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The popularity of our competitions is really starting to take hold as the number of entries are increasing with every round, this one being no exception. Also one might expect with quantity the overall quality of entries might suffer, but this is not the case as in general, the quality of images was very high, making our judges job a tough one.

One point we have made in the past is the significant number of entries disqualified because the rules of entry were not followed. This still seems to be a problem as there was quite a few images that were disqualified, in particular for not following the instructions regarding the specified image sizes when emailing.

However on with the results and the winner is Eduard Maydanik from Fellbach, Germany. Eduard won with an eyecatching photo of dancers taken using a slow shutter speed creating motion blur.

Second place went to Gerry Priest St Andrews Fife U.K with a photo of a dirt biker. The movement was enhanced in the photo by using zoom burst to perfection. 

Third place was won by Michael Lewis Vancouver, BC. Canada with a photo using a slow shutter speed of a moving train. The static figure of a photographer stood well next to the blurred train.

One final fact to note is the top seven people who placed in this competition have not scored points in the competition so far this year. Therefore even though he didn’t gain points in this competition, Anupan Pal still holds a comfortable lead on the photographer of the Year table. If Anupan wins the Photographer of the Year 2006 title, he will have won his second in a row, the first person to achieve this.

With only one competition to go, there are still four other contestants with a realistic chance of making that final sprint to overtake Anupan. These contestants include; Miron Mikita, Anna Herrington, Raymond Widawski and Yolande Scheepers. Hopefully these five contestants will pull out all the stops with their entries in the last competition to really make it a “Photo Finish”!

You can see these and past winning images at

http://www.schoolofphotography.com/results2006.html

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Movement Results

1  Eduard Maydanik, Fellbach, Germany………………………..100 points
2 Gerry Priest, St Andrews Fife U.K…………………………..92 points
3 Michael Lewis, Vancouver, BC. Canada………………………..84 points
4 R.C. Jenkins……………………………………………..76 points
5 Carolien Willems, Rotselaar Belgium…………………………68 points
6 Caleb Foster, Pittsburgh PA. USA……………………………60 points
7 Richard Eyley, London, UK………………………………….54 points
8 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland………………….48 points
9  Lenny Dorodny Brooklyn NY, USA…………………………….42 points
10 Iris Mager, Groningen, Netherlands…………………………36 points
11 Milos Hlinka, Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland……….30 points
12 James Tockuss, Sydney, NSW, Australia………………………24 points
13 Bram Huvenaars…………………………………………..18 points
14 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse, Netherlands……………………..12 points
15 Raymond Widawski, Brussels, Belgium…………………………6 points
 

Photographer of the Year table after 4 competitions
1 Anupam Pal, State College, PA, U.S.A………………………..236 points
2 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland…………………190 points
3 Anna Herrington, London, UK………………………………..160 points
4 Raymond Widawski, Brussels, Belgium…………………………158 points
5 Yolande Scheepers, Al Ain, U.A.E……………………………144 points
6 ANDREAS BUDIWIDJAJA, Jakarta LFCN, Indonesia…………………132 points
7 Milos Hlinka, Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland………..102 points
8 Eduard Maydanik, Fellbach, Germany………………………..100 points
9 John O’Neill, Waterford, Ireland…………………………….92 points
  Yoran van Leeuwen, Gouda, The Netherlands……………………92 points
  Tom Martens, Riemst, Belgium…………………………………92 points
  Gerry Priest, St Andrews Fife U.K…………………………..92 points
10 Anton Bredell, Brackenfell, South Africa………………………84 points
   Michael Lewis, Vancouver, BC. Canada………………………..84 points
11 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse. the Netherlands…………………..78 points
12 Marsha Barritt, Upton, Wyoming, USA…………………………76 points
  Patty Godsalve, Silverdale, WA.USA……………………………76 points
  R.C. Jenkins……………………………………………..76 points   
13 Lia Gunster-Schröter, Westerbork, The Netherlands……………..68 points
   Boris Michalicek, Poprad, Slovak Republic……………………..68 points
   Carolien Willems, Rotselaar Belgium…………………………68 points
14 Caleb Foster, Pittsburgh PA. USA……………………………60 points
15 Cheryl Mazak, Ottawa, Canada………………………………..54 points
   Andre Gilden, Haarlem, Netherlands……………………………54 points
   Richard Eyley, London, UK………………………………….54 points

 

 

For information on further competitions, rules, prizes etc see our competiton page at http://www.schoolofphotography.com/comp.html