Best Photo of National geographic 2011 Part-3
Sandbar-Grand Cayman-Caribean
This image was captured to Sandbar, Grand Cayman during my last trip.This beautiful creature turn around you very close and you can touch it.This is a really amazing experience, you are surrounded by dozen of this friendly animal.
Namib Naukluft Park, Namibia
The Welwitschia is a true miracle of nature and the ultimate survivor in the harsh desert environments in which it grows. This female plant with cones captured at sunset in the unforgiving Namib desert.
Svalbard, Norway
I was following this polar bear along the shore when I realized if I got ahead of him I would have the glacier as a back drop. I put my self in position and hoped he would step into the frame. To my good fortune another bear appeared into he distance just as the first bear stepped into perfect position and I captured them both with the Monaco glacier and a grand mountain view as the backdrop
Hopkins Island, South Australia
Rare and endangered Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) swim and play in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia..
St Augustine Florida
This is such a violent act to watch, but it is mother nature's way of thinning out the weak so only the strong will survive.
Koh Samui, Thailand
The simplicity of nature is overwhelming. So many shades of pink created by the sun's rays, giving life to each and every petal contrasted by the vibrant green of its core, symbolizing life itself. I was captivated by the complexity in its simplicity.
Isla de Guadalupe
Cage divers confront a great white shark
Cambodia
Jacksonville Zoo, Florida, USA
Bonobo Portrait, Jacksonville Zoo, Florida
Richmond park, london
A White Hart stag surveys its patch in the rutting season. The mists and atmosphere that morning were magical. Wonderful rays of light penetrated the canopy.
Oceanside, California
Surfer interacting with the natural forces of the ocean, playing blissfully with the movements of the waves. Early morning light.
El Paso County, Colorado, USA
It was a cold winter's day when a Snowy Owl flew low over the frozen prairie hunting for field mice and rabbits. As he hovered near me before his final assault, I was able to capture this shot. It had been over seventy years since our county had a Snowy Owl winter here and I was delighted with the magical photographic opportunities.
Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone, Montana
These wolves live in a sanctuary near the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Montana. One stands watch while the other licks snow off the branches of the nearby pines. Although they were born in captivity, the wolves here live in three different packs and howl, frolic, and hunt much like their wild counterparts. For those park visitors who are not fortunate enough to spot wolves inside Yellowstone, this non-profit sanctuary provides a closer look at these elusive and majestic canines.
Etosha Nationalpark, Namibia
A happy scenery suddenly turns into tragedy. A giraffe family is drinking water at one of the rare water pits during dry season in Namibia when suddenly a storm approaches. Father and mother are starting to run away, however, their child is hesitant and stays behind. Later it helplessly starts looking for his parents, but they are nowhere to be seen. The small giraffe’s vision is blurred by the sandstorm.
South Africa, Western Cape, Aquila Safari park
At safari not only animals can attract attention.
Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Mexico
during the winter months, sardines gather in the waters of the mexican caribbean. dozens of sailfish follow to hunt them by pushing them into tight balls against the surface. at the same time frigate birds prey on them from above the surface. very few sardines get away.
A forest near barazar mountain port, bizkaia, spain.
I captured this image in last winter in a forest near a mountain port in the basque country.There was a roost of about 2 million of bramblings, at dusk arrived endless bands of these birds, it was an incrideble show. I used a slow shutter speed to capture the effect of motion of the flying birds while portraying those who were perched.
Near Dadu, Sindh province, Pakistan
An unexpected side-effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters; because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People in the area had never seen this phenomenon before, but they also reported that there were less mosquitos than they would have expected, given the amount of standing water that was left. Not being bitten by mosquitos was one small blessing for people that had lost everything in the floods.
Nassau, Bahamas
Every year in June and July a species of a small torpedo shaped shark gathers in one of the sink holes in the Bahamas to mate. I was down in the hole at 130 feet in a near complete darkness when suddenly hundreds of sharks swam out of the dark. As soon as they realized my presence they took off.
Kapama Game Reserve, Kruger region of South Africa
Jabulani the elephant greeting his caretaker, Stavros Chakoma, before heading out on safari.
Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula
Across the large colony, most of the pairs of Gentoo penguin chicks had their head tucked under the mother, looking like a pair of grey fluffy slippers, while others were feeding. This pair however were lounging around and appeared to be hugging.
Sirsjön, Grythyttan, Sweden
I pass this tiny island every day, but never seen it as beautiful as this day in October when the thick mist made it look like an illusion, non existing but yet there.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Winter is extremely beautiful in Lithuania. It was an early morning and minus 25 degrees Celsius outside. This landscape feels out of this world, but in fact it's in the outskirts of my home city, Kaunas—just a mile away from my house. Oftentimes beauty lies just a step away from our door :)
Sawgrass Lake Park, city of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
The sun was getting low and this anhinga was settling in for the night. Because I was looking into the sun, I had to wait for clouds to soften the skies in the background. One of the largest stands of red maples in Florida is found at Sawgrass Lake, and the emerging red buds provided contrast with the "water turkey." Because the bird was in breeding plumage, the normally mundane looking anhinga on a cloudy winter afternoon provided a captivating image...
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