Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner - September '11 by Maria Koidu
- Judged by
- Jim Eite
- Trip code
- AZM
- Countries Visited
- Madagascar
- Winner
- September 2011
Madagascar featured strongly in this month’s entries, but it wasn’t the striking scenery or endemic lemurs that caught the eye, it was the infectious smile and warmth of the local Malagasy population. Maria captures this perfectly in this striking portrait of a young boy – the composition and focus is perfect, surrounded by his friends (and their hair), you can’t help by share the moment with him and Maria. It’s good to break up the wildlife and landscape winners!
Previous Winning entries
Virtually no scale, no colour and no perspective, it breaks all the rules and I love it. Moody background, a classic switchback diagonal and petroleum water. Antarctica in black and white and all the …
Absolutely magnificent photograph. I have seen thousands of shots of Varanasi and none have had this impact. Using the head of the vendor to cut out the glare yet not losing exposure on the samosas,…
