Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner - February '11 by Matthew Dines
- Judged by
- Paul Goldstein
- Trip code
- AIW
- Countries Visited
- India
- Winner
- February 2011
The adjective 'original' seldom goes with the Taj Mahal, perhaps the most photographed building on the planet. It may even be dangerous to apply it here, but this is a stunning photo whatever the criteria. This shows craft and guile, it also flatters an already beautiful building. More often than not when photographing this Hindu icon one looks for some appropriately dressed foreground but inevitably one ends up with a mess of sarongs and saris. Here the mist - pleasingly symmetrical - does away with this hackneyed nonsense and wonderfully elevates the structure onto a shimmering, nebulous platform. The colours and exposure are also spot on. This was a winner from the moment this talented photographer pressed the shutter.
Previous Winning entries
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Landscape photography is very hard to promote above the ‘chocolate box’ category. Not in this case. The composition is immaculate, the choice of portrait is compelling and vital and the colours sp…
Pot of GoldOh my, what a photograph. I saw this early in the selection process and feared nothing else would quite match up. I was right. This is sublime. Arrows of rain, a perfect rainbow (few are im…
Perhaps I am biased, well, with tigers of course I am but this is a superb shot. To get a tiger near water is good but to catch the exact moment it walks adjacent to this lake, its far paw inches from…
Star trails near Telouet -This is a technically superb shot. The exposure has to be about two hours, the direction due south and all the focus done manually. The lighting is also right on the money. M…
