National Geographic Photo Contest 2010.. Amazing

I thought you guys would like these pictures. They're really amazing.

I've included some here, follow this LINK for the complete list and description of each photo. Be sure to scroll each photo, they were kind of large.










Enjoy...

Fantastic photos - especially love the storm cloud - great angle! Thanks!

Definitely follow the link provided in the Opening post.
One of my favorites is the long exposure of the moths flying around the light.
It would have taken me a while to figure out that's what it was.

Thanks for linking that. I already have it saved in my favorites after discovering it last year. I actually entered a couple of my own this year...doubt they'll go anywhere though as there are literally thousands of entries. Here are a couple of my favorites that I have taken:





You'll recognize this one from my avatar:






And finally one from my old camera but still a favorite:

Absolutely Beautiful. S&F, but I would give a million S&Fs if I could. This goes to show what a beautiful planet we take for granted.

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Nice photos! Thanks for adding those and good luck... I especially like the moth in the hand.

Originally posted by mr10k
Absolutely Beautiful. S&F, but I would give a million S&Fs if I could. This goes to show what a beautiful planet we take for granted.

My thoughts exactly, thanks for the reply

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Thanks....I entered the moth in my hand one and another that I don't have on here. I love browsing through the galleries on that site. There are some amazing ones on there.

It's a great way also to be inspired for amature photographers like myself. My stance is that we have become so closed off to the world around us, that we fail to see the beauty that is happening constantly, all the time from the obvious rainbow to the small raindrop on a weed. If everyone were to pick up a camera and take the time to simply LOOK every once in awhile then we would all appreciate this incredible world a little more!

Originally posted by westcoast
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Thanks....I entered the moth in my hand one and another that I don't have on here. I love browsing through the galleries on that site. There are some amazing ones on there.

It's a great way also to be inspired for amature photographers like myself. My stance is that we have become so closed off to the world around us, that we fail to see the beauty that is happening constantly, all the time from the obvious rainbow to the small raindrop on a weed. If everyone were to pick up a camera and take the time to simply LOOK every once in awhile then we would all appreciate this incredible world a little more!

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Very well said...

Ya know i like coming to ATS and reading about the conspiracy theories and all that, they're very intersting and there are some very brilliant people who write here, but i like to post stuff on the lighter side of life. There's still some beauty left in this world..

Is this god's thoughts of what was once a great symbol liberty has been degraded to mean in the USA.

Absolutley stunning, sometimes I forget how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful and diverse place.
Thanks

Peace

These are incredible great thread.

Incredible pictures. Thanks so much for sharing. I could stare at that storm cloud for hours.

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I'm really glad you enjoyed the pics, and thanks for the reply, this thread took off alot better than I thought it would.

Thanks to everyone for the S&F's and all the replies

I love the moth picture. I also love pictures of storms and lava. Or is that a time lapse picture of a highway with headlights? I can't tell. It looks like lava to me though, which is very cool.