Macro Photo Competition 2017 No 1 : Results
- Competition Winner : First Prize
- $604.40
- Judges Comment
- Congratulations for this magnificent portrait, the choice was very tough once again on this contest, many photos deserved this first place but there can be only one winner! Everything is good in this picture, colors, sharpness, framing, depth of field, light, details !!!! Dew drops bring real strength to this image. Congratulations again for this first place and this magnificent image.
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you David and I-SHOT-IT team for another win in the macro competition. It is a great honor for me. My name is Frantisek Dulik and i am self taught macro photographer from Slovakia. Picture was taken early morning with EOS 70D camera, MP-E 65/2.8 macro lens and MT24 macro flash. EXIF: 1/200s; f/9; ISO 100; 7 stacked exposures, handheld.
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Many very beautiful hunting scenes in this contest !!!! Another great shot, the details are impressive, the sharpness is perfect, the colors are superbly transcribed. Just superb!
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you for the Mark of excellence. Name: Frantisek Dulik Location: Slovakia
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- A beautiful scene very well captured, it is rare to be able to attend this kind of scene! The sharpness is really very good, the colors are well transcribed. Congratulations for this beautiful picture!
- Photographers Comment
- Swapan Jana Botanical garden, Howrah, West Bengal, India Nikon D7000 Post processing software- Adobe Photoshop cs3
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Beautiful photo of this fly that has just hunted its prey! The details are really superb, the colors stand out really well, a superb capture.
- Photographers Comment
- Thanks for compliment.. My Name is Joko from Indonesia This picture taken with Canon Eos 1200D and Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro and available light.. And taken at Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia Very apreciated... Thank you
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Superb portrait of this jumping spider, the details are impressive, the sharpness is amazing, what to say superb!
- Photographers Comment
- Thanks for the mark of excellence! My name is Andreas Beier and i'm from germany. This pic of a juvenile female Phidippus regius was taken with my Olympus OM-D E-M5 MK II, M.Zuiko 60 2.8 + Raynox DCR-250, Meike Speedlite MK-320 + custom diffuser @60mm, f/8, 1/20, ISO 200, flash @ 1/64. It's stacked from 5 handheld images, not cropped.
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Another beautiful photo of butterfly! The depth of field is ideally chosen, it allows the butterfly to really come out of the background! The colors are very soft, the sharpness is really good! A magnificent capture.
- Photographers Comment
- My name ist Henrik Spranz, I'm a German living in Austria. Thank you for awarding this photo. It has been shot with a Canon 5d Mk iii and a Canon 180/3.5 L near Vienna right after sunrise with a very warm and soft light. Nothing has been retouched or elemts altered in this image - it has just been developed from raw and made more crisp.
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- A beautiful close-up of this hunting scene! The sharpness is really very good, the light is very well managed and the details are really well rendered.
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you for the Mark of excellence. Name: Frantisek Dulik Location: Slovakia
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Superb photo of this butterfly, the framing is really well chosen, the subject comes out very well from the background, the colors are soft. A very beautiful photo !
- Photographers Comment
- My name ist Henrik Spranz, I'm a German living in Austria. Thank you for awarding this photo. It has been shot with a Canon 5d Mk iii and a Canon 180/3.5 L right after sunrise with a very warm and soft light. Nothing has been retouched or elemts altered in this image - it has just been developed from raw and made more crisp.
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Beautiful photo of this dragonfly, the position is well captured, the sharpness is good and the colors stand out well.
- Photographers Comment
- Thanks for the kind comment ! Jeremy Wilson Columbus, Ohio Canon 1Ds Mark III Lens:Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro Flash:Canon Speedlite 580ex Shot in Raw and Processed in Adobe Photoshop CS6
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- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Beautiful photo of this butterfly, the colors stand out well, the subject is perhaps a little too centered.