International Photography Contest 2008 – National Geographic

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Trent

Photo and caption by Shibnath Basu, India.

CLICK NOTE: I found a lot of these winners to appear highly ‘Shopped. Can someone please explain to me how the clouds in this National Geographic International Photography Contest winning photograph are true reflections? Sure looks like a hideous photoshop job to me.

These shallow waters are mainly famous for flamingos at Nal Sarovar near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The picture shows the reflection of clouds on water.

Check it out here.

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2 Responses to International Photography Contest 2008 – National Geographic

Bruce Twitchell says:

December 13, 2008 at 8:32 pm

What about the lightening photo where the sky is all done as a rainbow? That one has photoshop written all over it.
Isha says:

December 19, 2008 at 7:46 am

If you read the caption and look at the photo carefully you can see that the red and orange in that “rainbow” is the glow of grasslands on fire.

Please do not mistake color correction and exposure manipulation via a tool (ie. Photoshop) with content manipulation. The former is Ok in the Nat Geo contest while the latter is not.

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