Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner - July '12 by Jennifer Harrison
- Judged by
- Paul Goldstein
- Trip code
- TEL
- Countries Visited
- Italy
- Winner
- July 2012
“It is always easy to criticise and if I was nit-picking I would say the top is cut off a little but this dazzling shot speaks of graft and sweat: critical characteristics of any good wilderness shot. Do I want to be there? Yes. Would it scare one or two off? Yes, almost certainly. This is a good thing though, nothing wrong with a bit of machismo in photographs. Also it is topical this month as Volcanoes, last year ‘s pests, are now very 2012!”
Previous Winning entries
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Christine, a clearly an accomplished photographer, sent in a gallery of emotive, brilliantly captured candid images and portraits from her time in Ethiopia. In picking the best one, I chose the photog…
Sometimes black and white is used to disguise mediocrity, not here. This is a light-hearted moment which has been caught with sensitivity by the photographer. The background is wonderful, the grainine…
Each year when judging a particularly big photo competition I have to trawl through countless festival shots. I frequently find them intrusive and uninspiring, it is possible to be colourful yet lack …
This photograph has everything: great contrast, audacious slow shutter speed and a hint of mystery – outstanding. It was taken on one of Paul Goldstein’s special photographic departures, but I’l…
