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[Paul Voebel]

Winner, First Shot - Festival of Colour. Brian Powell, USA. I was staying at an ashram in Rishikesh, India, and like all days of my trip to India I rose early to explore. When I tried to leave the ashram, I found the gates locked; I was stuck inside for the best hour of light. I discovered a little-used passageway leading to the roof and after locating the man setting up his bicycle of flowers (offerings for sale to the devote Hindus), I waited for the right moment. When I saw the sadhu coming down the street with his hurried and powerful stride, I knew I had the perfect marriage of color, form, and gesture.

[Paul Voebel]

Highly Commended, One Shot - Adventures: Timothy Allen, UK. There is definitely no easy way to get to the centre of Papua New Guinea from the UK. At the last count my journey involved 4 planes and just over 30 hours of flying. This photo sums up perfectly how my mind and body felt. I randomly met these guys in the forest near a local singsing.

[Paul Voebel]

Commended, One Shot - Adventures: Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands. For this image I was in a vehicle in the Kalahari, photographing a pride of lions. I mounted my camera on a monopod and held it outside the car, upside down, to get a ground level perspective.

[Paul Voebel]

Winner, World in Motion portfolio. Richard Murai, USA. The most striking visual feature of traveling in Bhutan is the many monasteries, or dzongs, that serve as centers of worship and religious training. In each province the largest of these medieval citadels hosts annual regional festivals known as tsechu.