| 2015-9-aerial-lines-eiffel-tower | | Picture of an aerial view of lines outside the Eiffel Tower in Paris
| | In Paris, the Eiffel Tower attracts nearly seven million visitors a year. Here, lines form and fluctuate beneath La Dame de Fer, or “the iron lady,” an iconic fixture in the city for more than 125 years. Your shot member Graham de Lacy, in Paris for the first time, took a few shots of the city at the top, “as one does.” He saw the lines on the way to the restaurant on the first level. “They reminded me of ants,” he writes. “I found the exact center point, as I wanted the shot perfectly symmetrical. Fortunately, I had a wide-angle lens to capture the moment ... It was very monochromatic, and in my head I always knew it was going to be in black and white.”
Lacy’s shot was recently featured in the Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-9-basketball-china-eiffel | | Picture of residents of Hangzhou, China, playing basketball against the backdrop of an Eiffel Tower replica
| | Sometimes called the “Paris of the east,” the city of Hangzhou in eastern China rose to its reputation with an appropriate set piece—a replica of the Eiffel Tower. Your Shot member Geovien So waited for the golden hour to capture a shot of the famous silhouette while, in the foreground, local residents play a postwork game of basketball.
So’s shot was recently featured in the Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-8-waterfall-kirkufell-iceland | | Picture of waterfalls at Kirkjufell, Iceland | | Located on the coast of the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland, Kirkjufell, which means “church mountain,” is said to be the most photographed mountain in the country. It’s a challenging climb to the top—but worth the extraordinary view when you get there.
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| 2015-8-man-diving-ocean-spain | | Picture of a man diving into the ocean on Caleta Beach in Cadiz, Spain | | “Pay attention,” Your Shot member Fran Virues Avila was told by the diver seen here. “My jump will be worthy of observing.” Avila visits La Caleta Beach in Cádiz, Spain, every year to see people take the plunge when the tide is high. Perhaps this particular diver trains during the year or has natural athletic abilities, Avila ponders. In any case, he writes, the result did not disappoint, displaying “a mixture [of] freedom and courage.”
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| 2015-8-light-house-scotland-sunset | | Picture of the Rattray Head lighthouse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | | Sunset surrounds the late 19th-century Rattray Head lighthouse in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Your Shot member Grant Glendinning captured the dusk’s changing light with a long exposure and a neutral density and polarizing filter attached to a wide-angle lens.
Glendinning’s image was recently featured in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-8-men-camel-desert-abu-dhabi | | Picture of two men riding a camel in Abu Dhabi and an Arabian oryx skull | | Having succumbed to the forces of man or nature, an Arabian oryx leaves behind its skull and well-weathered horns. The “fascinating” remains were captured by Your Shot member Mario Cardenas in Al Gharbia, a region in the western United Arab Emirates. The camel and riders head in the direction of the annual camel festival in Madinat Zayed.
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| 2015-8-sun-rise-glenorchy-new-zealand | | Picture of willow trees in Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand | | The famed water-bound willows of Glenorchy, New Zealand, rise from Lake Wakatipu on the country’s South Island. Your Shot member Paul Reiffer, who photographed the scene at sunrise, calls winter “a special time in New Zealand.”
Reiffer’s image was recently featured in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-8-salt-farming-workers | | Picture of salt farmers working near the ocean | | “Salt farming is sadly a dying trade in Bali,” writes Your Shot member Jino Lee. But on the east side of the Indonesian island, Lee says, a small and declining number of salt farmers still plies the trade today.
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| 2015-8-pool-swimming-summer-mexico | | Picture of swimmers in a pool seen from above | | Shot with a film camera, this photograph by Thomas Sterr captures a day at the pool for hotel guests in Acapulco, Mexico. The popular resort city, whose name means “place of dense reeds” in the Aztec Nahuatl language, bends invitingly around the Acapulco Bay on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
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| 2015-8-man-dog-bicycle-china | | Picture of a man riding a bike and towing his dog on a skateboard, Taipei, Taiwan | | Towing his dog behind him, a man bicycles down a sidewalk in Taipei, Taiwan. Your Shot member Chuan Teik Heng’s touching picture brings into individual focus a vibrant capital city that’s home to millions.
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| 2015-8-polar-bears-waving-alaska | | Picture of polar bears waving at the camera | | “It was a surreal experience to be in the presence of these magnificent creatures,” writes Your Shot member Laura Keene of photographing this seemingly approachable pair of bears in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Keene says they stood and appeared to wave in greeting when a nearby pair of cubs captured their attention. Polar bears, she says, “congregate on the barrier islands off Kaktovik in northern Alaska every fall to partake of leftovers from Inupiat whaling [activity] before the Beaufort Sea freezes and they move on to hunt seal.”
Keene’s image was recently featured in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-8-family-walk-park-romania | | Picture of a family walking at sunset, Nicolae Romanescu Park, Craiova, Romania | | A family takes a sunset walk in Nicolae Romanescu Park in Craiova, a university town in southern Romania. A rich example of the country’s landscape architecture, the Emile Rendont–designed park opened in 1903. It’s named for the man who was then Craiova’s mayor.
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| 2015-8-climber-myanmar-hkakabo | | Picture of climber Mark Jenkins near the summit of Hkakabo Razi in Myanmar | | Blocked by tooth-like spires, author and adventurer Mark Jenkins turns back from the ridge leading to the snowy summit of Hkakabo Razi in Myanmar (Burma), part of the largely unexplored Dandalika Range. Thought to be the tallest mountain in Southeast Asia, Hkakabo remains unmeasured by GPS—a task taken on by a mountaineering team that included Jenkins, photographer Cory Richards, and climber Emily Harrington. For Jenkins, it was a windy and emotional retreat after 41 days of effort and two previous attempts. To go on, the team would’ve had to spend a night without food, a tent, or sleeping bags. “We’d have lost digits, if not our lives,” says Richards.
See more pictures from the September 2015 feature story “Point of No Return.”
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| 2015-8-woman-walking-dog-italy | | Picture of a woman walking her dog in the Piazza del Campo, Siena | | A woman walks her dog on the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. The Tuscan city’s social and commercial center since its medieval inception, the piazza is the stage for the world-famous Palio, the raucous horse race that has taken place in Siena every summer since the 1600s.
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| 2015-8-bali-dancer-hindu | | Picture of a traditional female Balinese dancer performing at a festival, Indonesia | | “The superb dancing of the Balinese is based on Hindu mythology and is both exotic and powerful in its presentation,” writes Your Shot member Gordon Grimwade, who photographed these festival dancers in Ubud on the Indonesian island of Bali. “I converted this image to black and white simply because it better portrays the performance and mood.”
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| 2015-8-penguin-jumping-antarctica | | Picture of a penguin jumping out of the water onto the ice, Gould Bay, Antarctica | | An emperor penguin bursts from its watery hunting ground in Gould Bay, Antarctica. The largest of all penguins, flightless emperors live on the Antarctic ice, employing physiological adaptations and cooperative behaviors to deal with the harsh environment.
Michel’s image was recently featured in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-8-sunrise-zermatt-switzerland | | Picture of sunrise in the town of Zermatt, Switzerland | | While spending the winter holidays with family in Zermatt, Switzerland, Your Shot member Andrey Omelyanchuk found that most of the best spots for views of the resort town were difficult to access. “To reach this stunning viewpoint, I had to hike up the ski slope in the dead of night for 20 minutes,” he writes. The effort’s result: a peaceful look at the town coming awake at dawn.
Omelyanchuk’s image was recently featured in Your Shot’s Daily Dozen.
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| 2015-8-chameleon-insect-foraging | | Picture of a chameleon snaring an insect with its tongue | | An insect succumbs to a foraging Calumma chameleon, whose extremely sharp vision allows it to project its long tongue with pinpoint accuracy. A recently released IUCN Red List assessment of chameleons ranked at least half the species as threatened or near threatened.
See more pictures from the September 2015 feature story “The Colorful Language of Chameleons.”
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