Landscape Photo Competition 2018 No 1 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $732.00
  • Judges Comment
  • Here is a stunning landscape photograph. So many layers and all that foreground texture, the floating mist and a strong silhouette all come together to compliment this wonderful waterfall. I absolutely love this and the monochrome only adds to the atmosphere. Well done indeed, you win this round!
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you very much Mr.Duncan MacArthur, and i-shot-it for this, it's a great booster of motivation, very much appreciate. My name is Jayanta Roy, I'm a photographer based on Kolkata,India, I am mostly a fineart photographer work in black and white , I took this photo in beautiful part of our country called Meghalaya, mean the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit. This waterfall named Nohkalikai,1115 ft high, finally thanks again for your selection.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • This is beautiful and fresh and pastel. We feel the freeze and the isolation of this superbly composed winter snow scene in the mountains. Big well done!
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Here is a technically perfect night shot, the stars, the reflection, the wilderness and of course the adventure that the tent brings to this composition. Beautiful and perfect, well done.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • You have placed the waterfall so boldly in the center so that the stream draws a strong line, leading my eye up to the sky, and back down again. It is a beautifully proportioned shot and a great landscape. Well done!
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Clever lines and a lovely mix of warm and cool colours make this stand out from the crowd. It is a lovely and peaceful composition, nice work.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Photo taken in the gorges of Chéran in France. fuji X-T1 + 10-24mm f / 4 at 10mm, 4.3s, 200 iso Taken during the 2015 Falls which was exceptional.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • It is always risky shooting into the sun but you have got away with this very well. I love the golden tones, the balanced composition and the peace that comes with a flock of sheep.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • This is a wonderful scene with soft slanting sunlight which really sets off the trees and rock formations. I am not a great lover of sunsets but you have mastered this so well.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • The clever square crop brings strength to this photograph. The autumn colours are lovely and real, the reflection perfectly calm. Your grad filter (or maybe it is your processing) is a little heavy, making the reflection lighter than the reality which is a little misleading, but the general tonality of this photograph is stunning.
  • Photographers Comment
  • My name is Günther Reissner and I live in Austria. This shot was taken just before sunset in the fall at the Gosau Lake, with the Dachstein Peak reflecting in it beautifully. I used a wide angle lens on my Nikon D610. Postprocessing was done in LR and Color Efex Pro. Thanks for the award and congrats to the winner, well deserved.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Nice forest stream atmosphere with flowing water. Not sure about the bit of wood, (or is it a bone?) in the foreground which distracts from the harmony here and leaves us perplexed. I would rather have my eye settle on the stream…
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Beautiful solitary tree in the mist, well done.