Indian origin Karthik Subramaniam wins National Geographic's 'pictures of the year' contest

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Indian-origin engineer cum photographer Karthik Subramaniam's beautiful photo has topped National Geographic's 'Photo of the Year' contest 2023 beating over 5000 entries.

An overview of the news

• His photograph, titled "Dance of the Eagles", was taken at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in Alaska.

• The award was presented to him for a striking picture of an eagle struggling to settle on a tree branch.

• The title of the picture is inspired by RRR Martin's popular novel 'A Dance with Dragons'.

• Every November, hundreds of eagles gather at the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska, to feed on salmon.

• California-based software engineer Karthika started capturing wild images as a passion in 2020.

• His 'Dance of the Eagles' will be the cover page of the May edition of National Geographic.

Other Pictures that honoured by Magazine 

• Nomadic Kazakh eagle hunter -by Eric Esterle

• Penguins crowd -by Rhez Solano

• The Austrian Alps -by Alex Berger

• Mount Rainier National Park, Washington -by W. Kent Williamson

• 'Legends of the Fog’ -by Tihomir Trichkov

• Arizona’s small desert owls - by Bruce Taubert

• Maras in Peru -by An Li