We are stoked to have received so many incredible entries to our ‘Inspiring Travel’ photography competition in partnership with Photocrowd , capturing an array of spectacular places across the world. Yesterday we featured the winners , but we also wanted to celebrate some of the super-talented runners up, so here is a gallery of a few of our favourites!
The Lavender Farm of Te Awamutu New Zealand ©Anupam
‘This is and Indian Hindu festival of joyful celebration of Lord Krishna’s Birth. This is ShriKrishna Janmashtami, also called as Dahi Handi’ ©Sanket Khuntale
Monks releasing paper Chinese lantern at Loy Krathong Festival of Light ©Guy Berresford
‘Countless chilli peppers surround labourers in the Bogra district in the north of Bangladesh. More than 2,000 people work in almost 100 chilli farms in Bogra in Bangladesh to supply local spice companies with chillies for use in their recipes. Chilli peppers are a major part of the Bengali cuisine popular in Bangladesh and are used as part of a combination of spices for various meat dishes, including chicken and beef.’ ©Azim Khan Ronnie
©Mary Dimitropoulou
Fishermen on Inle Lake, Myanmar ©Alain Schroeder
Dubai Marina at Night ©Euan Murdoch
‘Jeeps traveling through the Bolivian salt desert after a rainy night.’ ©Guy Nesher
‘Entering Sydney Harbour early one February Morning’ ©Mike Davies
Lake Bled/Slovenia ©Elena Paraskeva
©Nawfal Jirjees
©stroop
‘An avenue of ancient beech trees in County Antrim, Northern Ireland’ ©Trevor Cole
©Gary Geiger
©Jerome Hart
‘Hamnoy, Lofoten, Norway 2017’ ©Jan Sieminski
©Sanjiban Ghosh
‘Rice paddies in North Vietnam. New rice season in Tu Le valley, Yen Bai Province. Local Miao people are walking home after a long working day.’ ©Nguyen Quynh Anh
A floating market in Indonesia ©Lay Sulaiman
‘Chillum smoking happens to be very popular among aged men in Rajasthan, a special smoking pipe made with clay where its origin is routed to 18th century of India among wandering Hindu monks known as Sadhus (holy men) ©Owens Pereira
©Marco Tagliarino
‘A group of cyclists traveled through the heat of Namibia to raise money for a charity organization that prevent people in Namibia for HIV.’ ©Adrian Kuipers
See all of the winners and runners up of the ‘Inspiring Travel’ photography competition