Just A Few,

of some of the best photographs of the year,

 People: People’s Choice, “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” by Daniel Cheung.

 Cities: Honorable Mention, “Alone in the Crowds” by Gary Cummins.

 Nature: Third Place Winner, “Mars” by Marco Grassi.

Nature: Second Place Winner, “Flamingos Take Off” by Hao J. after sifting through nearing 13,000 submissions National Geographic has announced the winners, honorable mentions, and people’s choice of their 2018 Travel Photographer of the Year Contest, You can read the stories behind these images, and view more selections from the categories of Nature, People, and Cities, on National Geographic, if only I was that good at taking photographs, what a pleasure it would be to win an award.