Travel Photo of the Year competition winners: The big picture

The winning entries from this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition, held in association with 'Wanderlust' magazine, reveal dramatic images of the world's landscapes and inhabitants

Friday 30 January 2015 19:00 GMT

Winner: Landscape category - Penguins in the South Shetlands (Baily Head, Deception Island, Antarctica) by Fred Barrington

The winning entries from this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition, held in association with 'Wanderlust' magazine, reveal dramatic images of the world's landscapes and inhabitants

1.Winner: Wildlife category

Red-footed falcon (Hortobagy, Hungary) by John Webster

2. Winner: Icon category

Rising (South Bank, London, UK) by Madeleine Fitzsimons

3. Winner: People category

The Karaoke King (Hpa An, Burma) by Allan Dransfield

4. Winner: Landscape category

Penguins in the South Shetlands (Baily Head, Deception Island, Antarctica)by Fred Barrington

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

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Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Winner: Wildlife category

Red-footed falcon (Hortobagy, Hungary) by John Webster

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Winner: Icon category

Rising (South Bank, London, UK) by Madeleine Fitzsimons

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Winner: People category

The Karaoke King (Hpa An, Burma) by Allan Dransfield

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Winner: Landscape category

Penguins in the South Shetlands (Baily Head, Deception Island, Antarctica) by Fred Barrington

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Runner-up: Wildlife

The migration of locusts (Ranohira, Madagascar) by Michele Martinelli

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Runner-up: Icon

Bo-Kaap houses (Cape Town, South Africa) by Vinesh Rajpau

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Runner-up: People

Chinese night-market (Xi’an, China) by Maarten Boersema

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

Runner-up: Landscape

Illuminate the Dead Sea (Dead Sea, Israel) by Daniel Winter

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - YEMEN:

Boys playing volleyball, Thula, Yemen, by Matjaz Krivic, Photographer: "Young boys play volleyball in the quiet streets of the historic town. Even when not carrying a pistol or a rifle, most Yemeni males will carry a traditional dagger – a short, broad, curved blade, sheathed on a belt worn across the abdomen and serving as a signal of one’s status within social and tribal hierarchies."

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - YEMEN:

Guard, Shugruf, Yemen, by Matjaz Krivic, Photographer: "A young man is guarding the khat fields in the valley below. The weapon is a part of the Yemeni man’s personality. A Yemeni man is strong, and the weapon symbolises strength, pride and manhood."

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - YEMEN:

Praying in a mosque, Shibam, Yemen by Matjaz Krivic, Photographer: "The boy that has leaned his rifle against the wall is praying in an old abandoned mosque in the desert, near this historical town in the Hadhramaut Valley. The most common weapon held is the classic Russian-made Kalashnikov, a much-prized weapon in Yemen. Disarmament is not an option, even during prayer."

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - YEMEN:

Coming home, Thula, by Matjaz Krivic, Photographer: As the sun sets, the shepherds lead their sheep and goats home.

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - YEMEN:

Shugruf Palace, Shugruf, by Matjaz Krivic, Photographer: "The morning mist rises mystically from the valley towards the small town in the Haraz Mountains. Yemen, where the architecture is among the loveliest and most fascinating in the Arab world, is the second most heavily armed country per capita, after the USA."

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - INDIA:

Roll over the colour, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, India - A man bathes in bright ‘holy’ colours after the Holi Puja ceremony. Photographer, Jan Kostal, Tour guide

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - INDIA:

Devotees, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, India - Pilgrims and devotees, photographed from the balcony of Bankey Bihari Temple in Vrindavan. Photographer, Jan Kostal, Tour guide

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - INDIA:

Ecstasy, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, India - The ecstasy of a woman who glimpsed the deity statue for a while during the ceremony. Photographer, Jan Kostal, Tour guide

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - INDIA:

Hands, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, India - Ladies' hands after prayer. Photographer, Jan Kostal, Tour guide

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

PORTFOLIO CATEGORY - INDIA:

Endless crowd, Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh, India Hundreds of people rush to a Hindu temple to celebrate Holi Puja. Photographer, Jan Kostal, Tour guide

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

AMATEUR CATEGORY - ICON

Temples at dawn, Bagan, Burma (Myanmar) – Andy Ferrington, Airline pilot: "There is nothing more awe-inspiring than watching sunrise from the top of one of the 2,000-plus temples at Bagan. This was my third consecutive 5am start to climb yet another temple in the cold, dark morning in bare feet. I opted for a super telephoto shot as I wanted to really pull the punch of those warm orange sunrise colours, and with the highest contrast I could achieve. Tracking the flight path of this solo balloon, I estimated it would pass between the perfect gap in the temples. With the tripod locked and exposure set, all that was left was to wait for that perfect moment..."

Winners of this year's Travel Photo of the Year competition

AMATEUR CATEGORY - ICON

Twin pagodas, Ngwe-Saung Beach, Pathein, Burma (Myanmar), by Zay Yar Lin, seafarer: "This photo was taken just after sunset, when stars were visible. I managed to include the Milky Way in this photo, as if the magical rays were coming out of one of the pagodas."

5. Runner-up: Wildlife

The migration of locusts (Ranohira, Madagascar) by Michele Martinelli

6. Runner-up: Icon

Bo-Kaap houses (Cape Town, South Africa) by Vinesh Rajpaul

7. Runner-up: People

Chinese night-market (Xi’an, China) by Maarten Boersema

8. Runner-up: Landscape

Illuminate the Dead Sea (Dead Sea, Israel) by Daniel Winter

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