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原文|Alan Taylor (Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees the Photo section.)
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今日主角|摄影大赛 photo contest
2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year Contest
2017年《国家地理》杂志自然摄影师大赛
National Geographic Magazine has opened its annual photo contest for 2017, with the deadline for submissions coming up on November 17. The Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 (USD), publication in National Geographic Magazine and a feature on National Geographic’s Instagram account. The folks at National Geographic were, once more, kind enough to let me choose among the contest entries so far for display here. The captions below were written by the individual photographers, and lightly edited for style.
2017年美国《国家地理》杂志年度摄影大赛早已拉开帷幕，截止日期为11月17日。大赛设有奖金一万美金的大奖，作品结集在杂志上出版发行，并在杂志官方微博Instagram上开设专栏推广。编辑从参赛入围作品中选出一些代表作品展示给读者。每幅作品下面都配有摄影作者的说明“台词”。来，大家凑个热闹吧。
1. "Kalsoy." Kalsoy island and Kallur lighthouse in sunset light in the Faroe Islands. # © Wojciech Kruczynski / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 落日余晖下，法罗群岛上的灯塔：“卡尔斯”。
2. "Free Style Fishing." Kurile Lake, Kamchatka. # © David Chen / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 堪察加半岛库页湖“自由式捕鱼”
3. "Sea and Salt." Spain has many impressive landscapes and fascinating destinations, but one of the most amazing natural resorts are the salty pink lakes in Torrevieja. In this beautiful coastal resort you can find two beautiful salt lakes: A blue-green one called La Mata lagoon and the other, of an impressive pink color, known as Torrevieja lagoon. Both are connected to the sea by canals. # © Wellington Rodrigues / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 西班牙托雷维耶哈咸粉湖美景：“海和盐”。
4. "Tongass Breach." A magical moment I shared with nature, where a humpback whale briefly allowed me into its world. Two very different species shared a natural moment with no one else around; something I will never forget as long as I live. This breach occurred in front of my kayak within the protected waters of the Tebenkof Bay and Kuiu Wilderness Areas in Alaska. Surrounded by silence, I could hear the whale calls above the surface. I will cherish and hold this moment dear. I am privileged and thankful. # © Eric Esterle / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 阿拉斯加州唐嘎斯国家森林景区摄影：“唐嘎斯海滩”。见此景象，幸甚至哉！
5. "Let's Play." Football lovers live in Lofoten Islands, Norway. Shot was taken from a small plane. # © Stas Bartnikas / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 挪威罗弗敦群岛摄影：“来踢足球吧！”
6. "A Sad Story for a Mother Giraffe." A very emotional scene of a lioness dragging a recently killed baby giraffe, only a few days old, with the mother giraffe looking on. # © Mike Hall / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “有关一只长颈鹿妈妈悲催的‘失孤’故事”：新生没多久，孩子入狮口。何其悲哉！
7. "Migrant in the Muck Field." Migrant workers come from Mexico and other countries farther south to the Ohio muck fields. The big white hats they are wearing protect them from the hot summer sun. Together with the black and green lines, this image comes to its artistic right. # © Joost Boerman / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “渣土场内的‘移民’”：俄亥俄州南部来自墨西哥和其他国家的“移民”生活，白草帽为他们遮挡炎炎夏日。
8. "Above the Polar Bear." Dear future generation, I hope we will still be able to see the Arctic wildlife as we do now. It is threatened as the environment is changing. I was able to witness many scenes of wildlife and I can guarantee you this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Here, the polar bear might be interpreted as holding back the melting sea ice. Incredible and unique, this was shot six meters above a polar bear during wildlife reportage in Nunavut and Greenland during the summer of 2017. # © Florian Ledoux / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “ 岌岌可危的北极熊之家”：亲爱的后来者，我希望未来大家还能像现在这样看到北极野生动物。全球变暖已成环境最大威胁。我拍摄到的这一画面堪称“前无古人后无来者”，因为你无法想象北极熊为了活命而抓紧救命冰块的样子；而那些冰块却正在融化。这张照片在距离北极熊上空六米处拍摄，以夏季的努纳武特和格林兰为背景。
9. "Face to Face in a River in Borneo." While looking for wild orangutans in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, we witnessed the amazing sight of this huge male crossing a river, despite the fact there were crocodiles in the river. Rapid growth of palm oil farming has depleted their habitat, and when pushed to the edge, these intelligent creatures have learned to adapt to the changing landscape, This is proof, considering orangutans hate water and never venture into rivers. I got five feet deep into the river to get this perspective. # © Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “婆罗洲某河流上的碰面”：印尼丹绒普定国家公园，我们有幸看到这只正在过河的雄猩猩，它把伏在水中的鳄鱼压根儿没放在眼里；急速增长的棕榈油产业夺走了它们的家园，它们无路可走、无家可归，只好硬着头皮另寻他处容身。我深入水下五英尺才拍到这张照片，但不难看出，猩猩其实是很讨厌冒险趟河的，只可惜它们别无选择。
10. "Spaceship Superstar Supercell." A supercell thunderstorm on the Kansas Plains appears to explode in all directions right before our eyes in May of this year. We were able to stay in position and photograph this storm for over 4 hours. We watched it become a supercell and we watched the supercell die. One of my favorite chase days to date. # © Ryan Wunsch / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “宇宙飞船巨星超晶胞”：五月，堪萨斯州平原的雷暴超晶胞现象。我们花了四个小时才抓拍到这一奇观。我们亲眼目睹了超晶胞从形成到消失的整个过程。那天是个值得铭记在心的日子呐！
11. "Iceflowers." This photo was made in my hometown, Thiersee, a small village in the heart of the alps. I had to wait until Lake Thiersee, which is frozen all winter, began to melt in the spring. For just a few days you can see these natural patterns in the melting ice—but not without a drone. So I told my daughter to make a boat trip with her red kayak. # © Stefan Thaler / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “冰花”：这是在我的家乡，一个位于阿尔卑斯山中心地带的小村庄里，一眼名为堤尔湖的湖泊在冬去春来之际、冰花将化未化之时抓拍到的景象。需要说明的是，拍照完全没有借助于无人机，而是划着皮筏完成了拍摄。
12. "Raccoon Dog." A raccoon dog hiding among nettles and dead branches was watching me as I approached and took a photo. # © Lukas Adamec / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “狸”（或叫貉）：我拍摄这张照片时，某狸正隐于荨麻丛中，两眼直勾勾地望着我。
13. "Alien." This is one of my favorite photos of my favorite critter. Shot with a +25 magnifier, it really brings out the detail in this otherwise very small skeleton shrimp. It's face is clear, it's reddish eyes are visible, and the way it faces my camera with it's arms wide makes it almost symmetrical. It's clear color matches the hydra that it is living on. Plus the colors in the background really make this an interesting and beautiful photo. Don't think there are aliens on earth? Look no further! # © Adam Silverman / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “外星人”：照片中这货江湖人称麦秆虫，必须在放大镜头倍数下才能拍摄清晰。你看，它的脸部轮廓清晰，红眼珠子闪亮可见，对着镜头时还摆出一个左右匀称的姿势。它本是寄生物，镜头下跟寄生本体配合天然，背景效果因此也很不错。别以为地球上没有“外星人”，这不就是一位么！
14. "Rivers Collision, Costa Rica." Tortuguero is one of the most remote national parks of Costa Rica—a pristine park where there are no cars, no traffic, and no pollution at all. I was looking to take some shots of nature, but since I was on an island, walking was not getting me far. I took out the swimming option; the river was crowded with crocodiles! So I decided to explore the area with my drone. I immediately noticed the difference in the colors of the rivers. # © Enrico Pescantini / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “哥斯达黎加的河流碰撞”：哥斯达黎加的托土盖罗国家公园是远离闹市、最具原始风光的公园，在那里看不到车水马龙、交通拥堵，也没有一丝污染迹象。我在岛上散步时想到这一切，突然激发了我的拍摄欲。本想着游入河中拍摄，无奈水中鳄鱼称雄，于是只好借助于无人机拍摄。两河“相撞”，对比鲜明，令人叹为观止！
15. "The Last Gasp." A ferruginous hawk surprises a prairie dog in Colorado. # © David M. / 2017 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year “哎妈呀，吓死我啦”：这是在科罗拉多拍到的一只王鵟逮到一只草原土拨鼠的画面。土拨鼠毕生这最后一呼，皆因王鵟一个“惊喜”所致。呜呼，妈呀！
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