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An indigenous Nukak girl with her face painted. The Nukak are an endangered nomadic tribe from the department of Guaviare who only began to make contact with the outside world in 1988. Since then west

The blackened body of an indigenous Embera woman, from the Pacific Colombian jungles of Choco. They paint themselves black with the juice of the jagua fruit to alleviate mosquito bites and skin rashes

An indigenous Nukak girl with her face painted. The Nukak are an endangered nomadic tribe from the department of Guaviare who only began to make contact with the outside world in 1988. Since then wes

An indigenous Embera lady in the Pacific Colombian jungle of Choc covers her eyes with her hands which have been painted black (along with her body) with the juice of the jagua fruit in order to relie

Guardians of the Forest - Yucuna indians, deep in the Colombian Amazon, dressed in their traditional suits for the Baile del Mueco, or Puppet Dance, in which they celebrate the abundance of the chonta

Purple moorhen, locally called Kaim at Tanguar Haor also called Tangua Haor. It is a unique wetland ecosystem. Every winter the haor is home to about 200 types of migratory birds. Sunamganj, Banglades

Take a break, have some honey

chicks of cattle egret. Bengali name: Gobak. English name: Cattle egret. Common bird found near water-bodies, cultivated fields, usually near grazing cattle.

chicks of cattle egret. Bengali name: Gobak. English name: Cattle egret. Common bird found near water-bodies, cultivated fields, usually near grazing cattle.

chicks & mother of cattle egret. Bengali name: Gobak. English name: Cattle egret. Common bird found near water-bodies, cultivated fields, usually near grazing cattle.

Bengali name: Gobak. English name: Cattle egret. Common bird found near water-bodies, cultivated fields, usually near grazing cattle.

Group fishing at countryside in Bangladesh.

Swiss Mountain Village in a Thunderstorm

Devotee from Hindu Community celebrating ritual called Rakher Upabas at Loknath Temple at Barodi by lighting lamps and keeps themselves fasting until the lamps burn out. Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangla

Sand Sculptures: Low Tide at Pistol River Beach

Devotee from Hindu Community celebrating ritual called Rakher Upabas at Loknath Temple at Barodi by lighting lamps and keeps themselves fasting until the lamps burn out. Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangla

Cows guarding the Farm

Fishing in the Sea

Coral Garden: Coral Cove Beach at Sunrise

Morning Surf: A tubular Seasponge washed up at Sunrise

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

chicks of cattle egret. Bengali name: Gobak. English name: Cattle egret. Common bird found near water-bodies, cultivated fields, usually near grazing cattle.

chicks of cattle egret. Bengali name: Gobak. English name: Cattle egret. Common bird found near water-bodies, cultivated fields, usually near grazing cattle.

Md. Akhlas Uddin

Sylhet, Bangladesh

Member since 2014

Photo Information

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© Md. Akhlas Uddin.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

06.2012

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 15, 2012, 9:53 a.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

Canon EOS 40D

Focal Length:

200mm

Shutter Speed:

1/500

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO200

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