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Top fifteen for this competition.

1 Ryan A. Shinabery, Troy, Ohio USA  …………………………..100 points
2 Andreas Budiwidjaja, Jakarta Indonesia………………………..92 points
3 Raymond Widawski, Brussels, Belgium………………………….84 points
4 Patrick Van ‘t Hoff………………………………………………..76 points
5 R.C. Jenkins……………………………………………………….68 points
6 J.J. Guy Longtin, Renfrew, Ontario Canada……………………60 points
7 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland……………………..54 points
8 Celeste McKenzie, Villieria, Pretoria, South Africa……………48 points
9 Lai Jun Wei, Singapore, Republic of Singapore………………..42 points
10 Annelies Beckers, Winksele; Belgium………………………….36 points
11 Liesbeth van Dalen, Amsterdam, Netherlands……………….30 points
12 Thijs Campe, Hamme, Eastern – Flanders, Belgium…………24 points
13 Andrea Dudasova, Svidnik, SLOVAKIA………………………..18 points
14 Emma Bartlett, Bracknell, Tasmania, Australia………………12 points
15 Anthony Ranieri, Toronto, Ontario, Canada…………………..6 points

To see the winning images for this and pervious competitions this year, see: http://www.schoolofphotography.com/cimages/results2007.html

Photographer of the Year top fifteen table

Total results after four competitions
1 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland……………………314 points
2 Raymond Widawski, Brussels, Belgium……………………….252 points
3 Andreas Budiwidjaja, Jakarta Indonesia……………………..188 points
4 Andrea Dudasova, Svidnik, SLOVAKIA……………………….162 points
5 Celeste McKenzie, Villieria, Pretoria, South Africa………….150 points
6 Anna Herrington, London, UK…………………………………148 points
7 Liesbeth van Dalen, Amsterdam, Netherlands………………146 points
8 Ben Simmonds, Wellington, Somerset, UK…………………..128 points
9 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse the Netherlands…………………….108 points
10 Harjono Djoyobisono, Northcote, Victoria, Australia……..106 points
11 Gerry Priest, St Andrews Fife Scotland…………………….102 points
12 Ryan A. Shinabery, Troy, Ohio USA  ………………………100 points
13 Ivano Adversi, Bologna Italy………………………………….92 points
14 Merel Schoneveld Den Haag, The Netherlands……………..84 points
15 Patrick Van ‘t Hoff……………………………………………..76 points

 The final competition for Photographer of the Year Competition is an Open theme. The closing date is 30th November 2007.

For more information about the competition see http://www.schoolofphotography.com/comp.html
 
For full rules and entry form please goto http://www.schoolofphotography.com/competitionrules.html

Here are the latest images to be included in The Gallery.

Cheryl Mount, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK

Rarely we see a landscape image in this gallery. There is no shortage taken for our projects and we even have a Landscape Photography Course devoted to the subject. However the subject is a difficult one, far more than one would think to take an eye-catching landscape. However Cheryl has done just that with this image.

The late evening sun is just low enough in the sky to create some nice colours. The sunlight has also caught some nice detail on the beach and it is the way the light plays on this landscape that makes it special. Despite a very difficult lighting situation to expose for acceptably, Cheryl has done a perfect job.

Cheryl is currently taking our Basic Photography Course and she submitted this image as part of her Project 2 submission. Well done Cheryl

You can view this image at:
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/gallery/gallery13.html

Vanessa Fraser, Borden, Ontario, Canada

Our Glamour Photography Course deals with all that is involved with the subject including lighting, props, make-up etc. Therefore one can imagine how much there is to get right with a glamour image. However this image selected for the Student Gallery is part of Vanessa’s first project. So she shows great promise.

What makes this image so good is really the mood that Vanessa has captured. The lighting is placed perfectly giving plenty of dark tones in the image yet perfectly exposed throughout.

John Herbert, Lowman, New York, USA

There are various ways of depicting action in an image and John’s image freezes this action in a perfect moment in time. The subjects of this image see plenty of action but are obviously taking time out to play volleyball. The action is captured in this image perfectly as the players are captureed in mid air. The rest of the image is very well composed with the ball in the perfect location and even others in the scene facing the action.

John submitted this image as part of his first project for our Freelance Photography Course.

You can view these images at:
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/gallery/gallery14.html