Photograph by David K ster
Long-exposure of a rock formation in Bardenas Reales at sunset
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Monday, December 30, 2013
Frosty Glance
Photograph by Sandor Csudai
Young lady looking out the window from a bus in Budapest
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
The White Cliffs of Iturup
Photograph by Alexey Kharitonov
White rocks have stretched for miles alongside the shore of the Prostor Bay. They are formed of a very light and soft pumice as a result of the huge volcanic eruption. This pumice is being eroded by the storms of the Okhotsk Sea, by the rains and numerous small rivers that form the amazing shapes of the rocks. At the foot of these rocks lies an unusual black-and-white beach, consisting of chopped white pumice and black lava sand. And every morning that we camped there, fresh bear trails appeared on this sand. Iturup island.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013
Burnt Trees, Yellowstone
Photograph by Chaoying Zhao
At sunset, peaceful burnt woods just surround you quietly. Together with your heart beating, you can feel the smooth breeze and hear the sounds of emerging exuberance underneath. The perfect ending is in the endless. The picture was taken in Yellowstone National Park.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Street Colors
Photograph by Brian Yen
After a summer storm washes away the everyday grime, the true color of the city shines through.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Shy Sea Lion
Photograph by Ron Watkins
The Midriff Islands in the Sea of Cortez are home to large colonies of sea lions. Typically they are quite playful in the water and like to interact with divers, but I spotted this little pup on the rocks sunning itself. I was attempting an over/under shot split below and above the water. After several attempts of going in and out of the water and adjusting my settings, I noticed the sea lion was curious enough to stick his head under the water and see what I was doing. It was one of those rare moments in nature where you feel you actually connect to the marine life.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
A Shepherd's Flock
Photograph by Juan Aguilar
Silence and light accompany sheep and shepherd, day in, day out, near Halabja, Iraq.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Wintry Wait
Photograph by Johnny Haglund
In February 2012, a few people wait for the bus as the temperature drops below minus 30 F (about minus 35 C) in the northeast Russian city of Susuman. In this area the winter can bring temperatures down to minus 58 F (minus 50 C).
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Monday, December 23, 2013
There's Always One
Photograph by Yashani Shantha
Elephants at the elephant orphanage in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka. The orphanage was originally founded in order to afford care and protection to the many orphaned elephants found in the jungle. As of 2003, there were 65 elephants. Since the captive breeding program was launched in 1982, over 20 elephants have been born. The aim of the orphanage is to simulate the natural world. However, there are some exceptions: The elephants are taken to the river twice daily for a bath, and all the babies under three years of age are still bottle fed by the mahouts and volunteers.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013
Frosted Tamarack Swamp
Photograph by Adam Dorn
I had scouted out a few places for an early morning shoot in the tamarack swamps of Wisconsin. I searched and searched until I found this scene. With the sun barely breaking through the fog rising from the melting frost, the light lit up the tamarack in front of this ditch. The ditch faded into the mist, while the frost captured the early morning rays as everything glinted like it was covered in diamonds. I absolutely fell in love with the mood that this scene created. Just a few moments later, the sun rose high in the sky and melted all the frost, causing the scene to completely change.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
The Blessed Man
Photograph by Yosuke Kashiwakura
The Saidai-ji Eyo festival, considered one of the three strangest festivals in Japan, is a Buddhist ritual in which 9,000 men compete to grab just a pair of sacred wooden batons to decide who will be the "blessed man" for the year. The over 500-year-old tradition of Eyo is based on an underlying understanding of the state of human life, greater than the ideals and trends of a single generation, and this idea has been cherished and passed down through the centuries.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Imperiled Rhino
Photograph by Richard Young
Zimbabwe's Matopos National Park had 86 white and 36 black rhinos ten years ago. Poachers have reduced these numbers to only 9 white 17 black rhinos today. These numbers say it all. The park's oldest white rhino, Gumboot, was killed by poachers just two weeks before I took this picture of Swazi 2, his horn cut off to help protect him from poaching. If we do not act now to save them from poaching, we will be the generation responsible for the extinction of the rhino in the wild.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Aflutter Along the Iguazu
Photograph by Daniel Pinheiro
Large gatherings of butterflies are common alongside the Iguazu River on the Brazil-Argentina border. When the river flow gets lower, the rocky riverbanks become exposed, retaining water in small ponds very rich in salts. This attracts butterflies of several species, mainly of the Pieridae family. Butterflies absorb and concentrate the salts in their bodies, pumping out the excess water.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Monastery in Mandalay
Photograph by Marcelo Salvador
A young monk crosses the patio inside a monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar, where he lives.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Above the Namib Desert
Photograph by Chris Schmid
Aerial view of the Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa
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Monday, December 16, 2013
Sunbathing Cows, Andalusia
Photograph by Andrew Lever
I was driving along the beach highway when I noticed the bulls sunbathing on the empty beach. I initially thought I was seeing things, but no, it really was sunbathing cows! I had to park my car a fair distance away, and that meant a long walk along the beach in 35 [degrees Celsius] heat. It did not matter because I had to get the shot. When I got closer to them I was careful not to spook them so I crawled on my stomach on the hot sand to get a good picture of them. Mission accomplished! It was worth the effort. Tarifa Beach, Andalusia, Spain.
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Sunbathing Cows, Andalusia
Photograph by Andrew Lever
I was driving along the beach highway when I noticed the bulls sunbathing on the empty beach. I initially thought I was seeing things, but no, it really was sunbathing cows! I had to park my car a fair distance away, and that meant a long walk along the beach in 35 [degrees Celsius] heat. It did not matter because I had to get the shot. When I got closer to them I was careful not to spook them so I crawled on my stomach on the hot sand to get a good picture of them. Mission accomplished! It was worth the effort. Tarifa Beach, Andalusia, Spain.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Sk gafoss, Iceland
Photograph by Jorunn Sjofn Gudlaugsdottir
Sk gafoss, one of the largest waterfalls in Iceland
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Saturday, December 14, 2013
Bride, Kosovo
Photograph by Nita Zeqiri
A tradition a thousand years old, passed on to generations in today's remote Donje Ljubinje in the Zhupa area in south Kosovo. Today, this tradition is at the verge of extinction, as only a 65-year-old lady continues preparing young brides according to their traditions. The bride's face is painted in many beautiful layers of color. Three golden circles symbolizing the cycles of life are tied to one another by the golden roads that one crosses over their lifetime. The inner red circles are symbols of fertility, where red and blue dots are born from, and the whole face is covered by them, wishing her a healthy and happy family.
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Friday, December 13, 2013
Tree Canopy, Berlin
Photograph by Kevin Connolly
While studying in Florence, Italy, I went on a trip throughout Europe. The first stop was in Berlin, Germany, where we rented bikes and rode throughout the city. While visiting the Jewish Museum I stood under a group of trees and noticed the great interaction of handlike branches with the light coming through the canopy of leaves.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
Cabin, Croatia
Photograph by Marin Su li
Kozji Vrh is a village in Gorski Kotar, Croatia, along the border with Slovenia. Because of the isolation and the unpolluted sky, the view is spectacular.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Deer, Richmond Park
Photograph by Prashant Meswani
This was taken in early morning at Richmond Park in late October.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Landscape, Latvia
Photograph by Mihails Ignats
This image was taken in Lielv rde, Latvia.
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Monday, December 9, 2013
Festival Performers, Japan
Photograph by Benoit Hardy-Chartrand
Gion Matsuri is one of Japan's oldest and most famous festivals. On special occasions during the festival, geisha and maiko come out to perform traditional dances on the grounds of some of the city's shrines. In this photo, the maiko greet a geisha as they exit the stage after a performance.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
Reflection, Hungary
Photograph by Zsolt Szabo
Misty summer photo, Nagykanizsa, Hungary
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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Seaside Park, Japan
Photograph by Hideyuki Katagiri
This hill is filled with kokia every autumn. It is planted in summer and grows red in autumn. On this day, the sunlight was shining on the kokia at dusk. It looks like a burning hill. Seaside Park, Hitachinaka.
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Skateboarders, San Francisco
Photograph by Matthieu Moors
The short length of a two-day stop in San Francisco motivated me to visit the city by foot only, trying to get a higher chance of capturing street instants. I came across these two skaters while walking through the Mission District.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Lighthouse, Portugal
Photograph by Veselin Malinov
A huge ocean storm, Porto, Portugal, January 2013
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Eastern Screech Owlets
Photograph by Graham McGeorge
Eastern screech owls like to take over woodpecker nests that have been dug out over the years in pine trees, which are the main species of tree at this swamp. The Fish and Wildlife Service also paints a white ring around the base of a tree that has active nests so they will be avoided when conducting controlled burns. Screech owls can range in height anywhere from eight to ten inches, so you have to have a sharp eye to find these little birds of prey.
I spent the first few weeks of April this year photographing the gray morph screech owl that was living in the nest and had no idea there were three owlets inside.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Lake Carezza, Italy
Photograph by Antonio Chiumenti
Lake Carezza is a pearl of the Dolomites. Nestled between an ancient forest of grand firs and Latemar mountain, it's a place of legends and beauty a nymph lives under its emerald waters. I threw a little stone in the water to add a little mystery to the scene.
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Seagulls, Alaska
Photograph by Court Leve
This image was taken while flying in a helicopter from Juneau, Alaska, to Cordova, Alaska. The four-hour flight routes through some of the most desolate areas of Alaska, including what is known as the Lost Coast. We were flying at elevations up to 15,000 feet near the Fairweather Range when my pilot wanted to then follow the coastline. As we turned the corner, the beach below was filled with what seemed to be millions of seagulls. The noise from the helicopter spooked the birds and wave after wave of gulls took flight below us. It was somewhat mesmerizing.
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
Photograph by Jordi Boixareu
Devils run amidst the pyrotechnics during the celebration of a correfoc for the Sant Roc Festival in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. Correfocs are an old Catalan tradition where people dressed as devils blow up firecrackers and flares.
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
Karte Sakhi Cemetery, Kabul
Photograph by Ali Hamed Haghdoust , Your Shot
An Afghan man walks in the Karte Sakhi Cemetery during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 4, 2013.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The blanket of snow allows the eye to fully take in the grave markers, appreciating not only their shapes but also the seemingly random way they are placed. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Karte Sakhi Cemetery, Kabul
Photograph by Ali Hamed Haghdoust , Your Shot
An Afghan man walks in the Karte Sakhi Cemetery during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 4, 2013.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The blanket of snow allows the eye to fully take in the grave markers, appreciating not only their shapes but also the seemingly random way they are placed. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Friday, November 29, 2013
Grasshopper and Moss
Photograph by Andrey Antov , Your Shot
A green grasshopper rests aboard a red mushroom boat in a sea of moss.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I like how this is simply what it is color and texture playing off each other to create an eye-catching tableau. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Fog, Acadia National Park
Photograph by ABM Musa , Your Shot
Fog-covered islands during sunrise, seen from the top of Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park, Maine
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The undulating fog bank, recalling both air and water, is what first caught my eye. My favorite part of looking at this photograph, though, is making out the faint detail of the shoreline underneath. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Cherry Blossoms, Nakameguro
Photograph by Giovanni Pascarella , Your Shot
Nakameguro in Tokyo is one of the most famous places for admiring the blossoming cherry trees in the middle of the city.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? Beautiful simply by being, cherry blossoms are an easy get (and I fall for them every time). What is not so easy is making a shot that is unique. I like that my eye is first caught by, and then travels past, the spray of blossoms, continuing along the light-refracted river to the tiny people on the footbridge at the end. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Nuns, Jerusalem
Photograph by Eli Basri , Your Shot
Church of Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I have never been to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but this photograph takes me there. I can easily imagine the dampness of the ancient stones and the hushed echoes. The glimpse of the nuns clad in luminous white lends a timelessness and mystery to this photograph. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Monday, November 25, 2013
Ganges River, India
Photograph by Joy Acharyya , Your Shot
These kids were playing in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. The moment this kid saw me with my camera, she posed with the huge flag in her hand and made my day.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? Looking at this picture I am reminded of childhood adventure stories, and I like the fact that this was captured right as the subject became aware of the photographer a salute to a fleeting moment. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Computer Parts, French Polynesia
Photograph by Philippe Reichert , Your Shot
What is changing faster than our computers? This shot was taken in a high school yard in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I love detail shots that play with the viewer's sense of scale. The tangled mass of hardware gives the feeling of gazing down into a dystopian mini-metropolis. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
Stuttgart City Library, Germany
Photograph by Shu Koumura , Your Shot
Visitors browse the Stuttgart City Library, a media center opened in 2011 and lauded for its clean and open design. Your Shot community member Shu Koumura shot on tungsten-type film and used an E-6 bleach bypass development process.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? Film! That detail alone makes me smile. A nod to those still practicing the art of analog and alternative processing techniques aside, this is a great example of taking something straightforward—the already photogenic interior of the City Library in Stuttgart—and making a stand-out shot. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Skeleton, St. Lawrence River
Photograph by Stephen Clough , Your Shot
While walking along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec City I saw this skeleton.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? This photograph has the elements of many shoreline shots I have seen the waves made smooth by the long exposure time, the glistening sand but the skeleton lends an unexpected and welcome twist. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Thursday, November 21, 2013
Summer Evening, Hong Kong
Photograph by Brian Yen , Your Shot
A lady fans her skirt on a hot summer night in Wan Chai.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The feeling of a summer evening in the city and the anticipation of a night out is palpable in this shot. I also really like this Wan Chai denizen's zebra boots. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Rice Mill, Bangladesh
Photograph by Pronob Ghosh , Your Shot
A rice mill worker rests in Bangladesh.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The careful framing of the worker, his tools, and the rice creates a scene that is almost iconic in its simplicity. With nothing else to distract the eye, we are able to appreciate this worker and the work he has just completed. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Holy Week Procession, Guatemala
Photograph by Chantal Levesque , Your Shot
This photo was taken during a procession in Antigua Guatemala during Holy Week.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The light shining through the smoke creates an aura of mystery perfectly in sync with the event itself. Being eye level with the faces in the crowd, I feel an intimacy with it, almost as if I were there. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Ward Charcoal Ovens, Nevada
Photograph by Royce Bair , Your Shot
In operation between 1876 and 1879, Nevada's Ward Charcoal Ovens here glowing with filtered lights that simulate functioning ovens were built to produce charcoal from pinyon pine and juniper. In the years following, the ovens are said to have served as shelters for workmen and hideouts for stagecoach bandits. Today they're the main attraction in Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? While I appreciate the beauty in imperfection, perfection can be equally as compelling. It is clear that a lot of work went into creating this stunning scene. The light painting draws my eye to the hand-hewn symmetry of the structures, lit from within by filtered lights placed to simulate functioning 1876 ovens. The effect is otherwordly. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Cheetah, Serengeti
Photograph by Eva Liang , Your Shot
A gazelle's blood stained the cheetah's mouth. Taken in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The cheetah's closed eyes and curled tail lend an incongruous daintiness to this photograph. Far from conveying the savagery of the kill, this image shows us cheetah as epicure, savoring the end of a gourmet meal. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Saturday, November 16, 2013
Fair, India
Photograph by Abhishek Nandy , Your Shot
This was shot at a local fair in Jamshedpur, India. This is a structure for a bike show. The structure, the canopy, and the sunlight together made a unique pattern.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? The angle, composition, and person included for scale make this a good shot. The light illuminating the canopy, shining through the slats, and casting the intricate shadow make it an exceptional one. —Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Swans, Slovakia
Photograph by Norbert Nemes , Your Shot
Swans and ducks, Pie any, Slovakia
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? I love the slightly off-kilter composition here, with the cluster of birds near the bottom of the frame. This gives a sense of movement and allows the eye to take in the peripheral elements the ripples of the water and the sprinkling of ducks. Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Churchgoers, Romania
Photograph by Kathleen McLaughlin , Your Shot
In Maramureş, Orthodox churches are divided in half. The front half is for men, while the back and outside are for women.
What Makes This a Photo of the Day? This glimpse of a young girl s direct gaze as she is being ushered protectively into the church by her elders is the gift of a moment perfectly captured. Alexa Keefe, Photo of the Day editor
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