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2008 Photo Competition Results

Judged by Michael Cawley

The Judge's comments may be found at the foot of this page.

Landscape Winners

Winner
Le Lac Blanc
Jean King 
 

Runner Up
Pico del Sagrado, Corazon
Philip Nixon

Highly Commended
Ledge
Robert Scutt

Nature Winners

Winner 
Ibex
Jean King
 

Runner Up
Squirrel
Daphne Martin

Highly Commended
Ibex
Philip Nixon

People Winners

Winner
People Walking
Robert Scutt
 

 

 

Runner Up
Glacier Walking, Spitzbergen
Pam Hamer

Highly Commended
Via Ferrata, Italian Dolomites
Richard Casey

Typical Austria Winners

Winner
Mountain Chapel on the Fieberbrunner Weg
Pam Hamer
 

Runner Up
Hay Making
B M Davis

Highly Commended 
Signs to Everywhere at Lunersee 
Ivor Coleman

First Time Entrant Winners

Winner
Via Ferrata, Italian Dolomites
Richard Casey

Runner Up
Cabane de Sunsanfe on the Dents du Midi
Helene Turley

Highly Commended
Alpenglow with Rainbow
Barbara Segal

 Sketch Winners

Winner
Mam Sodhail
Jean Scholes 		Runner Up
Quinag
Jean Scholes

 

Michael Cawley writes ...

It was a real privilege to judge this year’s competition. There were some excellent photographs which meant choosing winners was a tough, but enjoyable, challenge!

The landscape section contained some really top class images, with Jean King’s Le Lac Banc photograph coming first. The panoramic view combined with the reflection of the landscape on the mirror-like surface and with the contrasting light gave the photo many different focal points which I really liked. Robert Scutt’s photograph ‘Ledge’ made me feel like I could actually be standing there and brought back memories of my own travels.

Pam Hamer‘s ‘Glacier walking Spitzbergen’ gave a real impression of the wide expanse of the mountain wilderness that is enjoyed by so many people. The camel trains of people moving up the surface reinforces the size of glacier.

Jean King again topped the Nature category with her photograph of the Chamois. The background gives the animal a real sense of looking over his unspoilt kingdom. Dahnie Martin’sphoto ‘Squirrel’ caught the characteristics of a squirrel perfectly. He looks as if he has just been caught stealing the bird seed.

The typical Austrian photo section had fewer entries, but all were interesting and professional. Pam Hamer picked up her second winning entry with ‘Mountain chapel on the Fieberbrunnerweg’ the small clean foreground made the chapel look very isolated and tranquil.

Congratulations to all of the winners and I hope that next year’s judges have as much fun as I did!

Technical Note: the actual judged entries are of high resolution. The versions shown here have been necessarily limited to a width of either 240 or 500 pixels to fit the web page.

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