PSNZ Canon Online Photographer 2022 Round 2 Results By Paul Willyams APSNZ AFIAP MNZIPP, Canon PSNZ Online Coordinator
Congratulations to Jack Horlock, the winner of the Canon Online round 2 for 2022. There were 99 entries in this round. Jack writes about his winning image: ‘Shot at 0.5 Seconds, f/11, ISO 100 on a Canon 5D mk iv with a Sigma 50 mm f/1.4 Art lens, Canon Speedlite 600EXIIRT and Yongnuo YN-E3-RT Speedlite Transmitter; plus a Godox LST80 Light Tent frame and 3 led light boards. ‘The blurred path of the feather was lit by the led boards from the sides and front with the sharp image of the feather lit and frozen by the off-camera Speedlite positioned about 45 degrees from the subject. Although the image suggests that the frozen feather is at the bottom of its blurred path, the image has been flipped in post both horizontally and vertically. The sharp feather was captured by first curtain flash, and blur was captured from that point on. It all sounds quite simple and well planned, but I dropped that feather hundreds of times before I settled on the right shutter speed and flash duration, and got the feather to go where I wanted it to. ‘My photography journey started as a teenager in the late 70s with a Pentax SLR. At that time, I was also developing my own film and prints, but my interest dwindled over time as life got in the way. In 2015 I emigrated to New Zealand, and everything around me inspired me to pick up a camera again. In the last few years, I have been involved with the Whangarei Camera Club, and the regular competitions have helped me explore different genres and techniques.’ The judge for this round was Tony Gorham LPSNZ BPSA. Tony is a professional software developer and business owner who has had a love of art and photography for most of his life. He has been judging for a couple of years and is an active member of the Howick Photographic Society. Tony is a passionate portrait photographer and has been working on a series of vintage pinup-style portraits that he hopes to make into a book. See some of Tony’s work at www.nzvintagepinups.com. You can also view his work at www.tonez. co.nz and https://www.instagram.com/nztonez/
Judge’s Comments I was thrilled to be invited to judge round two of the 2022 Canon Online. As usual, the standards were very high, but the tricky part was separating the last 10 images into an order. Of course, we should not forget those images that just missed the cut as it is a very close-run thing, and I can assure you that it was not an easy process. The ten selected images are all fantastic; however, I had to look at how I responded to their emotions and stories.
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