National Geographic Picture of The Year

[George K]

The black images are shadows. Zoom in and you will see the zebras.

[mark]

Cool. I can see the zebras without zooming in.

[Nunatax]

That’s awesome

[89th]

Of course they would pick a white animal (it's true...zebras are white, with black stripes). Cool image though, drones have changed photography for sure.

[Larry]

A zebra went to see the King of the Jungle. "Oh king" he said... "am I white with black stripes, or am I black with white stripes?"

The lion tells him to ask God. So he did, and God said "you are what you are."

Confused, the zebra went back to the lion and told him what God had said, and asked him if he knew what it meant.

The lion said "oh, that's easy. It means you're white with black stripes. If you were black with white stripes he would have said "yo is what yo is.."

[Aqua Letifer]

@89th said in National Geographic Picture of The Year:

Of course they would pick a white animal (it's true...zebras are white, with black stripes). Cool image though, drones have changed photography for sure.

Temporarily, just like 35 mm. Then the trick will wear off and we'll be back to being impressed by only good drone work that doesn't rely on the novelty of shooting straight down.

[Axtremus]

Great picture!

[taiwan_girl]

That is a great picture!!!

[Horace]

It verges on the clever a little too much. I mean there's no real meaning to the picture, it doesn't tell a story or evoke your mind to create a story, it's just clever.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in National Geographic Picture of The Year:

It verges on the clever a little too much. I mean there's no real meaning to the picture, it doesn't tell a story or evoke your mind to create a story, it's just clever.

Not even that clever. Street photographers have been doing this trick with film cameras for years. But the average viewer doesn't see 'em, so the trick is still novel.

[89th]

Yeah, it reminds me of this one:

[89th]

Oh except the above photo was taken 10 years ago... by a photographer who used a paraglider. Boom.

https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/floating-in-the-desert-air/

[Aqua Letifer]

You don't need a drone or a paraglider.

It's an old trick.

[Horace]

It surprises me that people at NG who should be connoisseurs of photography would consider such pulp a photo of the year winner.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in National Geographic Picture of The Year:

It surprises me that people at NG who should be connoisseurs of photography would consider such pulp a photo of the year winner.

Eh, I think it's because they're legacy media now and people who might've made incredible documentary photographers moved on to video. Look what happened to the Pulitzers.

Also, sadly, what's the minority status of the photographer?

[taiwan_girl]

I still think it is a cool photo.

LOL