CJPOTY round eleven: Wonderful Woodlands

The theme for the eleventh round of the Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors is ‘Wonderful Woodlands. We wish to see a celebration of woodlands; their bushes, natural world – don’t fear, you don’t must get all of them in the identical shot.

This round of our month-to-month competitors is open for submissions till 23:59 GMT (00:59 CET and 15:59 PST) on thirtieth November 2022.

To submit your entry go to cjpoty.com. You may submit as much as three entries for £2.00 plus cost processing prices (£0.26). Photos needs to be Jpegs a minimum of 1920 pixels alongside their longest dimension however no bigger than 5MB.

Photographing woodlands

There are many potential topics for this round and you should use nearly any lens. A macro lens is right for getting near tiny fungi, a wide-angle lens will allow you to seize an even bigger view and a telephoto will allow you to pick distant (or high-up) particulars.

Woodlands will be particularly engaging in mist whereas sturdy daylight creates good patches of shadow with sturdy highlights. Regardless of the climate circumstances, take into consideration the white steadiness that you just use as a result of the deep shady areas can find yourself wanting a bit too impartial and even chilly if you happen to use the auto setting – though that’s high-quality if that’s the look that you really want.

Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year prizes

On the finish of the month, the Digital camera Jabber crew will decide one successful picture and 9 runners up from the November 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 photos will go into our shortlist for the year.

We’ll do that every month in 2022 in order that by the tip of the year, there will probably be 120 shortlisted photos. These will then go earlier than our incredible panel of judges who will resolve the first, 2nd and Third-placed photos.

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 ‘Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year 2023‘. The photographers who come second and third will obtain vouchers price £500 and £250 respectively.

The judges are:

Ben Brain – Photographer, journalist & Sigma ambassador
Sophie Collins – Chief Advertising Workplace at MPB
Donna Crous – Meals photographer, writer, Nikon Europe ambassador and Rotolight Grasp of Gentle
Kate Hopewell-Smith – Marriage ceremony, portrait & boudoir photographer, Sony ambassador
Sanjay Jogia – Marriage ceremony photographer & Canon ambassador
Pete Reed OBE – Thrice Olympic gold medal-winning rower and eager documentary photographer
Dominique Shaw – Photographer and co-founder of York Place Studios and Fujifilm ambassador
Craig Strong – Lensbaby founder
Christina Vaughan – Founding father of Cultura Inventive, the house of inclusive inventory images
Jeremy Walker – Panorama photographer, writer & former Nikon ambassador

You don’t must enter the competitors each month, however you’re welcome to take action and the extra shortlisted photos you will have on the finish of the year, the better than probability of successful the highest prize.

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