The 1st Runner-Up (2nd Place) in the 2007 Photograph of the Year Contest

Photograph of the Year FinalistAfter a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round, which featured 16 groups of 10 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 1st Runner-Up (2nd Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2007 Photograph of the Year Contest is kaipu with his photograph Eyes of Innocence!!!


For placing 2nd, kaipu will receive (approximate value: $2,600):
  • A Free 1-year Pro Account courtesy of SmugMug (value $150)
  • A $50 Print Gift Certificate courtesy of SmugMug
  • A $150 Gift Certificate courtesy of PsPrint
  • A coppy of Masters of Wedding Photography I courtesy of Masters of Wedding Photography (value $159)
  • A $150 Gift Card courtesy of ScanCafe
  • A $125 Gift Certificate courtesy of Frame Destination
  • Copies of Arcadia PhotoPerfect, i2e Standard, PerfectlyClear & BackupCD courtesy of Arcadia Software (value $164.95)
  • A copy of Photoshop Trio courtesy of Digital Anarchy (value $499)
  • A copy of Photo Creative Suite Single-User License courtesy of Wondershare (value $129.95)
  • A copy of the Photoshop Plug-in Suite courtesy of OnOne Software (value $399.95)
  • A copy of Photobot courtesy of Tribeca Labs (value $29.95)
  • A Lensbaby 3G courtesy of Lensbabies (value $270)
  • A camera bag courtesy of Lowepro
  • A PhotographyCorner.com Pen & Business Card Holder set, 5 PhotographyCorner.com Pens, and a Lifetime, Level II PhotographyCorner.com Premiere Membership (Value $166.50)

Here are some thoughts from kaipu on the photograph:
I took this picture recently while we stopped for an overnight stay in Sarchu on our way to Ladakh. Little Tenzing (the boy in the picture) lives with his Mother and fatehr in their tent. Here they provide travelers with some basic needs, like Bedding for a Night or Two, Tea and Breakfast, Diesel… etc. They come to this place called Sarchu (altitude 4,290m), every summer to carry out this summer business of theirs. The journey along the Manali-Leh highway at high altitude and variable road conditions, normally takes two days, so travellers and tourists use this spot as an overnight stop. At the altitude of 4,290m the life is extremely hard, as you can clearly see by the face of this 2 years old boy. In summers the sun is very harsh there which leaves the local people with a lot of sunburns, and the winter is extremely cold (down to -35 C) so the peole have to move down in the valleys. The hands you see in the picture and not boys dad as one can imagine it’s his moms. This is life there.

Taken with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40mm f4
Shutter speed - 1/60 @ f5.6
ISO - 200

You can congratulate Poras here at the 1st Runner-Up Award Thread as well as by posting a comment on the winning photograph here in the Corner Galleries.

Congrats, Poras!!!

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Posted by Tim L. Walker on Fri, 2008–02–01 02:05
Categories: Photograph of the Year
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