Portland-based professional photographer Dan Sherwood snagged some amazing photos of Tommy Ellingson and friends last summer solstice up on Illumination Saddle, and one of them is up against some strong competition in a National Geographic photo contest.

Sherwood’s photo captures Ellingson arcing a graceful backflip in rich light with Illumination Rock in the background. It is up against beautiful images of kelp forests, Swedish cats, a Cuban crocodile and an Ethiopian streetscape in the National Geographic Daily Dozen photo contest, selected from thousands of recent uploads.

You can vote for Dan’s image and potentially help him get published in National Geographic here.

You can check out more of Dan’s work at his website.

Last modified: January 20, 2015