{"id":72100,"date":"2016-03-15T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T00:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=72100"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T12:33:07","slug":"best-image-by-a-brit-at-prestigious-sony-awards-was-taken-by-an-amateur-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/best-image-by-a-brit-at-prestigious-sony-awards-was-taken-by-an-amateur-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Amateur wins best image by a Brit at prestigious Sony awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Tino Solomon<\/p>\n<p>London-based photo enthusiast Tino Solomon secured an Sony Alpha 7 Mark II camera and a place at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London, next month.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the winning shot, Solomon \u2013 who works as a doctor \u2013 said: \u2018The image captures the Milky Way galaxy that rises over the Darwaza crater in the Karakum Desert, northwest Turkmenistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Two explorers peer into its fiery depths, known by the local Turkmen as the \u201cdoor to hell\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Solomon \u2013 whose image was chosen as the single best photo by a Brit across the ten categories of the Open competition \u2013 added: \u2018In 1971 Soviet scientists discovered an underground cavern with gas accumulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was set on fire to avoid a toxic release into nearby villages and in the hope it would burn out within days\u2026 yet 45 years later, it continues to burn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018[It is] often described as the world&#8217;s most beautiful ecological disaster.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Second place in the UK segment of the competition went to Mike Odwyer, while third place was awarded to Stuart Cripps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72098\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The great prayer festival of Monlam takes place in eastern Tibet during the heart of winter. Tens of thousands of pilgrims join the monks in celebrating the event. Here the monks of Taktsang Lhamo are performing the ritual known as the \u2018Turning of the Buddha\u2019 where a statue of the Maitreya Buddha is carried around the four corners of the village. Maitreya is a Buddha who will appear on Earth in the future, achieve complete enlightenment and then teach the dharma. This ceremony is to ensure that the earthly realm will be ready for his arrival.&quot;\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg 960w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=599,400 599w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=900,601 900w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=562,375 562w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Christopher_Roche_Monlam-Taktsang-Lhamo_Winner_Ireland_National-Awards_2016_SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><em>The best single image by an Irish photographer<\/em> \u00a9 Christopher Roche<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72097\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mike_Odwyer_Brandsmen-From-Above_UK_2ND-place_UK-National-Award_2016-SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;The band of the H.M. Royal Marines playing at the launch of P&amp;O\u2019s ship Britannia in March 2015. I got permission from the Queens protection team to be 18 stories up on the ship during the launch. The only person outside, on the ship, at that time. The view was spectacular and the photo just jumped out at me!&quot;\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Mike_Odwyer_Brandsmen-From-Above_UK_2ND-place_UK-National-Award_2016-SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg 960w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Mike_Odwyer_Brandsmen-From-Above_UK_2ND-place_UK-National-Award_2016-SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Mike_Odwyer_Brandsmen-From-Above_UK_2ND-place_UK-National-Award_2016-SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=601,400 601w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/03\/Mike_Odwyer_Brandsmen-From-Above_UK_2ND-place_UK-National-Award_2016-SWPA_All-Rights-Reserved.web_.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, 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