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Photographer of the Year 2008 Competition: Results Round 1 - Open

For those of you who are not familiar with the term “Open”, it means a photo of any
subject can be entered. This was a contestants chance to show what they feel are
their best shots without the constraints of subjectmatter. And that most contestants
did, which made the quality of work presented very high.
 
The winner of this competition was Harjono Djoyobisono from Yogyakarta, Indonesia
with an image titled ” Djunaedi”. This image immediately stood out from the crowd due
to the high quality of the image, the natural pose of the subject and his traditional
appearance. Well done Harjono and enjoy spending your $75.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Seond place and a $40.00 Amazon Gift Certificate went to R.C. “Dick” Jenkins of
Niceville, Florida USA. Dick had a different sort of portrait but one that was
equally eyecatching titled “Great Egret In Mating Splendor”. Technically this image
is perfect, every grain of white is perfectly exposed, which can be difficult to
achieve. The pose is also very eyecatching and perfectly composed. 

Something completely different to the first two placings was Mario Abdilla from
Zurrieq, Malta with an image simply titled “Abstract”. The trails of smoke are
beautifully captured and digitally enhanced to give perfect symmetry. Mario wins a
$25.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Points are given to the top fifteen places in the competition. These points will go
toward the Photographer of the Year table. So anyone who has gained points from this
competition are well set toward the race for the title of Photographer of the Year
2008.

Top 15 Scores

1 Harjono Djoyobisono, Yogyakarta, INDONESIA………………….100 points
2 R.C. “Dick” Jenkins, Niceville, Florida USA………………….92 points
3 Mario Abdilla, Zurrieq, Malta,……………………………..84 points
4 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse the Netherlands……………………76 points
5 Marta Azevedo…………………………………………….68 points
6 Ivano Adversi, Bologna Italy……………………………….60 points
7 ANNA HERRINGTON, Grimentz, Switzerland………………………54 points
8 Stanzin Namgyal, Jammu and Kashmir, India……………………48 points
9 Andy Parris, Suffolk, England………………………………42 points
10 Samuel De Leon, Quezon City, Philippines……………………36 points
11 Russell L Hawkins………………………………………..30 points
12 Trent Brock, Inman, SC, USA……………………………….24 points
13 Belinda Buxton, Norwich Norfolk, England……………………18 points
14 Anand Kapadia, Gujrat, INDIA………………………………12 points
15 J.J. Guy Longtin, Renfrew, Ontario  Canada ………………….6 points

If your name appears above, Congratulations and best of luck in our upcoming
competitions. If you haven’t entered this first competition, don’t despair as there
is still four more to go with more prizes and still a good chance of winning the
overall prizes of a Western Digital My Book 2 Home Edition 1TerraBytes USB 2.0
Firewire & eSata External Hard Drive to store your digital images and an Epson Stylus
Photo RX685 5760X1440DPI 6.3CM LCD USB printer to print all those digital images for
display….

For every competition there are Amazon Gift Vouchers to be won. First prize is $75,
the second placed competitor gets $40 and third prize is $25.

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

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See the full syllabus at 
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/basic_photography_course.html

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