Top 15 of Smithsonian Magazine’s photo Competition

The annual photo contest of Smithsonian Magazine is great way for photographers to get some mega exposure.
This year 50,000 snapshots from 132 different countries were submitted in the categories The Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images and Mobile.

Check out our top 15!

(Dina Bova/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Michael Frank/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Mark Kaplan/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Vincent Cheng/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Vincent Cheng/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Caine Delacy/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Vo Anh Kiet/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Matthew Zheng/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Karen Lunney/Smithsonian Magazine)

(John Matzick/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Ken Lee/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Aung Pyae Soe/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Simon Morris/Smithsonian Magazine)

(Andrzej Bochenski/Smithsonian Magazine)