #video #travelphotography #nationalgeographic #travel #waytothesun #aroundtheworld (at Lanikai Pillbox Hike)
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#honolulu #hawaii #usa #america #hawaiilife #hawaiisbestphotos #hawaii #hawaii #hawaiian #hawaiitravel #honoluluhawaii #beach #ocean #sun #flowers #kalamabeach #kailuabeach #couchserfing #photography #photo #video #travelphotography #tesla #teslamodelx #nationalgeographic #food #drinking #travel #waytothesun #aroundtheworld (at Honolulu, Hawaii)
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The cash bail system traps people in the cycle of poverty. Find out how we’re fighting this injustice when #ACTIVATE airs TONIGHT on @NatGeoChannel and at globalcitizen.org/activate. @ProcterGamble
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Seals sunbathing on the shore.☺️
Over the hill and far far away
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#appalachiantrail #appalachianmountains #mtrogers #highlands #virginia #cows #horsetrail #virginiahighlands #wilderness #naturevibes #naturephotography #nationalgeographic ##greenaesthetic #greenphotography #roadlife #natureaesthetic (at Appalachian Trail)
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Your Story: Jonathan Lee
In our Your Story feature, we ask our members about what inspires their photography, the processes they use to make images, and the stories behind their pictures.
Q. What’s the story behind this photo?
A.While changing lenses on a hill in South Georgia, this king penguin chick took an interest to me and waddled over. I must look like a penguin parent because it then started to chirp, beat its wings, and open its mouth as if waiting to be fed. Just as my wide-angle lens snapped on, it mustered up the courage to start pecking me, and I captured this shot just that was happening.
Q. How was this image made?
A.Shot with a 14-24mm lens, I kept the focus on the eyes with a wide aperture, and got a sense of motion as well. I think it is a pretty fun image.
Q. What do you think about when you’re photographing?
A.I try put as much of myself into my images as possible, whether it is how I am feeling, or a story I am trying to tell - this can be related to subject, or the place. I think context is everything - visual clues which get the viewer thinking, and immerses them in what I am seeing, and more importantly, what I am feeling.
Q. Why do you take pictures?
A.Pictures freeze a moment in time, and if done right, that means everything that was going on in that one frame which I am actually not able to process on the spot: emotions, thoughts, observations, reflections. It buys more time with special moments. This serves as a visual diary for myself, but also allows me to share all of those things with someone else.
Q. What do you like to take pictures of and why?
A.Wildlife. It’s both a lifelong passion, but also an incredible challenge. Strong wildlife images don’t come easy - it’s the product of research, planning, skill, and luck, and there’s nothing more rewarding for me.
Q. What do you want to say with your images?
A.I try to show how interconnected we all are in the natural world - this is life on earth, we share it with other incredible beings, and we are all in it together.
Q. Are you a self-taught photographer? If not, how did you learn to make photographs?
A.Yes, I’ve been very fortunate to have had many wonderful influences in the world of photography from my father, and from my friends.
See more photographs by Jonathan Lee on Your Shot.
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Top Shot: Eyes, Window to the Soul
Top Shot features the photo with the most votes from the previous day’s Daily Dozen, 12 photos selected by the Your Shot editors. The photo our community has voted as their favorite is showcased on the @natgeoyourshot Instagram account. Click here to vote for tomorrow’s Top Shot.
“We spotted this leopard sitting high up on an Acacia tree. We had very little visibility of the cat because it was hidden among the thick high branch. After waiting for close to an hour, we were convinced that it would not come down before nightfall. However, it surprised us,” writes Your Shot photographer Sonalini Khetrapal. “Suddenly, this beautiful animal came down the tree, making quick eye contact in the lovely light of the setting sun.” Photograph by Sonalini Khetrapal
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Your Story: Prasad Ambati
In our Your Story feature, we ask our members about what inspires their photography, the processes they use to make images, and the stories behind their pictures.
Q. What’s the story behind this photo?
A.This is a photo taken at under construction metro tunnel in Shanghai. The size of the tunnel was so huge that when I was walking inside it reminded me of the book and movie I saw before, “Journey to the Center of the Earth.” I made some shots with that theme in mind. The idea about how the final presentation of the shot would be, came up when I was at the location and how my feelings were.
Q. What do you think about when you’re photographing?
A.When I go out to take photos, I usually go with a blank mind, and see what I feel about the place or action or event and take a shot. And while taking the shot few things comes to my mind like where my subject is and where to place my subject in the frame, what’s the background. It became a habit to check background when I am shooting as a busy background always distracts the viewer from my subject.
Q. What was the first photo you took? Or the first photo you took that was meaningful to you?
A.The first photos I took were all personal memories. After I started learning about photography, a photo I took of the flying lanterns is the one that’s close to my heart as the moment was magical. I was there in the same moment a year ago before taking the photo and I was completely lost in that magic that I didn’t take any pictures. The next year I managed to capture them. It was also the first picture where I got an Editor’s Favorite on Your Shot.
Q. How would you describe your photographic style?
A.I actually try to take a completely different shot to my previous shot always, so I am not sure if I have a photographic style. I usually don’t like to take the same pic again, and always want to shoot something different from my previous shots.
Q. Have you been inspired by any photographers in the Your Shot community?
A.There are many photographers I noticed in Your Shot when I joined the community, but two really stand out. The first would be Ivan Lesica . I’m always in awe of how he photograph his surroundings. Second would be Paula Kajzar as I love the way she sees a scene and captures it. So natural and spontaneous.
See more photographs by Prasad Ambati on Your Shot.
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Top Shot: Waterfall
Top Shot features the photo with the most votes from the previous day’s Daily Dozen, 12 photos selected by the Your Shot editors. The photo our community has voted as their favorite is showcased on the @natgeoyourshot Instagram account. Click here to vote for tomorrow’s Top Shot.
Your Shot photographer Prikshit Dalal made this picture at Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai, India of this individual “pouring boiling water in a container as the light rays passed through the temporary roof.” Photograph by Prikshit Dalal
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Shoutout to this awesome bug babe — @kelvinwiley
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“What you’re witnessing in the video is my adult male Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis exhibiting threat display.
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Threat display is a defense mechanism that mantises use to try and scare off potential predators. They tend to go into threat display when the predator is larger than them. Though many species, like this Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis, are naturally prone to threat display more often than other species of mantises.
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From my experience with having this particular species, I’ve found that they’ll go into threat display over any little thing. Sometimes they’ll go into threat display simply because I walked by their enclosure lol.
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While in threat display, a mantis will try and make itself look as scary as possible to its potential predator. With their wings and front raptorial forelegs protruded upwards, they reveal a startling appearance to their attacker. A mantis will even go as far as to lash out with a series of quick jabs like how you see in the video. This is basically its way of saying, Back off!”
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Species: Deroplatys dessicata
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Video: @kelvinwiley
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#bugs #insect #insects #mantis #nature #education #learning #prayingmantis #leaf #entomology #science #world #natgeo #awesome #cool #nationalgeographic #garden #forest #naturephotography #naturelovers #naturelover
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Playing cattember catch up. Used beautiful photos from @natgeo @shaazjung as references
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#catember #tiger #cheetah #panther #endangeredspecies #animalartist #nationalgeographic #cats #bigcat #digitalart #catsofinstagram #cats #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #catart #catartist #catember #cat #catember2019 #cattember2019 #animalportraits #drawdaily #procreate #artistsofinstagram #artchallenge2019 #catartwork #drawing #art
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