Black-And-White Photo Competition 2 2016 : Results

Competition Winner : First Prize
$5,830.00 and a Leica M MONOCHROM body worth $8000.00.

Judges Comment
What a beautiful and classic photograph of a lively child with an extraordinarily cute expression and large eyes to explore it all! We note that the tonality is perfect, the details of the eyes exactly as they should be, and a perfect balance in the photograph. This is the winner of the I-SHOT-IT Black & White Competition. Congratulations!
Photographers Comment
"Fame" ... so I titled this portrait of my niece ... The photo was taken at a time of the end of lunch at the birthday party of my two sisters, one of which the small mom Joy portrayed in the picture. It was a moment of serenity and I noticed that my niece was playing with the pot sitting on the lap of his mother ... I not thought a lot and I immediately took the camera and I have not put on the table level and then the small and I took . The light from the window made the difference. For this shot I used a Canon Rebel XTi; f 5.6; ISO 400; 1/50 sec. with time priority. It was August 29, 2010 ...
www.fiorenzorosa.it

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Simplicity, aesthetics and beautiful tones. Love it!
Photographers Comment
Many Thanks to Judges!!! My name is Dusan Ljubicic, photo is taken in Markham, Canada. Camera used: Canon 6D, Lens: Canon 70-200 (f4, 200mm, 1/800, f4, ISO 100). Post: Lightroom 5
https://1x.com/member/dusanl/photos/latest

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What a fascinating animal! This photograph is a true tribute. Simple, artistic and a cropping that exites us!

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Beautiful photograph, composed like the shape of a swan we somehow noticed. Very simple composition and tonality. It works well!

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Beautiful and cheerful composition, and refreshing with surfer girls and girl power, as opposed to the surfer dudes.

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Beautiful family portrait with the edgy tattoo as a contrast to the baby. Lovely.
Photographers Comment
Thank you for the recognition. I love making Black and White images. I find the "honestly" with which the stories of subjects are told, when colour is removed from an image, not only captivating but also mesmerizing. This images was intended as a portrait of the dad with his newborn son, but it all changed when the four year old older brother spontaneously took of his shirt and climbed into his dad's embrace to love his new baby brother. The moment lasted only an instant, but it will remain one of my favourite images for a long time to come. Maryna Cotton - South Africa Nikon D800 24-70mm 2.8 200ISO F7.1 125s
www.photowise.co.za

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Wonder of meeting new friends. We like how they seem to observe each other.
Photographers Comment
Thank you very much! I am very glad about the award! It was a candid shot in Stralsund Meeresmuseum. You are welcome to visit my portfolio - www.ruhru.de. Cheers! Ruslan Hrushchak, Germany
www.ruhru.de

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Surreal landscape that seems to be alive, almost as a current under water. A feast for the eyes.

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Like a painting, and interesting that the children are on their way down and the adult is on his way up. We like how we can sense the landscape and city behind.

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Intriguing pattern and tonality. You have to work on it to figure out what it is.

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An almost classic view of New York. In this case very well balanced and with great tonality.
Photographers Comment
Thank you very much for this award. My name is Krzysztof Mackowiak and I live in Poland. Photography is my hobby. B&W photography allows me to express myself in best way. Journey to New York was my dream from childhood. It gave me possibility to realize small photography project. Camera: Panasonic DMC-LX100 (not Leica :(, but with Leica lens :)).
www.mackowiak.eu

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Explosion of happiness in an unreal location. We just love it.

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Beautiful photograph with a different angle of view. Love it!

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A remarkable resemblance to the famous Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph. Amazing!
Photographers Comment
Mike from Reading, UK. Taken with a Ricoh GR & processed in Lightroom / Alien Skin Exposure Many thanks for the award, I do love this picture and I'm pleased you saw the reference to Henri Cartier-Bresson! This is a small street in my home town after some heavy rain, my children were out playing in the puddles when our cat joined us and started jumping back and forth over the puddles, I grabbed a couple of shots mid-jump and this was the one I really liked.
fleetingphotons.com

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Nice and simple with a great silent atmosphere. Actually, extremely simple which is an added beauty to it all.
Photographers Comment
Nice to hear from Leica powered team. So, it was unbelievable experience. About 6 hours field walking in Leningrad Region near Ryzhiki place for Nature pictures, it was getting dusk, and: -"Wow! This is magic!" - I said. Mist suddenly appeared! Nikon D750 with Nikkor 24-120mm lens and Silver Efex Pro. Misty field, full series, you can see at my site. Thanks a lot.
be.net/storenth

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We like that there is a lot going on in this photograph. The shadows accentuate it all in a very dramatic way. Love it!
Photographers Comment
Appreciate the recognition! I'm honoured! My name is Umar Ali, I'm a photographer from Lahore Pakistan. The photo was taken at Wazir Khan Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in the subcontinent. I took the photo about 2 hours before sunset on a winter day. The light was beautiful and I thought black & white really made it look dramatic. I took this photo with a Fuji X-Pro1 and 14mm f2.8.
umarali.com

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An unusual sight well captured with dignity, and at the same time we feel it could be in any street. Very well done!
Photographers Comment
Thank you very much. Now to continue working .
photos.jordirosado.com

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Beautiful composition that shows the Empire State Building and people experiencing it. The silhouettes and the framing of the city adds intrigue and shows proportions. Well done!
Photographers Comment
Photographer: Ralph Krueger, Berlin (Germany). Camera/lens: Olympus Pen E-PL3 with Panasonic Lumix G 20 mm f/1.7 ASPH (H-H020). Exposure details: f/4.5, 1/400, ISO 200 Location: "Top of the Rock", Manhattan, NYC Date: 2011-12-22, 2:32 PM. | | The "Decisive Moment" (Henri Cartier-Bresson): When I had entered the top platform of the "Top of the Rock" I glanced at this almost emblematic scenery. This "room with a view" was as empty as I had never expected it to be! - Hence I immediately raised my camera, waited only a second and shot this photograph. Voilà! :-) | | Many thanks to the jury for choosing this photo! I'm really honoured!

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Fascinating view into athletic competition and achieving your goals. Strong!

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Captivating photograph; intense face expression on a ship, with the city reflecting in the windows. We find that our thoughts are reflected between his thoughts and the city.
Photographers Comment
Thank you for selecting my photo as Mark of Excellence. This shot has been taken from vaporetto while I was traveling to Rialto bridge. My name is Mattia and I'm Italian.
www.mattiazaldini.us

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Nice perspective of three lives in one picture. Beautiful light.
Photographers Comment
Thank you for the Mark of Excellence award. This photo was taken in the famous Souq Waqif market, in Doha, Qatar. The time was around 8 AM and the light was so soft and falling on the baker's face. I used Nikon D800e with 50mm f1.8
instagram.com/portraiture.ca

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Strong photograph with the recent story in Europe. We don’t know if that is it, but that’s what we think of. It makes you think.
Photographers Comment
Many thanks for the "Mark of Excellence". I am Roger Schäfer from Weinheim in Germany. The photo was taken in a reception center for refugees in Mannheim. Here, just started coming refugees were registered. I shot the picture with my Leica M Monochrome and the Apo-Summicron-M 50mm (LR6 and PhotoShop CS6).
monochrom.life

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Strong photograph that is almost magic. We love the drama, the closed eyes and the state of weightless it implies.

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We feel he is walking in a landscape but after a while we realize it is inside a building. The composition of shadows and highlight makes us keep looking.
Photographers Comment
My name is Torsten 'TeeKay' Köster from Stuttgart / Germany and i take photos. My main theme are b/w pictures in an urban enviroment mostly with a human touch and a high contrast. I made this picture on a sunny afternoon in my hometown with my - meanwhile retired - old lady Olympus E-3 and the 14-54mm f2.8. It´s postprocessed with silver efex pro. I want to thank the judges for choosing my image. I feel really great!
www.teekay-fotografie.de

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Very classic looking and playful photograph. It doesn’t get more basic to photography than that, “writing with light"
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Appreciate the recognition! My name is James Qu, from Shanghai of R.P.China. I love photography,all my family members love photography as well. By my influence, my wife and my 5 years old daughter bring camera all the time. This shots is about two children playing in the underground garage, with the car light to flight over, my wife picked up the iPhone6 quickly catch at this moment. She is now happily crazy...

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We love this photograph and the atmosphere in it. The monkey sitting in thought in the same manner as you would see a person sitting in a cafe. Very lovely photograph!

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This photograph is so orderly, but almost as time travel or two dimensions meet. Great composition.

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Men lined up to view life in the city. Awesome sight, and nice to see the view turned from their eyes to the camera on them.

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Quiet moments inside a grand home is what we sense from this photograph. The balance of the objects, divided by the stairs, makes it work really well.
Photographers Comment
WOW!! thank you for choosing my photo, it was taken in a concert hall in Tel Aviv I was react to the backlight that captured my eyes (:
www.facebook.com/shyeye

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We find this image dramatic and strong, and at the same time beautiful. It seems to be the order of nature and that is what makes it fascinating.

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We guess this is Venice, at least it is a very typical Venice moment with the old buildings and the tourists touring and photographing from the water. Very nice composition and tonality.
Photographers Comment
Thank you for selecting my photo as Mark of Excellence. This shot has been taken from one of my favorite places in Venice. There is a moment during the day when the sun arrives inside the narrow streets and reflects into the water. I have just wait for that moment while the life was all around me. My name is Mattia and I'm Italian.
www.mattiazaldini.us

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Maybe it’s been like this for the last 50 or 60 years. Isn’t it fascinating? Both beautiful, exotic and isolated. So many thoughts about this photograph.
Photographers Comment
This was shot in Inle Lake, Myanmar, a town built over the water on stilts where lotus flower plants are woven into a very unique and expensive cloth made only here. That's what this woman is doing. Camera: Sony A7s w/Metabones adapter and Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 Settings: 24mm, f2.8, 1/160, hand-held Processing: Just black & white filter in Photoshop + very mild curves adjustment. Almost entirely in-camera.
knowyouronions.ca

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We see this as a contemporary photograph, and yet it is like if it was the 1950’s. We like to think of what the story could be before and after. The balance and composition is very well-working, as if they are tilting out of the frame in a moment.