City Competition 5 - all cities! : Entry Number 319
Photographers Comment
I am honoured to receive first prize in this competition. My name is Samuel Mortimer and I am a 20-year-old Philosophy student from the UK. This photo was taken during the final moments of 2013 at the New Year's celebrations in London. It was a fantastic opportunity to take photos, with so many people and so much emotion.
I used a Ricoh GRD III (a small-sensor compact with a fixed 28mm-equivalent prime lens) to take this photo, as a black and white JPEG at ISO 1600 (my favourite setting for this camera - I love the rendering). Post-processing is limited to a slight change in brightness - otherwise, this is simply an un-cropped out-of-camera JPEG.
I am very grateful to the judges, both for the award and for their kind comments on the image. The prize looks excellent - I look forward to taking photos with it!
Judges Comment