Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner -December '11 by Patrick Gallagher
- Judged by
- Paul Goldstein
- Trip code
- AIP
- Countries Visited
- India
- Winner
- December 2011
I have seen thousands of Indian sunsets, they rarely short-change, this certainly does not. It has the primary ingredients of colour, silhouette, and composition but it is the questionning nature of the boy's position that makes it our winner this month. What is he doing, what is he thinking, why is he there. Is it clichéd, yes, perhaps, but there is nothing wrong with that as clichés are fine if done well and this has been done VERY well.
Previous Winning entries
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