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19th Annual Photo Contest Winners
2007 World In Focus Contest
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First Prize: Mark Unrau, Vineland, Ontario, Canada
Choice of 11-day trip for two to Arctic Norway or 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos Islands
Mark Unrau, who works in the Canadian mining industry, has been taking photographs for about ten years. Unrau snapped this image on the train that runs from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet. The rail line—one of the world's highest railroad routes—had been completed just a month earlier. Many Tibetans feel the train is bad for their people and culture, but the Chinese have hailed it as a major technological achievement and said it will promote tourism. Unrau wanted to document the controversial new train. He took the photograph early in his 26-hour journey. "The woman was sitting in front of me for the duration of the ride," says the photographer, "and was glued to the window staring out at the expansive scenery." So that his subject wouldn't feel uncomfortable, Unrau angled the camera toward the window rather than pointing it directly at her. "That is why she's tucked way into the corner of the image," he explains. (Canon 5D digital camera, 24-105mm L- lens, exposure at 1/125 second at F/9.0, ISO 640) Prize courtesy of Lindblad Expeditions.
This year's 19th annual photo contest received over 27,000 entries, up some 12,000 from last year. Start polishing your skills early with one of Traveler's photo seminars and look for the announcement of our next contest in May 2008.
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