As I mentioned in a previous journal, I'm part of the Southwick Camera Club. They regularly hold competitions, both themed and open, for digitally projected images (DPI) and prints. Since we're nearing the end of this year's season, we're had some "Photos of the Year" competitions over the last couple of weeks.
Anyway, long story short, the two images I submitted to the DPI of the Year competition, 2011/2012 season both got into the top 20... then the top 10... then the top 4... The judge gave two other images joint 3rd place, leaving my building image as 2nd place and my Venice alleyway image as 1st! As you can imagine, I was very surprised by this, and slightly embarrassed to boot. Not only that, but I also managed to walk away with a bottle of wine courtesy of the weekly raffle. Definitely some good luck on me!
So here are the winning images:
1st place, All the Right Friends
2st place, I've Climbed So High
What this means is that next year I'll be moving out of the Intermediate group, and into the Advances group. All members of the Advanced group are armed with the usual Canons and Nikons, so it'll be interesting to see how the first Micro Four Thirds club member does in this esteemed conglomeration of photographers!
Congratulations also to my good friend ~jhbodle jhbodle.deviantart.com/ who won 1st place in the Print of the Year competition at the same club.
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The GH3 performed wonderfully in Japan and Hong Kong. Auto ISO (limited to max 6400) and Auto WB set, and rarely missed a beat. Even with an ND8 on my fast primes so that I could shoot wide open in bright sunshine, the images from darker areas at higher ISOs were crisp and delightful. The autofocus on the camera is also top-notch, nailing focus in low-light as easily
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Out with 2013
I'm glad to see the back of it frankly. A bad year for my family and I, a very bad year.
We learnt around March time that my mother had cancer, and despite the excellent work done by the doctors and nurses at the various hospitals in and around Sussex, she passed away in November. She was followed mere weeks later by her mother and my nan. Both are greatly missed, and a huge hole has opened up in my life. We are all looking to 2014 to be a year of happiness and positivity.
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Well done bro!