Category: 2013 - Contest sponsored by Zeiss.

ZEISS JENA FLEKTOGON F2.8 20MM

ILCE-7 A7

It is near midnight shot but to show building details, it become to look like evening...

ZEISS ZA PLANAR 50MM F1.4

SLT-A57

In a case of using things beyond their typical purpose, This shot was taken with the 50mm lens backwards, handheld and uncropped. Only slight editing was done in Lightroom.

ZEISS DISTAGON F2 25MM

CANON EOS 5D MARK II

This captures the ordinary life of the H'mong people in SaPa, Vietnam. Their home has no electricity or running water but houses 6 happy, healthy family members.

ZEISS DISTAGON F2 25MM

CANON EOS 5D MARK II

In order to reach her home, this Vietnamese woman rows a bamboo raft through the floating villages of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

ZEISS DISTAGON F2 25MM

CANON EOS 5D MARK II

Two Vietnamese boys play outside of their village's school house.

ZEISS PLANAR F1.4 50MM

D 700

Benguela, Angola, taken with Nikon D700

ZEISS ZA DISTAGON 24MM F2.0

SLT-A99

This barricade separates police from protestants. Last night it survived long lasting police assault. Snow is gathered into bags and stored to fortify construction.

ZEISS ZA DISTAGON 24MM F2.0

SLT-A99

This photo is shot from the bridge on the Independence square. Protestants are very friendly. They have cookies and tea.

ZEISS DISTAGON F2.8 21MM

7D

Applying finishing touches to a painstakingly constructed Kalachakra Mandala sand sculpture at the Samstanling monastery in Ladakh. The sculpture takes weeks to complete and is then ritually destroyed in seconds. It marks the “profound affirmation of the impermanence of all things”, especially the human condition. After discussing their monastic order - the Gelugpa, or ‘Yellow Hat Sect’ - the monks were kind enough to let me get pretty close to their work, as long as I didn’t bump into anything.

ZEISS DISTAGON F2.8 21MM

Ali, shopkeeper, and his shepherd pals share a moment of warm, understated camaraderie in the tiny Himalayan town of Dras, once at the crossroads of the old Silk Road. Dras, apparently the planet's second coldest inhabited spot (with temperatures that dip to -45°C), derives its name from the local Balti word for ‘hell’. Ali loved the picture and carefully wrote his address on a scrap of paper requesting a print. I lost it on a trek and should send one to the Dras post office I guess.

CANON EOS REBEL T3

Lens Used: Zeiss Jena Triotar f4 13.5cm

ZEISS G PLANAR 45MM F2

CONTAX G2

Shaman and Master of Ceremony at the Kalash Valley of Rumbur. Hindu Kush. Qazi Bahlwan is in touch with the Fairy spirits of the Heights

ZEISS G PLANAR 45MM F2

CONTAX G2

A Mystic and Jogi at the Shrine of Pir-e-Shah Ghazi at Kharri Shareef, Azad Kashmir.