APOY 2012 Results Round One – Water in the Landscape

 

APOY 2012 Results Round One – Water in the Landscape

The results are in for the first round of APOY 2012

Gary Telford, of Blackpool in Lancashire, is the winner of our Water in the Landscape round of APOY 2012. Gary will receive a Samsung NX200 with 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens, a Samsung 16mm f/2.4 Ultra Wide pancake lens, a Samsung ED-SEF42 flash and a 16MB SDHC Plus memory card, worth a total of £1,298.96. The NX200 is a compact system camera with a 20.3-million-pixel, APS-C, CMOS sensor. It has high-speed capture (7fps) and ultra-fast autofocus (100ms), while the ISO range of 100-12,800 lets you take high-speed photos even in low light. Samsung’s i-Function technology allows you to control image-capture settings manually via the lens ring.

 Our second-placed winner is Roman Solar of Slovakia, who will receive a Samsung WB750 compact camera and a 16MB SDHC Plus memory card, worth a total of £288.98. With its 12.5-million-pixel BSI (Back Side Illuminated) CMOS sensor, the Samsung WB750 makes it easier than ever to deliver consistent high-quality images. The WB750 also features a 24mm ultra-wide lens with 18x optical zoom (24x Smart-Zoom feature), 1080p full HD video recording and Creative Movie Maker that lets you combine stills and video to create slide shows.

Alan Elce of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, finished third in the round and wins a £250 Jessops Gift Card.

‘Sunlight on wall’

Judges say: ‘The exquisite use of light in this image (taken on a walk back from Kentmere Reservoir in the Lake District) immediately caught the judges’ eye. We love how the sunlight illuminates the view – well seen and beautifully captured.’

‘By The River’

Judges say: ‘This image of trees reflected in the River Hornád in Košice, Slovakia, is awash with luscious greens, from verdant greeny-yellows to darker pine-green shades. It has a delightful impressionistic quality that impressed the judges.’

3rd Alan Elce, Notts 37pts
Canon EOS 400D, 35-85mm, f/5, ISO 100

‘Forth Bridge’

Judges say: ‘The strength of this image lies in the duality of the road and rail bridges, and the way they effortlessly converge in the distance. They provide structure and anchor the image amid the pastel-coloured clouds.’

Top 50 entries for this round

1 Gary Telford 39pts 2 Roman Solar 38pts 3 Alan Elce 37pts 4 Dan Deakin 36pts 4 Ben Ghibaldan 36pts 4 Catherine Holland 36pts 4 Malcolm J Porter 36pts 4 David Thorne 36pts 4 Adrian Trendall 36pts 4 Guy Wells 36pts 11 Kate Barclay 35pts 11 Stephen Birch 35pts 11 John Boteler 35pts 11 Derek Hansen 35pts 11 Mike Hughes 35pts 11 Bill McKenzie 35pts 11 Grant Pointer 35pts 11 Simon Robinson 35pts 11 Nick Worley 35pts 20 Giles McGarry 34pts 21 Andrew Blake 33pts 21 Diana Didulica 33pts 21 Justin Minns 33pts 21 Michal Tercjak 33pts 21 Simona Bonanno 33pts

21 Tony Gill 33pts 27 Yury Bird 32pts 27 John Hall 32pts 27 Graham McFarlane 32pts 27 Graham Morgan 32pts 27 Alan O’Brien 32pts 27 Paul Smith 32pts 27 Charles Spencer 32pts 27 Ratul Upadhyay 32pts 35 Andrew Atkinson 31pts 35 Chas Doughty 31pts 25 Anil Joshi 31pts 25 Andika Sutanto 31pts 39 Debbie Bainbridge 30pts 39 Russ Barnes 30pts 39 Dave Bower 30pts 39 Richard Craze 30pts 39 Phan Hien 30pts 39 Santosh Rajgarhia 30pts 45 Gary Burrows 29pts 46 Ian Turner 28pts 47 Andy Davenport 27pts 47 Jim Methven 27pts 49 David Richards 26pts 50 Bill Forbes 19pt

View the winning Images in the APOY 2012 Gallery

See the APOY 2012 Leader Board after this round.

Results and Rounds APOY 2012

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