Bangladesh Photo Competition 2011

18/02/2012

Mikey Leung and Shahadat Hossain, will be judging the photos in the Landscape and Life sections over the next few days. Mikey is also running, among other things, the brilliant Positive Light photography competition. Have a look at the competition photos linked above and be prepared to be a judge yourself. Some fantastic photos make it hard to pick the best! Take a look!

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We need your help! We've put together the top 100 photos from the Positive Light photography contest (http://photography.crowdsourced.travel/) and now it's your turn to help us choose a winner for the People's Choice award.

The winner will receive a cash prize of Tk6,000 (or about US$75).

RULES:
1) Voters can "Like" as many photos as they choose, but we recommend choosing their top 10 photos.
2) The winner will be decided on which photo has the most 'social reach' by using a combination of Facebook "shares," "Likes" or comments.
3) A winner and two runner ups will be selected on Friday 1 March 2012 by the Crowdsourced Travel team.

If you have any more questions about the contest please comment. Otherwise, check out the photos and place your votes, and then share with your friend and ask them to vote too!

14/02/2012

Aspiring photographers please note! Hope that you have got something out of taking part in the competition. Just awaiting on a few thoughts from our judges around the world.

13/02/2012

We have been trying to get through your photos and it is now the turn of the fashion judges to have their say on the photos they want to appear in the ISD photo exhibition. Maheen Khan is one of our judges and she will be doing her best today to find the magic!

09/02/2012

Micah would be horrified to find that a Photo Editor's photo has been so badly Photoshopped! We were in a hurry for an article in an ISD publication about this competition and so this just had to do. The photo was taken when Micah went on a henna photo shoot with Shahadat Hossain last week. Having sat in on a number of Micah's classes at ISD I know he was looking for mostly natural and untouched images for his selection of photos. Oh well.

05/02/2012

Micah Rubin is a New York based photographer who, until 2011, worked as Photo Editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine. His passion for storytelling and creating beautiful imagery has finally led him to Dhaka amid a four month adventure traveling throughout Asia. Last week Micah ran a number of workshops for ISD students (and staff) and he has now given his feedback on all the photos submitted to our competition. He has picked just 20 photos he thinks are outstanding. Congratulations if one of your photos was selected by Micah, you will have been notified!
http://micahbrubin.com/

31/01/2012

The following pictures received the most Facebook likes in their category (1-6).

Suha Chowdhury, Dhaka is also shining at night ♥ 1 (Bangladesh Technology)
Waiz Rahim, Velocity 2 (Technology in Bangladesh)
Raeq Mufrad Alam, The Creeper 3 (Bangladesh Wildlife)
Prithi Khalique, The Life Of Children in Bangladesh 4 (Bangladesh Life)
Ishmam Salam, The Inani boat 5 (Bangladesh Landscapes)
Mushanna Haque, Eid'11 6 (Bangladesh Fashion)

Our judges will be inviting other photographers to have their photos exhibited at the ISD photo exhibition for judging in March. You will be contacted if your photo is selected for the exhibition and may be asked to provide a higher resolution file for printing.

Good luck!

31/01/2012

This is a spreadsheet with all the data we have on the photos you have submitted to the competition. If you find there is not much information there about your photo then you need to tell us what that information is! Thanks.

25/01/2012

Currently the top 20 entries (with the most Facebook likes so far) were from:
208 Prithi Khalique
142 Ishmam Salam
138 Zuhayr Reaz
103 Suha Chowdhury
93 Waiz Rahim
85 Waiz Rahim
83 Waiz Rahim
74 Rahat Hasan
73 Raeq Mufrad Alam
70 Mehraab Anwar
63 Waiz Rahim
46 Waiz Rahim
46 Raeq Mufrad Alam
42 Afra Pasha
41 Mahathir Irkan
41 Mushanna Haque
37 Ishmam Salam
36 Nurfarhana Mohd Mustaffarizan
34 Mushanna Haque

Top photographers in each category will have their photos displayed at the International School of Dhaka's Photo Exhibition in March 2012. Final judgements and prizes will be made then. More news to follow shortly from the judges.

01/01/2012

Happy New Year! If you have any more photos, taken October 1 to December 31st, please upload them now. Many thanks for the photos that you have submitted. We will be inviting those photos with the most likes to be printed for a photo exhibition at the ISD. Have a look at the submissions by clicking on the Photos link on the left.

20/12/2011

The latest Nikon 400mm lens is particularly close-focussing...

13/12/2011

Thank you for all your photos to the competition so far! The chart shows that some categories still need your photo! Remember you have until the end of 2011 to submit a photo. Good Luck!

11/12/2011

Keep posting your amazing pictures!