Premium Photo Competition 2017 3 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $1,530.00
  • Judges Comment
  • This photograph has so much goign for it. Beautiful colors, crisp and clean story, the west, children growing up to be independent and continue history. This is a beautiful photograph on so many levels and is the winner of the I-SHOT-IT Photo Competition. Congratulations!
  • Photographers Comment
  • My name is Jason Wessendorf and I'm from Verdigre, Nebraska, USA. This photo was taken at the Knox County Fair in Bloomfield, Nebraska, of cowboys and cowgirls watching the bull riders. I used a Nikon D750 with post processing done using Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw. The scene was just so overwhelmingly rural and American I wanted to try to capture it.
  • https://wessendorf.smugmug.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Excellent composition, tonality and lots of space. Very well done!
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Beautiful picture from Asia. Very early morning we presume. It could have been taken hundreds of years ago, had it not been for the stellar image quality from a camera clearly used competently in our time. Very well done!
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • An unreal reality captured for us to study. We like it very much, the levels of reality and unreality. Makes us look and wonder.
  • Photographers Comment
  • "Man by the lake" Kaliningrad, Leica M9, 35mm Summilux... Thanks to the judges for the kind words..
  • https://www.instagram.com/keen_m9/
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Two of the same, that’s enough to make us stop and count. Brilliant expression.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thanks! My name is Polina. I am a pet photographer from California. These are my friend's twin daughters and their almost twin Russian Terriers.
  • www.polinaulyanova.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • A nice mix of everything, so much to look at. Genius composition.
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • A paradise, unreal as if it was a painting.
  • Photographers Comment
  • I'm so honored to receive a mark of excellence, thank you! I took this while on my way out of Zion NP around 10 PM after catching sunset on Angel's Landing and walking back out of the canyon (I did manage to hitchhike half of the distance). I skipped this spot several times during the trip because everyone seems to take this same photo. But since it was night I decided to brave the cold and see how it looked in the moonlight - this was a 4 minute exposure taken just as the moon was peeking over the valley walls. There was no wind at all so the trees look like they are completely frozen in time. I was surprised to find that so much color was captured even in the dim moonlight!
  • jpopphoton.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A perfectly timed shot. The tomato really stands out with the dark background. Excellent shot!
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you so much for selecting my photo! My name is Colin Judge, and I'm a photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. This shot is a self-portrait, taken by my trusty Canon 6D and triggered over wifi using my iPhone (that's what I'm holding in my left hand). It took a lot of attempts to get this timing! You can see more of my photos on my instagram: instagram.com/c.judge.shoot Thanks again!
  • colin-judge.com
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Very nice cinematic atmosphere and colors in this one. You can sense the air, the sound and the traffic.
  • Photographers Comment
  • This is Alberto, a Mexican taxi driver. He drove us from Cancun to Playa del Carmen where we took the ferry to Cozumel. We had a nice talk during the drive. I took this photo 2012 with my Leica M9 and a Summilux 50 mm f1.4 ASPH lens wide open. Thank you so much for selecting my photo! My name is Robert Lesic and I’m from Siegen, Germany. You’ll find more of my work on my website (https://www.robles-design.de/fotografie/) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/robertlesicphotography/).
  • https://www.robles-design.de/fotografie/
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Small details tells the full story in this photograph.
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  • Thank you very much for selecting my photo. My name is Isidro, I live in Terceira Island - Azores. Taken by a Canon EOS 7D Mkii, with 70-200 f4 L, during a musical concert in the city of Praia da Vitória. Frankie Chavez with great music and a fantastic light environment.
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Breathtaking possibilities is what this photograph communicates to us. It’s very uplifting. We like how it continues forever: What we first thought was an ocean, is even more space and landscape. Fascinating.
  • Photographers Comment
  • I'm Eleonora Gnoffo from Italy. This picture was taken in Zabriskie Point. Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago long before Death Valley came into existence. camera: canon6d lens: canon 70-200 f 2.8 post processing: standard optimization and adjustments to exposure, color and contrast.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Very exiting photograph, several possible stories could be going on here. The rest is left to you as the viewer.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Lowell, Michigan 2017. Sony A7RII with Zeiss 35mm 1.4 I took this photo of my daughter sitting in a ray of sunlight waiting to ride her horse. In the background mirror reflection you can see myself with camera in hand and my wife on horseback which makes a nice triangulation and unconventional family portrait.
  • www.erictankphotography.com/
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • A flying building of stacked boxes. Good take on architecture. Well done!
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • It reminds us we are only a little afraid of heights … but this one is daring, both for the subject as well as the photographer.
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Beautiful colors and ready to take off.
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Adventure wonderland and stellar bokeh. Well done!
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • Pingpong was our first idea, but more likely a dance or rehearsal of a dance or ritual. This photograph stands out for the beautifully muted colors, the landscape and how it continues to grab our attention.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you very much for selecting my photo. My name ist Tabea Simple and I'm a photographer based in Nürnberg, Germany. This image is part of my series ,,Alone/ no more''. I shoot this in September 2017 in Iceland with a Nikon D3x. If you want to discover more of me, please visit my Website: www.simple-t.net
  • www.simple-t.net
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Abstract at first, but then it all comes together in a harmony of light, colors and shapes.
  • Mark Of Excellence
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  • We like to be taken on adventure, and that is what this photograph does. A part of the world seen from a different perspective so it makes it all exciting to study in detail.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Simple an nice compositition. Excellent photograph!
  • Photographers Comment
  • I thank you for the recognition! This was photographed at Lake Glenville, North Carolina, United States. Pentacon six TL with Carl Zeiss Jena 2.8/180 Sonnar / Kodak Plus-X 125 (expired) Developed in Caffenol C-L; 70 minutes semi-stand with one minute initial constant inversion.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Let’s decide who should be in front of the camera and who’s behind it.