CJPOTY round 4 winners
The theme for the fourth round of the Digicam Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors was ‘Motion’ and we’ve totally loved seeing all of the wonderful pictures that have been submitted. After a protracted judging session, we’re delighted to announce that the next pictures can be added to our shortlist to be judged by our illustrious panel of judges on the finish of the year.
One in every of these ten shortlisted pictures has additionally been chosen because the round winner with the photographer being awarded a voucher from MPB value £500 – scroll down to seek out out who.
CJPOTY April 2023 Motion shortlisted pictures
Michael Harris
Michael’s creativity shines via with this pretty black-and-white picture of a paddle boarder seemingly pursued by birds to offer an exquisite sense of motion and route.
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 pictures shortlisted this month and it’s the superb composition and timing that drew the judges’ consideration to this one. The diver is caught completely in mid-air whereas somebody seems on from above, giving a way of scale.
Helen Belief
Helen’s cautious composition ensures all of the vertical strains on this picture are completely straight whereas her publicity delivers a brilliant, ethereal really feel with the figures blurred to offer a way of motion and exercise.
Gail Johnson
This will need to have been an extremely troublesome picture to seize. We love the 50/50 break up above and beneath the water. The pelican’s head can be ideally positioned to make it clear what sort of chicken we’re .
Peter Murrell
Peter’s first-rate panning expertise have delivered an eye catching picture of a fleeting second with plenty 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 persons 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 duplicate of this improbable picture as a result of it captures the drama of the whitewater together with the ability that’s required to navigate it. We love the focus and energy on his face. It seems nice in monochrome too.
Carole Downie
Carole’s picture is stuffed with color and pleasure as a result of she’s photographed the riders on the good motion, simply as they skid round a nook throwing up plenty of mud. We love their dynamic, robust posture and the depth within the eyes of the furthest rider.
Barbara Tasko
Barbara’s picture reveals a struggle for all times with a fish wriggling within the chicken’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 approach!
Peter’s picture joins the opposite 9 pictures 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 Digicam Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors is ‘Water’. We need to see your finest pictures 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 (in the present day).
To submit your entry observe the hyperlink to cjpoty or click on on the CJPOTY button on the high of any of our web site pages. You possibly can submit as much as three entries for £2.00 plus fee processing prices (£0.26). Photos ought to be Jpegs at the very least 1920 pixels alongside their longest facet however no bigger than 2MB.
Digicam Jabber Photographer of the Year prizes
On the finish of the month, the Digicam Jabber staff will decide 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 equipment from the World’s greatest platform for used photographic gear.
All 10 of the chosen pictures 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 pictures. These will then go earlier than our improbable panel of judges who will determine the first, 2nd and Third-placed pictures.
The photographer of the first-placed picture total, 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 ‘Digicam 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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