World Photography Day Contest – Top 10 winning entries

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.” - Marc Riboud

The World Photography Day (19 August) celebrates the sheer brilliance of a photographer. On this occasion, we at holidayme used our platform as a medium for budding photographers and travellers to showcase their artistry through their pictures. We ran a #ClickWinTrip contest, inviting the best travel pictures from our active and engaged community on social media. The response was overwhelming – nearly a thousand entries so we had a hard time choosing one winner! Who, by the way, wins an all-inclusive paid trip to Prague!

Winner of holidayme’s #ClickWinTrip Photography Contest

@travelling_expat2018

Mark Chequito's (@travelling_expat2018 on Instagram) winning entry is a stunning capture of Giethoorn, a mostly car-free village in the Netherlands, so charming with its boat-filled waterways, footpaths, bicycle trails and centuries-old thatched-roof houses!

Sometimes you just want to be invisible.. Venture on your own and discover the world. If given the chance, where would you be? ?? #geithoorn #netherlands?? #europe #europetravel #expat #expatpinoy #photo #photography #photooftheday #photoshoot #house #smallhouse #smallhome #hostel #garden #pinoytraveler #ClickWinTrip #boat #sailboat #lake #canal #meadow #travellingthroughtheworld #HiHolidayme #StoryTrippinWithHolidayme #Geithoorn #Netherlands

A post shared by Mark Chequito (@travelling_expat2018) on Aug 10, 2018 at 2:57am PDT

But it felt unfair picking out just one picture from a sea of amazing photographs! So we picked out 10 more pictures that deserved a mention. Stunning, surreal, and some works of pure genius - here are the top 10 entries of holidayme's #ClickWinTrip travel photography contest! (listed here in no particular order)

1. @jerryferdamian

A post shared by Jerry Damian (@jerryferdamian) on Aug 13, 2018 at 9:38am PDT

2. @Rollimages

A post shared by Rolly Batacan (@rollimages) on Aug 16, 2018 at 2:17am PDT

3. @rogeralfonso

A post shared by Roger Alfonso (@rogeralfonso) on Aug 15, 2018 at 7:00am PDT

4. @tariqhijjawi

A post shared by Tariq Hijjawi (@tariqhijjawi) on Apr 18, 2018 at 7:51pm PDT

5. @anthony.austria2

A post shared by Anthony Tario Austria (@anthony.austria2) on Aug 18, 2018 at 6:21am PDT

 6. @rome_perez

A post shared by ROMEO PEREZ (@rome_perez) on Aug 11, 2018 at 2:06am PDT

7. @bhurez

A post shared by Iris Isidro (@bhurez) on Aug 11, 2018 at 10:32pm PDT

8. @don_ferdinand_tabbun

A post shared by Don Tabbun (@don_ferdinand_tabbun) on Aug 16, 2018 at 4:15pm PDT

9. @domstravel

10. @shyjithkannur

A post shared by Shyjith Kannur (@shyjithkannur) on Aug 15, 2018 at 8:03pm PDT