Many would say that the most common picture-taking mistake of all is failing to get close enough to the subject.
WINNER: Sand Ripples, by Ingrid Makowski.
Many would say that the most common picture-taking mistake of all is failing to get close enough to the subject.
Getting in tight to the most important element in your composition rarely makes a photograph worse. Paring away the extraneous and the distracting focuses the viewer’s attention and makes the photographic statement more succinct.
Ingrid Makowski’s study of Namibian sand dunes has striking purity that almost makes an abstract of the landscape.
FIRST RUNNER-UP: Tarndie vignette, by Lesley Barnewall.
Our first runner-up, Lesley Barmewall finds the beauty in a simple, but luminous composition and second runner-up Matt White’s framing and vertical perspective combine to produce an arresting take on a botanical subject.
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Art in nature, a vertical view of a Desert Banksia in full flower in Grampians National Park. By Matt White.
No closer, by Blane Coulcher.
Blane Coulcher’s head-on shot of a python in the grass is almost a visual pun, while Greg Longden’s portrait of a macaw fairly brims with the creature’s personality.
Honourable Mention: Giant Macaw, Malaney Botanical Gardens. By Gary Longden.
Honourable Mention: Dragonfly wings, by Susan Shanta.
Filling the frame is pretty much second nature to the ever creative Susan Shanta who on this occasion has transformed dragonfly wings into something reminiscent of stained glass.
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