{"id":251272,"date":"2026-01-25T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/251272\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:32:10","slug":"the-worlds-best-travel-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/251272\/","title":{"rendered":"The world&#8217;s best travel photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a rare treat to see a puma hunting right in front of you,&#8221; added Shi. &#8220;She had two adorable cubs who depended on her to bring them food. She was really close to biting into the neck and suffocating the guanaco. But guess what? The guanaco was a tough cookie, and it managed to escape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Technical details: Canon R5 \u00b7 600mm \u00b7 f\/6.3 \u00b7 1\/2000s \u00b7 ISO 1,000<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768389368_961_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p0mwwlj5.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"John Edwards\/ tpoty.com (Credit: John Edwards\/ tpoty.com)\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>John Edwards\/ tpoty.comOne Shot Winner: Green Planet \u2013 John Edwards, US<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I captured this image shortly after sunrise in a quiet region of Thailand, whose name [Sukhothai] fittingly translates to &#8216;Dawn of Happiness&#8217;,&#8221; said Edwards. &#8220;I noticed how perfectly the Buddha&#8217;s figure reflected in the still water. To convey the spirit of the moment, I inverted the photograph, turning the reflection into an illusion where the sky above the Buddha becomes a tapestry of floating flowers and drifting plants. My intention was to create an image that mirrors the peaceful, dreamlike feeling of this sacred location.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Technical details: Nikon D850 \u00b7 24\u201370mm \u00b7 f\/6.3 \u00b7 1\/100s \u00b7 ISO 100<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768389368_961_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p0mwqt43.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Teo Chin Leong\/ tpoty.com (Credit: Teo Chin Leong\/ tpoty.com)\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Teo Chin Leong\/ tpoty.comOne Shot Winner: Slow Travel \u2013 Teo Chin Leong, Singapore<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;A lone corporate worker hurries across a large junction in Tokyo, the only human being in the frame,&#8221; said Teo Chin Leong. &#8220;This series depicts the overwhelming loneliness and the hectic pace of living in a large city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Technical details: Sony ILCE-6500 \u00b7 55\u2013210mm \u00b7 f\/6.3 \u00b7 1\/400s \u00b7 ISO 200<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768389368_961_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p0mwwljf.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rahsan Firtina\/ tpoty.com (Credit: Rahsan Firtina\/ tpoty.com)\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Rahsan Firtina\/ tpoty.comOne Shot Winner: Travel Portraits \u2013 Rahsan Firtina, Turkey<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Rahsan Firtina&#8217;s portrait centres on an elderly man deep in contemplation as a table tennis match plays out in the background. The image, shot in Hanoi, Vietnam, places its subject firmly in the foreground, allowing the background to slip slightly out of focus and reminding us that travel portraits often reveal as much through context as expression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Technical details:\u00a0Sony 7RM5 \u00b7 28\u201370mm \u00b7 f\/2.8 \u00b7 1\/320s \u00b7 ISO 400<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">If you liked this story, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.bbc.com\/SignUp10_08?&amp;at_bbc_team=studios&amp;at_medium=Onsite&amp;at_objective=acquisition&amp;at_ptr_name=bbc.com&amp;at_link_origin=featuresarticle&amp;at_campaign=essentiallist&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sign up for The Essential List newsletter<\/a> \u2013 a handpicked selection of features, videos and can&#8217;t-miss news, delivered to your inbox twice a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">For more Travel stories from the BBC, follow us on\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCTravel\/\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbc_travel\/\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;It&#8217;s a rare treat to see a puma hunting right in front of you,&#8221; added Shi. &#8220;She had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-251272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}