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National Geographic is holding their annual photo contest this month and it is, of course, as amazing as ever. The contest allows anyone to submit their work meaning you don't have to be a professional photographer to participate. The categories are People, Places and Nature. Last year National Geographic received over 7,000 photo entries from over 150 countries just to give you an idea of how big this contest is!



The rewards for winning the contest are pretty high which keeps almost al

Legendary photojournalist Steve McCurry is opening a retrospective exhibit in Italy called “Steve McCurry: Oltre Lo Sguardo” that will feature 150 photos taken throughout the 30 years of his illustrious career. The photos, taken among people of various cultures around the world, emphasize his unparalleled ability to capture the human soul through a lens.

The talented Finnish photographer Mikko Lagerstedt recently released night II, a collection of night time photographs captured in Finland in 2013 and 2014….

There is a slowly sinking city in the desert of southern Namibia, Africa, a ghost town called Kolmanskop. In the 1900s, diamonds were discovered just sitting upon the sand, waiting to be found, so ...

31 Images That Show The True Face Of The World

The top 10 finalists in Africa Geographic's World Rhino Day competition including the ultimate winner of the Bushnell Binoculars.

The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards season has officially opened.

The competition, open to photographers of all skill levels and ages, has seen over 700,000 submissions -- from over 230 different countries -- since it launched in 2007. It aims...

There is something magical about long exposure photography – allowing your camera to capture light and details for a longer period of time can create some stunning photographs. From traffic lights and light painting to smoky water and star trails, or even photographing the Milky Way – the possibilities are endless. Equipped with a sturdy…

I love photography & I love animals so I figured I'd share both with you. Reposted from http://news.distractify.com/culture/most-incredible-nature-phot

Immense landscapes, huge mountain ranges, vast forests and massive waterfalls are all things in nature that can make you feel small, in a good way. That’s why…

The background and surroundings for these abandoned properties couldn’t be anymore beautiful. The Nordic country of Iceland is 40,000 square miles of gorgeous terrain. This piece covers everything from an abandoned bulldozer to a plane from the US Navy. Several years ago the plane was in route to the military base in Keflavik.. The DC-3 […]

We recently asked our fans on Facebook what they thought were the best beaches in South Africa. We had quite a large number of responses and had votes for spots all the way up the West Coast to the wild, … Continue reading →

Steve McCurry is one our all time favourite photographers and chances are that you’ve seen many of his iconic photographs on several covers of the National…

Landscapes by Chantal LichtenbergChantal Lichtenberg 31 year old German photographer tells us how it started. In the beginning it was only in Germany, but when I traveled to Portugal last year for the first time, I caught fire. A beautiful country with great Landscape. Meanwhile I have…

A little over a year ago we loaded this post which featured 100 images from our 2013 Great Migration season. Now, a year later, we are looking back at another incredible 8 weeks of Great Migration safaris and if you’ve been following our incredible season through posts on the Wild Eye Facebook page and the trip reports our guys have been sharing, you will know that it was once again an authentic African experience that we shared with our guests. The photography was amazing but more than that, th

Will Kent talks about some of the experiences he had in South Africa as a volunteer.

Travel photographer Peter Stewart wanted to explore a different angle of Hong Kong. So he created “Stacked – Hong Kong,” a collection of long-exposure architectural photos that capture the vertical view of the city’s high-rise apartments. Stewart takes the unvaried high-rises and their repetitive exteriors and turns them into beautiful, colorful patterns. Stewart told The […]

The wilderness is so beautiful.

While on a recent trip to Iceland, photographer Sarah Martinet had the opportunity to shoot these amazing landscapes from a plane with open windows. You can see much more of her work (as well as more from this trip) on 500px and Facebook.

After months of seeing the stunning entries in the 2014 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, it's finally time to announce the winners! Out of more than 18,000 entries from photographers around the world, Marko Korošec took home the grand prize for his amazing photo of a dramatic storm cloud. "It’s such a beautiful structure created by Mother Nature and dangerous at the same time," Korošec said. "I decided to submit this photo because it does look kind of surreal and gives a feeling of how small we are against nature."
National Geographic Traveler Director of Photography Dan Westergren, one of this year's judges, shares his thoughts on the first place winner:
"This winning photo of a supercell over the plains of eastern Colorado stopped the judges in our tracks. When we first saw the picture we guessed that the photographer probably had dedicated quite a bit of time chasing storms to capture such an amazing sight. But what makes the picture particularly strong is that except…

These mountains are almost too good to be true.

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