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Topic: From a Nepalese woman carrying
her baby to a heron preparing for
take off, the striking entries to a
global photography competition |
From a Nepalese woman carrying
her baby to a heron preparing for
take off, the striking entries to a
global photography competition
Daily Mail [UK], by Larisa Brown
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Original Article
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 12/4/2012 4:50:55 PM
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| From a young Nepalese woman with her baby tied upon her back, to a girl in a pretty frock in a wooded area surrounded by swarms of butterflies, they are photographs that show worlds apart. Some of the pictures--taken from around the globe--would not appear out of place in children´s tales such as the Secret Garden or the Chronicles of Narnia. Others show the paradoxical reality of some of the world´s most frugal people, enjoying the technological advances of the western world. Monks are pictured in a barren landscape on an iPod in Malaysia and tigers, appearing almost magical
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Enchanted blue butterflies, magical tigers, eccentric swimmers, pensive dog, and the colors, arrangement and non sequitur of the monk, laid back and checking his ipad, with a much younger monk holding--is it a toy gun? Incredible photos.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/4/2012 5:03:21 PM (No. 9048562)
Every single picture evokes a response from the viewer.
Wonderful!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
trackman999, 12/4/2012 5:13:57 PM (No. 9048580)
Both the butterflie pic and the old couple in the water looked photoshopped.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
noddy, 12/4/2012 5:18:35 PM (No. 9048587)
Agree #2. My faves are Ape Family (amazing) and Shepherd (beautiful).
Thanks OP - great post.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
shepsmum, 12/4/2012 5:27:33 PM (No. 9048599)
Had to read the headline a couple of times...it was awful to think the woman was carrying her baby to a heron!
Saw a cartoon last week that was titled "Commas Save Lives" that compared and contrasted
a) Let´s eat Grandma with b)Let´s eat, Grandma
Seems to apply here as well...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 12/4/2012 5:31:10 PM (No. 9048604)
#4, I think the Daily Mail does it on purpose sometimes. Fleet Street is famous for its bars. . . .
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
pomom, 12/4/2012 5:51:31 PM (No. 9048631)
My favs - tigers, ape family and Russian man.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 12/4/2012 5:59:55 PM (No. 9048646)
Agreed on the headline, and on #2 with the photos looking surreal. My fave is the tigers in the snow. Loverly!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
pearlyjo, 12/4/2012 7:25:14 PM (No. 9048744)
I like the photos of the children, particularly the Bangladeshi children. Their smiles can´t help but make you smile when you look at them.
I agree about the headline, had to read it more than once to make sense of it.
Thanks for posting.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 12/4/2012 7:33:34 PM (No. 9048754)
Please keep the Daily Mail stuff coming.
Great Photos.
Someone in charge at the Mail has a photographer´s soul and it shows in their work.
These shots are therapeutic quality photography.
Like saving the ticket price but almost having been there.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Dixie, 12/4/2012 7:59:04 PM (No. 9048781)
Wonderful collection!
Most of the black and white treatment was used either to add drama or when color would distract. My favorite b&w was the shot of the people waiting for the bus.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
jerseygal, 12/4/2012 8:25:15 PM (No. 9048812)
The Bangladeshi children prove that it´s possible to have next to nothing and still celebrate life! Makes me sort of ashamed of my dissatisfactions.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
jerseygal, 12/4/2012 8:45:40 PM (No. 9048828)
I just looked at Sony´s website and they have several different categories, one of which is "digitally enhanced." I think that explains the butterflies!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
RoseOfTexas, 12/4/2012 11:36:37 PM (No. 9049097)
Dittos on the one of the tigers. I posted it on Facebook for my numerous LSU peeps.
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