Wednesday 4 November 2009

The 2009 National Geographic In'tl Photography

The 2009 National Geographic international photography contest.
Kompetisi ini terbuka untuk fotografer2 dari seluruh dunia. Pesertanya bisa mengirim maksimal hingga 6 foto untuk 3 kategori : people, places and nature.





Sunset on the African savannah. "The composition presented itself naturally and I snapped it," said photographer Adam Rubin
Photograph: Adam Rubin/National Geographic


An adult and a juvenile bearded vulture - a threatened species - quarrel over territory. This picture was taken at Giants Castle in the Drakensberg region of South Africa
Photograph: Mitchell Krog/National Geographic


An elephant enthusiastically takes a dust bath in Tarangire national park, Tanzania
Photograph: Jonathan Clark/National Geographic


Baobab trees lit up against the dark African sky. Taken in Tarangire national park, Tanzania
Photograph: Tom Schwabel/National Geographic


Kwena crocodile farm in South Africa
Photograph: Wayne Holloway/National Geographic


Out on our early morning drive in the Ongava reserve near Etosha national park, Namibia, we spotted a shape by the side of the road under a tree. Our guide thought it was a lion but as we approached, the cat lifted its head and it was clearly a leopard," said photographer Sarah Street. "I only had time to get two shots
Photograph: Sarah Street/National Geographic


"I have a beautiful Peruvian apple cactus in my yard. Each year it shares six or seven beautiful flowers. Each flower blooms, never more than one in a given day, around 10:30pm and wilts away by 9:30 the next morning. The flower is so beautiful I wanted to photograph it this year. The bumblebee, another resident in my yard, came out to gather pollen at an advantageous time," said photographer Martya Podesta
Photograph: Martya Podesta/National Geographic


A gentoo penguin in on Petermann island in Antarctica, taken on a summer's day in November. "This picture is truly where people and nature meet," said photographer Maureen Krill
Photograph: Maureen Krill/National Geographic


A one-hour burst of firefly activity in rural Ontario. "The precision of the background star trails is an interesting contrast to the chaotic pattern of the firefly flashes," said photographer Steve Irvine
Photograph: Steve Irvine/National Geographic

"The hippos seemed content to nuzzle alongside one another. Most of them appeared to be snoozing contentedly despite the utter lack of privacy or personal space," said photographer Andrew Kaplan
Photograph: Andrew Kaplan/National Geographic

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