越南胡志明市,收获季节的梯田。穆沧蔡,越南,2012年9月。卡罗尔·琳恩·福勒(蒙大拿瑟利湖)。决赛:美国。在海尔姆维尔牛仔竞技会上,一匹冠军野马猛扑向一位冠军骑手。2013年9月,蒙大拿州赫尔姆维尔。Sergio Carbajo Rodriguez (La Garriga,西班牙)。决赛:旅行。一个年轻的苏瑞男孩和他的父亲去照顾牛的肖像。埃塞俄比亚,2013年8月。Graham McGeorge(佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔)。决赛:自然世界。麦乔治安静地花了6个小时,试图拍到这只东部长尾猫头鹰出巢的完美照片。2013年4月,乔治亚州奥克弗诺基沼泽。Christopher Doherty(北棕榈滩,佛罗里达)。决赛:自然世界。日落时分的呼吸,在一个叫做黑岩的潜水点捕捉到一只海龟。Kāʻanapali,夏威夷ʻi, 2013年8月。Karen Lunney(布里斯班,澳大利亚)。决赛:自然世界。在它们一年一度的迁徙中,角马被迫在塞伦盖蒂-马拉地区寻找新的河流交叉点。这些动物被陌生的深水水流带着,不得不挣扎着靠近远岸。伦尼说,几乎没有可以着陆的岩石,最初有序的攀登很快就变成了绝望的挣扎。马拉河,马赛马拉国家保护区,肯尼亚,2013年9月。尼达尔·阿德南·基布里亚(孟加拉国达卡)。决赛:旅行。的动作英雄。在一场名为“死亡之井”的表演中,一名骑摩托车的人在一个乡村集市上表演特技,庆祝印度教节日“拉斯贾特拉”。
Vo Anh Kiet (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Finalist: Travel. Terraced fields during harvest season. Mu Cang Chay, Vietnam, September 2012.Carol Lynne Fowler (Seeley Lake, Montana). Finalist: Americana. A champion bronco bucks a champion rider at the Helmville Rodeo. Helmville, Montana, September 2013.Sergio Carbajo Rodriguez (La Garriga, Spain). Finalist: Travel. Portrait of a young Suri boy going with his father to take care of the cattle. Ethiopia, August 2013.Graham McGeorge (Jacksonville, Florida). Finalist: Natural World. McGeorge spent a quiet 6 hours trying to get the perfect image of this eastern screech owl out of its nest. Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, April 2013.Christopher Doherty (North Palm Beach, Florida). Finalist: Natural World. Breath at sunset, captures a sea turtle at a dive site called Black Rock. Kāʻanapali, Hawaiʻi, August 2013.Karen Lunney (Brisbane, Australia). Finalist: Natural World. During their annual migration, wildebeests are forced to find new river crossings in the Serengeti-Mara region. “The animals were being taken by the unfamiliar currents of deep water and had to struggle to get close to the far bank. There were few rocks on which to land and the initial orderly progression soon became a desperate struggle of clambering,says Lunney. Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September 2013.Nidal Adnan Kibria (Dhaka, Bangladesh). Finalist: Travel. Action Hero. As part of a show called “Well of Death,a biker performs a stunt at a village fair to celebrate Rath Jatra, a Hindu festival. Dhamrai, Bangladesh, June 2012.Vincent Cheng (Burnaby, Canada). Finalist: Travel. A group of locals playing billiards by Namtso Lake. Tibet, China, June 2013.Dina Bova (Petach Tikva, Israel). Finalist: Altered Images. “Babylon—Made in Italy is inspired by the story of the Babylon tower, the painting by Pieter Bruegel and by a trip to the beautiful Cinque Terre in Italy,says Bova. Cinque Terre, Italy, October 2013.Aspen Wang (Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Finalist: Natural World. Penguins on Ice. “Although my photo hardly does justice to describing the tenuous balance in Antarctica’s ecosystem, it has served to crystallize in my memory one of the last stretches of untamed and inarticulate lands on earth,says Wang. Antarctica, December 29, 2010.Smithsonian Magazine just announced the finalists of their 11th Annual Photo Contest. This year’s competition saw a whopping 50,000 submissions, from which 60 finalists were selected in 6 categories including: Natural, Travel, People, Americana, Altered, and Mobile. The contest is now open for a Readers’ Choice vote which runs from today through May 6, 2014. Vote here. All photos courtesy Smithsonian Magazine and the respective photographers.#nature#travelDo stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member and support independent arts publishing. Join a community of like-minded readers who are passionate about contemporary art, help support our interview series, gain access to partner discounts, and much more. Join now!