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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Print of the Year

Print of the Year
Just in case anyone missed my winning print from previous posts.

On Monday night I went to Liddesdale Camera Club with Tootlepedal for the annual Digital Image and Print of the year competition which was also the last meeting of the season. I was absolutely delighted when my print "Somewhere Under the Rainbow" won print of the year. This is the print that received highly commended at a recent competition at Selkirk recently. 

 Over the season I have learned so much, especially how hard it is to get something that is slightly different but staying in the traditions of photography. On a recent visit to Dumfries to see Dumfries Camera Clubs annual exhibition so many were very heavily manipulated, no doubt with a high degree of skill but surely there must come a time when the competition organisers must somehow differentiate between a traditional image and a manipulated image. 
The above print was taken on a mobile phone and lightly processed via Photoshop to give it a grainy effect, yet the judge questioned if it had been painstakingly produced from a variety of images.  It was a shot taken at an opportune moment with the only camera I had at hand and it worked.

Print of the Year Trophy

 
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11 comments:

  1. mj26 March 2013 at 14:00

    Congratulations! You're competing in an area that's such an odd blend of art and technology, it must be hard to see the line between the two - especially as the technology changes at warp speed.

    Do you get to keep the cup?

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    1. Sandy26 March 2013 at 15:42

      I get to keep the cup for a year then I'll have to try and win it back again.

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  2. The Glebe Blog26 March 2013 at 14:20

    Well deserved Sandy, I love to experiment with pictures too.

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  3. New Hampshire Gardener26 March 2013 at 17:33

    I remember how I grumbled about having only a cell phone to take pictures with when I started my blog!

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  4. Anonymous26 March 2013 at 23:31

    Congratulations! AN excellent photo no matter what was used to take it.

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  5. Sandy27 March 2013 at 03:38

    Thank you!

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  6. Anonymous27 March 2013 at 17:20

    Congratulations. Well deserved.

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  7. Gavin28 March 2013 at 08:38

    Well done Sandy. I always felt that my mobile phone took photos that were rather inferior but you have dissproved this theory and I will use it more often now and especially for that opportune moment when you dont have your better camera to hand.
    Hope you win again next year.

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  8. Sandy28 March 2013 at 16:47

    Thanks Gavin for your kind comments.
    I must admit I feel rather smug winning print of the year taken on a mobile phone but it proves an expensive camera doesn't always produce the best results.

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