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Top Shot: Not a Bad View

Top Shot features the photo with the most votes from the previous day’s Daily Dozen, 12 photos selected by the Your Shot editors. The photo our community has voted as their favorite is showcased on the @natgeoyourshot Instagram account. Click here to vote for tomorrow’s Top Shot.

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Your Shot is Coming to Charlottesville!

To celebrate the release of the Getting Your Shot book, we are inviting our community members to a Your Shot Book Signing in Charlottesville, Virginia as part of the Look3 Festival of the Photograph. Get your book signed by the editors and talk photography with fellow photo fanatics on the evening of Saturday, June 13th.

We are so grateful to our community and proud to be able to showcase the overwhelming talent of our members. If you can't make the party, but would like the book you can order it here.

Caption This: Koi and Bottle

Last week we asked you to caption this photo of someone feeding koi with a baby bottle taken by Your Shot member Stéphanie Amaudruz for our series on the National Geographic Facebook page.

And the editors' favorite caption is...

"Feeding Nemo"—Regan Ford

Thanks for captioning this! Try your hand at writing captions this week on National Geographic’s Facebook page. New “Caption This” photos are posted on Monday, and the captioning closes Friday at noon.

#YourShotBook Pic Tip #3

Our photo book, Getting Your Shot, is now available for sale! To celebrate, and ensure that you are all as excited as we are, we will be sharing some tips from the book over the next few weeks. 

Tip #3: “Get down on the same level as your subject, and keep the eyes of the animal- or at least one of the animals- in focus.” –Getting Your Shot book, page 176. From David Liittschwagers assignment "Biodiversity".

Photograph by Cheryl Burnham.

Caption This: Dog and Car

Last week we asked you to caption this photo of a dog sticking its head out the window of a car taken by Your Shot member Juan C. Torres for our series on the National Geographic Facebook page.

And the editors' favorite caption is...

"Fast and Fur... ious!"—Roch Dyer

Thanks for captioning this! Try your hand at writing captions this week on National Geographic’s Facebook page. New “Caption This” photos are posted on Monday, and the captioning closes Friday at noon.

#YourShotBook Pic Tip #2

Our photo book, Getting Your Shot, is now available for pre-order! To celebrate, and ensure that you are all as excited as we are, we will be sharing some tips from the book over the next few weeks. 

Tip #2: “A lens hood is helpful at night (especially in urban settings), as it will prevent unnecessary light from entering the lens and creating unwanted lens flare.” –Getting Your Shot book, page 118.

Photograph by Alejandro Merizalde.

#YourShotBook Pic Tip #1

Our photo book, Getting Your Shot, is now available for pre-order! To celebrate, and ensure that you are all as excited as we are, we will be sharing some tips from the book over the next few weeks. 

Tip #1: “A good place to start when taking pictures is to determine where the best light is in a scene. Then stick around to see what happens in that spot.” –Getting Your Shot book, page 192.

Photograph by Abir Choudhury.