PSNZ Canon Online - Results Round 2, 2021 By Paul Willyams APSNZ AFIAP MNZIPP, Canon PSNZ Online Coordinator
Wow! We had a record 193 entries for Round 2 of Canon Online. There has to be a winner, and this round it’s Gordon Speed from Dunedin Photographic Society. Gordon tells me that, “This image was taken at the ‘Industrial Imagery’ workshop during the PSNZ Vision-21 Convention in Christchurch. The workshop was run by James Gibson APSNZ EFIAP at Ewings Engineering, and they set up several points for taking shots of welding and grinding. They did a great job, with skilled workers giving up their Saturday morning for us. This included moving the large pipe seen in the image as it had been set up outside but it was raining as we arrived. They just got the forklift out and moved the pipe to a covered area so we could take the shots in the dry! “James had given some tips on how to get a good shot. I used the live composite mode on my Olympus E-M1 Mk2 camera, which allowed me to make the sparks look more impressive without having to merge multiple images. Following the convention we have been touring the West Coast, taking a lot more photographs, so a little post processing was done on my laptop in a motel to get my entry in on time. Big thanks go to Vision-21, James Gibson and Ewings Engineering for the opportunity.” The judge this round was Marie Bilodeau LPSNZ, a PSNZ accredited judge. She did a fantastic job assessing this huge round and selecting the top ten. Marie achieved two top ten placings last year. You will find larger versions of the images on this link: https://photography.org.nz/ canon-online-current-results/ Enter online in the PSNZ members area or click on this https://photography.org.nz/canon-
Comments from the Judge Thank you so much for asking me to judge Canon Online this month. It was a huge honour and a humbling experience. It was always exciting for me to get an image in the top ten of this competition. This month I had 193 images to choose from. It was far from easy. Too many of them were exceptional. The most important thing I look for in an image is a good story. Then I examine how effective the supporting elements relate to and support the story. I feel I have chosen a good variety in this body of work. I hope you agree. A little about myself. I’m originally from Canada, have lived in New Zealand for 21 years, but I still hang on to my accent. I am fortunate to live on Tauranga Harbour. This gives me access to a number of New Zealand birds. One of my favourite activities is posting on local websites and letting my neighbours know what birds we have in the vicinity. At club and competition level I have a varied portfolio. If you’d like a peek of my work my Facebook page is Marie Bilodeau Photography.
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