This year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 is Tim Laman, who won for his incredible GoPro photo of a climbing orangutan. Called “Entwined Lives,” the photo shows a young male orangutan returning to feast on a crop of figs. After three days of climbing up and down himself, the photographer hid several GoPro cameras in the canopy, triggering them remotely from the forest floor when he saw the orangutan climbing.
The photo was taken in Gunung Palung National Park in Indonesia. You can see more winners over on the Natural History Museum website.
The 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Contest is now well underway. Today, I thought I’d bring you a handful of standout entries in the Animal Portraits category. There are only four categories: Landscape, Environmental Issues, Action and Animal Portraits. The grand-prize winner will receive a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos with National Geographic Expeditions and two 15-minute image portfolio reviews with National Geographic photo editors.
You only have until November 4th now to submit your photos. Enter before it’s too late!
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Emperor Penguin. Antarctica, On frozen ice.
We were camping on 3m thick frozen sea water, just 1.5 miles away from a big emperor penguin colony, with lots of mega cute chicks. I concentrated especially on taking images of the adorable chicks in the harsh conditions of their environment. The image shows several emperor penguin chicks in front of adult penguins to shield from the forces of the storm.
Photo and Caption by Gunther Riehle/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Water Drops
Nagano, Japan
The Water Drops of melted snow.
Photo and Caption by Takeshi Marumoto/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
I recently discovered this Tripodfish, Bathypterois grallator, a larval fish during a “black water” scuba diving expedition to document vertical migration marine creatures. This is done in the South Atlantic Ocean, Gulfstream current, The tripodfish or tripod spiderfish, Bathypterois grallator, is a deep-sea benthic fish, known mostly from photographs from submersibles. This fish comes up from the depths of 2,400 feet to 15,000 feet during a vertical migration occurring in the ocean.
Photo and Caption by Suzan Meldonian/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Ocean Guest
Sleeping walrus on the shore
Photo and Caption by Mike Korostelev/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Now You See Me
A baby Owlet uses its camouflage to hide from its predators as it spots me from quite a ways away using a focal length of 1600mm by combing a Sigma 800mm with a Canon 2.0 Extender
Photo and Caption by S. Dere/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Paradise for Flamingoes 2
Thousands of flamingoes live in Bogoria lake where (it’s) likes paradise for them.
Photo and Caption by Yu huiping/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Dawn Admiring in the Frozen Continent
It was very early in the Antarctic morning and I was walking along the beach admiring the sunrise, then suddenly I had a wonderful surprise: meet this Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) already looking at the sun that was just on the horizon. At that moment I had the sensation that, like me, he had woken up very early to contemplate such a beautiful dawn. King George Island, Antarctica.
Photo and Caption by Edson Vandeira/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
The Path Less Trodden
A polar bear ekes out a lonely existence in a barren world of ice
Photo and Caption by Harry Lyndon-Skeggs/2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
I want to become a photographer. There, I’ve said it. After curating art, design and photography for the last seven years, I have this burning desire to now take on a creative profession. What kind of photographer do I want to be? Not sure yet. Sure running a “lifestyle” blog is fun but it’s not fulfilling enough for me. I’m leaning towards “family-style” photography but not the kind where the everyone’s dressed up in white shirts and blue jeans and they’re stiffly posing on the beach. I’m talking Kate T. Parker, Elena Shumilova, Hideaki Hamada, and Aya Sakai.
Like many people, I often take out my iPhone to snap shots rather than lug around my heavy DSLR. Sure the iPhone can take great pics but there’s always something to be desired. That’s why I’ve made it my goal to really learn more about my camera (Canon 5D Mark II) and I’ve decided to teach myself post processing software, that is Adobe Lightroom. I have an older version (Lightroom 4) but it’s all that I need to edit my shots.
So far, I’ve learned Lightroom from two sources, Skillshare and two books I bought on Amazon from the same author, Tony Northrup. The first one is called How to Create Stunning Digital Photography and the second is Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Video Book: Training for Photographers. What I love about these books is that if you buy the Kindle versions (which go for $9.99), there are links to really informative videos. Tony, along with his wife Chelsea, give great tips on everything from how to use your camera to how to set up a good portrait shot. If you don’t want to commit to buying the books, just yet, you can first check out their YouTube channel.
Here’s my Lightroom grid and then here are some side-by-side before and after Lightroom shots.
I know I’ve got a long way to go before I can even begin to think of myself as a “real” photographer, but this is the first time, in a long time, that I’ve been this excited about anything.
Who can’t identify with this? In this adorable series, Montreal-based photographer Mikaël Theimer shoots photos of his girlfriend, who just so happens to be painfully shy of the camera. Whether she’s hiding behind a book, her hands, or her hair, the brunette finds clever ways to conceal her face.
As Theimer told the Huffington Post, “She hates to pose, and she hates to be in front of the camera. So this became a little game that we have. Whenever I see a scene I would love to photograph her in, she has to find a way to hide her face. I find it results in much more interesting pictures than just traditional portraits.”
We contacted the photographer to find out more about the mysterious woman, aka his girlfriend. Her name is Marion and she is just about to turn 29-years-old. The series started back in November 2014. When asked to describe Marion he said, “Haha, well to be honest I’d rather not say too much about her as she really wishes to keep as much anonymity as possible (we never really expected the pictures would get that much attention), but I’ll tell you that she’s the most generous and authentic person I’ve ever known. She has kept both the heart and the playfulness of the 10-year-old girl she once was.”
It’s such a simple photo series but it’s so authentic and real. Love!
“In a world where color reigns supreme and where trends and fads in technique pace the art world, photographer Rodney Smith’s work stands in stark contrast. Using a lush palette of monochrome tones and creating prints that can hang beside any on a museum wall, Smith’s images reverberate with an elegant, natural beauty.”- Gilman Contemporary
I’ve been in love with photographer Rodney Smith’s style for years. His photos are not just beautiful but timeless. A 45 year retrospective of his work will be held at Gilman Contemporary from December 18 to January 19. I wish I was in Ketchum, Idaho to see it. You can view the artwork at Gilman’s website. Here are some of my favorites.
Hello, I’m Alice Yoo! I’m founder and CEO of Skylar Yoo, a company dedicated to inspiring and empowering women to be bold. We sell apparel, art prints and accessories to the modern feminist.
In my former life, I was editor-in-chief of the art and culture blog My Modern Met, which I founded back in 2007. I curated and wrote about art, design and photography for more than seven years. (In fact, I published over 7,000 articles which were seen by millions of people worldwide.) I’m also co-author of a book called For Love: 25 Heartwarming Celebrations of Humanity, which is on Amazon and wherever books are sold.
I live in southern California along with my husband and my two toddler boys.
This blog is about what I love, the tough experiences that I’ve learned from, and my journey as a second time entrepreneur. Right now, I’m in the midst of a 365 day challenge, to read one book a day. If you share my passions or want to learn some cool new facts, come along for the ride. I hope to inspire, educate and entertain you!
![Tripodfish, Bathypterois grallator, Plankton; larval fish; pelagic larval marine life; vertical migration marine creatures; South Atlantic Ocean, Gulfstream current, The tripodfish or tripod spiderfish, Bathypterois grallator, is a deep-sea benthic fish in the Ipnopidae family found at lower latitudes. It is now relatively well known from photographs and submersible observations, and seem to prefer to perch on the ooze using much elongated fin rays in the tail and two pelvic fins to stand, facing upstream with the pectoral fins turned forward so the outthrust projecting fin rays resemble multiple antennae, and are indeed used as tactile organs. B. grallator is hermaphroditic. At least 18 species are placed in the genus Bathypterois, several of which have similar appearance and behavior to B. grallator. Like a lot of deep-sea creatures, they tend to grow larger than most shallow-water fish. This benthic fish grows to be 3 ft.Scientists have suggested that fluids are pumped into these fins when the fish is 'standing' to make them more rigid.Bathypterois grallator has been found relatively widely in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans from 40°N to 40°S. It is a wide-ranging eurybathic fish found from 878 to 4,720 m (2,881 to 15,486 ft) deep.[1] Along with the giant squid, deep-sea anglerfish, and black swallower, it is one of the permanent residents found in the abyssal zone and was directly observed on the historic voyage of the bathyscaphe Trieste to the Mariana Trench.](https://www.adventuresofyoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nat-geo-03.jpg)
