CJPOTY round 4 winners

The theme for the fourth round of the Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors was ‘Motion’ and we’ve completely loved seeing all of the wonderful photographs that had been submitted. After a protracted judging session, we’re delighted to announce that the next photographs can be added to our shortlist to be judged by our illustrious panel of judges on the finish of the year.

Considered one of these ten shortlisted photographs has additionally been chosen because the round winner with the photographer being awarded a voucher from MPB value £500 – scroll down to search out out who.

CJPOTY April 2023 Motion shortlisted photographs

Michael Harris

Michael’s creativity shines via with this beautiful black-and-white picture of a paddle boarder seemingly pursued by birds to provide an exquisite sense of motion and path.

Linda Wride

There’s a wonderful steadiness between blur and element on this picture that actually captures the essence of a flamenco dancer.

Linda has two photographs shortlisted this month and it’s the wonderful composition and timing that drew the judges’ consideration to this one. The diver is caught completely in mid-air whereas somebody seems to be on from above, giving a way of scale.

Helen Belief

Helen’s cautious composition ensures all of the vertical traces on this picture are completely straight whereas her publicity delivers a brilliant, ethereal really feel with the figures blurred to provide a way of motion and exercise.

Gail Johnson

This will need to have been an extremely tough picture to seize. We love the 50/50 cut up above and under the water. The pelican’s head can also be ideally positioned to make it clear what kind of fowl we’re .

Peter Murrell

Peter’s first-rate panning abilities have delivered an attention grabbing picture of a fleeting second with a number of motion within the background and simply sufficient element in the primary topic. We additionally like his black-and-white therapy that removes the distraction of color to focus consideration on the topic and the movement.

Angela Harrod

Angela has used intentional camera motion to create a really intriguing picture. We’re undecided whether or not the individuals are flying kites, directing a UFO or conducting an unseen orchestra, however the judges saved going again to the picture for one more look and it’s made it onto our shortlist.

Christine Holt

We hope that Christine has given the canoer a replica of this incredible picture as a result of it captures the drama of the whitewater together with the talent that’s required to navigate it. We love the focus and energy on his face. It seems to be nice in monochrome too.

Carole Downie

Carole’s picture is filled with color and pleasure as a result of she’s photographed the riders on the excellent motion, simply as they skid round a nook throwing up a number of mud. We love their dynamic, sturdy posture and the depth within the eyes of the furthest rider.

Barbara Tasko

Barbara’s picture exhibits a battle for all times with a fish wriggling within the fowl’s beak after it has struck. The curve within the fish’s physique and the splash of water give an exquisite sense of motion.

CJPOTY April 2023 winner: Peter Murrell

Congratulations Peter, a voucher to the worth of £500 from MPB is heading your means!

Peter’s picture joins the opposite 9 photographs which were chosen this month and goes onto our shortlist for judging by our panel of VIP judges on the finish of the year for the general prize.

CJPOTY Could: Water

The theme for the fifth round of the 2023/24 Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors is ‘Water’. We need to see your finest photographs of water whether or not it’s within the pure or city surroundings; an ebbing tide, a mirror-smooth lake, a meandering river, flowing from a faucet, spraying from a hose or trickling down a decorative fountain.

This round of our month-to-month competitors is open for submissions till 23:59 BST (00:59 CET and 15:59 PST) on thirty first Could 2023 (at the moment).

To submit your entry comply with the hyperlink to cjpoty or click on on the CJPOTY button on the prime of any of our web site pages. You possibly can submit as much as three entries for £2.00 plus cost processing prices (£0.26). Photographs must be Jpegs at the least 1920 pixels alongside their longest facet however no bigger than 2MB.

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Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year prizes

On the finish of the month, the Digital camera Jabber workforce will choose one successful picture and 9 runners-up from the Could entries. The photographer of the successful picture will obtain a voucher from MPB.com to the worth of £500 which will be spent on something from an enormous vary of package from the World’s largest platform for used photographic gear.

All 10 of the chosen photographs will go into our shortlist for the year.

We’ll do that every month in 2023 in order that by the tip of the year, there can be 120 shortlisted photographs. These will then go earlier than our incredible panel of judges who will determine the first, 2nd and Third-placed photographs.

The photographer of the first-placed picture general, as determined by the panel of judges , will obtain a voucher to the worth of £1000 from MPB.com in addition to a trophy and the title ‘Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year 2023‘. The photographers who come second and third will obtain vouchers value £500 and £250 respectively.

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