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    National Geographic Worthy Photos, Taken by Kids

    By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | More Family Fun – Tue, Jan 31, 2012 11:51 AM EST

    Makayla Hayes, 14, won the international grand prize in the 2011 National Geographic Kids photo contest for this cool under-water shot.Makayla Hayes, 14, won the international grand prize in the 2011 National Geographic Kids photo contest for this …Kids have an interesting perspective on just about everything, and when you hand a kid a camera you can get a glimpse into her world. This year's winners in the Fifth Annual National Geographic Kids International Photo Contest captured humorous quips, quirky sights, and poignant moments that may be impossible to see without a view finder.

    Judges sifted through more than 12,000 images submitted by kids in the United States and Canada, Bulgaria, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Winners were chosen from each region, but the international grand prize went to 14-year-old Makayla Hayes of Marion, Illinois, for her eerie underwater self-portrait.

    We've pulled together a slideshow (above) of the top shots from this year's contest; you can check out the 2010 winners and 2009 winners at National Geographic Kids.

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    • Devon
      Devon  •  San Diego, California  •  3 months ago
      I teach photo classes to kids (7 to 11) and they always surprise me. Kids are not told that they CAN'T do something so they're more likely to take risks. I use their examples when teaching adults.
    • Gabbyj
      Gabbyj  •  Lima, Ohio  •  3 months ago
      Cool pics:) Way 2 Go Kids!!!
    • RWG
      RWG  •  3 months ago
      These are lovely - it would have been even lovelier to have had some description of each of the photos.
      • staind.raindrop
        staind.raindrop 3 months ago
        Yes, I agree, and maybe a description of the grand prize?
      • funnime
        funnime 3 months ago
        Yes, I agree would have been nice to know more about the pics.
      • funnime
        funnime 3 months ago
        I thought it was a porupine goes to show you what I know LOL
    • Emstar12
      Emstar12  •  3 months ago
      Kids are underestimated a lot
      • A Yahoo! User 3 months ago
        True....:(
      • Turd Ferguson
        Turd Ferguson 3 months ago
        yeah remember columbine
      • A Yahoo! User 3 months ago
        i totally agree
    • BOOMCHAKALAKA
      BOOMCHAKALAKA  •  3 months ago
      They shouldn't have told us kids did this until the end. Some of them rival adult professionals.
    • me
      me  •  New York, New York  •  3 months ago
      They're so much better than me, it's almost unfair. Really great photos! Good to see that kids are doing something else asides from being attached to their iPhones and PS3s.
      • hannah
        hannah 3 months ago
        Or perhaps their interest in taking photos stemmed from their iphone cameras.
    • Think
      Think  •  3 months ago
      Only 11 pictures shown out of 1200,...I would like to see more. Enjoyed the reflection in the dog's eye (beautiful), and the hedgehog is 'cute'. Give us more.
      How about a site just for 'kids amazing photos'.
      I'd enjoy them more then the rest of the information on Yahoo.
      • Mikie
        Mikie 3 months ago
        Buy National Geographic magazine
    • Alex
      Alex  •  Gainesville, Florida  •  3 months ago
      Too awesome.
      • Turd Ferguson
        Turd Ferguson 3 months ago
        more like uninspired garbage
      • Kad
        Kad 3 months ago
        oh, and you could do better?
    • Ashley-rahne Sanders
      Ashley-rahne Sanders  •  Florence, Alabama  •  3 months ago
      Beautiful! Wish I had known this was going on when I picked up photography and before I became an adult. These children are very talented. The bubble portrait and the close up of one you girl's dog's eye, creating a reflective fish eye effect - those were brilliant! And then the couple on the ledge and the prize winner underwater photo, those are just lovely. Awesome job, kiddos!
    • VEE
      VEE  •  Portland, Oregon  •  3 months ago
      i'm 48 and still a child,... does that count?
    • Kelly
      Kelly  •  New Hartford, New York  •  3 months ago
      Awesome pics! All beautifully done... some really talented kids. You'd think they were done by professionals! They are the future!
    • Skylar
      Skylar  •  3 months ago
      Oh wow, those pictures are beautiful. Bravo to the kids :)
    • RS
      RS  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  3 months ago
      Good to see the youngster intrested in something other than video games,being a photographer myself makes me feel good that the younger ones are picking up a camera.
    • Mariam
      Mariam  •  Temecula, California  •  3 months ago
      Dang ! I'm 13 and I think photography is amazing ! and it's awesome how kids like me
      can take pics like this (:
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 months ago
      its great to see kids did this seeing as i am 12 and i want to be a photogroghpher
    • ruth
      ruth  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 months ago
      Refreshing ! ! !
    • Francesca
      Francesca  •  Johnson City, Tennessee  •  3 months ago
      Simply lovely. The younger ones can see things we may not see.
    • Vashti
      Vashti  •  Jakarta, Indonesia  •  3 months ago
      wow... they're really talented! Love it!!
    • Becky
      Becky  •  Livingston, New Jersey  •  3 months ago
      I love them..absolutely georgeous! I would love to see more!!
    • Lela
      Lela  •  3 months ago
      Those are such good photos, they have a bright future ahead of them.
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