Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

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SILHOUETTE. The proper definition of a silhouette is “the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass.” In photography, often we achieve that effect by putting light behind the object whose silhouette we want to capture, effectively darkening out the features of the subject instead of highlighting them. My silhouette of the Colosseum in Italy I think still shows off the ancient landmark while bringing other details into focus. by Sara Rosso on October 19, 2012

Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary

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Solitary: In this picture a women lonely stand in front of seashore at Cox Bazar in south part of Bangladesh a longest see beach in Bangladesh. She watches a beautiful sunset I think she really feels a strong emotions and spending her own unexpected moment with see-sound and uncountable waves. I snapped this photograph with my own emotion and  found a beautiful silhouette form . . .

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life

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Everyday Life: In this picture a group of people bringing a timber I took this picture at the place of old part of Dhaka near Buringa River in Bangladesh.  I am trying to capture their rhythm and line, when I see of them they really attract me.  After taking this picture I talked with them, they work as a day labor, every day they carrying a lot of timber its timber come to Dhaka by boat from the different district of Bangladesh. I was there for covering my assignment. © Monirul Alam  

Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far

“As I’m standing on this shore,
Can you see I need more?
My hearts wish is just to know
what it’s like in the ever glow. . .”

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Near and Far: In this picture a little child sits on the beach early in the morning, her name is Sonali, she actually wait her father who and other fisherman catches fish on the seashore. It is the place of Island named, St. Martin Island in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal. The St. Martin Island is the only coral Island in the Bangladesh. I was there with my family tour and captured a beautiful life and moment which I remember. © Monirul Alam  

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Free Spirit

Full of spirit and make happiness at the sea-beach of St.Martin Island in Bangladesh © Monirul Alam

Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban

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A group of Bangladeshi young people plays football where is under construction house built that place situated in Keranigonj outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.  According to the World Bank Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the fastest growing city in the world with a population of 15 million. But as more of the worlds impoverished flee to mega cities for economic opportunities, the perils of urbanization are being exposed. © Monirul Alam

Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

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We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. –William Ewart Gladstone

 

Yes, this week photo challenge theme is MERGE, I read the article about the merge to me as a photojournalist merge meaning to different entries into one. I think my war and peace picture is the perfect for the theme about the merge.

I took this picture in my living room, suddenly I saw throw my window four fighters aircraft flies on the sky instant, I compose my frame with bird sit on the wall. Finally when I saw my picture I am really happy to see my picture  and think maybe it is the perfect picture of WAR & PEACE.

wishing you all Eid Mubarak ( biggest religious festival of Muslims World) greetings from Bangladesh . . .

19 August, 2012 Dhaka

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Colors of lives . . .

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I ride my motorbike full of speed! Yes, now Dhaka city is almost empty no traffic jams in the main road, except a few of bas, train and launch terminal. The residences of Dhaka were leave on to their village ahead of Eid-Ul-Fitr celebration with their loved ones.

Yes, within twenty minutes we (my fellow photojournalist Abir Abdullah, works with epa) went at airport train station. We came here to takes photos for our news coverage. I look around on the station number of home bound people is waiting for train with their luggage.

The commuter train will become form the Dhaka station and go to other district. On the station I look around a group of garment worker sit on the station platform and they are gossiping each other.  I talked with them, one of garment workers Rehana Begum said, we are waiting for Dawangonj based train, we know inside the train full of passengers, we don’t have any other alternate way to go our village; so we prepared to ride on the train roofs for our Eid traveling- we are used too, that kind of journey.

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When the train is arrive on the station, I just look around it is already full of passenger inside and a few passenger sits on the roof of the train while I saw- Rehana climb up on the train roof, her other fellow helps him to ride on the train roof, I think it is risking journey for her but she is still smiling. I took many pictures on the station during the people movements- within a few minutes the train left on the station. I look back on the train its  full of passenger on the roof.

When we back from the train station, I looked on the station floor a mini cat stands on the empty newspapers shop, a beautiful light is fallen on, a mini cat is really enjoying with morning light- my camera is played on, I cannot find the shop owner may be he is busy with other things; I think- maybe other story will be started  . . .

18 August, 2012 Dhaka

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Eid-ul-Fitr Preparations 2012 in Bangladesh

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August 15, 2012.Dhaka, Bangladesh-Bangladeshi people takes risk to ride on the launch roofs at Sadar ghat launch terminal while they leaves from Dhaka  to their village to share the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr with family members.The Muslims are observing the holy Ramadan and will celebrate the Eid festival which marks the end of it on 20 August 2012 © Monirul Alam 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wrong

“It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.”
Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

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