ng nature photographer of the year 2016
National Geographic объявил победителей в номинации природная фотография. Листать не перелистать -). Я вот пока смотрел, за несколько дней насохранял себе картинок, которые прям вот очень понравились. Пожалуй вот эта лучшая, остальные под катом.
Wildfire at the beach
Photo and caption by Sergej Chursyn
A young woman in bikini looks at an approaching forest fire near the beach. A firefighting plane drops water to extinguish the wildfire. This image was taken at the beach of Son Serra, on the island of Mallorca on August 18, 2016.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
LOCATION: Son Serra de Marina, Balearic Islands, Spain
Surreal!
Photo and caption by Jassen T.
Surreal! Flying swans, airplane shadow and the abstract looking glacial rivers of Iceland. All of this action captured from a fast flying plane. Aerial Image (shot from an airplane at 1,000 feet).
CATEGORY: Action
Silence and the desert
Photo and caption by Virginia Zoli
A breathtaking view of Valle de La Luna from Piedra del Coyote, San Pedro de Atacama, north of Chile.
CATEGORY:
Landscape
LOCATION:
San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
From above
Photo and caption by Jassen T.
Waste from a paper mill is agitated by aerators, producing steam and foam, which are pushed by the wind. Clearwater Paper Reservoire, Lewiston, Idaho. Aerial Image (shot from a plane at 1,500 feet).
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
Thunderstorm over Monument Valley
Photo and caption by DALE MOSES
This is Left Mitten butte in Monument Valley, Arizona. A rain storm is passing over it and the setting sun is sending a bright shaft of light which illuminates the monument. Dark clouds contrast with the illuminated monument.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Oljato-Monument Valley, Arizona, United States
The frozen pond with snow.
Photo and caption by Kent Shiraishi
Here is an announcement regarding to the “Blue Pond” in Hokkaido Biei-cho. The light up illumination period this year has been published. It is from 1st November 2016 to 28th February 2017. The light up illumination will be held without holidays during the mentioned period. We, all the residents who are living in Biei town, are expecting more tourists from all over the world coming to visit us this year.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
Riding the bus to Denali
Photo and caption by Timm Pueller
My 4th bus tour into Denali National Park in 2015 took place on a cold and clear day in September 2015. Mt.McKinley was just announced to be renamed to Denali again, when it was almost completely visible for the first time in all my trips.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Denali, Alaska, United States
Before Crossing
Photo and caption by Camille Delbos
4290 meters.This is the altitude of the Kyzyl Pass, the « physical border » between two Central Asian countries, the tough Tajikistan and the green Kyrgyzstan. The driver took our passports for the police control at the border. At this moment, you should not leave the car, or do anything which could « irritate » the border guards. I was starring from the window, the scenery was just incredible. « Should I give a try? Should I get out? » This is not the moment to reflect too much.
CATEGORY: Landscape
Winter is Coming
Photo and caption by Artur Stanisz
Mountains, mid-winter, mid-day, during the snowstorm. Can there be better conditions for a winter landscape photo? Maybe there can, but for me, it is almost as good as it can get. What I noticed while hiking in winter conditions is that the same view with clear skies gives an impression of space and visible landscape seems distant, sometimes even insignificant. But it all changes when the snowstorm sets in.
CATEGORY: Landscape
Montana Morning
Photo and caption by Gary Migues
You have to get up before the sun but it's so worth it. Twilight in Glacier National Park. Going to the Sun road was still open for travel on this September morning. The sun peaking through the clouds made for this peaceful and somewhat surreal scene. It only lasted 10 minutes and it was gone...
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: East Glacier Park, Montana, United States
Rain in the Desert
Photo and caption by Victor Lima
Rain clouds over the Atacama Desert (Chile), which is the most arid desert in the world. Climate change has affected our planet and our day-to-day. Some climate experts say that in the central region of this desert there are places that are up to 4000 years without rain. Stitched Panorama made from Cerro Toco, above 5200 meters altitude.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
LOCATION: San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Dynamic RangeDynamic Range
Photo and caption by Gary Migues
Capitol Reef National Park is part of the unique and amazing southern Utah landscape. Just south of Factory Butte and west of Hanksville, Utah is where you can find these unique formations. Afternoon sun shadowed this black and white image.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Caineville, Utah, United States
Musk ox
Photo and caption by Eugene Kitsios
A mighty musk ox roams in its natural habitat in Norway.
CATEGORY: Animal Portraits
Birds Overhead
Photo and caption by John Birch
Bass Rock is an imposing rocky island rising over 100m sheer from the Firth of Forth. It is estimated to host about 150,000 Northern Gannets nesting in close proximity to the cliffs, of which several thousand are in the air at any one time, circling in the same direction to avoid a collision. I used a slow shutter speed to capture the impression of movement overhead to contrast with the still birds on the cliffs.
CATEGORY: Action
Rivers explosion
Photo and caption by Stas Bartnikas
Icelandic glacial rivers pattern. Aerial shot was taken in the south of Iceland from a small plane
CATEGORY: Landscape
Oceans XVI
Photo and caption by Aaron Feinberg
A surreal palette of colors captured using in camera techniques with dramatic storm light at Polihale State Park on Kaua'i.
CATEGORY:
Landscape
LOCATION:
Mana, Hawaii, United States
Early morning rays at Mt. Bromo
Photo and caption by Rifky Setya
A scene of sunrise rays which is reflected on an intense smoke of Bromo eruption.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Bromo, Central Java, Indonesia
Towards the mist
Photo and caption by Meril D.
A herd of frosty buffalos walking in the snow towards thick fog produced by the Yellowstone geothermal activity. MnMWoW.com
CATEGORY: Animal Portraits
LOCATION: West Yellowstone, Montana, United States
In the storm
Photo and caption by Daisy Gilardini
Due to climate change in the Antarctic peninsula during the spring there are much more snow precipitations. This is causing stress in the reproduction cycle of the penguins which need pebbles in order to build their nest. The higher snow coverage is resulting in building the nest later with the consequence of a higher percentage of unsuccessful birds.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
Endangered Boreal Forest
Photo and caption by Stephen Chan
Aerial photo of the Boreal Forest in Nahanni National Park Reserve in Canada. Milder winters and warmer summers trigger more forest fires. In addition, a warming climate lifts the temperature limitations that once kept the pine beetle epidemic in check. The devastating pest is spreading fast and going more north. Such threat of ecological disasters to the entire Boreal Forest ecosystem will become more massive and destructive.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
Crack in the Ice
Photo and caption by alasdair turner
A crack in sea ice of the Southern Ross Sea, Antarctica. As the cracks open they refreeze immediately creating the series of lines you see in this images. The black line in the center is very thin ice. Specs of windblown dirt from the Mt Erebus Volcano are also covering the ice surface which increases the melting of the sea ice. This image is part of an ongoing 3 year project to document the most remote ocean on the planet and its rarely seen places.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
Cracker
Photo and caption by Alex Visbal
Cracked Lava field cut by Iceland?s stunning Ring Road (1). Sprouts of color among the cracked rock spice the landscape.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Reykjahli?, Northeast, Iceland
Unseen Cordilleras
Photo and caption by Mike Reyfman
Dream came true. First time we've managed to arrange aerial photo-shoot in Patagonia. Unforgettable experience... In Patagonia, the Andes mountain range shows its true beauty with some of the most spectacular mountains on the planet. The sheer granite faces of Fitzroy Massif and erupting out of the Patagonian ice-cap rock spires of Cerro Torre always were my main subjects in Argentinean part of Patagonia.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Hverfjall Tephra Cone
Photo and caption by Alex Visbal
Aerial view of Hverfjall Tephra cone Volcano in Myvatn region, Iceland.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Reykjahli?, Northeast, Iceland
Mars
Photo and caption by Haley Pope
Mars exists on Earth in the form of Canyonlands National Park, in Southeast, Utah. The Green River can be seen snaking through the canyons below.
CATEGORY: Landscape
Fracturing Icecap
Photo and caption by Chris Bray
Flying above Iceland for two hours on a doors-off helicopter to take photos of it's amazingly diverse landscapes, perhaps the most dramatic moment was lifting up over this ash-covered, fracturing edge of the icecap where the otherwise perfect white icing fragments and starts it's slow-motion tumble down towards the ever receding glacier front below. I love the lines, the patterns, the symmetry and the colour of these volcanic ash-laced crevasses - seemingly soft yet hard.
CATEGORY: Landscape
Life Among Death
Photo and caption by Dave Kan
Lillies find a home between the trunks of hundreds of dead trees in a lake, creating a stark contrast between life and death.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
NWT Reindeer herd # 3
Photo and caption by Jason van Bruggen
As the this reindeer herd of thousands crests the ridge of the frozen Mackenzie River valley, one of the of the last members of the herd steals a backward glance at my snowmobile to see how closely I was following.
CATEGORY: Animal Portraits
LOCATION: Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
American Flowers #1
Photo and caption by Ken Bower
In Greenland's pristine landscape lies a US Air Force base which was abandoned in 1947 and everything was left behind, vehicles, asbestos laced structures, and over 10,000 aviation fuel barrels. The Inuits who live in the region call the rusted remains American Flowers. In 2014 and 2015 I camped out solo to photograph it. In 2015 my 5 day solo camping trip turned into 8, as I couldn't get picked up do to the weather.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
LOCATION: Kuummiit, Sermersooq, Greenland
Toxic Vanity
Photo and caption by Eleanor Ryder
This image is a magnification of plastic particles in eyeliner exploring just one facet of the synthetic swarm suspended in our oceans. The particles, lash lengthening fibres, illuminating powders and glitters these products contain are in fact tiny pieces of plastic. Every time we wash these products from our bodies or ingest them as we lick the glosses from our lips, we unknowingly add to the trillions of micro plastic particles currently infesting every level of the ocean.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
LOCATION: Falmouth, England, United Kingdom
The View Outside Facebook HQ
Photo and caption by Chris McCann
Eighty percent of the San Francisco Bay Area wetlands - 16,500 acres - has been developed for salt mining. Water is channeled into these large ponds, leave through evaporation, and the salt is then collected. The tint of each pond is an indication of its salinity. Micro-organisms inside the pond change color according to the salinity of its environment. This high salinity salt pond is located right next to Facebook HQ where ~4,000 people work every day.
CATEGORY: Environmental Issues
LOCATION: Ravenswood, California, United States
Proud Momma
Photo and caption by Michael O'Neill
Fry of a Peacock Bass hover around their mom for protection against predators. Peacock Bass, part of the Cichlid family, exercise excellent parental car and will protect their young against any threat that approaches them. This tropical species from South America was intentionally introduced in South Florida during the 1980s to control the African Tilapia, another invasive species.
CATEGORY: Animal Portraits
LOCATION: South Miami, Florida, United States
Pacific Storm
Photo and caption by Santiago Borja
A colossal Cumulonimbus flashes over the Pacific Ocean as we circle around it at 37000 feet en route to South America
CATEGORY: Landscape
Struggle of life
Photo and caption by Jacob Kaptein
To restore original natural dynamics in streams many measures are necessary. In the 'Leuvenumse beek' a nature organisation tried to increase heterogeneity of the river bottom and water retention by putting dead wood in the streamsystem. In autumn when rainfall is high, pieces of forest get flooded. Once i saw this little beech in the water, trying to survive under these harsh conditions. I returned sometimes to this place to take pictures. One evening all the conditions were satisfactory.
CATEGORY: Landscape
LOCATION: Leuvenum, Gelderland, Netherlands