Romanian Alecsandra Dragoi is the overall winner of National Geographic Traveller’s 2015 photography competition in the UK, with the picture New Year’s Traditions in Comanesti, Romania.

Alecsandra Dragoi was one of the competition’s six finalists. Her photo was the People category choice.

“Romania, I promise this is just the start to show your beauties!,” she wrote on her Facebook page, after the winner was announced.

The other five finalists were: Barry Robertson’s Bleaker Island, in the Falkland Islands – in the Animal category, Yanick Targonski – Train from Ella to Kandy, Sri Lanka – in the Action category, Philip Braude’s image Urban Trees, London – in the Urban category, Claire Carter’s Reflections on a Melting River, in Rio de las Vueltas, Argentinian Patagonia – in the River category and Chris Miller’s Son Doong Cave, shot in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam – in the Rural category.

Find all six photos here.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com