One Lucky Soul: National Geographic’s Photographers Competition 2013

“Closing the sun”
Tornado raging in a field near Rozel, Kansas. (© Dennis Oswald /
National Geographic Photo Contest)

“The Rockies”
Snow-capped Rocky Mountains in the American Continental Divide
west of Denver, Colorado, USA. View from the stratosphere. (© Patrick Cullis /
National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Huayhuash”
Camp on a mountain ridge Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru. Snapshot on a
long exposure. (© Sorin Rechitan / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“On the verge of death”
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya.
Nile crocodile attacks a gray heron. (© Leslie Anderson / National Geographic
Photo Contest)

“Fight”
Mantis in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. (© Mehmet Karaca / National Geographic
Photo Contest)

“Spiral”
Location: The Netherlands. Amsterdam. (© Harjen Woltjer / National
Geographic Photo Contest)

“Omohara”
Location: Japan, Tokyo
Omohara – is not only a geographical intersection of Omotesando and Harajuku,
but the mixing of different styles of modern and traditional cultures.
(© Teruo Araya / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Amazing sunset”
Sunset over the dam on the Yukon River, which only began to be
covered with ice, November 6, 2013.
(© Andrea Magee / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Hold my hand”
Wesley Wade was born prematurely at 28 weeks. His parents have
just been informed that their child who weighs less than one kilogram, you may need
surgery on the heart. Now, at 4.5 months, Wesley weighs 4.5 pounds and continues
to amaze everyone who comes across this extraordinary child. Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada.
(© Erin Wallis / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Oscar, gannet”
During a trip to the island of Darwin in the Galapagos archipelago on
our boat flew down a red-footed boobies.
(© Joakim Wedlund / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Autumn sun”
(© Gavin Hardcastle / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Autumn elk”
Moose wandering through the Snake River in Wyoming, USA.
(© Glen Hush / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Shake”
Brown bear shakes off the skin in Kamchatka.
(© Robert Pfaffenbauer / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Rorschach”
Late autumn in the Scottish highlands.
(© Sorin Rechitan / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Heavenly swimmer”
Green sea turtle off the coast of Tikehau Atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
(© Vincent Truchet / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Cows and kiters”
Cows on a deserted beach of Tarifa in Andalusia, Spain.
(© Andrew Lever / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Macro: Marine needle”
Pipefish off Tikehau Atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
(© Vincent Truchet / National Geographic Photo Contest)


“Reflection in Lake Carezza, Italy” (© Antonio Chiumenti / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Whale calf”
Humpback whale calf, born in September 2013, off the coast of the island of
Reunion, East Africa. (© Gaby Barathieu / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Where the buffalo roam”
Teton National Park, Wyoming. (© Glen Hush / National Geographic Photo
Contest)

“Living the dream”
Menomonie, Wisconsin. (© Adam Dorn / National Geographic Photo
Contest)

“Bright Canopy”
Berlin, Germany. (© Kevin Connolly / National Geographic Photo
Contest) While visiting the Jewish Museum I stood under a group of trees
and noticed the great interaction of hand-like branches with the light coming
through the canopyof leaves.

“Black Cat”
Our smoky Maine Coon. (© Robert Sijka / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Last chance to see: the jewel in the crown”
Eye of the gorilla from the London Zoo. (© Sam Morris / National Geographic
Photo Contest)

“Baby Girl”
Cameroon. (© Allison Leach / National Geographic Photo Contest) Nyanga,
an orphaned baby chimp from the bushmeat trade, is rehabilitated at the
Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center.

“The Call of the deer”
Early morning in Richmond Park, London, UK. End of October.
(© Prashant Meswani / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Mara”
Giraffe drinking water from a small lake in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
(© Majed al Zaabi / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Asking for trouble?”
We met this lion in the way of the Kgalagadi National Park
Reserve in Mabuasehube. He was lying on the side of a sand road,
and I can not even tell who is more scared when we just did not have driven him.
(© Chris Habegger / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“The last beam on Half Dome”
Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite National Park. (© Douglas Croft / National
Geographic Photo Contest)

“Rainbow over the Himalayas”
The photograph was taken in the village Khangsar, Nepal.
(© Ed Graham /
National Geographic Photo Contest)

“The fox and the northern lights”
Fox on the background of the Northern Lights near Bethel, Alaska.
(© Greg Lincoln / National Geographic Photo Contest)

“Fox Glance”
Thetford Forest, England. (© Sam Morris / National Geographic Photo Contest)
During a regular trip through the forest, of which my actual intent was landscapes,
I encountered this stunning little Red Fox. The moment came as the light broke
through the clouds and trees, he turned with a glance of curiosity
and gave me the unusual composition I was after.
A scene I’ll never be lucky enough to see again in my life,
so was over the moon I had managed to capture the moment.