Flower Photo Competition 4 2015 : Results
- Competition Winner : First Prize
- $267.60 and a Leica C worth $700
- Judges Comment
- This competition’s winner shows wonderful colour treatment, a great blurred background standing in contrast to the crisp flower in the foreground, as well as sensitive composition. This photograph shows it all, it reminds the judge of an image from the 70th! Thank you for submitting, and congratulation to this superb image.
- Photographers Comment
- I'm very happy that my photo got the first price! I shot this photo in a park in Berlin. The following equipment was used: Sony Alpha 77, Tamron 5.0-6.3 / 150-600 mm and a monopod. The light at this August evening was just amazing. Post processing was done with Apple Aperture. Thanks! Jörg Franzen
- www.joerg-franzen.de
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Superb! An image which I could see blown up really big.
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you for the mark of excellence!
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Exploring the dark side of these tulips, gives this image a really attractive side. Beautifully executed with a black background is top choice!
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Here we have an incredible, beautiful image. The perspective, which was chosen how to show this flower, from underneath and as a close-up. Both elements quite unusual. First class!
- Photographers Comment
- Thank you for giving me a Mark of Excellence for this photo! I shoot it few month ago in my garden using Olympus OMD E-M1 and one of many adapted old mechanical lenses and macro tube I own (can't recall which one in particular)… Dean
- www.facebook.com/dean.narandzic
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- Looking at this black and white image, gives me an impression of being able to smell these flowers. It seems that they were laid out on newspaper to dry them. Will they be used for tea? As you can see, this photo engages my brain and so many different thoughts and memories are being released.
- Photographers Comment
- Hello! My name is Vladimir, I'm an amateur photographer from Russia. The photo is of Calendula I gathered in our garden. It has many uses, but our family primarily uses it as a tea or for gargling to soothe a sore throat. As I was laying the flowers out, the thought struck me that it might make an interesting photo so I went to grab my RX100. After I returned I took around 50 shots at different angles and focal lengths. This one is my favorite and was made at 28mm eq, f/1.8, 1/40 sec, ISO 1600. Processed first with VSCO preset in Lightroom and then some more in Photoshop. I'm very happy to get a Mark of Excellence, thank you, Birgit!
- Mark Of Excellence
- Judges Comment
- The very thin green leave next to the flower is extremely important to make this an interesting photo. It stands out from the crowed in its uniqueness.
- Photographers Comment
- My name is Magdalena Strakova and I am wedding, event and animal photographer from Prague, Czech Republic. This shot is actually one of my very first digital photos taken with my first digital camera, Minolta DiMage 7i back in 2003.
- www.magdalenastrakova.com