International Aperture Awards

Just received notification that one of my images from a recent trip to Tasmania has received a Silver Award. I entered 3 images last minute and it looks like only 1 at this stage has been judged, so fingers crossed the other 2 images fair well … I guess you never know what the judges look for and in my case I have used the last 2 or 3 comps to gauge if I am taking that could be considered in competitions …

I tried to enter not my best or favorite images but my most recent work to also gauge where I am  … Although in saying that I did pull an older image from 12 months ago just re-tweeked a little … we’ll see how they fair I guess …

I entered all 3 images into the “Open Section” of the competition. I am not a professional, but I want to take as good an image as a professional so i thought why not enter the most competitive section …

A little info about the competition and awards can be found here : http://www.internationalapertureawards.com

The International Aperture Awards, one of the world’s richest online photography competitions. This is the 3rd year of the competition, which is open to professional and amateur photographers worldwide. With a total prize pool of over US$80,000, including a first prize in the Open competition of US$20,000 in cash, the competition attracts some of the best international professional and amateur photography.

cheers

Below is the award I was given and the image in question …

and the original image I posted a few weeks back on the blog …