2012 national geographic photo contest

2012 National Geographic Photo Contest: Cynical?

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Photo awards have proved many times that they are questionable in their motives and results and the just announced winner of the “nature” section of the National Geographic 2012 Photo Contest is only another example how cynical awards have become.

The winning photo is a photo of a tiger, taken in a zoo. One can just imagine what kind of wildlife photography that is in the comfortable security of a zoo with an ice-cream stall conveniently at hand. Not a photographer out in the bush where it has 40 degrees Celsius, covered in dust and sweat, facing possible danger behind every corner and trying to be patient to get that one special shot. No, conveniently with a trolley for the equipment and a foldable chair and umbrella to wait if necessary comfortably for a while, probably being very annoyed by other visitors flocking around the same cage or enclosure.

Is this the new
photo safari wildlife photography experience honored by the leading wildlife photography magazine of the world?

I hope not. There is nothing like the real thing and a photo shows that.

Read more on the subject from PetaPixel
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Ute Sonnenberg for
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