صور من مسابقة سوني العالمية للتصوير – رائعة بمعنى الكلمة
A huge wasp measuring 2.5 inches in length, visiting the banana tree in my front yard. (© John Matzick, USA, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards)
Colorful field on the Plain of Castelluccio di Norcia in springtime during an explosion of blossoming. Italy, 2012. (© Roberto Bettacchi, Italy, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
Ghoramara island is located on a delta region in West Bengal. Due to the dramatic increase in sea level, resulting from the effects global warming since the 1960s, the shores of this island are being perpetually washed away. Since the 1980s more than 50% of the territory has vanished due to erosion by the sea. Many of the people still living on the island are farmers and fishermen who depend on the island’s resources for their livelihoods. According to a civil servant I met, in 20-25 years the Indian government could abolish the island and has already formulated a plan to evacuate villagers to another island named Sagar. However, this evacuation plan does not ensure any financial support or compensation for those having to relocate their lives. I situated villagers on the shore and took portraits of them in juxtaposition with the beauty of the vanishing island. There will come a day when these people will have no choice but to move out of their homeland. (© Daesung Lee, Korea, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
Havana, Cuba. Havana weather in July and August counts as brutally hot. Short but heavy rains are very common and welcomed by locals, especially kids. (© Val Proudkii, USA, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
Tree. (© Marek Andrzejewski, Poland, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
Welcome to the world of the spider. (© Krasimir Matarov, Bulgaria, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
This photo represents an urban environment through an abstract long exposure photo at an urban location. (© Robert Gifford, United Kingdom, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
Tradition. (© Reza Nezamdust, Iran, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
Two Pieris brassicae rest on a plant, waiting for sunshine. (© Petar Sabol, Croatia, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards) 
I was hanging around Jaipur, when I noticed a cloud of birds in the air. I just instinctively released the shutter. The soul of Sir Alfred Hitchcock lives here, I thought. (© Maciej Makowski, Poland, 2013 Sony World Photography Awards)