Mirrored Gazes PHOTOGRAPH BY RANDY OLSON Randy Olson photographed the people and landscapes around Lake Turkana, the world’s largest permanent desert lake, for the August issue of National Geographic magazine. The lake sustains the tribes in Kenya’s remote north—but projects upstream threaten its lifeblood. Here, a man sells mirrors in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Located a hundred miles from Lake Turkana, the UN camp holds 180,000 refugees who fled conflicts in Sudan, Somalia, and other nations.
When Penguins Fly PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRISTOPHER MICHEL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT An emperor penguin bursts from its watery hunting ground in Gould Bay, Antarctica. The largest of all penguins, flightless emperors live on the Antarctic ice, employing physiological adaptations and cooperative behaviors to deal with the harsh environment.
Fox Family Portrait PHOTOGRAPH BY JIM CHAGARES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT A family of red foxes gathers in Grand Teton National Park. Photographer Jim Chagares spent three and a half weeks photoraphing fox dens in Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.
Monochrome Crocs PHOTOGRAPH BY AMY SHIRE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT Two crocodiles cruise around a lake in North Queensland, Australia. Photographer Amy Shire says she was drawn to the “juxtaposition of the two powerful and menacing creatures framing the delicate nature play above them.
The (Big) Catwalk PHOTOGRAPH BY GAURAV KALBHOR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT Sightseers gather at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, India, to catch a glimpse of this tiger. Photographer Gaurav Kalbhor says this image “shows who is the boss.
Full House PHOTOGRAPH BY I. DAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT A female skull spider guards her eggs for a few days after they hatch. After that, the spiderlings are on their own.
Au Naturel Nap PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHELLE VALBERG, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT A grizzly rests on a tree in the rain at the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada.
Monitoring for Lizards PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL HALUWANA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT A monitor lizard dragon swims through a small lake in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Photographer Michael Haluwana visited the lake four days in a row hoping to catch this moment. This frame was captured after three hours spent sitting in a tree when the lizard finally swam through the waters below.
Why Hello, Bear! PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURA KEENE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT Polar bears congregate on the barrier islands of Kaktovik in northern Alaska every fall to partake in leftovers from Inupiat whaling before the Beaufort Sea freezes and they move on to hunt seal. “It was a surreal experience,” says photographer Laura Keene, “to be in the presence of these magnificent creatures.
Riverside Blooms PHOTOGRAPH BY SCOTT ROTZOLL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT "The Nakdong Riverside Yuchae Festival in Busan, South Korea, is an annual event that I'd never been to before," says Your Shot contributor Scott Rotzoll. "So when a notice appeared in a local magazine, I made sure to put aside the time to visit it. There really wasn't a lot of preparation for this shot. There were canola flowers blanketing the riverside as far as you could see, dotted with people. My main focus was to use the bridge to frame one side of the photo, with one or two points of interest within."
Growing Grouper. June 26 PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID DOUBILET This ten-inch-long juvenile goliath grouper photographed in the Florida Keys for the July 2014 issue of National Geographic may spend five years among mangroves, relatively safe from predators, before venturing out to the reefs. The species’ survival depends on mangrove forests, which are contending with coastal development.
Sulking Tulips. June 7 PHOTOGRAPH BY CHERYL BEZUIDENHOUT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT Your Shot contributor Cheryl Bezuidenhout captures this photo at RoozenGaarde in Washington State. “It was the last weekend of the Skagit County Tulip Festival, which [the gardens] hold every April,” she writes. “It was a rainy morning when my family and I arrived, but the rain held off as we made our way around the gardens. These tulips were unusual in that all the others in the garden were upright, perfectly formed, and vividly colorful, while these seemed to be sulky and past their best, drooping and heavy from the rain. The original photo is of pink tulips, but I converted it to black and white. I felt the lighting and moodiness of the flowers to be the most important message of the image.”
A Fragile Livelihood. June 25 PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBIN HAMMOND In this picture from the July 2014 issue of National Geographic, a girl tends goats in the mountains near Shiikh in the Somaliland region of Somalia. Though big farms make headlines—a subject explored as part of our Future of Food series—small farmers still produce most of the food in Africa. Both are crucial for the continent to be able to feed its own growing population—much less the rest of the world.
Warm and Fuzzy. June 12 PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN HALVORSON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT A cygnet peers out from its mother’s wing at a local pond in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to Your Shot member John Halvorson, the adult swans arrived in February, during an unusually bad winter. “I followed them daily through the mating cycle and the nest building,” he says. “When we had a brutal series of ice storms and there was little for them to eat I took them cracked corn. I became a trusted friend, so when the chicks hatched I was allowed to sit close by and photograph the adults and the newly hatched chicks. I stop by frequently to check on them. Of six eggs, four hatched, and today only two survive. They are beautiful birds.
Sunset at Xingping. June 4 PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES BIAN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT The sun sets over the mountaintops in Xingping, China, in this photo by Your Shot member James Bian. “Guilin and the Li River are famous for their beautiful landscape,” he writes. “Visiting this area [has been] my dream. Before the trip, I selected a couple of locations to photograph sunrise and sunset, and Laozhai mountain was one of them. On a clear afternoon, I hiked to the peak an hour before sunset on a trail built and maintained by a Japanese gentleman (which saves a lot of energy for photographers). The view was overwhelming, with the Li River making a 180-degree turn right under my feet. I spent most of my time focusing on a wide-angle view until I realized that leaving the river out and just zooming in on the peaks and sun was a much better composition.
Where the Antelope Play. June 6 PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS SCHMID, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT “We were driving around the Savute plains in northern Botswana, searching for a group of lions that had killed a very young female impala a few minutes before,” writes Your Shot member Chris Schmid. “After [we’d been] observing the lions, a group of impalas got my attention. A young male was jumping around just a few meters away from the lions that had just killed one of its kind. The contrast between life and death made this moment unique. The other impalas were observing the lions, but this young male didn’t care one bit about them. He was just enjoying being alive.
Night Lights. June 11 PHOTOGRAPH BY MASSIMO GUGLIUCCIELLO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT “I’ve always been fascinated by the magic of fireflies in the Sele Valley of southern Italy, where I live,” says Massimo Gugliucciello, a member of our Your Shot community. “There are many during the months of May and June, a [sign] of a healthy habitat.
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