The 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Winner

A photo of a humpback whale calf's tail has earned Reiko Takahashi of Japan the esteemed great prize in the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year challenge. Takahashi will get a $10,000 USD prize. Takahashi's inconceivable photograph was chosen by a board of National Geographic judges from in excess of 13,000 passages.

Takahashi took her terrific prize-winning photograph, titled "Mermaid," off the shoreline of Japan's Kumejima Island. The long-lasting picture taker left her office employment to seek after her enthusiasm for submerged photography and set out to Kumejima Island set for photo humpback whales with their young calves.

"It was an extraordinary scene for me, to have the capacity to take a photograph of the calf, totally casual in delicate waters," said Takahashi. "I truly can't trust it. It was my fantasy to win. I am respected and it will be the main impetus for my future shooting," 

The 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year challenge perceives staggering photographs taken inside the most recent two years, with sections in three classes: Nature, People and Cities. 

Notwithstanding the fantastic prize champ, top photographs were chosen in every one of the three classes. Takahashi's photograph was additionally picked as the victor in the Nature classification. Hiro Kurashina of Japan took top respects in the Cities class for his photograph titled "Another Rainy Day in Nagasaki, Kyushu," while "Tea Culture" by Alessandra Meniconzi of Switzerland won the People classification.