Smithsonian photo contest finalists
Hiking break at Devil's Wall. "Devil's Wall and the Harz region had always been an inspirational source for German poets and artists like Brothers Grimm or Caspar David Friedrich. My aim was to elaborate this natural topic with the medium of contemporary photography combined with that kind of certain romantic imagery of times past," says Koester. (Devil's Wall, Harz Mountains, Germany, June 2013, Nikon D800)
Photograph by Stefano Coltelli (San Miniato, Italy).
Neist Point Lighthouse at dusk. (Isle of Skye, United Kingdom, October 2011, Nikon D600)
Photograph by Craig Bill (Midland, Texas). FINALIST: Altered Images
A day in the Japanese Gardens. (Portland, Oregon, October 2012)
Photograph by Nguy?n B?o S?n (Phan Rang-Thap Cham, Ninh Thu?n, Vietnam).
While taking this image in rural Vietnam, the wind was so strong it knocked over B?o S?n. After quickly standing up, B?o S?n made this image.(Phan Rang-Thap Cham, Ninh Thu?n, Vietnam, November 2011, Canon 4000D)
Photograph by Nicolas Reusens (Madrid, Spain). FINALIST:
A red-eyed tree frog underwater. (El Arenal, Costa Rica, March 2013, Canon 5D Mark III)
Photograph by Craig Bill (Midland, Texas). FINALIST: Altered Images A day in the Japanese Gardens. (Portland, Oregon, October 2012)
Photograph by Aspen Wang (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
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, Canon PowerShot SX1 IS)
Photograph by Porus Khareghat (Mumbai, India).
Sun painting a monastery and the surrounding Ladakh landscape. (Ladakh, India, July 2013, Canon 5D Mark II)
Photograph by Porus Khareghat (Mumbai, India). FINALIST: Travel | VOTE FOR THE READERS’ CHOICE WINNER
Sun painting a monastery and the surrounding Ladakh landscape. (Ladakh, India, July 2013, Canon 5D Mark II)
Photograph by Matthew Zheng (San Francisco, California). FINALIST: Travel
"Navajo Bridge" is an image overlooking the Colorado River's Marble Canyon. (Page, Arizona, August 2012, Canon 5D Mark II)
Photograph by Cammie Cooley (Ragley, Louisiana)
The fog slowly lifts while tour guides in traditional antebellum dress get ready for their tours at Oak Alley Plantation. (Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana, October 27, 2013, iPhone 5)
Photograph by Nguy?n B?o S?n (Phan Rang-Thap Cham, Ninh Thu?n, Vietnam).
While taking this image in rural Vietnam, the wind was so strong it knocked over B?o S?n. After quickly standing up, B?o S?n made this image. (Phan Rang-Thap Cham, Ninh Thu?n, Vietnam, November 2011, Canon 4000D)
Sunrise at Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park. "The barn in the photo is the John Moulton Barn, built by Mormon settlers who arrived in the area in the 1890s. Behind the barn is the Teton mountain range," says Faist. (Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, June 27, 2013, Nikon D5100)
Photograph by Seyms Brugger (Johannesburg, South Africa).
After having finished off a springbok, these two cheetah cubs were chasing each other, each wanting to hold on to the ‘prize,’ a piece of skin left over from a kill. Knowing the cubs would follow their mother, Brugger moved his car and was shocked that, “the cubs not only walked straight towards my vehicle, but decided that they would chase each while playing with a piece of Springbok skin.” (Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, June 15, 2013, Canon EOS-1D X)
Photograph by Darlene Jensen (Richmond Hill, Georgia). FINALIST: Mobile
"The scene is of the clouds rolling in, and a sailboat that was anchored, and preparing for the storm. I loved the simplicity of the scene. Within minutes from the photograph being taken, it was raining so hard that you could not see anything.[...] I am reminded that even in the midst of a storm, there is beauty, if you choose to see it," says Jensen. (St. Catherine's Island, Georgia, July 1, 2012, iPhone 4)
Photograph by Daniel D'Auria (Tabernacle, New Jersey). FINALIST: Natural World
A coastal brown bear hunts for salmon on Silver Salmon Creek in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. According to D'Auria, "she epitomizes the raw beauty and awesome power of the Alaskan wilderness." (Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, August 2012, Canon 1D Mark IV)
Photograph by Kenneth DiLuigi (Sewell, New Jersey). FINALIST: Americana | VOTE FOR THE READERS’ CHOICE WINNER
A wall cloud. “This cell grew exponentially over the next 16 minutes, split twice and spawned three EF4 tornadoes with $67.4 million in damage to residences and crops,” says DiLuigi. (Omaha, Nebraska, July 2, 2012, Canon EOS Rebel T1i)
Dust swirls around citizens of Black Rock City as they peek into the "Black Rock Bijou Theatre," an art installation at the 2013 Burning Man festival. (Black Rock City, Nevada, August 2013, Nikon D7100)
Photograph by Michael Frank (Rochester, New York). FINALIST: Altered Images
Frank says what strikes him most about this image of the abandoned Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church is, "the sense of stillness. A stillness marked by anticipation, not unlike the stillness felt in a theater between acts." (Detroit, Michigan, October 2013, Canon 7D)
Photograph by Jos? De Rocco (Buenos Aires, Argentina). FINALIST: Natural World
Snails in Argentina. (Pinamar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 2012, Canon EOS 5D)
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