Three fishermen on Inle Lake by David Lazar from Brisbane, Australia, entered in the Travel category. Photographed January 2011, Inle Lake, Myanmar. #

50 toes by Nimai Ghosh from Kolkata, India, entered in the People category. Photographed in November of 2009 in West Bengal, India. #

Blue Ice Cave by Jamie Scarrow, from Bruce, Canberra, Australia, entered in the Natural World category. Photographed in Antarctica in December of 2011. #

From the Americana category, Brooklyn Bridge by Wayne Bennett, from the Bronx, in New York. Photographed in New York City in February of 2011. #

Teala above and below water, in the People category, by Bridget Bailey of Redding, California. Photographed in Redding, California in July of 2010. #

Segways on tour in Valencia near a modern building, by Marcel van Balken from Amstelveen, Netherlands. Photographed in Valencia, Spain, in October of 2010. #

From the Travel category, The golden rock by David Lazar of Brisbane, Australia. Photographed in Kyaiktiyo, Myanmar, in February of 2010. #

From the Americana category, Forgotten office by Robyn Meyer of Sacramento, California. Photographed in Lincoln, California, in May of 2011. #

Moonrise over Northern Lights by Ben Hattenbach of Los Angeles, California. Photographed in northern Alaska, in March of 2011. #

Everything will be all right, by Brian Day of Oak Park, Michigan, entered in the Altered Images category. Photographed in Detroit, Michigan in April of 2011. #

Behind the blue by Paolo Patruno of Bologna, Italy. Photographed in Lilongwe, Malawi, in May of 2011. #

Wanting to see her big brother during his baseball game, by Stephanie Fox of Mobile, Alabama. Photographed in Mobile, Alabama, in March of 2011. #

Neighborly dispute by Donald Montemorra of Swampscott, Massachusetts. Photographed in Katmai National Park, Alaska, in July of 2009. #

Ranch dog taking a break from work, by Jamie Illian of Dallas, Texas. Photographed in April of 2011, in Ellsworth, Nebraska. #

Steam from Mammoth Hot Springs, by Steven Ross of Nixa, Missouri. Photographed in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in October of 2009. #

From the Altered Images category, Color palettes, by Janwalai Kusuwan of Hillsborough, New Jersey. Photographed in October of 2011, in New York City. #

King Penguins by Jamie Scarrow from Bruce, Canberra, Australia. Photographed in South Georgia in November of 2010. #

A homeless boy sleeping inside the train, by Budi Prakasa, from Jakarta, Indonesia. Photographed in Jakarta, Indonesia, in August of 2009. #