10 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE INTERNET

NURMIRRAH BINTI MUSTAFFA

FRIENDSHIP:TAKEN IN AN ELEPHANT CAMP NAMED PHO KYAR. THE BOY IS THE SON OF THE ELEPHANT TRAINER AND HE AND THE LITTLE MOKEY LOVE EACH OTHER.THEY CAME ALONG WITH US WHEN WE TOOK PHOTOS ON THE TRIP. PICTURE: ZAW ZAW TUN, 3RD PLACE, MYANMAR, NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

GAIN AND LOST IN SPLIT SECOND: IN EARLY SUMMER IN THE I-LAN SUBURB AREA OF TAIWAN, I HAPPENED TO SEE A BEAUTIFUL KINGFISHER STAND ON DEAD WOOD WAITING FOR THE FISH SWIMMING BELOW QUIETLY. IN THE MORNING SUN THE BEAUTIFUL KINGFISHER BIRD DOVE INTO THE POND GENTLY SPLASHING IN THE WATER WHILST I TOOK THIS BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. PICTURE: FU-PIN KO, 2ND PLACE, TAIWAN NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

PINK GRASSHOPPER:  IT IS CALLED ERYTHRISM, WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL AND LITTLE-UNDERSTOOD GENETIC MUTATION CAUSED BY A RECESSIVE GENE SIMILAR TO THAT WHICH AFFECTS ALBINO ANIMALS. THE COMBINATION OF RED HAIR AND FRECKLES IN HUMANS IS THOUGHT TO BE A FORM OF ERYTHRISM. THESE GRASSHOPPERS TEND NOT TO MAKE IT TO ADULTHOOD IN THE WILD AS PREDATORS EASILY SPOT THEM. THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN IN COUNTY KILKENNY, IRELAND. PICTURE: CHRIS CONNOLLY, WINNER, IRELAND, NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

MASK: THE “CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS” (BINOMIAL NAME OF THE ANIMAL) USED ITS FACE CLOAK TO HIDE THE RATHER NERVOUS FEELING WHILE SEEING THE CROWD WALK PAST BY. IT CONCEALED ITS TIMIDITY AND FEAR OF BEING HURT INSIDE UNDER ITS OVERBEARING APPEARANCE. PICTURE: YA-KUEI HSIEH, 3RD PLACE, TAIWAN NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

MALE AND FEMALE POLAR BEARS EXPRESSING THEIR LOVE . THIS SCENE WAS SHOT IN CAPTIVITY . THE WEATHER CONDITION WAS BAD WITH SNOW AND WIND. PICTURE: LISE SIMONEAU, 3RD PLACE, CANADA NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

COLD: DUE TO LOW TEMPERATURES A FREEZING VILLAGE BOY STANDS NEXT TO ANATURAL THERMAL HOT WATER POOL WHILE HIS WATER BUFFALOS ARE ALREADY ENJOYING THE HEAT. SHOT AT BITLIS, EAST ANATOLIA, TURKEY. PICTURE: BURAK SENBAK, WINNER, TURKEY NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

CRESTED MACAQUE: THERE WAS ONE MALE IN THE DARK SHADE. IT WAS ABLE TO UNDEREXPOSE THE SHOT SO ONLY HIS MAGICAL EYES ARE DOMINANT. PICTURE: PETR BAMBOUSEK, 3RD PLACE, CZECH REPUBLIC, NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

FIGHTING BALD EAGLES: SHOT ON THE HARRISON RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA ( I WAS ON THE TOP OF A RIVER CRUISE BOAT WITH MY CAMERA IN HAND) PICTURE: GEORGE CHING-YUEN LO, WINNER, CANADA, NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

 I MADE SOME PICTURES AND WAS CURIOUS IF THE FLY ALSO COULD START AGAIN FROM THE WATER SURFACE. SHE MADE SOME JUMPS WHEREBY THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN. EVEN AFTER THE SECOND JUMP SHE WAS GONE AGAIN. PICTURE: UWE HENNIG, 3RD PLACE, GERMANY, NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

ANT CASTAWAY:I SHOT THIS PICTURE LAST SPRING WHILST I WAS PREPARING MATERIALS FOR A MACRO SEMINAR. IT IS COMPLETELY NATURAL. PICTURE: KRASIMIR MATAROV, 2ND PLACE, BULGARIA, NATIONAL AWARD, 2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

REFERENCES

National winners of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards announced

• http://www.news.com.au/world/national-winners-of-the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-announced/story-fndir2ev-1227273009582