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 totally loved seeing all of the superb pictures that had been submitted. After a protracted judging session, we’re delighted to announce that the next pictures will likely 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 price £500 – scroll down to seek out out who.

CJPOTY April 2023 Motion shortlisted pictures

Michael Harris

Michael’s creativity shines by means of with this pretty black-and-white picture of a paddle boarder seemingly pursued by birds to present a beautiful sense of motion and course.

Linda Wride

There’s a wonderful steadiness between blur and element on this picture that basically 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 shiny, ethereal really feel with the figures blurred to present a way of motion and exercise.

Gail Johnson

This should have been an extremely tough 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 fowl we’re .

Peter Murrell

Peter’s first-rate panning abilities 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 individuals are flying kites, directing a UFO or conducting an unseen orchestra, however the judges stored going again to the picture for an additional look and it’s made it onto our shortlist.

Christine Holt

We hope that Christine has given the canoer a duplicate of this implausible 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 exhibits a struggle 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 a beautiful sense of motion.

CJPOTY April 2023 winner: Peter Murrell

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

Peter’s picture joins the opposite 9 pictures which have been 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 Might: Water

The theme for the fifth round of the 2023/24 Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors is ‘Water’. We wish to see your greatest pictures of water whether or not it’s within the pure or city setting; 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 Might 2023 (at this time).

To submit your entry observe the hyperlink to cjpoty or click on on the CJPOTY button on the prime of any of our web site pages. You’ll be able to submit as much as three entries for £2.00 plus cost processing prices (£0.26). Photos ought to be Jpegs at the least 1920 pixels alongside their longest aspect 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 crew will decide one profitable picture and 9 runners-up from the Might entries. The photographer of the profitable picture will obtain a voucher from MPB.com to the worth of £500 which might 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 pictures will go into our shortlist for the year.

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

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 price £500 and £250 respectively.

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