Monday, October 27, 2008

Romanian Ortodox Baptism
























































Wednesday, October 15, 2008

i won somekind of professional Honorable Mention...

I received the notice yesterday...it's not the 1st place prize,but let's say that i feel like the winner...


2008 Photographer of the Year Competition Honorable Mention recipients:
Congratulations. Your entries have been recognized by the IPA jurors as honorable mentions from amongst 22,000 entries submitted from 124 countries across the globe! The names of all Honorable Mention recipients will be published in the 2008 Annual Awards Book. Your official downloadable seals and your printable certificate for receiving honorable mention in the 2008 Pilsner Urquell IPA competition are available on your photoawards.com account in the "winner's services" section.

Professional Honorable Mention Recipients
Culture
TILITA THEMISTIUS GEORGE entry 44635 - Title: Garbage basket on Dead Sea beach - ROME, ITMASAYUKI TAKAKU entry 44654 - Title: Tournament of Japanese art of archery - YOKOHAMA-CITY, JPFIONA KATZLER entry 44829 - Title: Quintessentially French - GODALMING, UKEL-BRANDEN BRAZIL entry 45027 - Title: People Of Asia - KOKUBUNJI-SHI, JPYONG HA REW entry 45048 - Title: artisan - SEOUL, KRKARYN BOSCH entry 45055 - Title: Patience Is a Great Virtue - ROODEPOORT, ZATHOMAS STOFFANELLER entry 45104 - Title: Thaipusam - INNSBRUCK, ATNICOLO BELLOTTO entry 45128 - Title: TAO MONK - VENICE, ITKAMI WEBB entry 45230 - Title: Italia - AMARILLO, USMIKHAIL GUBIN entry 45299 - Title: SELEBRATION OF SIMCHAT TORAH - KEW GARDENS, USYAVOR GANTCHEV entry 45369 - Title: The multicolored face of Istanbul - SOFIA, BGIVAN FERRARI entry 45385 - Title: The other Islam - VARESE, ITEVYNN LEVALLEY entry 45622 - Title: Aging in Oia - CARMEL VALLEY, USMASAYUKI TAKAKU entry 45790 - Title: Battledore fair2007 in Asakusa, Tokyo - YOKOHAMA-CITY, JPMASAYUKI TAKAKU entry 45794 - Title: Performing the lion dance - YOKOHAMA-CITY, JPCHANTRA JARUPORNLUMLERT entry 45959 - Title: Hill-Tribe Village - DENVER, USJAVIER TERNERO entry 46158 - Title: Gypsy-Travellers - SEVILLA , ESDEBBIE FINLEY entry 46310 - Title: Second Line Parade - New Orleans - AUSTIN, USJAYNE DUNSMUIR entry 46405 - Title: Return from the Fields - BRIGHTON, UKAHMAD ALKATHIRI entry 46520 - Title: Village Barber Shop - DHAHRAN, SAAHMAD ALKATHIRI entry 46524 - Title: Making Butter The Old Way - DHAHRAN, SAZHANG XIAOQIAN entry 46805 - Title: The Idolatry - CHENGDU, CNPABLO RECABAL entry 47355 - Title: Tango! - SANTIAGO, CLPATRICK KLAUSS entry 47399 - Title: JC - TORONTO, CAMICHAEL HONEGGER entry 47467 - Title: Reflections on a Jaisalmer Morning - PARIS, FRFAISAL ALMALKI entry 47747 - Title: Voyage - RIYADH, SAFAISAL ALMALKI entry 47778 - Title: A Thousand Stories - RIYADH, SAFAISAL ALMALKI entry 47780 - Title: The Juice Master - RIYADH, SAFLORENCE BERLUTEAU entry 47836 - Title: Geisha - TOULOUSE, FREDWARD BURDETTE entry 47919 - Title: Chinatown, Philadelphia - ATLANTA, USNANDOR ORDOG entry 48067 - Title: Sausage and Pepper - NEW YORK, USANDY NGUYEN entry 48086 - Title: Women of Vietnam - MILPITAS, USFAISAL ALMALKI entry 48208 - Title: 50% Sight - 100% Vision - RIYADH, SAPIOTR KOWALSKI entry 48350 - Title: an old Buddhist monk - WARSAW, PLPIOTR KOWALSKI entry 48358 - Title: calling for a prayer - WARSAW, PLROSS THOMPSON entry 48408 - Title: Alla Chiesa - NORTH POTOMAC , USYASUTERU KASANO entry 48454 - Title: Woman in Peru - WAKAYAMA, JPTARA SHEEHAN entry 48460 - Title: The Card Game - LUTZ, USTARA SHEEHAN entry 48478 - Title: Tadjik girl studies in Xinjiang, China - LUTZ, USMASSIMO CRISTALDI entry 48529 - Title: A Men's World - TREMESTIERI ETNEO, ITGLORIANN LIU entry 48731 - Title: The Family - SAN LUIS OBISPO, USGLORIANN LIU entry 48734 - Title: In the Circle - Buskashi - SAN LUIS OBISPO, USGLORIANN LIU entry 48737 - Title: The Conversation - SAN LUIS OBISPO, USMARIA TAKACS entry 48806 - Title: Folk dancers - LONDON, GBJAYME COHN entry 48855 - Title: Tibetan Ladies - ARCATA, USSOFIE DITTMANN entry 48881 - Title: Street Musician/Walter vun de Palz - WOOSTER, USTHOMAS GRAHAM entry 48892 - Title: Holding on to Innocence in Modern Damascus - MELBOURNE , AUJAKUB URBANSKI entry 48921 - Title: Guardian of the fire - WARSAW, PLVALERIA GRADIZZI entry 48994 - Title: VERONA - CAPRINO VERONESE, ITCASE WOO entry 49027 - Title: Which One - SINGAPORE, SGLUIGI RUOPPOLO entry 49045 - Title: WOMEN FROM INDIA - SALERNO, ITLUIGI RUOPPOLO entry 49051 - Title: CHIANG RAI NIGHT MARKET - SALERNO, ITATHANASIOS MALOUKOS entry 49190 - Title: ENLIGHTENING WIND - Lalibela, Ethiopia - LAMIA, GRATHANASIOS MALOUKOS entry 49203 - Title: MONASTIC FESTIVAL in LADAKH - LAMIA, GRZHANG XIAOQIAN entry 49276 - Title: The Hidden Jade Buddha in Rural Tibet - CHENGDU, CNYASMIN SHUBBER entry 49436 - Title: People of Ladakh (Indian Himalaya) - LEH, INDIANA NIKOLOVA entry 49463 - Title: Leather dyeing process,Fes-Morocco - RUSE, BGBENJAMIN LEONG entry 49555 - Title: Umbrella - SINGAPORE, SGNINA DORAN entry 49713 - Title: Three Women in Rissani - MOUNT KISCO, USTRISH PUNCH entry 49762 - Title: The Monk - XXXXXXXX, IEDEEPAK SOBTI entry 49837 - Title: People of San Jose - ROCHESTER, USVLAD EFTENIE entry 49907 - Title: imminent - BUCHAREST, SECT 1, ROVLAD EFTENIE entry 49932 - Title: monologues - BUCHAREST, SECT 1, ROIAN ADAMS entry 50072 - Title: Israel By Land (Four) - SAVANNAH, USTRICIA LESH entry 50103 - Title: Lonely monk - NASHVILLE, USJENNIFER MOOTZ entry 50124 - Title: Family Restaurant - DALLAS, USYANIV SCHWARTZ entry 50255 - Title: Israel goes 60 - NATANYA, ILLUNG LIU entry 50308 - Title: Children of the Eight Limbs - SURREY, CALUNG LIU entry 50311 - Title: Gypsy Family in Chania - SURREY, CALUNG LIU entry 50313 - Title: Happy, No Happy #1 - SURREY, CALUNG LIU entry 50314 - Title: Happy, No Happy #2 - SURREY, CALUNG LIU entry 50319 - Title: Muay Thai Culture #1 - SURREY, CALUNG LIU entry 50324 - Title: Muay Thai Culture #2 - SURREY, CAYOSHITADA OKUBO entry 50386 - Title: London 01: Angels - GREENWICH, UKCLAIRE MARTIN entry 50304 - Title: Billy Ah-Clems house - VANCOUVER, CATHIERRY DUCHARME entry 50473 - Title: Thierry Ducharme Photographe - MONTREAL, CAALEXANDER PERELMAN entry 50527 - Title: Dance - QIRYAT YAM, ILDON GUREWITZ entry 50540 - Title: Daybreak at the Ganges. Varanasi, India - SOMERVILLE, USDON GUREWITZ entry 50544 - Title: Monks' Assembly. Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, China - SOMERVILLE, USDON GUREWITZ entry 50546 - Title: Market Scene. Dogon Country, Mali - SOMERVILLE, USDON GUREWITZ entry 50547 - Title: Fisherman and Net. Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) - SOMERVILLE, USDON GUREWITZ entry 50549 - Title: Painting the Shwemawdaw Paya. Bago, Myanmar (Burma) - SOMERVILLE, USDON GUREWITZ entry 50551 - Title: Cave Scene. Hoa Lu, Vietnam - SOMERVILLE, USSAMANTHA CASOLARI entry 50682 - Title: UNTITLED, Nevada 2007 - BROOKLYN, USMICHELLE SANK entry 48382 - Title: Tidal - EXETER, UKRADEK BURDA entry 50901 - Title: Fassika - Ethiopian Easter - OHROBEC, CZFAISAL ALMALKI entry 51216 - Title: Here, We Rule - RIYADH, SAMAURIZIO LANDRISCINA entry 51261 - Title: Little monks in Myanmar - MILANO, ITHENK-JAN WESSELINK entry 51331 - Title: Edinburgh - BUDAPEST, HUHENK-JAN WESSELINK entry 51333 - Title: X-Mas Performance - BUDAPEST, HURICHARD BLUESTEIN entry 51422 - Title: Viewing Art #600 - BOCA RATON, USBENJAMIN LEONG entry 51427 - Title: Occupation - SINGAPORE, SGCATHERINE HALL entry 51623 - Title: Max's Afternoon Walk, West Village - LAFAYETTE, USGLEN DICROCCO entry 51669 - Title: New York City at Night - STATEN ISLAND, USMANSOOR MOHAMADI entry 51853 - Title: Faith - TEHRAN, IRTAY HAK PENG entry 51854 - Title: Simple Joys - SINGAPORE, SGJUJU KURIHARA entry 51963 - Title: to the light - MADRID, ESADAM ROSE entry 52391 - Title: Melons - SANTA BARBARA, USMARIE CHAO entry 52429 - Title: Westside Dance School Spring Recital - LOS ANGELES, USADAM ROSE entry 51271 - Title: India Color - SANTA BARBARA, USWUNREI JUNG entry 52580 - Title: Korean Sharmanism - SEOUL, KRRAJ JESHANG entry 52762 - Title: Navi Dilli (New Delhi) - SAVANNAH, USRAJ JESHANG entry 52849 - Title: untitled - SAVANNAH, USNICOLAS VILLAUME entry 52902 - Title: Andean Quechua Communities - PARIS, FRKRIS VON ROMANOV entry 52912 - Title: Traveler, Painter and Artist - DUESSELDORF, DECECE SCOTT entry 52914 - Title: Faces of Havana: the day Fidel stepped down 02/19/08 - WESTON, CAASHOK SINHA entry 53057 - Title: Tale of a 10-armed warrior goddess - "Durga" - NEW YORK, USSTUART POSNER entry 53102 - Title: UNTITLED - PHOENIX, USSANDRA CHEN WEINSTEIN entry 53152 - Title: People of Ganga, City of Light - LAKE FOREST, USIDO MAGAL entry 53198 - Title: Tibetan Monk in doorway - WOODINVILLE, USIDO MAGAL entry 53200 - Title: Young Tibetan Monk 1 - WOODINVILLE, USIDO MAGAL entry 53201 - Title: Young Tibetan Monk 2 - WOODINVILLE, USJUDE MURRAY entry 53234 - Title: Visions of Arabia - MOUNT MAUNGANUI, NZJEAN-CLAUDE LOUIS entry 53256 - Title: Narad Ghat, Varanasi, India - AGOURA HILLS, USJEAN-CLAUDE LOUIS entry 53275 - Title: Monks, Serchul Monastery, Tibet - AGOURA HILLS, USAHMET VAROL entry 53304 - Title: old man - ISTANBUL, TRDIANA MRAZIKOVA entry 53380 - Title: Something old, something new - in Old Medina in Marrakesh - BRATISLAVA, RUSOVCE, SKDIANA MRAZIKOVA entry 53452 - Title: Farmer's market Cuba - BRATISLAVA, RUSOVCE, SKDIANA MRAZIKOVA entry 53467 - Title: Smokey portraits in Cuba - BRATISLAVA, RUSOVCE, SKANNA URBANSKA entry 53752 - Title: Under a close supervision - WARSZAWA, PLANNA URBANSKA entry 53757 - Title: Solitude - WARSZAWA, PLTERESA VENEZIA entry 53843 - Title: The musician - LOS ANGELES, USPONGSATORN SUKHUM entry 53868 - Title: Kayaw Elders - BANGKOK, THPONGSATORN SUKHUM entry 53885 - Title: Kayaw Child - BANGKOK, THNICOLAS VILLAUME entry 52888 - Title: Andean Faces - PARIS, FRNICOLAS VILLAUME entry 54088 - Title: Andean Daily Life - PARIS, FRJOSEPH DURAN entry 54156 - Title: The People's Religion - LONG BEACH, USJOHN DELANEY entry 54508 - Title: UNTITLED - NEW YORK, USCHRISTIAN VIUM entry 54547 - Title: OLD SCHOOL GANGSTERS - SOUTH AFRICA - COPENHAGEN K, DKATTILA MOLNAR entry 54595 - Title: Steely glances - MIERCUREA-CIUC, ROSHAZIA HUSSAIN entry 54603 - Title: Sufi whirling dervish - LAHORE, PKCHRISTIAN VIUM entry 54656 - Title: THE STORM - EL MINA, MAURITANIA - COPENHAGEN K, DKCHRISTIAN VIUM entry 54677 - Title: SLUM NOMADS - EL MINA, MAURITANIA - COPENHAGEN K, DKCHRISTIAN VIUM entry 54693 - Title: AFGHAN WOMEN - COPENHAGEN K, DKCHRISTIAN VIUM entry 54706 - Title: AFGHAN MUSCLES - COPENHAGEN K, DKCHRISTIAN VIUM entry 54716 - Title: HIDDEN GAZES - AFGHANISTAN - COPENHAGEN K, DKSANDRA CHEN WEINSTEIN entry 54927 - Title: Warriors of Maharaja - LAKE FOREST, USROGER LANDRUM entry 55027 - Title: Traditional Potters of Mexico - WASHINGTON, USJAY GREGORY entry 55098 - Title: People Of Thailand - OAKLAND, USSTEPHAN HOGLUND entry 55114 - Title: Peace - GRAND MARAIS, USLESLIE ROSENTHAL entry 55137 - Title: Jujuy Province, Argentina - PASADENA, USSTEPHAN HOGLUND entry 55232 - Title: Cuban Love..on the Malecon Old Habana - GRAND MARAIS, USMAGHIN TAMILARASAN entry 55460 - Title: Little Emperor - WOKING, UKBORIS AUSTIN entry 55680 - Title: SOLIDIFIED MEMORIES - LONDON, UKUMAR AKHTER entry 55730 - Title: Lines of Time - BANGALORE, INLUNG LIU entry 50309 - Title: The Cretan Bird Man - SURREY, CAMACKENZIE REYNOLDS entry 55944 - Title: Friday Night Bingo - OTISVILLE, USHASAN HULKI MURADI entry 55977 - Title: HAMMAM-TURKISH BATH - MERSIN, TRRODGER SCHMIDT entry 56108 - Title: Island Boys - MOZAMBIQUE, MZNELSON LEUNG entry 56266 - Title: Big Buddha - MARKHAM, CAJAMIE CLYDE entry 56510 - Title: Lolita Girls - ASTORIA, USJOHN FRIED entry 56658 - Title: Amish boys on a Sunday drive - WAYNE, USJEAN-CLAUDE LOUIS entry 53283 - Title: Snake Charmer, Rajasthan - AGOURA HILLS, USIAN ROOP entry 56763 - Title: Ski Area - BRECKENRIDGE, USLEUNG CHUN CHUNG entry 56801 - Title: happy man - N.T., HKGEORGIOS STAVRINIDES entry 56830 - Title: Easter in Corfu - PAPHOS, CYBRADLEY FERNIHOUGH entry 56840 - Title: Family - PERTH, AURANDALL HOWLETT entry 56955 - Title: Changing of the Guard - LITTLETON, USWANCHING QUAH entry 57049 - Title: Life.Simple - BATU MAUNG, MYEIKO KEERTHI entry 57308 - Title: homage - AMSTERDAM, NLJONAS PETERSON entry 57404 - Title: Looking for Tigers - PADDINGTON, AUANTON GORBACHEV entry 57348 - Title: The Game - MOSCOW, RUANTON GORBACHEV entry 57441 - Title: China's Evereday Life - MOSCOW, RUSTEFAN RADTKE entry 57538 - Title: at the parade - RYE, USRESHMA KIRPALANI entry 57642 - Title: Kwamalasamutu - PARAMARIBO, SRJASON COON entry 57663 - Title: Beach Blanket Apocalypse - ORLANDO, USTIERNEY WILLIAMS entry 56889 - Title: The Game - ATLANTA, USKAI LINTUMAA entry 57735 - Title: CHANGE TO BE THE SAME - SAN FRANCISCO, USSIMON DE JONG entry 57737 - Title: 3 Generations in Vietnam - AMERSFOORT, NLLUNG LIU entry 57873 - Title: Daily Living by the Tracks in Bangkok - SURREY, CAVITTORIO DEL DUCA entry 57885 - Title: On the Bay of Bengal - ROMA, ITKELLY WILLIAMSON entry 57909 - Title: fruit stand - AUSTIN, USKEIKO HIROMI entry 58019 - Title: Twelve Tribe - DORCHESTER, USEUGENE KUO entry 58163 - Title: Japan, 2007 - NEW YORK, USDARSHAN SONI entry 58194 - Title: Suspended silence - AHMEDABAD, INDARSHAN SONI entry 58188 - Title: Space Within - AHMEDABAD, INTOMASZ DZIUBINSKI entry 58305 - Title: To be at ease - WARSAW, PLRANDALL HOWLETT entry 58314 - Title: Boat Women of Damnoen Saduak - LITTLETON, USFELICIA MICHAELS entry 58345 - Title: Appalachian faces - SHERMAN OAKS , USFELICIA MICHAELS entry 58351 - Title: Berber Tribesman with Camels - SHERMAN OAKS , USMARC SCHMIDHEINY entry 58355 - Title: guarding the grave - JONA, CHBISWAPRIYA RAHUT entry 58496 - Title: The Kirtaniyas - JALPAIGURI, INJOLANTA DZIUBINSKA entry 58650 - Title: High Hills Country Girls - WARSAW, PLMACIEK GLOWKA entry 58949 - Title: Lost in the civilization - WARSAW, PLRANDALL HOWLETT entry 56918 - Title: Island Kids: Children of Phu Quoc, Vietnam - LITTLETON, USNURHA DE SOUZA entry 59054 - Title: The Breath - VAN NUYS, USANDREW POLUSHKIN entry 59116 - Title: Petersburg Hallucinating - SAINT PETERSBURG, RUCLIFFORD GRAHAM entry 59343 - Title: Sign of Belief - FORT BELVOIR, USKRISTOPHER SHACOCHIS entry 56123 - Title: UNTITLED - PHILADELPHIA, USKEIKO HIROMI entry 59357 - Title: American Holidays - DORCHESTER, USCULLEN KOGER entry 59450 - Title: Life in the Mt Bromo Valley - EDMOND, USLAUREN POND entry 59576 - Title: indian Widow - RIVERSIDE, USVIORICA POPESCU entry 59746 - Title: People of China - BUCHAREST, ROLARA WECHSLER entry 59869 - Title: Passing - BROOKLYN, USMURRAY STANFORD entry 59908 - Title: Humanitarian Kaleidoscope - CAPE TOWN, ZAKATHRYN JACOBI entry 59915 - Title: Brit ha Mela - SANTA MONICA, USWOJCIECH BOGUSłAWSKI entry 60093 - Title: people - SZCZECIN, PLJOHN DELANEY entry 60157 - Title: Kazakh Prince - NEW YORK, USJOHN DELANEY entry 60163 - Title: Nomad Eagle Hunter - NEW YORK, USJANE CHONG entry 60289 - Title: Atonement - KAJANG, MYNURHA DE SOUZA entry 58899 - Title: Fisherman's Bath - VAN NUYS, USNURHA DE SOUZA entry 58860 - Title: Little Lamas in Tibet. - VAN NUYS, USMATTY KARP entry 60508 - Title: Mist - HAIFA, ILSANDRA CHEN WEINSTEIN entry 60604 - Title: Veiled - LAKE FOREST, USSANDRA CHEN WEINSTEIN entry 60623 - Title: The American Indian Series - LAKE FOREST, USNI RONG entry 60633 - Title: Sapa Villagers - MIAMI BEACH, USRANDALL L COLLIS entry 60740 - Title: Angels of Solitude - HONG KONG, HKELLEN HOLTON entry 60832 - Title: Faces of India - PLAYA VISTA, USESMOND LEE entry 60885 - Title: Beijing Spirit at Work - TORONTO, CAPEIKWEN CHENG entry 60886 - Title: From the series Gai - BEIJING, CNJIMENA CID DEL PRADO GARCÍA DE LEÓN entry 60931 - Title: Yangon, Myanmar - MEXICO CITY, MXALESSANDRA LISI entry 60989 - Title: Enlightened and blossomed in Celebrations of spring in Kyoto, for cherry blossom - MONTE PORZIO CATONE , ITALESSANDRA LISI entry 61026 - Title: Raining and praying in Fujimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto - MONTE PORZIO CATONE , ITLIEH SUGAI entry 61314 - Title: Al-Maghrib - SUNNYSIDE, USFAISAL ALMALKI entry 61325 - Title: Thursday Market Antiques - RIYADH, SAFAISAL ALMALKI entry 61330 - Title: Mo Stache II - RIYADH, SAALEX COPLEY entry 61334 - Title: Taqueria Little Mexico in Columbus, Ohio - COLUMBUS, USCHENOA MAXWELL entry 61362 - Title: After Dark-India - NEW YORK, USSIMON SCHAFFER entry 61500 - Title: Elderly India - PARKHURST, ZAVICKEN NORENZIAN entry 61512 - Title: UNTITLED - PASADENA, USVICKEN NORENZIAN entry 61522 - Title: sorcerer - PASADENA, USGUILLAUME CORPART entry 61553 - Title: Mariachis - COLONIA ANZURES, MXEIKO KEERTHI entry 61561 - Title: Heart of Kalutara - AMSTERDAM, NL