From
the exuberance of a colourful crowd cheering on racing camels, to
sweeping land and cityscapes and intimate close-ups of beautiful
creatures in the wild, these are the travel snaps you wish you had taken.
But the spectacular images are actually the winners of the
international Travel Photographer of the Year awards and are now on display at a special exhibition in London.
The Royal
Geographical Society is hosting the series of award-winning images documenting the magnificence and beauty of the Earth and its inhabitants.
And
if the photos aren't inspiring enough, the exhibition will also be open
for various 'Enchanted Evenings' so visitors can see the images lit up
at night.
The
exhibition, which runs until August 17, features photos that won awards
in various categories from 'Wild Stories' to 'Vanishing and Emerging
Cultures'.
From
a pair of lions looking proudly at their young cub to a Mongolian
shepherd with his snow-covered flock in Mongolia, the photos provide the
ultimate travel inspiration and organisers hope they will encourage
amateur photographers to start thinking about submissions for the next
awards for 2014.
'Jasper Doest brings nature, anywhere in the
world, closer,' said the judges of his elegant pictures of macaques in
Japan, which are boldly and unusually portrayed with their eyes closed -
a technique which rarely works with portraits and which bagged him
joint winner in the Wild Stories category
Camels race to the finish line whipped by robot
jockeys, watched by large crowds and an enormous television and online
audience. Taken by Australian photographer Jason Edwards, his series
were highly commended in the Vanishing and Emerging Cultures category
Crimson circle: Boys play at the Holi festival
in Mathura city, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photographer Sahil Lodha of India
got a Special Mention for Best Single Image in a Portfolio in the
Vanishing and Emerging Cultures category with this vibrant shot
Motherly love: David Lazar of Australia
perfectly captures the adoring expressions on the faces of these
lionesses as the baby cub walks ahead of them
Special Mention went toTariq Sawyer from
Switzerland for his photograph of a shepherd and his flock in the Altai
Mountains, Bayan-Olgii Aimag, Mongolia
Tender moment: Marco Urso, from Italy, got a
special mention for his spectacular shot capturing the love between a
you cheetah cub and its mother in the Masai Mara, Kenya
Lighting up the sky: British photographer James
Woodend captured this stunning image of the Northern Lights in
Kirkjufell, West Iceland
Ethereal: Emmanuel Coupe of France captured this
arresting monochrome image ofan unusual land formation at Hvítserkur in
North Iceland to win a place in the exhibition
In their natural habitat: A wet bear shakes
himself dry, left. Taken by Marco Urso of Italy, at Kurile Lake,
Kamchatka, Russia. Right, a lioness defends her kill from vultures,
hyenas and jackals. The photograph was taken by Nicolas Lotsos of
Greece in Kenya
Raw closeup: Lionesses hunting on Chief's
Island, Okavango Delta in Botswana gave Ed Hetherington of the USA
runner up prize in the Wild Stories category
Incredible depth and power: Gerald Baeck of
Austria took this amazing photograph of Powell Point, Grand Canyon South
Rim in Arizona to merit his place in the Royal Geographical Society's
exhibition
'The Dogon people of the Sahel' by British
photographer Timothy Allen, was the winner of the Cutty Sark Award for
the Travel Photographer of the Year 2013
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