National Geographic recently unveiled the winners of its annual Pictures of The Year awards. Karthik Subramaniam, a San Francisco-based software engineer of Indian origin has been named the grand prize winner for his photo titled "Dance of the Eagles".

* The stunning image shows a trio of bald eagles battling for a spot on a branch in Alaska's Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, according to a press release from the outlet.

* The photo was selected from nearly 5,000 entries across four categories : Nature, People, Places and Animals.

* The photo will be featured in the May issue of National Geographic magazine alongside the publication's leading photographers and will also get a six-month digital subscription to the magazine.

* Mr Subramaniam titled the image "Dance of the Eagles" as a homage to a fictional dragon war in George R.R. Martin's novel A Dance with Dragons. He told National Geographic how he camped out near the shore of this preserve for a week to capture the perfect shot.

* According to the magazine, the area hosts the largest congregations of bald eagles in the world every fall, when around 3,000 arrive in time for the salmon run..

Source : NDTV