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Nikon Award Winning Photographs
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Title: crossing waves
Name: Tung Khanh Le
Country: Viet Nam
This photo was taken in a fishing village in the Binh Thuan Province of Vietnam. The two fisherman were on a rescue mission amid strong waves, to save people who's boat was upturned.
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Title: Breaking the silence
Name: Joao Quaresma
Country: Portugal
I took this shot on Pico Island in the Azores Archipelago while serving as a captain on a [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]whale-watching[/color] mission. It was a beautiful, windless day with some swelling. A pod of common dolphins were nearby and gave us the pleasure of watching them playing with the boat.
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Free subject category 2nd
Title: playing boy, Niger
Name: Kris van Exel
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Belgium[/color][/color]
Country: Niger. village: Kara Kara. This photograph was taken in a village south of Niger on the Nigerian border. I took this photo as an assignment for an exchange program project in Belgium.
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Free subject category 2nd
Title: Butterfly
Name: Zig Koch
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Brazil[/color][/color]
I participated as a photographer in the first expedition into the newly created Juruena National Park, at the very heart of the Amazon forest, in Brazil. The expedition was organized by the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]World [COLOR=blue! important]Wildlife [/color][COLOR=blue! important]Fund[/color][/color][/color] (WWF) for nature. It was 20 days far from everything, through the Juruena River, one of Amazonia's most isolated areas. Work conditions were exhausting. Besides the high temperatures and extreme humidity, the expedition members were constantly flogged by insects.
The Juruena River has plenty of waterfalls. During the hottest hours of the day, hundreds of butterflies sit on the river [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]rocks[/color][/color] to feed from mineral salts accumulated there. Over more than 20 years as an environmental photographer, I had never seen such an enormous concentration of butterflies as that. The scene was begging to be shot. I spent approximately one hour shooting various angles and changing lenses under the burning sun. The noise from the St. August Fall was too loud, and I had to protect the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]camera [COLOR=blue! important]lens[/color][/color][/color] from water sprays.
In order to add a little movement to the butterflies on the fly, I used an exposure speed of 1/80 of a second, with the camera in manual mode to maintain control of the exposure.
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Free subject category 2nd
Title: GOLDEN GIRL
Name: Tapas Banerjee.
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]India[/color][/color]
This "Golden Girl" was caught unaware on her way back to her village of Bistupur in Birbhum, West Bengal, India after reaping and binding corn from a dazzling wheat field in the harvesting season.
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Free subject category 2nd
Title: Yesterday's News
Name: Tamas Lansbergen
Country: The [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Netherlands[/color][/color]
This image was taken in Ibiza, Spain using natural light. It was an absolute joy to work with paper and glue (paper mache) and the model!
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Free subject category 2nd
Title: This Side Up
Name: Michael Kai
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Germany[/color][/color]
This image is about optical illusions, designed alternatives and manipulated room perceptions. It is based on the way people interpret two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images. The image was taken in an indoor pool in Vienna, [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Austria[/color][/color]. It is a combination of an upside-down photo of a pool with a right-side up photo of a swimmer to achieve deceptive illusion.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Jump
Name: Alam Monirul
Country: Bangladesh
Dhaka Aricha, Bangladesh. Most of the cattle here came from India for sale on the way to the Padma riverbank.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Fight between bar-tailed godwit
Name: Massimo Bottoni
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Italy[/color][/color]
The photo was taken at the mouth of the Arno river in Tuscany, Italy. The overcast skies helped produce even lighting by preventing harsh shadows and contrast.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: the anger of Mt. Merapi
Name: Stephanus Hannie Krisdianta
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Indonesia[/color][/color]
On June 10, 2006, at 20:25, I took this picture in the Cangkringan Village, Jogjakarta in Central Java, Indonesia. It was under the full moonlight during the eruption of Mount Merapi. It displays Mother Nature's true anger by way of a dramatic eruption and her beauty by way of the full moon. This contrast resonated in my heart.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: False player
Name: Josef Hinterleitner
Country: Austria
The location was an old, abandoned house in Sierning, Austria. I wanted to capture the humorous spirit and lively enjoyment of life among older folks.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Studying
Name: Shu Kei Fung
Country: [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Hong [COLOR=blue! important]Kong[/color][/color][/color]
This photo was taken in Guizhou, which is a region inhabited by ethnic minorities including the Han, Miao, Tung, Shui, Buti, Tao and Ti peoples. Each has its own cultures, customs and traditions yet cohabit in [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]harmony[/color][/color]. Guizhou is rich in natural resources, but it is still the poorest province in China, due to its unpredictable weather, rugged terrain and communication difficulties. People's livelihood and economy still need to be improved.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Son of the Beach
Name: Tim Christopher
Country: U.S.A.
Jupiter Beach, Florida is one of the few public beaches in the United States where dogs are allowed. It is also among my favorite locations for capturing aerial photography while flying a powered, ultra light parachute. I spotted these dogs, a pair of Rhodesian Ridgebacks and a Blue Merle Australian Shepherd, the moment they arrived at the beach and were released by their owner - whereupon I swooped down, similar to a [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]bird [COLOR=blue! important]of [/color][COLOR=blue! important]prey[/color][/color][/color], to capture their exuberance.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Faces of the Secret
Name: Francesco Fantini
Country: Italy
This was taken in Ecuador, during my reportage on micro crediting. Near the Chimborazo mountain, I met some Campesino people who breed "quy," a [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]species[/color][/color] of large rodent. While I was visiting the breeding area, I noticed two faces peering in from the other side of the broken glass. The backlight was really strong, the glass opaque and dirty. I metered the average area of the frame and I took this picture.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Self Imprisonment
Name: Donald Black
Country: U.S.A.
In Trenton, New Jersey on the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]porch[/color][/color] of a house I was painting and I looked up to make a suggestion to my roommate who was helping me paint the banisters. I saw the reflection of the banisters in his eyes and instantly ran to the car to get my [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]camera[/color][/color].
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: broken doll
Name: Genkova Desislava
Country: Bulgaria
I initiated a photo session at the model's home. There is no particular message - commercially, politically or otherwise.
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Free subject category 3rd
Title: Skimming Skimmer
Name: James Salywoda
Country: U.S.A.
Bolsa Chica Wetlands, [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Huntington [COLOR=blue! important]Beach[/color][/color][/color], California.
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