Child Photo Competition 2014 No 1 : Results

Judges Comment
Real, stunning and outstanding! You create a photo full of athmosphere! A frozen moment... A perfect sense for timinig. You croped and framed this situation in a good way. It seems vivid! Congratulation to the winner!
Photographers Comment
Hello everyone! I'm Héctor Millar from Santiago, Chile. I am absolutely happy and surprised to have been the winner! The child in the photo is my nephew Vicente; the photo was taken in summer in the garden of his house, while he and his sister Aranza were playing with the sprinkler to water the grass. I just laid myself on the grass and waited for the moment of the water on their faces...and then...this lovely picture which i love. The photograph was taken with a Nikon D90 and post editing with Adobe Lightroom 3.0. Thank you very much to the judge by the choice and thanks to all the team I Shot it for this opportunity.
www.hectormillar.com

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Strong and emotional! Technically well executed. A stunning blurry background and these big, dark eyes, perfectley in focus. This photo touches!
Photographers Comment
Special thanks to the judge for these Mark Of Excellence! I am very happy. This picture shows my little daughter sitting in our livingroom. Captured with the amazing Olympus Omd-em1 and Leica/Panasonic DG 25mm.

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You do not have to explain many things to understand this picture. It tells a whole story.

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Very creative idea for a portrait of a little girl. What happened to make her look like that? It is lively and funny. The colors are natural and also beautiful!
Photographers Comment
Hi! My name is Jacob Glauninger. I took this with a Canon EOS M with an old adapted soligor 135mm f2 just north of Los Angeles, California.
www.jakeandkimphoto.com/

Judges Comment
A great composition! Technically well executed. Colorful and high contrasts. A good interplay of many details!!

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A fabulous photo! Perfectly focused on her eye. A great and creative idea excellently executed! Maybe she becomes also great photographer in future...

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A moment full of calmness and love! The intimacy between mother and child is framed by a bright light situation. That supports this scene in a pefect way!
Photographers Comment
A photograph of my beautiful wife and our 2-week old baby. Norfolk, VA, USA. Taken with Olympus OM-D E-M5 45mm, exposure 1/40 sec at f/1.8 ISO 800. Cropped and converted to B&W in Lightroom.

Judges Comment
A unusual portrait of a boy. You chose a portrait format for it but the face is placed in the lower half of this photo. It gets very dynamic and plastic with the positions of his arms and hands. Well done!!
Photographers Comment
Thank you! My name is Miguel Guillermo from the Philippines. Took this image when I was still rocking my Nikon D90 and 18-105mm kit lens. Window light. Processed in LR. This shot of a boy resting is still one of my favorites. There's a tranquil, mysterious look in his eyes that draws you in. Again, thank you
www.flickr.com/photos/106535043@N05/

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A lovely moment! The face of this baby is perfectly in focus. Together with the blurry background it becomes nearly three-dimensional.
Photographers Comment
What an honor to be chosen for a mark of excellence and thanks to the judge for choosing my photo! Photo is of my daughter Gracey while out on my usual weekend cruise with my daughters in Ome Japan. Taken with a Leica M8 and Summicron 35 mm lens.

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Congratulation to this beautiful portrait! it catches through its simplicity and the use of light! Her facial expression goes deep under my skin!
Photographers Comment
I took this photo of a girl on the beach at playa Jibacoa in Cuba, this past December. She was playing by herself while her mom and her sister were selling jewelry on the beach. The light was stunning, under a canopy of trees and then she looked at me. I used Nikon D70 to capture this moment.

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Two friends spending a good time together. This photo strikes through a good composition. You can only see the two girls. Nothing else that could be important. A picture that is focused on the essential. Lively and emotional!
Photographers Comment
Thank you so much for the appreciation! In this picture my daughter is taking a bath with her friend. It was taken about four years ago when I just started getting in photography. These days I would able to get both girls sharp :) Taken with a Canon 450D and processed in Silver Effex

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That is a lively photo full of emotions. The brown tones make this photo look like it was shot some decades ago. You can even hear the right girl laughing and the soughing of the wind.

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Congratulation to this lovely photo! It looks honest and captured by chance. I like the bright light situation . A portrait through a curtain…..it has a nostalgic touch to me.
Photographers Comment
Fredrikke Wetherilt Canon EOS 5D MKII, EF50mm f/1.4 USM @ f/4, ISO 400, 1/100 Sec

Judges Comment
You capture a very special moment by chance. The quick movement of the man on his bike and the girl who is looking scared in the back. It is a picture you need to look again and again and it tells a story.
Photographers Comment
Thank you Judges for the award. My name is Wilson Wee and the girl at the background is my beautiful daughter, Elise. We were strolling along Jonker Street of Malacca, Malaysia when she was mesmerized by the graffiti on one of the heritage houses. I called her to look out for incoming traffic while I took this photo using a Leica M9P coupled with a summicron 50 mm rigid.

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I am sure each child loves bubbles but this photo is special. It is a quite clam portrait of a boy. Together with the reflections of the bubbles this photo becomes lively.
Photographers Comment
My name is Ivan Tan. This was taken during a street shooting session in Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Shot with Leica M8 with Voigtlander 35mm f1.4. Post processed with Aperture + VSCO.
www.flickr.com/photos/foxsama/

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I am sure the band White Stripes also started like this! A great shot that is also well executed!
Photographers Comment
Thanks! My name is Frank Welte. This was made on a winter morning using a Nikon D7100, AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED at 18mm, f/8, 1/25s with an SB-700 Speedlight. Post-processing with Photoshop and Nik Silver Efex Pro.
www.weltephoto.com

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You caught a poetic moment. It looks like a scene of a film and it tells a story to me. The light is also beautiful! Congratulation to this lovely shot!

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A photo with strong and high contrasts that makes this photo interesting to me. Technically well executed! You can have a long look at it, it does not get boring!
Photographers Comment
Thank you to the judge for her comments! My name is Andrew Lance, and this photo was taken in Canberra, Australia, with a Leica Monochrom using a Leica 28mm f2.8 Elmarit-M Asph lens. Post processing in Lightroom 5 and Silver Efex Pro 2.
www.andrewlance.com/

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A great example for children doing, what they do best: being children! Well done and perfect timing!!