Winners of the National Geographic Photographer Contest 2014

9 years 4 months ago #416775 by Tuscan Muse
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9 years 4 months ago #416798 by stuartsbarbie
Thank you for sharing.  You post the most interesting finds.  It is greatly appreciated.  Of course I always wonder what judges see in something and wonder " why didn't that person win first".  :)


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9 years 4 months ago - 9 years 4 months ago #416817 by Stealthy Ninja
The choice for winner is freakin' retarded.

I know exactly where that was taken, it was taken in a theme park called Ocean Park, on a train that connects one side to the other (it goes through a mountain and kinda simulates going underwater). The lighting inside is pretty dramatic and obviously that's a major factor to the "wow factor" here.  However, there must be a million people with similar photos and very little effort was put into this shot. This guy just added some artistic BS to it and the judges loved it. Terrible choice for winner considering all the much better photos there.

"In the last 10 years, mobile data, smartphones and social networks have forever changed our existence. Although this woman stood at the center of a jam-packed train, the warm glow from her phone told the strangers around her that she wasn't really there. She managed to slip away from 'here' for a short moment; she's a node flickering on the social web, roaming the Earth, free as a butterfly. Our existence is no longer stuck to the physical here; we're free to run away, and run we will."

What utter crap.  It's a tourist checking her phone in a theme park.
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9 years 4 months ago - 9 years 4 months ago #417047 by sleeper54

Stealthy Ninja wrote: The choice for winner is freakin' retarded.

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What utter crap.  It's a tourist checking her phone in a theme park.

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This pic could be an example used in the 'snapshot' vs 'photograph' thread.

I would go with 'snapshot' as well.


...tom...


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