There are no cash rewards, and no instant fame. But I have
looked at a great many "best photo" series, and this is the most
enjoyable. Why? Because every single one of the
photos is in the public domain.
It's the
href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bild_des_Jahres/2007">Wikipedia
Commons Picture of the Year series. The page is in
German. My German is über-rusty, but it scarcely
matters.
This one is a photo from
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_Canyon" rel="tag">Antelope
Canyon.
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Hi,
There are actually links to version of the page in other languages at the top of the page. Here's the link to the English language version.