Fuzzy photo wins award: I guess the subject rules (babys being saved) but I would have thought professional photographers shot better than this. Hope this link works.

Wheelman Loc: Indiana

I guess the subject rules (babys being saved) but I would have thought professional photographers shot better than this. Hope this link works.

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/winners-of-the-2016-world-press-photo-contest/463431/

Wheelman Loc: Indiana

My bad. I just read that he only had moonlight to shoot with.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Wheelman wrote:

I guess the subject rules (babys being saved) but I would have thought professional photographers shot better than this. Hope this link works.

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/winners-of-the-2016-world-press-photo-contest/463431/

I think it's a bit more than that. The risk, the overall difficulty of the situation, etc.

However, I'm in the camp that babies and puppies usually win contests.
--Bob

melismus Loc: Chesapeake Bay Country

Did you notice that it was illuminated by nothing but moonlight?

TonyF Loc: Bradenton, FL

Some really heart wrenching photos in that series!

davefales Loc: Virginia

rmalarz wrote:

However, I'm in the camp that babies and puppies usually win contests.
--Bob

2 of the 3 "T"s of marketing. :D

Atchy Loc: Essex England

That's a great pic. Sadly too many hogs spend too much time comparing Nikon to canon and worrying what lens takes the sharpest brick wall. The camera manufacturers love you upgrading all the time. Take pictures with what you've got. Get that moment. This pic is blurry in places yet has won competitions and admirers

Going swimming

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

It depends on the rules of the contest. Obviously it wasn't about photo quality - but it was a great capture. Too bad such situations occur and so frequently.

bonjac Loc: Santa Ynez, CA 93460

Wheelman wrote:

I guess the subject rules (babys being saved) but I would have thought professional photographers shot better than this. Hope this link works.

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/winners-of-the-2016-world-press-photo-contest/463431/

I recently saw a display of Sabastiao Salgado's images. Several of them used the same "grainy" techniques shown in this picture. Salgado is considered, by many, to be one of the great photographers of the the last 30-40 years.

phkowalchuk Loc: Aurora, CO

The image is strong...to me at least, in addition to the judges. It's not fuzzy. It's action-blurred. It's made in very low light. It shows action, desperate action. It's a story in an image. An attempt to save a life. A life that's just beginning. A life with, hopefully, a lot to look forward to. But, realistically....

That's not fuzzy at all.

Wheelman wrote:

I guess the subject rules (babys being saved) but I would have thought professional photographers shot better than this. Hope this link works.

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/02/winners-of-the-2016-world-press-photo-contest/463431/

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Thanks for the post!