Wiki loves Earth while Pakistanis love Photography

I had no qualms that we Pakistanis have grown right into a selfie loving nation these days however plainly a few of us have taken it to a stage above. It was certainly an achievement for Pakistan to not solely take part in a world images competitors organized by Wikimedia Foundation, a Non revenue group primarily based in California, but additionally win the perfect worldwide image title in 2015. The awarded pure monument was of Shangrila Lake.

This 12 months once more, Pakistani Photographers have equipped and proven an awesome response within the competitors by sending 8000 images submitted by 1200 contestants thus outnumbering all different international locations when it comes to individuals and securing third largest chunk in variety of submissions.

Interestingly the concept is novel because it goals to doc world’s pure heritage below the free license of Creative Commons. The competitors is known as Wiki Loves Earth which entertains 7000 individuals from 26 international locations with greater than 75,000 images submitted through the month of May.

The final goal of this drill is to image as many pure monuments below the free license and likewise to create consciousness among the many basic public concerning their share in defending the character. All footage below this competitors will be reused for every other function however will primarily be used together with the articles on Wikipedia and different initiatives of Wiki. This will be termed as a smaller model of the “Wiki Loves Monuments” Competition which is organized by the Guinness Book of World Records being the biggest images competitors on this planet.

Wiki Loves Earth was held between 1st to 31st May 2016 and the winners have nonetheless not been finalized however high ten footage to characterize Pakistan have been chosen by the jury. All these footage are breathtaking and spotlight the actual fantastic thing about Pakistan. Kudos to the native photographers for bringing out the essence of our nation.

Since an image is price a thousand phrases… Please take a look, assist Pakistan and resolve which one is the perfect!!

Duiker Peak, Hunza. — Photo by Mudassir Ahmed

Nanga Parbat, Diamer. — Photo by M. Awais

Phandar Valley, Ghizer. — Photo by Muzaffar H. Bukhari

Katpana Desert at Skardu. — Photo by RgyalChan Karim

Naran, Kaghan Valley. — Photo by Talha Hanif

Chitral National Park. — Photo by Tahsin A Shah

Rama Lake, Astore. — Photo by Faiza Lalwani

The Karakoram mountain vary, Astore Valley. — Photo by Najeeb Mahmud

Siri Paye, Shogran, Kaghan Valley. — Photo by Adeel ur Rehman Mughal

The Karakoram mountain vary, Hunza Valley. — Photo by Irfan Tahir