Premium Photo Competition 2012 Q2 : Results

Competition Winner : First Prize
$3,095.00

Judges Comment
The reflection of the boy in the train window is almost like a movie. It also makes you think of the warm inside with cold outside. We discussed the colors for a bit but decided that the atmosphere and dream of the pictures does come through clearly.
Photographers Comment
The photo location was Chicago, IL. The subject in this photo is my grandson who loves trains and who was thrilled to be able to take his first real train ride that day. This photo was taken with a Kodak EasyShare z650. This camera is several years old, and although I have other cameras, it is excellent with natural light photos and does a wonderful job with stop action.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
This photograph is one of the judges favorites. Composition, light and contrast make this outstanding. A white dog in so many dark elements makes us look twice.
Photographers Comment
This photo was taken at Fraisthorpe Beach near Bridlington / England. A popular place for people exercising their horses or dogs. I used a Canon 5D Mark II with a Canon EF 17-40mm lens. ISO 100. f/10. 1/200 A big Thank You to the I SHOT IT Judges for the Mark of Excellence! I shall walk around with a big smile on my face for days to come! :-)

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Maybe the couple on the photo in the background is the same couple who is pictured in the foreground. What has changed? Time. Time came in between. The love between this man and woman is still the same, perhaps with more understanding and experience. A wonderful and deep photograph with great light.
Photographers Comment
My name is Paul Mora and this picture is titled "Her Last Days". My family and I were visiting my grandparents when I saw my grandpa doing my grandma's hair. It wasn't until I was about to take the picture when I noticed their wedding picture(painting) in the background so I stepped back to fit it in and it came out great. She passed away 2 months after the photo was taken. I used a Nikon D7000 with a 50mm lense at 1/80s - f/2.8.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
All the yellow cabs are so New York! Nice angle and composition. Is it real or is this photo taken from a model scene? Would work very well as a large wall print also.
Photographers Comment
Thank you for the Mark of Excellence. My name is Dave and I've lived in New York City for 36 years. This photo was taken from an elevated subway line and I had my Nikon D700 and my Nikkor 45mm PC-E tilt/shift lens with me. As my luck would have it, the train came to a stop directly above the taxi depot (in Long Island City, Queens) affording me just enough time to adjust my tilt and focus settings on the PC-E lens which are all manual (f2.8 with 8 degrees of tilt). Very little post processing.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Amazing composition and light in this image that makes you stop.
Photographers Comment
Thank for the Mark Of Excellence ! I took this photo of myself in the morning at Griffith Park Observatory with downtown Los Angeles in background to the right at sunrise when hardly anyone was there at the time normally it's crowded with tourists . after few attempts I liked this shot the most . Camers used Canon 5D Mark II Lens : Canon 16-35mm Thank you ISHOTIT !

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
This is a nice way to see the Sydney Opera House, a new angle seldom captured and definitely not experienced when visiting. Well executed.
Photographers Comment
Thank you for the Mark of Excellence. I shot this photo from a hotel window early one morning as I was packing my bags to head home. There had been a lot of rain over the last few days in Sydney and the clouds had come in low and moving quite fast this morning creating an interesting look. I propped my Leica M9 against the window to get a longer exposure with the summilux 50mm attached.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Seems like the shadow of a surfer is moving by. Night is approaching and no one else is out there. Great composition and it works so well in black and white. Our compliments!
Photographers Comment
"Night is approaching and no one else is out there." You got that right ! :) I had my camera pointed toward the pier and ocean to capture the light after sunset when this surfers started playing with his surfboard skidding on the shallow water I saw his dark reflections and I immediately loved it I asked him to go back and skid again he didn't mid :) . this was at Venice Beach Pier, California Canon 5D Mark II Lens Canon 16-35mm Thanks again ISHOTIT ! .

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
This is an interesting and bizarre image. Almost too many stories in one, but it does actually work. It has different things going on, not necessarily connected to each other in an obvious way. A bird sitting on a stick, the washing hanging from the washing line, boats floating on the sea. Very cool!
Photographers Comment
I really appreciate the recognition! My name is Frieda Kat and I am a 26 year old freelance photographer living in Brooklyn, NY. This photo was taken in Varanasi, India along the Ganges River. Simple pictures are difficult to come by in such a busy place. Everywhere you look something is happening while overlapping something else. Often my pictures in India would capture the chaos as well as the beauty in all the bustling cities. Taken with my Nikon D80, 35 mm lens.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
When musician and music become one - this photo has been taken in such a sensitive way.
Photographers Comment
I'm a 75 year old, wire service, retired photographer. This picture was taken in 1995 in Charlotte, NC, during an arts festival. Unfortunately, the name of the violinist is not available. The violinist was entertaining the attendees at this festival, which is a yearly event. I shot this with my Nikon D100, with an 80 - 200 lens (2.8).

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Well executed technical and a nice photo that caught our interest.
Photographers Comment
Wow! Thank you! I've only recently discovered what can be done with strobes. Lots of fun and actually quite simple. A ten gallon fish tank, two peppers. black background, and two strobes. One positioned above, the other below lower right. Nikon D80, F8, shutter 160, and a small amount of post-op in Photoshop. The tricky part was a balancing act... dropping the peppers in one hand while tripping the shutter at the right moment with the other....Ya, I got wet. lol!

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Very classic and filmic image that could have been taken long time ago or last week. Very effectful usage of reflections, movement the shape of an attractive woman.
Photographers Comment
A side street off Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, LA. Leica M9 with a 28mm. I had the sun on my back and standing at the corner of a marble covered building. This gave a great reflection at such a tight angle. The lady had forgotten her sunglasses, not a good look in hollywood, and raised her clutch bag as she walked into the setting sun creating an unusual and yet classic look.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Interesting tonality and composition makes us stop by this and look for a while. Very straight composition and details, yet simplicity.
Photographers Comment
About the photo: It was taken at a place called "Kastrup Seabath" placed in Copenhagen, Denmark. The camera was a Canon 40D. I don´t remember the lens. The pic was converted into B/W and has been given some curves in Photoshop. About me: My name is Theo Lyngby. I live in Denmark and have been photographing since 2005. My favorite motives are "street-like". People in everyday situations. I use a Canon 5D MKII and a Fuji Finepix X-100.

Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
This dream-like photo has some great elements of atmosphere and history. You can almost hear the sounds.
Photographers Comment
Thanks for the mark of excellence you can see more of my images at my website. You can alos buy this image as a card here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/heatherbuckley/works/5301330-seagulls-on-eastbourne-pier-in-the-mist?c=148951-black-and-white&p=greeting-card
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Mark Of Excellence

Judges Comment
Very well executed play with shapes and light - and reflections.
Photographers Comment
I'm Lola White, of Nashville, Tennessee. This photo was shot at Radnor Lake in Nashville, using a Ricoh XRP 35 mm Camera. It was processed and printed in the darkroom. I lost the negative, but had the print photographed and the new negatived scanned. No alterations were made electronically. I'm honored to be selected for a Mark of Excellence. Thank you.