Black-And-White Photo Competition 2 2020 : Results

  • Competition Winner : First Prize
  • $5,390.00
  • Judges Comment
  • Exciting and dramatic composition, as if a bull or cowboy with a pistol will enter the stage in a moment. We sense the conspiracy of the two shadows looking at the two people standing in the sun.
  • Photographers Comment
  • My name is Aldo Ruotolo, I am Italian. I'm honored and very excited to be the winner of this round! This picture was taken with an Olympus Pen PL-1 in Bonifacio (France). It was about lunch time and I was trying to take pictures with persons in silhouette taking advantage of the high contrast created by sun over the head. Two people started talking in the middle of the street and other two arrived in the shadow, stopping and looking at them. This is when I shot it! Thank you very much!
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Playing with dust specks and light. A future photographer, we presume.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Great capture in the exact right moment. Well done.
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you for the honor! I took this shot in Scotland of a White-tailed Eagle fishing.
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  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Whilst the other children reads the words of God in the Koran, one takes the direct route to peek up to the supreme being. Besides this, it’s an interesting photograph of a scene few of us would get to experience.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Taking it easy on the road to work, making milk. Intriguing composition and beautiful tonality.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Intriguing perspective and tonality that adds a little drama to the scene. We are impressed with the perspective, enabling us to see the whole city, yet in detail from a centered viewpoint.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Fascinating stillness in this empty space. Clearly, acitivity will arise at some point, but for now it is all ours. Elegant composition and exciting tonality.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Cute photograph, but what really amazes us is the Mona Lisa smile on the mother. Great capture!
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Something very classic and elegant about this photograph. Almost as if we had had it hanging on our wall since childhood. A distinct familiarity. Unusual and appreciated. Well done!
  • Photographers Comment
  • Thank you very much for the recognition! I'm an amateur photographer interested in using chemical processes while taking advantage of digital technology. I captured this shot on a large format 4x5 Bergger Pancro 400 film, scanned and spotted in Photoshop, and printed on a transparency. The final photograph is a silver gelatine contact print made on Ilford Multigrade RC Pearl paper from the transparency.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • A farmers rendition of “Dancing in the Rain”, sort of. Makes us happy and smile to see this photograph. Nice tones and composition too. Well done.
  • Mark Of Excellence
  • Judges Comment
  • Classic looking photograph of a moment of love, and maybe the photograph on the wall is what is going on in the mind.