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Anthony Lau from Hong Kong has been alleged the 2016 National Geographic Biking Columnist of the Year for his account of a horseman benumbed through the snow in Inner Mongolia. Lau, whose photo was alleged from bags of entries, wins a seven-day arctic buck photo carnival for two at Churchill Wild's Seal River Heritage Lodge in Manitoba, Canada.
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10 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2016: Stunning images from ... | national geographic photo of the year 2016Lau took the photo, advantaged Winter Horseman, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China afterwards an aboriginal morning hike. He and his biking assembly were active aback to their auberge for breakfast aback they came beyond a aggregation of riders assuming off their skills.
"The snow was accepting heavier, the wind was accepting stronger, the morning snow was accepting thinner and the ablaze was affective abroad from its optimal position," Lau said. "I knew I abandoned had a brace of shots to get the best out of this encounter. With a bit of luck, one of my final attempts managed to abduction the moment aback one of the riders answerable out from the morning brume forth with his horses."
The National Geographic Biking Columnist of the Year, accessible to able and abecedarian photographers, recognises the best acute biking photography taken in the accomplished two years in three categories: Nature, People and Cities. The board awarded first-, second- and third-place prizes, as able-bodied as an honourable mention, in anniversary category. Lau's photo was placed aboriginal in the People category.
Second in the People class went to Rooftop Dreams by Yasmin Mund, who says: "It was 5.30am and I had aloof accustomed in Varanasi, India, off a sleeper train. I got to my guesthouse and climbed the seven flights of stairs to see the aurora over the Ganges River. As I looked over the ancillary of the rooftop terrace, my jaw abandoned in disbelief. Below were mothers, fathers, children, cats, dogs, and monkeys all sleeping on their roofs."
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The Winners Of The 2016 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest ... | national geographic photo of the year 2016Third abode in the People class was awarded to Mattia Passarini for a photo alleged Alien Life at -21 Degree, depicting an aged woman accustomed a big log aback home to balmy up her abode in a alien apple in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Dotan Saguy accustomed an honourable acknowledgment in the People class for this photo, taken at Muscle Beach in Venice Beach, California.
In the Nature category, aboriginal award-winning was awarded to Hiroki Inoue for a account advantaged Wherever You Go, I Will Follow You, assuming two red foxes arena in a albino mural in Biei, Hokkaido, Japan.
Second award-winning in the Nature class was awarded to Massimiliano Bencivenni for Double Trapping, a altogether timed attempt of a caiman about to eat a angle – which is, in turn, bistro a fish. Massimiliano took this arresting attempt on the Rio Negrinho in the Brazilian Pantanal.
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2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year ... | national geographic photo of the year 2016Victor Lima took third abode in the Nature class with this photo, advantaged Lagunas Baltinache (Atacama Desert). The columnist says: "The Atacama Arid is one of the best places on the planet to do night photography. I boarded abandoned on an chance to acquisition images not yet appear of the best barren arid in the apple and its contrasts."
Bears on a Berg won John Rollins an honourable acknowledgment in the Nature category. He says: "The area is on the sea ice in Davis Straight, off the bank of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. This mother arctic buck and her dogie are perched aloft a huge snow-covered abstract that got 'socked in' aback the ocean froze over for the winter. To me, the about pettiness of these ample creatures aback compared to the aggregate of the abstract in the photo represents the crisis of the arctic bear's assurance on the sea and sea ice for its existence."
In the Cities category, the board awarded aboriginal abode to Takashi Nakagawa for this photo of a agreeable arena at the Ben Youssef Madrasa. The columnist says: "Marrakesh is an agitative burghal for any traveller, but I was annoyed of walking on the awash streets and actuality asked for money, so I was attractive for a abode to achieve down. As I was resting, a admirable absorption appeared on the bank pool. It was a blurred day so I could abandoned see it aback the wind chock-full alarming and sunlight hit the Islamic architecture."
Silenced by Wing Ka H won additional abode in the Cities category. The columnist says: "This photo was taken on my aftermost cruise to Guangzhou, China. This abode is the academy billet of South China Normal University."
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23 Best Travel Photos Of 2016 By National Geographic | national geographic photo of the year 2016Celestial Reverie by Jeremy Tan took third abode in the Cities category. He says: "Lightning acutely strikes Komtar Tower, the best iconic battleground of George Town, basic of Penang accompaniment in Malaysia, during a thunderstorm.
"It is allegorical of the awakening that the city, acclaimed for a different alloy of centuries-old barrio and avant-garde structures, has enjoyed in contempo years. While abounding of its old neighbourhoods fell into carelessness in the 1990s and aboriginal 2000s, a UNESCO Apple Heritage advertisement in 2008 sparked a transformation."
Finally, Kathleen Dolmatch accustomed an honourable acknowledgment in the Cities class for this photo, alleged Divided, She says: "From a doorless helicopter attractive south on Central Park West, adding the architectonics and Central Park, a day afore my 27th birthday. The flight was my altogether gift."
You can acquisition out added advice and see added entries, including all of the judges' favourite submissions to the National Geographic Biking Photo Contest here.
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