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I entered the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition a while back, which is a big national competition with very high standards of entry.
Anyway, I've just had the results back.
I had three shortlisted for awards, but in the end it came down to this one.
http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/247/8/0/Tandlewood_by_Waylandscape.jpg
I managed to win Second Prize in the Classic View section, which is usually the largest entry, so I'm pretty chuffed right now. :approve:
Congrats Wayland.
And a great picture it is.
I can see why it was chosen, it's like something from a dream, well done.
Will this lead to exhibitions etc. I would think so.
Stunning work Wayland congrats.
Andy
Mesquite
26-10-2008, 10:51
Congratulations Gary. Love the picture as well.
What were the other 2 that were shortlisted?
gregorach
26-10-2008, 11:26
Well done Gary, and well deserved. :)
Congratulations Gary. Love the picture as well.
What were the other 2 that were shortlisted?
Thanks all.
These were the other two Steve
http://www.waylandscape.co.uk/assets/images/Botallack-600.jpg
http://www.waylandscape.co.uk/assets/images/Tioram-Castle-new02.jpg
Gary they are fantastic mate,wish i had a talent like that buddy.
gregorach
26-10-2008, 11:45
Wow - the sea in the first of those two looks like something by Roger Dean...
hedgepig
26-10-2008, 11:47
Well done Gary! That's excellent news.
redandshane
26-10-2008, 11:48
Well done Wayland; I had seen your pictures on your site and was very impressed with your talent
Nice to see you are getting recognition from more noteable sources
I particularly like the cliff and sea picture which got shortlisted
Congratulations Wayland, and well deserved mate
Dave
Mesquite
26-10-2008, 12:44
Superb pictures Gary.
I've got to say you have such a way of picturing moving water that gives it such a a soft ethereal appearance that you never see in normal pictures. They really make the pictures and well done again :)
I noticed on the website that they're going to hold an exhibition at the National Theatre. Any ideas when it's going to be?
The exhibition previews on the 17th and is then open from 18th November 2008 to 17th January 2009
The book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Landscape-Photographer-Year-Collection-Photography/dp/0749559055/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225027013&sr=8-2) is released on the 31st October, I've got my order in already.
Wow that first picture is really special, it deserved to win a prize.
Is it "as taken" or has it been photoshopped?
That's pretty well "as taken" in fact that is a strict condition of the competition.
:beerchug:
Congratulations Gary, second place, you must be well chuffed with that.
Any idea how many entered yet ?
scoops_uk
26-10-2008, 14:27
Fantastic achievement and cracking shots, really pleased for you :)
Scoops
Amazing pictures, congratulations!
Mesquite
26-10-2008, 14:35
The exhibition previews on the 17th and is then open from 18th November 2008 to 17th January 2009
I'll make sure I go and see it then. :)
:beerchug:
Congratulations Gary, second place, you must be well chuffed with that.
Any idea how many entered yet ?
I don't know but last year was about 20,000 or so.
I am chuffed.....http://www.wayland.me.uk/assets/images/8823.gif
Well done Gary - It's nice to see that the judges and I have the same great taste. That one is hanging in my office!
Simon
ArkAngel
26-10-2008, 18:50
Very very well done.
That is a tough competition with extremely high standards.
No more than you deserve though, your photography is very professional indeed.
:You_Rock_
Thanks everyone.
I've just booked my tickets to travel down for the preview, looks like there is going to be some very good stuff in the exhibition, I'm amazed I did so well.
jamie18thmo
26-10-2008, 20:18
Fantastic photos Wayland. Well done!
The tin mines one took me back to holidays in Cornwall. Thanks!
J :)
Wayland; second out of 20,000ish! Wow, but then the photos are truely fantastic.
Conratulations!
Chris
Mistwalker
26-10-2008, 21:29
I entered the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition a while back, which is a big national competition with very high standards of entry.
Anyway, I've just had the results back.
I had three shortlisted for awards, but in the end it came down to this one.
http://davidbrennan.co.uk/epv3/coppermine/albums/userpics/10204/Tandlewood-Mist-800.jpg
I managed to win Second Prize in the Classic View section, which is usually the largest entry, so I'm pretty chuffed right now. :approve:
I love the photograph, beautiful seen, would love to have seen it in person.
Cyclingrelf
27-10-2008, 00:37
Congratulations! Excellent work!
Andy2112
27-10-2008, 09:10
Gary, congratulations mate, very nice pictures indeed. I'd have given you first place.:D
Womble_Lancs
27-10-2008, 10:05
Well done Gary, that's an excellent picture, very atmospheric.
Neanderthal
27-10-2008, 19:32
Congratulations Gary, a well deserved award.
That is such a great picture and gives a sense of calm. I've just replaced your Lafoten panoramic with this as my Desktop picture, hope you don't mind.
Stu
Womble_Lancs
28-10-2008, 18:59
I've not found the pics from this year's winners yet, but here's the winners from last year:
http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/2007_winners.htm
firecrest
28-10-2008, 21:38
Thats great news Wayland :) The picture provokes such a feeling of silence, its very beautiful. Have you ever thought of creating your own calendars or alike?
I did make a few calenders for friends but the problem was getting them bound.
Very few places seem to do calender binding these days.
British Red
29-10-2008, 18:55
Hmmmm thats not right.
You should have won.
I'm not over keen on the manipulation of images and as a "simple" image yours is, in my and BBs opinion, the best (with the surf image second). It has an almost abstract quality.
Very, very, very nice
My congratulations - I have never been to the exhibition (although I usually make the Wildlife photographer of the year - which makes me want to throw my camera away)
U was robbed ;)
Red
Spikey DaPikey
30-10-2008, 01:39
Excellent news Gary, and yes, a damn fine shot :You_Rock_
I've not found the pics from this year's winners yet, but here's the winners from last year:
http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/2007_winners.htm
They've finally put up the winners here.
http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/2008_winners.htm
Can't wait to see the exhibition, looks like some great stuff there.
Grooveski
04-11-2008, 16:12
Congratulations Gary. That's a lovely picture. :)
Gailainne
04-11-2008, 20:09
Oh man I wish I could translate what I see into images like those, did'nt agree with "Landscape Photographer of the Year 2008" at all, whats landscape about a dog running along a manmade feature ?, any of the other Adult Classic view's apart from "first frost" are better, to my eye anyway :o .
Gary the ethereal quality to your composition works really well, bloody well done getting runner up against some other superb images.
I must admit I really like the winners, but my favourite is "Fan Fu"
Really good job mate :D
Regards
Stephen
Womble_Lancs
06-11-2008, 09:14
The winning pic is good, but I think there are better ones on that page. The winning pic doesn't look very sharp to me, but that could just be down to my monitor.
I guess, at the end of the day, it's all subjective anyway.
I love the pic of the Maunsell Forts because it looks really eerie, and I think that my favourites (not including Gary's obviously ;) )are 'Autumn sunrise at Bamburgh Castle' and 'Trotternish from the Quiraing', purely for the colours and the sharpness of them.
Klenchblaize
24-11-2008, 13:00
They chose the right one it being the simplicity of the scene and stillness of components therein.
Great pictures Wayland
Well done!
Hi Klenchblaize, nice to see you back.
http://www.waylandscape.co.uk/assets/images/National_Theatre.jpg
I forgot to say I got down to the exhibition preview at the National Theatre in London last week.
If anyone is nearby it's well worth a look, they've printed them at a good size and there's some stunning work on show.
http://www.waylandscape.co.uk/assets/images/Take_a_View.jpg
Mesquite
24-11-2008, 18:37
Nice one Gary, I like the touch of printing your winning photo on your name badge., that's a nice memento for you.
Will they be giving you the display picture once the exhibition has finished?
I forgot to ask them that. http://www.wayland.me.uk/assets/images/17433.gif
Mesquite
24-11-2008, 19:58
I forgot to ask them that. http://www.wayland.me.uk/assets/images/17433.gif
LOL, better get on the phone pdq :D
Our lass was down there on Thursday with 27 of her A level photography students. She mentioned that she`d seen some really good landscape images at the National, I should have realised they`d be yours Gary :notworthy
I'm sorry I've only just stumbled across this Wayland. Lovely shot and congratulations on the recognition.
drewdunnrespect
26-11-2008, 22:15
superb mate you was ROBBED
there are brill gary well done recognition well deserved but should have WON
drew
Minotaur
27-11-2008, 16:47
Is it just me, or can you almost heard the drums in the background?
Or do you expect the Viking Horde to appear though the trees, any second?
Brillant art!
Art because people feel different things about it, which is what makes all the difference. Strange that everyone else thinks calm, I want to check my powder, and free my sword.
Glad I did not have to make the decision of who won what, but think your castle shot would have won for me.
Singeblister
27-11-2008, 23:00
cracking shot Gary and grats on the 2nd place :)
bosknurft
07-12-2008, 23:07
Wonderful photograph. It reminds me of Gustav Klimt's 1902 painting Birkenwald (http://www.kunst-fuer-alle.de/english/art/artist/image/gustav-klimt/235/194/118850/beech-forest-i/index.htm) (Birch forest, never mind the caption), although I think that, in terms of composition and colours, you have him beat here.
Wow, well done!
That's a tough comp to get placed in, let alone actually get in the top three. Seriously, congratulations :D
Who was hosting it this year?
Edit: Found it :) Should've read the whole topic before barging in.
The overall winner is also not to my taste, I agree, what's landscape about that pic apart from the horizontal format and a bit of sea in the background?
It probably won 'cause the tog used two different compositional rules and the opposing colours help too.
If the rules were for minimal processing, then that photograph should have been banned, there is definitely at least an hours worth 'o photoshop on that piece believe me, I can spot PS a mile away, even if it's minimal and I can tell you what was done: it looks like a natural HDR (as opposed to the uber fake HDR's that are over processed) which woudl require three or more images blended into one to capture the detail in the sky, the highlights and detail in the shadow area of the dog, then levels, curves, a selective colour (to make the blue and the orangey yellow really stand out and visually fight with one another) an overall hue/sat layer tweaked with the individual colours, possibly with the master sat set to -10 or more so it stopped short of becoming too colourful (a sure fire way to know that it is photoshopped) That green in the distance is definitely been increased. I would also venture to say that the sea has been burnt in a bit as well. The overall thing for me is the obvious lack of the ND grad which you can normally see on ND grad filtered images which leads me to think that HDR was employed.
Mind you, looking through the rest of 'em most have had the old photoshop magic applied. Shame really. I agree, that a levels & curves or exposure and contrast + sharpening should be allowed but not masking and individual colour saturation increase and hue. HDR is completely manipulating the image, filters on the lens could've been used instead, I mean how much is 1ND Grad filter nowadays?
... Sorry for the rant... Getting off the soapbox now.
Good stuff mate, that's a great photograph, Show's me what's possible in the fog :D
Good stuff mate, that's a great photograph, Show's me what's possible in the fog :D
I've just checked the exif. data for that shot and just as I said in the other thread, it's +1 stop exposure compensation for fog or mist.
That's normally my starting point and then I check the histogram to make sure it's not blowing out anywhere, adjusting if needed, but this one was bang on the nose.
Snip> HDR is completely manipulating the image, filters on the lens could've been used instead, I mean how much is 1ND Grad filter nowadays?
<Snip
HDR was within the rules this year, which was very evident from the exhibition.
I use HDR occasionally to compress tones that just aren't possible any other way, but I usually go for a natural looking effect when I'm mapping it.
It looks like that wasn't the fashion this year so I might try a few different type shots next time.
I don't actually use ND grads because I prefer to handle things in the computer which gives greater control and allows for non straight blends.
Wonderful photograph. It reminds me of Gustav Klimt's 1902 painting Birkenwald (http://www.kunst-fuer-alle.de/english/art/artist/image/gustav-klimt/235/194/118850/beech-forest-i/index.htm) (Birch forest, never mind the caption), although I think that, in terms of composition and colours, you have him beat here.
I see what you mean, I was at the Klimt exhibition in Liverpool a while ago and I hadn't made that connection.
I think another inspiration, although very different, is Ansel Adams' "Aspens"
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/adams/adams_aspens.jpg
I saw this print this year in the exhibition that toured with some of the prints Adams wanted to be remembered for. They were some of the last ones printed by the master himself. Stunning. :notworthy
I do like his aspens, fantastic lighting and well spotted.
Flame me for this, but most of AA's stuff, I don't like...
Oooh sacrilege I hear you cry!
It's not everyone's taste but I gained a lot of inspiration from him when I started out.
His exposure / developing methods known as the Zone System certainly helped me get to grips with wet processing, so I suppose I have a soft spot for the chap.
The exhibition was very impressive though.
Tomorrow's Sunday Times Magazine could be interesting. ;)
It's results time again.
It's not everyone's taste but I gained a lot of inspiration from him when I started out.
His exposure / developing methods known as the Zone System certainly helped me get to grips with wet processing, so I suppose I have a soft spot for the chap.
The exhibition was very impressive though.
Oh zone theory - that takes me back!
Mesquite
17-10-2009, 18:03
Tomorrow's Sunday Times Magazine could be interesting. ;)
It's results time again.
And has a certain viking done well again Gary? ;)
And has a certain viking done well again Gary? ;)
Fingers crossed - or is it a done deal....
Good luck Wayland!
Simon
I can't say too much till Monday.