WLT Photography: Nat Geo Photo's of the 2009

Another year means another set of awe-inspiring National Geographic Global Contest photos. Nat Geo, when will you ever stop producing ridiculously cool images for the world's ceaseless viewing pleasure?

Probably never. Cause you're great.

And I love you.

A panel of three National Geographic judges sifted through over 200,000 submitted photos and chose a winner in the categories of People, Places and Nature. The winners have been chosen, and the photos are, as expected, outstanding.

If I EVER see a manatee passively floating along in the wild while dozens of awesomely striped fish eat algae off his back, I will definitely die happy.

To see all contest photos, past and present, you can do so here.

[Photo: National Geographic]

WLT Photography: LA Without Cars

Brooks Institute of Photography student Tom Baker has put together a photo series of Los Angeles, without cars. Baker is an avid traveler who has been through Europe, South America, Asia and North America and has lived in both Brazil and London.

I'm jealous.

See all the photographs here.

[Photo: Tom Baker]