: Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our water photo contest, we here at the Photo Department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think deserved more attention.
Our next bi-monthly photo contest is summer. Let us office shmoes live vicariously through your best summer photo. Check out the contest page for more information.
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Amazon Worker
Submitted by Fernando Martinho
Photographer's comment:
"This man works producing charcoal of illegal wood. He drinks the same water he is destroying...."
: Water Feet
Submitted by Elliot Carvalho
Photographer's comment:
"A kid takes a dive on Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro"
: Floating in Color
Submitted by Kristarella
Photographer's comment:
"On Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia."
: Puddle Beamer
Submitted by AmsterS@m
Photographer's comment:
"BMW reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam, shot with my Sony Ericsson S700i mobile-phone cam."
: Falling Drops
Submitted by Anonymous
Photographer's comment:
"Drops of water falling from the wall in Hong Kong"
: Mnemonic
Submitted by Orion Schmidt
Photographer's comment:
"View of St. Sebastian's Church in Salzburg, Austria. Taken on a Nikon pocket point-and-click."
: This Sunset Brought to You By:
Submitted by Petter Duvander
Photographer's comment:
"Take that for showing all those horrible infomercials!"
: Red Bridge
Submitted by Paco Alcantara
Photographer's comment:
"A bridge in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan"
: Nature's Testament
Submitted by Vilhjalmur Ingi Vilhjalmsson
Photographer's comment:
"Skogarfoss, a 60-meter-high [nearly 200-foot] waterfall in southern Iceland. Legend tells that behind the waterfall is a treasure chest filled with unimaginable riches. The story goes that a man ventured behind the falls and grasped the handle on the chest, only for it to vanish in front of his very eyes."
: Cubicle
Submitted by vofi
Photographer's comment:
"Built in 1902, and still smooth."
