2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year National Geographic has kicked off its 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year competition, with the grand prize being a 10-day trip to the photogenic Galapagos Islands.
The categories are nature, cities and people, and entries are already starting to come in. Take a look at some early Editors' picks in the nature category.
Above: 'A drive to remember' by Manish Mamtani
Aerial view of the Scenic drive and the beautiful Fall colors of New Hampshire. I used a drone to capture the fall colors that cannot be seen from the road.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'In Your Face' by Shane Gross / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Caribbean reef sharks are usually shy so I placed my camera on a rock where I know they frequent and used a remote trigger to click away as they came in and bumped my camera around.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'The Mirror' by Takahiro Bessho / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Lake Yogo, called "The lake of Mirror", sometimes reflects everything in front of you.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'Lost in white' by Adam Cunningham-White / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
This photo captures the moment that I, along with 3 other Sami reindeer herders become a little lost while migrating with 350 reindeer. They were rounded up from a section of forest around 30kms south of this point. Our goal was to take them, via rivers, northwards to pastures new using the network of rivers and lakes that flow through Sweden.
This was taken on Randijaur lake, Jokkmokk, Sweden
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'Little Eyewitness' by Hidetoshi Ogata / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
"Little Eyewitness" was taken in Jigokudani Monkey Park, Nagano, Japan on December, 2016. On a cold winter's day, monkeys have several ways to keep off the cold. For example, in order to keep them warm, they have a soak in a hot spring, take a bedrock bath or huddle together, etc. While monkeys were huddling together, I approached them with the stealthy footsteps. Then I photographed them from directly above at the moment when a little monkey nestled in mother's arms looked to the camera.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'Blue pond the stellar sky' by Nao Akimoto / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Voice from the stars
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'Powerful cloud' by Takashi / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Mt Fuji is a treasure trove of mysterious shaped clouds.
Various forms of clouds appear when a fast air current blows over the Mt Fuji.
I stayed in the car during the night at the Inokashira forest road about 0. 8 miles above sea level about 25 miles west of Mt Fuji. The small clouds that appeared before dawn grew bigger and bigger. Just before sunrise they had become a huge cloud covering Mt. Fuji. The shadows of them in the backlight were the most powerful masterpieces.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'SymmetryrtemmyS' by Hiroshi Tanita / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Cherry blossoms reflected in perfect condition.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'The Salt Miners' by Tugo Cheng / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
As the most ancient and grueling trade in Ethiopia, the salt miners in the Afar region are still using the most traditional camel caravan to carry loads of salt bricks extracted from the vast salt flats everyday. However, an under-construction railway from Djibouti and new road traversing the old salt route may soon render the camel caravan obsolete.
2017 National Geographic travel photographer of the year
'Moss forest' by Tetsuya Hosokawa / National Geograhic Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Yakushima is an island full of abundant moss and beautiful water
If you have a photo you'd like to submit for consideration, you can do so here.
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