Sunday, August 27, 2017

#Photography for the Unusual 8/28


London, England

Young women prepare for the Notting Hill carnival, which began with a ceremony of remembrance for the Grenfell Tower fire

Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images





Shah Alam, Malaysia

Singapore’s Shuran Yu competes in the senior ladies’ free skating at the the 29th South-East Asian Games

Photograph: Vincent Thian/AP




Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales

Elise Graham takes part in the World Bog Snorkelling Championships 2017 with a rubber duck on her back. The competition draws entrants from all over the world and is now in its the 32nd year

Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images

Welcome to the world of Bog Snorkeling with a Duck.  That's got to be another item for your bucket list.




Colombo, Sri Lanka

Common Tiger butterflies (Danaus genutia) in the Dimah Conservation Butterfly Garden at Moratuwa. The privately owned garden is maintained by the Dilmah Conservation Sustainable Agriculture Research Centre and is home to around 125 species of butterfly

Photograph: M.a.pushpa Kumara/EPA




Belalp, Switzerland

The picture, taken with a drone, shows a flock of alpine sheep being led on a steep mountain path. Shepherds are celebrated over the weekend traditionally known as Schaeferwochenende, after leading almost 800 sheep on a three-day hike from the summer pastures, high above the Aletsch glacier, down to Belalp in the canton of Valais for the winter season

Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/EPA

Shepherding the livestock up and back from the Summer pastures is a beautiful ritual around the Alps.  In Bavaria, they will decorate their cows with flowers if the herder has been successful in preventing any losses.

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