Blowing in the Wind

Photograph by Marc Ressang , National Geographic Your Shot

Paper prayers flutter on the wind near the village of Maniganggo in China s Sichuan Province. Your Shot member Marc Ressang was attending a seven-day horse-racing festival in the region. Before the races started, the visitors went up a sacred hilltop to throw their prayers in the air, he writes. I used my 16-35mm lens to achieve a wide shot, positioning myself a bit farther down the hill and facing the wind so the prayers would fly in my direction to fill up the frame.