10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

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The online photo printing company Photobox has named the most likely candidates to win its contest "The best picture of the year on Instagram". More than 180,000 applications were sent to the competition, and now the best ones have been selected from them. Next month, the jury will select the winner, who will receive 5,000 pounds as a reward.

Winners in 10 different categories will also receive small incentive prizes. We present to your attention 11 photos included in the shortlists of the categories "travel" and "landscape". It is likely that one of these pictures will be named the Instagram snapshot of the year.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. Tourists explore the famous Algarve de Benagil Cave, located on the southern coast of Portugal.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Landscape. At the edge of the chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters, located along the coast of East Sussex (Great Britain). The photo was taken by the famous food photographer Maria Constantina Seri.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. A man in black and tourists in red raincoats on the observation deck at Niagara Falls.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. Swimmers dive from a boat into the clear water off the coast of the island of Saint Barthelemy.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Landscape. A double rainbow seen from the top of a hill. The author of the picture is Samuel Rogers.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. Vacationer on the beach in New Aquitaine, France. By Olivier Seni.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Landscape. Lightning in the sky over the city. The author of the picture is Patrick Loyer.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. The man talks about the tradition of bloodletting, a procedure carried out for therapeutic purposes. Russell Cobb, a well-known illustrator and photographer, called this picture "Dave the Bloodletter".

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. The fish is dried on the table. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico. By Israel Solorzano.

10 contenders for the victory in the Instagram Snapshot of the Year contest

Category: Travel. View of the royal fortress of Najak. France. Photographer Aaron Jenkins said that this frame was one of the first on his Instagram, and the first to collect several thousand likes. It "all started" with him, so this particular picture was chosen by Jenkins for the Photobox Instagram Photography Awards.

Keywords: Best photos | Photo of the year | Photo contest

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