PSNZ Canon Online Results from Round 2, 2020 We topped our record again this round, with 160 images and a completely new set of top ten authors! There were so many beautiful images, so to be in the Top Ten is a great achievement. The winner of this round is Kurien Koshy Yohannan, a wildlife and bird photographer living in Rotorua. He has been pursuing his craft for ten years and says “The main thing that motivates me to do what I do is my passion for capturing wildlife in its natural habitat and through my work I hope to promote conservation. “Seen in this image is a New Zealand Fantail (Piwakawaka) photographed mid-flight. I had gone out with the intention of photographing fantails in flight and I noticed them taking off and landing on a stem of flax. I waited for the right opportunity to capture this image. It was taken against an overcast sky, hence enabling me to create a high-key image.” The judge for this round was John Jones-Parry LPSNZ, an accredited PSNZ judge from the Hibiscus Coast Camera Club. John writes: “I have been making photographs all my life, at least since purloining my mother’s small Ilford box camera when I was six years old. Latterly I have been fortunate to have had two years as President of North Shore Photographic Society and also two years as Chair of the North Shore Salon. “Thank you for asking me to judge this important competition. It is a great honour and a great challenge!”
Paul Willyams LPSNZ Canon Online Coordinator
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