The contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two.
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
May 18, 2013
I ♥ Elephants - 1
Love this animated picture from the brilliant series of photographs from the 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, collected at the In Focus site run by The Atlantic.
The contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two.
A group of 12-14 hyenas were chasing a herd of 7-8 elephants. The
elephant herd included 2 adult females, a few teenagers, and a baby that
was a few days old (belonging to one of the adult females). The hyenas
were trying to get at the baby. In this picture, the mother is kicking
at the hyenas. (© Jayesh Mehta/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)
The contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two.
May 4, 2009
Hobbled
Sometimes, life's like that!
I found the above picture at the Shorpy Photo Archive, which is a great collection of high resolution vintage pictures. Many lovely pictures at the site but this one vibed with me more than others for some reason.
HOBBLED, 1917
Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Dr. W.J. Davis, disabled auto."
Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.
Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
I found the above picture at the Shorpy Photo Archive, which is a great collection of high resolution vintage pictures. Many lovely pictures at the site but this one vibed with me more than others for some reason.
March 31, 2009
The Unknown Gettysburg Soldier
Errol Morris has an interesting write-up yesterday (which is how I found the set of pictures from Bush's last week, which I just blogged about) about the Unknown Gettysburg soldier.
More at the post - the link above. The second part has not been posted yet but he'll post it soon, I suppose.
Related book: Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston
The soldier’s body was found near the center of Gettysburg with no identification — no regimental numbers on his cap, no corps badge on his jacket, no letters, no diary. Nothing save for an ambrotype (an early type of photograph popular in the late 1850s and 1860s) of three small children clutched in his hand. Within a few days the ambrotype came into the possession of Benjamin Schriver, a tavern keeper in the small town of Graeffenburg, about 13 miles west of Gettysburg. The details of how Schriver came into possession of the ambrotype have been lost to history. But the rest of the story survives, a story in which this photograph of three small children was used for both good and wicked purposes. First, the good.
More at the post - the link above. The second part has not been posted yet but he'll post it soon, I suppose.
Related book: Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston
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