Breathtaking Adventure Winners from the 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards
Outdoor Adventure: Winner – “Highliner during annual Solar Eclipse” by Belva Hayden, USA
The 2024 Nature’s Best Photography Awards spotlight 11 stunning adventure outdoor images, capturing the beauty of rugged landscapes, serene wilderness, and dramatic wildlife encounters. These masterpieces celebrate the thrill of exploration while emphasizing the need to protect the fragile ecosystems that make such moments possible. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photographs of the ViewSonic ColorPro Awards 2024
1st Place: “Wormhole” by Benjamin Yavar, Chile
The fifth annual ViewSonic ColorPro Awards celebrated global visual artistry under the theme “Momentum,” drawing nearly 10,500 entries from over 100 countries. Chilean photographer Benjamin Yavar won first place in the photography category with his captivating work *Wormhole*, exemplifying the competition’s dedication to fostering creativity and visual storytelling. Continue reading »
Amazing Winning Photos From The 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year
The overall winner: Distorted Shadows of the Moon’s Surface Created by an Annular Eclipse by Ryan Imperio
The Royal Observatory Greenwich, in partnership with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, announced the winners of its 16th annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, featuring extraordinary cosmic phenomena and celestial wonders. Ryan Imperio’s breathtaking photograph earned the overall winner title, showcasing the vast beauty of space through technical brilliance and artistic composition. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images Of The United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Contest 2024
Awaken New Depths: Winner by Renee Capozzola (USA)
To mark World Ocean Day 2024 on June 8, Dive Photo Guide announced the winners of its 11th annual photo competition. Continue reading »
Breathtaking Aerial-Winning Photos From The 9th Annual 35 Photography Awards
Tittu Thomas, India
The 9th Annual 35 Photography Awards recently showcased the awe-inspiring artistry of aerial photography, featuring a breathtaking collection of images capturing the world’s diverse landscapes. Continue reading »
Bums for The Bush: The Cheeky Campaign Helping Aussie Farmers
The Camden Farms Student Society, a group of 3rd year DVM students, is tasked with organizing events during their year on the Camden campus, including the annual nude calendar. Continue reading »
“Creatures Of The Cold”: Spectacular Winning Photos Of The Annual Antarctic Photography Exhibition
The annual Antarctic photography exhibition, which is part of Hobart’s Antarctica festival is back on with its chilly, majestic imagery. The winner this year is Sydney’s Sam Edmonds with his striking photo of a gentoo penguin in the snow. Here: Gentoo by Sam Edmonds was the winner of the competition. (Photo by Sam Edmonds/The Guardian) Continue reading »
Award-Winning Nonprofit Pin-Ups For Vets Is Releasing Its 13th Annual Fundraising Calendar To Raise Money For VA Hospitals
Gina Elise, Founder
Award-winning nonprofit Pin-Ups for Vets is releasing its 13th annual fundraising calendar to raise money for VA hospitals; ill, injured, and homeless veterans; deployed troops; and military families. The 2019 calendar features 19 female veterans decked out in World War II inspired fashion. Continue reading »
The Winners Of The 4th Annual International Drone Photography Contest
1st Prize Winner – Nature: Provence, summer trim by jcourtial
During the past few years, drones have dramatically changed the landscape of photography. So much so that numerous awards, dedicated specifically to aerial photography have emerged. One of them – probably the most prestigious – is Dronestagram, and it has just announced the winners of its 4th annual International Drone Photography Contest. Continue reading »
The Finalists Of The 14th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest
Winter Is Coming
The Arctic wolf is a sub-species of the grey wolf and lives in the Arctic regions of North America. (© Pedro Jarque Krebs/Smithsonian Photo Contest) Continue reading »
Revenant Bear Mauls Comic-Con: Ex-‘Mythbusters’ Host’s Annual Incognito Costume Includes Leonardo DiCaprio Corpse
Cosplay master Adam Savage is revealing his annual Comic-Con costume: The former Mythbusters host just stormed the San Diego Convention Center dressed as the vicious bear from The Revenant — complete with a dummy mauled corpse of Leonardo DiCaprio (clutching an Oscar!). It’s might be the most clever costume idea yet from Savage, who recently gave a TedTalk on the subject of cosplay and each year goes incognito at the fan convention dressed in one of his creations. Continue reading »
13th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest Finalists
“A Little Monkey on the Cliff”. “A cold front hit the Nagano prefecture. I saw a little monkey enduring the cold in Jigokudani Monkey Park. This little monkey is really cute”. (Photo by Hidetoshi Ogata/Smithsonian Photo Contest) Continue reading »
The Winners of the 10th Annual CGAP Photo Competition
Over the past decade, the annual CGAP Photo Contest has documented the remarkable ways that access to formal financial services can improve poor people’s day-to-day activities. During this time much has changed. New innovations, such as digital financial services, offer great promise for better serving poor customers. Now in its 10th year, the annual CGAP Photo Contest aims to demonstrate the ways financial inclusion can help poor people transition out of poverty and lead more financially secure lives. Continue reading »
Thousands Of Twins Descend Upon Ohio For The 40th Annual Twins Days Festival
It’s an annual event that attendees spend a year anticipating. And this weekend’s Twins Days, a festival celebrating twins in – where else? – Twinsburg, Ohio, was the biggest jamboree yet. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the festival had about 2,000 sets of twins turn out, from toddlers to adults. The Twins Days Festival, which began in 1975, is the largest annual gathering of twins and other multiples in the world.
Star Wars fans Nathan and Scott Hasbrook, 24, pose during the 2015 Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio (Photo by Dustin Franz/Barcroft) Continue reading »
15th Annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
The sculptors carved over three days, from June 18-20, to complete their own solo sculpture using 10 tons of sand. Continue reading »
Winners of the 7th Annual Wikimedia Photo Awards
A wide evening view to Måbødalen in Eidfjord municipality, Hordaland, Norway. The view has been captured from the eastern end of the valley. (Photo by Ximonic, Simo Räsänen)
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Annual Cold-Endurance Festival in Tokyo
A half-naked shrine parishioner using a wooden tub pours cold water onto himself during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, January 10, 2015. Pouring cold water on their bodies is believed to purify their souls. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
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The 20th Annual Lake Worth Street Painting Festival
The lips of singer Katy Perry, made by Lake Worth Christian School students. (Photo by Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post) Continue reading »
London and Chester Zoo’s Annual Animal Stock Take
Kumbuka, a male silverback gorilla sits next to the keeper’s chalk board in his enclosure at London Zoo, Thursday, January 2, 2014. Home to more than 850 different species, zoo keepers welcomed in the New Year armed with clipboards as they made a note of every single animal. The compulsory annual count is required as part of ZSL London Zoo’s zoo license, and every creature, from the tiny leaf cutter ants to the huge silverback gorilla is duly noted and accounted for. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo) Continue reading »
The 5th annual Santa Run in Michendorf, Germany
Photos from the 5th annual Michendorf Santa Run (Michendorfer Nikolauslauf) on Sunday, December 8, 2013 in Michendorf, Germany. Over 900 people took part in this year’s races. Photos by Adam Berry/Getty Images. Continue reading »
The Seventh Annual Running of the Wieners – Oktoberfest in Cincinnati
The Running of the Wieners races are the annual kickoff to Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati. 100 dachshunds race to be crowned the winning wiener at the seventh-annual Hillshire Farm Running of the Wieners on Friday, September 19, 2014. In photographs by Jay Murdock. Continue reading »
The 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade in Houston
The Art Car Parade is the highlight of a three-day celebration of the drive to create: Art Car Weekend. But it all began with a donated 1967 Ford staton wagon and $800 worth of paint and plastic fruit. And now, 26 years later, it attracts 250+ vehicles (and other entries) from 23 states, Canada, and Mexico. Photo: Art cars is seen on Allen Parkway during the 26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade on May 11, 2013 in Houston, Texas. Photos by Scott Halleran. Continue reading »
London Zoo Staff Conduct Their Annual Weigh In For the Animals
Zookeeper Grant Kother, at ZSL London Zoo, weighs and measures a giant tortoise during the zoo’s annual weigh-in on August 22, 2012 in London, England. The height and mass of every animal in the Zoo, of which there are over 16,000, needs to be recorded. The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species. (Photo by Oli Scarff) Continue reading »
7th Annual Focus on Nature Photo Contest Winners
The Palm Beach Post, and its multimedia site CLIK/HEAR, are honored to present the winners of the 7th Annual Focus on Nature Photo Contest. More than 1,600 entries were received during the contest’s 3-week period. They were judged by educator and award-winning nature photographer John J. Lopinot, and Jennifer Podis, Greg Lovett and Joe Forzano of the Post’s Multimedia Department.
GRAND PRIZE. “Attempted Escape Grassy Waters,” by STEVEN SCHERER. “The image was taken at Grassy Waters Preserve in West Palm Beach, with a Nikon D300 and Nikon 70-300mm lens. There were three baby gators right by the dock, then I saw an adult floating toward them. The adult grabbed a baby, went under water and I started shooting. Suddenly it came up and this was one of the images. Like many things it was just being at the right place at the right time.” Continue reading »
Lake Worth’s 18th Annual Street Painting Festival
For a weekend, the streets of downtown Lake Worth are a canvas being transformed into works of art. With hundreds of artists using only chalk creating more than 200 paintings, the festival claims to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Street performers and musical entertainment contribute to the festive atmosphere, and artists will continue working on their creations at 10 a.m. Sunday, February 26.
Carrie Bennett, an art teacher from Ft. Lauderdale, works on her piece. (Richard Graulich/The Palm Beach Post) Continue reading »
