Carly Nock, tell your bf that a Polish photographer won 2nd prize in a competition for this picture! :-D xx Published on Thursday 7th August, 2014 The crazy UFO-looking shape gives the impression that its going to suck up the landscape like a tablecloth into a vacuum cleaner, Dan Westergen, director of photography for the magazine, said in a statement about the photo. The unresolved tension in the image makes me want to look at it over and over. Agnieszka Traczewska of Krakow, Poland, won second place for her photo of the marriage of an Orthodox Jewish couple in Jerusalem. The two 18-year-olds met only once, and were not allowed to see or speak to each other again until their wedding day. If love is universal, this wedding image would reveal hats are not: Photography is a powerful tool for showing the ways that people around the world are clearly different but in many ways the same, Westergen said in the statement. The Orthodox fur hat and wedding dress are clues that this picture was taken in a very distinctive place. But the smile and laughter of the bride and groom indicate that these are teenagers reacting to a new situation. An underwater photo that looks more mystical than real snagged third place. Marc Henauer from Geneva, Switzerland, captured the surreal view of Green Lake in Austria when the water level rose 30 feet (10 meters) and submerged hiking trails, trees and fields. Others took home merit prizes, including a photo showing a man on the so-called end-of-the-world swing overlooking the eruption of Mt. Tungurahua in Ecuador and an Indian girl getting her face painted during the Mayana Soora Thiruvizha festival. In order to be considered for the contest, the photos could be doctored with only minor editing (like color correction) or cropping, according to the contests official rules. livescience/47248-national-geographic-traveler-photo-winners.html
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:32:43 +0000
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