National Geographic Traveller (UK) recently announced the winners of its 2014 photography competition. Launched last September in association with Quark Expeditions, the competition garnered a wide range of stunning entries in each of its six categories.<\/p>\n
Entries were taken all around the world; in far-flung and exotic places like Cambodia and Borneo, in modern metropolitan locations like New York, Paris and Chicago, and even close to home, with pictures taken in London, Hastings and Cornwall all reaching the finals.<\/p>\n
The grand prize winner was Jonathan Carvajal<\/strong>, with a stunning shot of the Colour Run in Colombia. This sharp, close-up shot from the Action category shows split-second timing and accuracy, perfectly evoking the crazy atmosphere of the event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The winners of the other categories were:<\/p>\n Iconic<\/i>: David Stearne, with a shot of the “Cutty Sark” in Greenwich taken from below her keel<\/p>\n <\/p>\n City<\/i>: Lynda Cosgrave, with a shot of Times Square in New York<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Modern<\/i>: Jenny Downing, with a shot of the Opera House in Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Natural<\/i>: <\/strong>Jamie MacArthur, with a shot of a common kingfisher in action<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People<\/i>: George Turnbull, with a shot of a young girl harvesting lotus flowers in Angkor Wat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can see the prize winning entries, as well as the shortlisted finalists in each category, on the National Geographic Traveller\u2019s site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is the third year of the competition, and with a very high standard of both quality and creativity in all categories, many keen photographers will be looking forward to next year\u2019s competition, and perhaps already planning for the shots they want to achieve. Images such as these rarely come about by pure chance; for example, Jamie MacArthur had to wait for five hours in a tiny hide to achieve his beautiful image of a kingfisher in flight with its prey. However, while patience and planning can factor highly, the most important thing is being in the right place at the right time \u2013 with your camera ready.<\/p>\n Whilst it is possible to get astonishing results from almost any camera with the right amount of good luck, dedication and timing, a good camera can certainly make it a lot easier. If you are unsatisfied with the results you\u2019re getting from your current camera, our camera exchange<\/a> service can help you to upgrade quickly and affordably, giving you the tools you need to take stunning images which might just be worthy of next year\u2019s title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Geographic Traveller (UK) recently announced the winners of its 2014 photography competition. Launched last September in association with Quark Expeditions, the competition garnered a wide range of stunning entries in each of its six categories. Entries were taken all around the world; in far-flung and exotic places like Cambodia and Borneo, in modern metropolitan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameraexchangestore.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}