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Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

In this week's round of The Big Picture photography competition, where we invite readers to send us their best holiday snaps, James Wood of Dundee wins for his vibrant picture of a monastery and prayer flags in Leh, Ladakh, Northern India.

Aborigines pose at Mount Mulligan, Queensland.
By Richard Simpson of Carleton-in-Craven

Niagara Falls by night.
By Mark Fetherstonhaugh of Belfast, Northern Ireland

A strikingly tinted section of glacier ice in Torres Del Paine National Park.
By Annabel Kingston

End of the line at Quercy railroad, Lot Valley, France.
By R Woodall of Walsall, West Midlands

Statue of Wairaka taken at sunset at Whakatane, North Island, New Zealand.
By Geoffrey Matthews of Moray, Scotland

An unusual discovery at Taba Heights.
By Melville Perkins of St. Albans, Herts

Cheetah on a termite mound.
By Maurice Dent

Bruges during the Festival of the Canals.
By Carol Mason of Silverstone, Northants

Sunrise at Mt Bromo, East Java.
By Judith Patterson of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

jailhousewyer,

Beautiful, thank you.

CherryPie said...

I think you know these are a winner with me :-)

Anonymous said...

A bit of trivia but factual:
"Statue of Wairaka taken at sunset at Whakatane, North Island, New Zealand."

Did you know that the Maori pronunctiation of "Whakatane" is actually "Fuckatarney"?

Not a lot of people know that, said Michael Caine.