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Photojournalism Steve McCurry style.

Challenge #9 in the Mentors series. Hosted by Martin Ocando, Carlos U, Aleo Veuliah, Rick Sammon.

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Hosted by Aleo Veuliah

Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" that originally appeared in National Geographic magazine. Lets pay tribute to Mr. McCurry with our best shot, worth to be in the cover of the big magazines.

Info here:

Steve McCurrySite

Wikipedia Steve McCurry Info

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Announced:

Tuesday, 19th February, 2013 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 26th February, 2013 – Monday, 4th March, 2013 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 5th March, 2013 – Monday, 11th March, 2013 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Color or black and white are fine. (not over saturated colors)
Panoramas not allowed.
Good post processing, not heavy manipulated images.
Minimum size 1024x768.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Pictures need to show well Steve McCurry style.
All kinds of lenses.
No frames or watermarks on the images.
Good technical description appreciated.
A very good composition is appreciated.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

150

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Cuban Model

by JeanPierre Martel

2^nd place

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When she invited me to take a shot at her, I knew that if I would do so, she would ask for money after the shot would have been taken. So I took the initiative to ask "Cuanto?" (How much?). Shen replied two pesos. Knowing that the average earning in Cuba is about 19 pesos a month, I offered one peso (which she accepted). When I look back at this picture, I don’t see a woman posing as a model: I just see an immense sadness…

Camera:	Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens:	Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm F2.8 ASPH Power OIS
Submitted:	Tuesday, 26th February, 2013 05:24 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 4th November, 2012
Focal length:	35 mm
Shutter speed:	1/200 sec
Aperture:	F4.5
ISO:	200
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Galleries:	View this photo in JeanPierre Martel's gallery

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britties

Amazing composition, colours and a powerful expression. Should be No.1, imho

Mar 14, 2013permalink

Jorginho

A nice pic, with nice warm colours.Warms me up in the cold and snowy Netherlands.

Mar 12, 2013permalink

JeanPierre Martel

Thanks to everybody who has voted for my photo.

It’s an honor for me since there were a lot of oustanding entries in this challenge.

Of course, I didn't vote for my own photo but four of the five « 5-star » appreciations that I gave myself went to photos in the top ten. So this was a real fun.

Mar 12, 2013*permalink

thanasaki

Excellent photo! Even more, also an excellent and meaningful photographer;s comment. Congratulations!

Mar 12, 2013permalink

Eddie Perry

aint nobody got time for Bronchitis! Ha ha - seriously though this is a cracking image! Could that cigar be any bigger??

Mar 9, 2013permalink

mpgxsvcd

This is an excellent image.

Feb 26, 2013permalink

Aleo Veuliah

This one is very good.

Feb 26, 2013permalink


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