Landscape Photo Competition 2019 No 1 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $690.00
  • Judges Comment
  • This is just lovely, it is so well weighted between the dark and the light. Thanks to your precise exposure and respect for the natural you have recreated the tones of reality, mastered the composition (and the timing) perfectly to create this wonderful monochrome with beautiful details in all the right places. Congratulations, you scoop the prize!
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thanks for the first prize. I am Wu Wen Po, a photographer from Taiwan. This landscape is taken at Huang Shan, China. Leica M10 / APO 90 summicron ASPH / post processed by Lightroom and SEP2.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Here is a lovely classic pastel alpine scene with superb soft tones and a stunning palette of sunrise colours. You have caught it all, the gentle light of the sky, the soft touch of the day’s first ray… Fantastic scene and perfectly photographed.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • This is lovely, it looks so simple. But that is why it is such a great shot. Your slightly panoramic view and striking minimal composition, the focus on the snowflakes rather than the scene, make a very magnetic image with hard shapes and soft tones. I really love this one, well done.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • I love the soft almost opaque colours, the variety of flowers and the entrancing way in which they seem to dance. It is spring in an arid place, but the clouds are there at last. This transports me straight there, dusty with a dry breeze. This photo is alive and disorderly, wonderful.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you for the Mark of Excellence! These were the Badlands of Anza Borrego, a normally arid, rocky, desolate desert, moments before the storm. A few germinating rains earlier this winter have brought about a rare intense bloom. Wish the photo could have captured the wonderful desert lily and verbena smell as well...
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • This is so bleak and beautiful. It is simple, almost a pencil sketch but absolutely captivating. Photography art, pure and minimal. Just lovely.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • This is a lovely between seasons atmosphere, somebody living the landscape, running through so much beauty. Clever colour combination makes the jogger fit so perfectly, precise composition makes the shapes. Nice.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • You have an interesting chill on the white balance which adds a clever dimension to this really very well exposed and composed scene, somewhere on top of the world. Those clouds really are moving.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • The high saturation here could have come from a dusk time photograph, or maybe the low light from a heavy sky was enough to make the colours pop. The natural contrast is pretty low, you have developed it nicely, and you have controlled the lighting throughout, the soft grad gives presence to the striking red of the foreground plant. Nice shot, beautifully taken.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • There is something very fresh about this view which seems so familiar, the road home perhaps? It is a heartfelt and original interpretation with beautiful light and so much chlorophyll :-)
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • An early favourite for its strong instant appeal and very nice depth of view. These were difficult high contrast conditions, those highlights were tough to control. Great effort on a tricky subject…