Wednesday, 20 August 2014

No wonder why these photographs were selected as the Finalists. They are Absolutely Stunning!

Terraced fields during harvest season.
A champion bronco bucks a champion rider at the Helmville Rodeo.

Portrait of a young Suri boy going with his father to take care of the cattle.
McGeorge spent a quiet 6 hours trying to get the perfect image of this eastern screech owl out of its nest.
Captures a sea turtle at a dive site called Black Rock.
During their annual migration, wildebeests are forced to find new river crossings in the Serengeti-Mara region. "The animals were being taken by the unfamiliar currents of deep water and had to struggle to get close to the far bank. There were few rocks on which to land and the initial orderly progression soon became a desperate struggle of clambering," says Lunney.

As part of a show called "Well of Death," a biker performs a stunt at a village fair to celebrate Rath Jatra, a Hindu festival.
A group of locals playing billiards by Namtso Lake.

"Babylon-Made in Italy is inspired by the story of the Babylon tower, the painting by Pieter Bruegel and by a trip to the beautiful Cinque Terre in Italy," says Bova.
"Although my photo hardly does justice to describing the tenuous balance in Antarctica's ecosystem, it has served to crystallize in my memory one of the last stretches of untamed and inarticulate lands on earth," says Wang.

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