Earth Hour, by Tanmoy Saha

This photograph was taken in Earth Hour, celebrated in Bangladesh in front of GP House, Bashandhara, Dhaka. At that time the light of GP House ( Office of one of the leading Telecom Company in Bangladesh) were turned off and a number of people were celebrating the hour by lightening candles and fire spinning on the street. Usually this global event held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.

Technical Info: Nikon D90 | Exposure: 1/5s @ f/13 | ISO: 500 | Focal Length: 50mm
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | December 04
Title of the photograph: Earth Hour
Photo of the Day Award Category: Motion Photography
Photograph Location: Dhaka | Bangladesh

Photographer: Tanmoy Saha Turja (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Tonmoy Saha started photography on September 2007. His favorite sectors of photography are portraits, landscapes and wild life. He has completed a basic photography course from Dhaka University Photogrpahy Society (DUPS) and foundation photography course from Pathshala.

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