Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Leopard Hunting a Stork

 Contest entry period ends May 31st, 2018
In 2015, couple Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger chose to wave farewell to their agreeable life in South Africa, and set out on an enterprise over the world. Having gone to in excess of 40 nations (and checking), the traveling twosome offer their encounters by means of their blog, How Far From Home. Their most recent endeavor conveyed them to the Netherlands, where they caught the extraordinary "technicolor wonderland" of tulip season.

In full blossom by mid-April every year, a considerable lot of Holland's tulip fields and gardens are changed into bright interwoven examples loaded with more than 7 million blooms of roughly 1,500 unique assortments. Cartell and Dirnberger caught the marvel in a progression of photos that grandstand the amazing ocean of hues, where rainbow columns of pink, yellow, orange, and red extend far into the separation.
Find more from the couple's enterprises on the How Far From Home blog.
Voyaging couple Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger (How Far From Home) as of late went to the Netherlands, where they caught the unimaginable, "technicolor wonderland" of tulip season.
Above Photo and Caption by Paul Rifkin / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Cordillera

Photo and Caption by Karsten Hoenack / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Chasing Lunch

Photo and Caption by Mohamed Shareef / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

An infant dark tip reef shark swims through a swarm of silver sprats at noon in the tidal pond of Mirihi Island in Maldives.

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Formation

Photo and Caption by Niklas Weber / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

When we touched base at the rio tarcoles in costa rica and I saw what a fabulous development the sharp-mouthed crocodiles are, I couldn't help myself, I began my automaton and started to photo them from the air. My heart was pulsating like insane in light of the fact that I was unfathomably energized, from one viewpoint I was somewhat frightened for the automaton, then again I was so upbeat about the extraordinary minute.

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Sea of Clouds

Photo and Caption by Guillaume Flandre / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Climbing in South Tyrol is an exceptional affair. it was the first occasion when I was strolling so near the edge of a mountain, relatively encompassed by mists. Nature's energy in these circumstances advise us that we're just visitors on this planet.

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Giraffes relaxing near Ngorongoro Crater

Photo and Caption by Leinani Yosaitis / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

After leaving Ngorongoro Crater headed towards the Serengeti, we went over a slope brimming with giraffes. After a bit of cajoling by me, our driver direct, "James Bond" took us go dirt road romping and drove us ideal to them. I had constantly heard that giraffe don't sit, so this photograph exposes that legend.

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Mermaid

Photo and Caption by Reiko Takahashi / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

This calf was always with mom. A curious calf sometimes came to us.

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

Leopard

Photo and Caption by Kirsten Tucker / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

We live in an Instagram/Facebook/and so forth world. Each photograph must be *THE* photograph. How might you satisfy that? Everybody's life/encounter appears to be superior to yours. Be that as it may, it's not valid. Panthers can be extremely difficult to see. Regardless of whether you go on a definitive excursion, you may see only one – one single panther. You may get an extremely terrible spasm bending yourself to get any shot. You may think you fizzled. What's more, perhaps you failed, yet it doesn't mean your outing or experience is any short of what anybody else's.

Early Highlights from the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

The Moment

Photo and Caption by Dalida Innes / National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest

After over two hours in the water , on my last day after three weeks,my disappointments went all away when the sudden happened, the mother simply put herself on position VERTICALLY, the calf would have a nourish. At the time , I had no words to express what I was seeing, it was so enthusiastic, I stayed away, I would not like to irritate that minute, the mother for the most part turn on the opposite side, they frequently do that however she permitted me witness this specific minute amongst her and her calf.