Hangin' in there

Photo by Harry Peronius, used with permission.

My friend Harry snapped this little guy at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Last Sunday I attended an exhibition sponsored by the West Side Art Coalition where Harry was showing two sets of pictures - the face and hands of a Finnish farmer and of an Indian peasant woman. You can view Harry's work online at the Silver Pix Gallery.

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Gossiping Ladies

[With this post I'm returning to the photo competition series that started November 9 and was interrupted on December 2. You can do a quick review of all those pictures by clicking on the "Fun Photos" topic label on the right.]


Here's the winning photo of the employee photography competition. This picture from the News category seemed to be the overall favorite of the judges. Not surprising, since I work for a news organization and the judges were the senior photo editors. I’ve included their comments with the caption.

The category with the least number of entries was News but it managed to generate, in the opinion of the judges, the best overall picture of the competition. Warsaw-based Sales Executive Anna Jelowicka sent in this great picture of two women deep in conversation behind the back of a new priest in Nowicka in southern Poland. Senior photographer Dylan Martinez commended Anna for having captured a nice off-beat moment. Selecting Anna's entry as the best in the competition Martinez described Anna's picture as "Wonderful, it just gets better every time I look at it."

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Three Kitties

For all you cat-lovers, I couldn’t resist posting this photo which got honorable mention in the Nature category.

Photo by Azaouz Guizani

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Bangkok Cricket

This photo of a cricket eating a colorful leaf was the winner in the Nature category.

Bangkok Cricket, by Attapon Faknoi. Used with permission

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Ode to Joy

Moving to the People category, you can easily see why this shot won.

Ode to Joy, by Remy Granville

Under the last rays of setting sunshine, a French boy jumps with ecstasy on the hot sand of a Corsica beach.

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NYC September 11, 2006

Finally, my personal favorite among the Landscape/Cityscape winners:

Photo by Luis Galarza

Tribute in Lights: 5th Year Anniversary, September 11th 2006

New York, NY

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NYC on Cold November Evening

Continuing with honorable mention from the Landscape/Cityscape category, we move to my home town - New York City.

Photo by Piotr Wybieralski

Midtown Manhattan on a cold November evening, as seen from viewing terrrace on top of Empire State Building. In the center of the picture is Broadway between 34th street and Times Square.


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Chicago in a Bubble

My previous post displayed the winning picture in the Landscape/Cityscape category. Since this category was the most popular, I'm going exhibit three cityscapes which received honorable mention. This one is a unique view of the Chicago skyline.

Photo by Joe Somak

City in the bubble, taken at Millenium Park, Chicago, Illinois

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Westminster at Sunset

The Landscape/Cityscape category was the most popular of the four categories in the recent employee photography competition I mentioned in my last post. Here is the WINNER. My UK readers will particularly enjoy this one!

Westminster at Sunset, by Emma Rossiter

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Haystack Rock

On a visit to the northern Oregon Coast in the summer of 2005, I took this picture of Haystack Rock, a 235-foot tall rock outcropping in the Pacific Ocean, the third-tallest structure of its kind in the world. This fall when my company advertised an employee photography competition, I submitted my photo and the caption below to the Landscape/Cityscape category.

Photo by Linda Mason Hood

World without end, Amen. Thoughts inspired by Haystack Rock on the Pacific Northwest coast of Oregon, USA

The competition results were announced last week. Over 800 photos were submitted, and my picture was not among the winners. The winners from each category were pretty amazing. I'll be sharing them in the next few blog posts. Enjoy!

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Happy Halloween

Photo by Kiyoshi Ota

A dog in a Halloween costume takes part in a parade in Tokyo's Harajuku Omotesando district October 29, 2006. Are we having fun yet?


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