Black-And-White Photo Competition 3 2022 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $4,770.00
  • Judges Comment
  • Tremendous underwater shot of a whale. The photographer made an excellent job of framing and composition.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A beautiful portrait of a man with an axe in his hand and a wonderful background that gives the picture another dimension.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Great slow-motion photography of wildlife. Extraordinary.
  • Photographers Comment
  • The image is taken in Northern Norway. The Sami people gather their reindeers in corrals where they pick out the animals that are going to the slaughterhouse, and they mark the calves. All the Sami reindeer herders have their own unique earmark for their reindeer. The image is taken with a Nikon D750 with a 70-200 mm lens, and converted to black and white.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A magnificent never-before-seen black and white photo of Mont Saint Michel.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • The photographer has beautifully captured the expression on the face of a sheltering woman. Well done.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A brilliant photo combination of foreground and background. The photographer definitely deserves credit for this photo. People's gestures are beautifully displayed with the big balloons.
  • Photographers Comment
  • I love street photography, that why my camera always with me. I, with my daughter, walking in Vingis park in Vilnius, Lithuania, there, during the summer, hot air balloons rise every day. People gathers to watch the event, this spectacle always fascinates all. I found the most suitable angle from which I could see the balloons rising and the people watching them. A massive bench helps to express the separation between the people on the ground and the balloons rising. The trees growing around helped a lot to perfectly frame the whole shot, a massive bench helps to express the separation between the people on the ground and the balloons rising. People's gestures speak for themselves. Shot taken with medium format camera ARAX MC, lens Arsat 80/2.8, film Ilford PAN F 50 The camera isn't the best for street photography, but it was perfect for this shot.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • The photographer who captured an extraordinary moment of surfing in the ocean definitely deserves praise.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • The shape of another child's face inside the eyes of a helpless child statue is truly remarkable.