Three of the sixty finalists shortlisted from 50,000 submissions to the 11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Competition
Above: Americana category – A champion bucks a champion at the Helmville Rodeo Montana, by Carol Lynne Fowler (September 2013); Natural World category – an Eastern screech owl at Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia by Graham McGeorge (April 2013) and in the Altered Images category ‘Babylon’ by Dina Bova (October 2013).
See all 60 finalists here.