{"slug":"natgeo-award-works-review","title":"历届国家地理摄影比赛大奖作品赏析！好的自然风景照片有共性吗？","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2022-05-22","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247495486&idx=1&sn=2ce9e4a6b88cfa9115ba3716a8cda9bc&chksm=eb82115adcf5984c1b80285fca1f82a9bee80cc26d758813dfef021d91c2f16c230d41839ff1&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"p","x":"在今天的视频教程中，Thomas会和大家一起赏析2011-2019年国家地理摄影大赛全球大奖作品，并从中尝试找出他们的共性和特点。（2019年后因疫情等原因，国家地理摄影比赛暂时停办）","b":false,"xe":"In today's video tutorial, Thomas will appreciate the global grand prize works of the National Geographic photo contests from 2011-2019 with everyone, and try to find their common traits and characteristics. (After 2019, the National Geographic photo contest was temporarily suspended due to the pandemic and other reasons.)"},{"t":"p","x":"要从数万张照片中脱颖而出，独特的地理特征、精彩的瞬间、对人类社会的关注、以及和谐的美感都非常的重要！","b":false,"xe":"To stand out from tens of thousands of photos, unique geographical features, brilliant moments, attention to human society, and harmonious aesthetics are all very important!"},{"t":"img","f":"img-01","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"h","x":"视频","xe":"Video"},{"t":"bili","bv":"BV1ct4y1s7TW","bpic":"bili-1","bt":"历届国家地理摄影比赛大奖作品赏析！好的自然风景照片有共性吗？"},{"t":"p","x":"这一篇是上面视频的完整图文整理。Thomas 把 2012-2019 年国家地理年度摄影大赛与旅行者摄影大赛的全球大奖作品放在一起赏析，尝试回答一个问题：好的自然与人文照片，真的有共性吗？答案是四个关键词——独特的地理特征、精彩绝伦的瞬间、揭示与人类生活的关系和影响、和谐的美感构图。文章配上了要点卡与获奖作品截图，也适合作为参加摄影比赛的投稿参考。","xe":"This is the fully illustrated companion to the video above. Thomas places the grand-prize winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest and Travel Photo Contest from 2012-2019 side by side to answer one question: do great nature and documentary photos share common traits? The answer comes down to four keywords — distinctive geographic character, spectacular moments, revealing our relationship with the human world, and harmonious composition. With summary cards and winner screenshots throughout, it doubles as a reference for entering photo competitions.","b":false},{"t":"p","x":"先看总览。下面这张要点卡截自视频 2:31 处，正是 Thomas 归纳出的国家地理审美共性四条。","xe":"Start with the overview. This summary card from 2:31 in the video lists the four traits of National Geographic's aesthetic that Thomas distills.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v01","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"01 比赛背景与投稿策略","xe":"01 Contest Background and Entry Strategy"},{"t":"p","x":"Thomas 分析的是 2012 到 2019 年国家地理年度摄影大赛以及旅行者摄影大赛的所有大奖作品（视频 0:40 处）。找出这些作品的共性，对以后的创作会有很多启发；而且不同摄影比赛有不同的审美格调和调性，你在投稿之前，一定要看这个比赛（或杂志社）的调性是否与你一致，投稿作品尽量与比赛调性相符，被选中的几率才会更高（视频 1:18 处）。","xe":"Thomas reviews every grand-prize winner of the National Geographic Photo Contest and the Travel Photo Contest from 2012 to 2019 (at 0:40 in the video). Finding their common threads yields rich inspiration for future work — and since different contests carry different aesthetic temperaments, always check whether a contest's character matches your own before entering, and submit work that fits it; that alone materially raises your odds (at 1:18 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v02","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"起点选在 2012 年，是因为 2011 年的这张获奖照片引起了巨大争议：后面被发现翅膀上的露珠是作者朋友用喷枪滴上去的，还有人质疑这只蜻蜓受到虐待、是被绑在枝条上的（视频 1:43 处）。国家地理因此修改了比赛规则：绝不允许以损害动物的方式拍摄照片，无论人物还是野生动物，都不允许摆拍或表演性质的拍摄。而选到 2019 年作结，是因为疫情等原因，这项比赛此后没有再举办——我们也可以期待它重新开张的那天。","xe":"The survey starts at 2012 because the 2011 winner ignited a huge controversy: the dew on its wings was reportedly applied with an eyedropper by the photographer's friend, and others questioned whether the dragonfly had been mistreated, even tied to the twig (at 1:43 in the video). National Geographic responded by rewriting its rules: no photographs made by harming animals, and no staged or performative shooting of people or wildlife whatsoever. The survey ends at 2019 because the contest was discontinued after that year, partly due to the pandemic — though we can look forward to its return.","b":false},{"t":"h","x":"02 共性一 独特的地理特征","xe":"02 Trait One: Distinctive Geographic Character"},{"t":"p","x":"国家地理毕竟是一个地理探险探索类的杂志社，所以第一个共性就是独特的地理特征（视频 2:34 处）：无论拍野生动物还是拍城市，你都要展示出当地非常独特的环境。这种独特性一种是天然的，比如 Thomas 自己拍摄的北极格陵兰——冬天是冰封的大海，当地小镇又是五颜六色的房子，本身就非常特别（视频 3:02 处）。","xe":"National Geographic is, after all, a magazine of geography, exploration and discovery, so the first trait is distinctive geographic character (at 2:34 in the video): whether your subject is wildlife or a city, you must reveal an environment that is unmistakably its own. Sometimes that distinctiveness is nature-given — as in Thomas's own photograph from Greenland in the Arctic, where winter freezes the sea solid and the local town glows with colorful houses (at 3:02 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v03","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"另一种独特性来自抓住当地最特别的点，比如香港海洋公园的这列车（视频 3:13 处）：列车顶部绘有海洋动物，车厢里的光线又自然形成了暖冷色的对比。同样表现「人人都低头看手机」，在每座城市都有的普通地铁里拍，和在这列特别的列车上拍，引起的效果完全不一样——抓住一个地方最特别的点，照片才有辨识度。","xe":"Other times the distinctiveness comes from seizing what is most particular to a place, as with this train in Hong Kong's Ocean Park (at 3:13 in the video): sea creatures are painted across the carriage ceilings, and the light inside naturally splits into warm and cool tones. Photograph “everyone staring at their phones” in any city's ordinary subway and the result is forgettable; stage the same statement on this extraordinary train and the impact is entirely different — a photo gains identity by locking onto what makes its location unique.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v04","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"03 共性二 精彩绝伦的瞬间","xe":"03 Trait Two: Spectacular Moments"},{"t":"p","x":"国家地理的大奖照片，几乎每一张都抓拍下了非常精彩的瞬间（视频 3:51 处）。这种瞬间性和时间性，正是摄影区别于摄像、美术等其他艺术门类的核心特征——论叙事摄影不如视频，论隐喻又比不过绘画，唯有把「决定性的一瞬」发挥到极致。2012 年的这张获奖作品里，老虎在池中洗澡时猛然甩头，水花四溅炸开，像爆炸一样（视频 4:41 处）。","xe":"Nearly every National Geographic grand-prize photograph seizes a spectacular moment (at 3:51 in the video). That immediacy — a slice of time — is precisely what separates photography from film, painting and the other arts: in narrative it loses to video, in metaphor to painting, so it wins by pushing the decisive instant to its extreme. In the 2012 winner, a tiger shaking itself dry in a pool sends water exploding outward like a burst of fireworks (at 4:41 in the video).","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v05","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"2013 年的大奖作品则抓到了北极熊即将浮出水面的那一瞬间（视频 4:57 处）——它不是在游泳，也还没有站上冰面，正是这个临界状态给了照片巨大的独特性。此外，香港照片里人人埋头看手机、唯一个人正对镜头的对比；风暴、龙卷风的极端天象；海鸟冲下鱼群抓鱼的时刻；牧人赶到羊边的瞬间；红毛猩猩像在偷窥、小心翼翼眺望远方的神态；以及火山喷发同时拍到熔岩、闪电与星空的罕见组合（视频 6:16 处）——全都是独一无二的瞬间。","xe":"The 2013 grand-prize image catches the exact instant a polar bear is about to surface (at 4:57 in the video) — not swimming, not yet on the ice; that in-between state gives the photo its singular power. The same applies to the Hong Kong frame where every head is bowed to a phone except one face turned to the camera; to storms and tornadoes as extreme weather; to a seabird diving onto a shoal; to a herder arriving among his sheep; to an orangutan's wary, peeking gaze toward the distance; and to the rare coincidence of eruption, lava, lightning and starry sky in one volcanic frame (at 6:16 in the video) — all unrepeatable moments.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v06","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"Thomas 自己这张照片也是一样的道理（视频 6:54 处）：如果没有这一家三口，它可能只是个二三等奖的级别；但拍到了他们手牵手出门、行走在寒冷环境中的瞬间，整张照片的意境就完全不一样了。摄影师肯定也是连拍了很多张，最终选出最精彩的时刻。所以想拿大奖，无论是极端天象还是人物低头、一家人出门、老虎甩水的瞬间，一定要抓到那个独特的瞬间。","xe":"Thomas's own photograph works the same way (at 6:54 in the video): without the family of three it would be an honorable-mention image at best; catching them hand in hand, setting out through the freezing landscape, transforms the picture's entire mood. He certainly fired many frames and kept the finest one. To win top prizes you must capture that unique instant — whether it is extreme weather, a bowed head, a family stepping out, or a tiger shaking off water.","b":false},{"t":"h","x":"04 共性三 与人类的关系","xe":"04 Trait Three: The Human Connection"},{"t":"p","x":"国家地理的使命是去揭示，所以第三点共性（视频 7:37 处）：无论拍动物还是城市，作品大多都在揭示其与人类生活的关系和影响。这不一定是必须的——有时自然的瞬间本身就足够精彩——但大部分获奖照片或多或少都体现了这层关系。比如香港那张照片，呈现了现代人低头看手机的繁忙状态，2013 年就有这样的拍摄想法，非常前卫。","xe":"National Geographic's mission is revelation, hence the third trait (at 7:37 in the video): whether the subject is animal or city, most winning photos reveal their relationship to human life and the impact we have on it. It is not obligatory — sometimes nature's moment is spectacular enough — but the great majority of winners carry this layer one way or another. The Hong Kong photograph, portraying modern people's head-down bustle with an idea conceived as early as 2013, feels remarkably prescient.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v07","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"优秀照片那么多，这张风暴作品为什么能脱颖而出拿下大奖（视频 8:11 处）？很重要的一点就是它呈现了与人类的关系：下面正好是一个牧场，风暴与牧场擦肩而过，让照片的立意更加深刻。这两张野生动物照片虽然没有直接出现人类痕迹，但红毛猩猩小心翼翼的心性、北极熊身下那么薄的冰面，其实都在揭示人类对自然领地的侵蚀以及全球变暖的趋势（视频 8:36 处），关怀的正是人与自然的关系。","xe":"With so many excellent storm photographs out there, why did this one rise to the grand prize (at 8:11 in the video)? Largely because of its human connection: a ranch sits directly below, the tornado brushing past it — and that juxtaposition deepens the picture's meaning. The two wildlife frames contain no visible humans, yet the orangutan's wariness and the paper-thin ice beneath the polar bear speak of humanity's encroachment on wild territory and the trend of global warming (at 8:36 in the video) — a meditation on the human-nature relationship all the same.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v08","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"这张航拍则表现了一个具体议题（视频 9:07 处）：当年美国大众为环保造假、伪造排放测试，导致大规模召回——作者找到的切入点，是拍摄堆放被召回汽车的场地：飞机旁密密麻麻的汽车堆带来极强的视觉冲击力，把这样的故事和议题讲得清清楚楚。数量多少的对比、飞机恰好经过的位置，想必也是连拍多张后选出的最精彩一刻。","xe":"The aerial photograph tackles a concrete news subject (at 9:07 in the video): Volkswagen's emissions-cheating scandal and the resulting mass recalls. The photographer's entry point was the lot where the recalled cars were stacked — thousands upon thousands of vehicles beside a single airliner, a composition of overwhelming visual impact that tells the story plainly. The many-versus-one contrast and the plane's precise position surely came from bursts of frames and a ruthless final edit.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v09","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"05 共性四 和谐的美感构图","xe":"05 Trait Four: Harmonious Composition"},{"t":"p","x":"最后一条共性（视频 9:38 处）：这些大奖作品大多不是非常夸张、非常魔幻的场景。用一个词概括，国家地理追求的更多是一种和谐的美——它不追求夸张的特效，也不为了迎合互联网的流行而调整自己的审美调性。很多照片采用居中构图、对角线构图或对称构图（视频 9:57 处），把视角聚焦到画面主体，总体都是非常简洁的构图，展现的是一种和谐的自然之美。","xe":"The final trait (at 9:38 in the video): these winners are rarely wild or fantastical spectacles. In a word, what National Geographic pursues is harmonious beauty — no exaggerated effects, no bending its aesthetic to chase internet trends. Many of the photos use centered, diagonal or symmetrical compositions (at 9:57 in the video) that funnel the eye to the subject, and nearly all are severely simple frames expressing a harmonious beauty of the natural world.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v10","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"回顾这八年（视频 10:29 处）：从独特的地理特征、精彩绝伦的瞬间、与人类生活的关系，到和谐的视觉结构，四条共性彼此交织，构成了国家地理的审美底色。不知道你怎么看这些获奖作品，最喜欢哪一张？欢迎在评论和弹幕里交流。","xe":"Looking back over those eight years (at 10:29 in the video): distinctive geography, spectacular moments, the human connection, and harmonious visual structure — four intertwined traits that form National Geographic's aesthetic foundation. What do you think of these winners, and which one do you like most? Join the discussion in the comments.","b":false},{"t":"img","f":"v11","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"quote","x":"1. 投稿前先研究比赛的审美调性，选与杂志社调性相符的作品，被选中的几率才高；2. 独特的地理特征是国家地理的底色——展示当地环境，更要抓住那里最特别的点；3. 瞬间性和时间性是摄影的核心竞争力，无论极端天象还是生活细节，都要抓到独一无二的瞬间；4. 好作品常揭示与人类生活的关系，而构图上追求和谐简洁，不靠夸张特效博眼球。","xe":"1. Study a contest's aesthetic temperament before entering; submit work that matches the organizers' character and your odds rise. 2. Distinctive geographic character is National Geographic's bedrock — show the local environment, and lock onto what makes the place singular. 3. The instant is photography's core competitive edge: whether extreme weather or everyday life, capture a moment no one else can. 4. Great work often reveals our relationship with the human world, while composition stays harmonious and spare — never spectacle for its own sake.","b":false},{"t":"h","x":"高清视频：","xe":"HD video:"},{"t":"p","x":"https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ct4y1s7TW/","b":false,"xe":"https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ct4y1s7TW/"},{"t":"h","x":"点此查看其他400篇摄影教程目录","xe":"Click here to view the index of 400+ other photography tutorials"},{"t":"img","f":"img-02","w":1080,"h":809},{"t":"img","f":"img-03","w":1080,"h":719},{"t":"img","f":"img-04","w":1080,"h":608},{"t":"img","f":"img-05","w":1080,"h":810},{"t":"img","f":"img-06","w":1080,"h":719},{"t":"img","f":"img-07","w":1080,"h":1440},{"t":"img","f":"img-08","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-09","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-10","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-11","w":1080,"h":791},{"t":"img","f":"img-12","w":1080,"h":720},{"t":"img","f":"img-13","w":1080,"h":675},{"t":"p","x":"其他教程：","b":false,"xe":"Other tutorials:"},{"t":"p","x":"《国家地理大奖作品是如何拍出来的，摄影师亲自揭秘来了！》","b":false,"xe":"\"How Were the National Geographic Grand Prize Works Made? 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