As a follow up to my last Blog post regarding the 2015 Better Photography Magazine photographic competiton results, the Top 50 Images of each category are now on the website.
I’m delighted that 3 of my 7 Silver Award Winning images made it to the Top 50 in the Emotive Portraits Category…No 37, 41 and 43.
There are so many wonderful portraits here: Emotive Portraits – Top 50 Images

No 37

No 41

No 43

This year I entered the 2015 Better Photography Magazine photographic competition.
I decided to concentrate on one category only and chose “Emotive Portraits” out of the following:

1. Emotive Portraits
2. Classic Landscapes
3. Creative Flair
4. Exotic Travel
5. Incredible Sport
6. Revealing Nature

I entered 7 images and was absolutely thrilled to receive 7 Silver Awards.

Although I’m not a panoramic photographer I entered the Pano Awards this year in the more challenging Open Section.
My image taken in Deadvlei, Namibia won a Bronze Award, so I am happy with this result given the tough competition out there.

http://www.thepanoawards.com/index.php

Deadvlei Salt Pan

I entered the International Loupe Awards for the fourth year, receiving 2 SILVER Awards and 11 BRONZE Awards as follows:

Landscape category – 9 Bronze Awards

Portrait Category- 2 Silver Awards and 2 Bronze Awards.

This year, I entered all my images into the Amateur Section and none into the Open Section.

The bar had been raised from previous years!
This year, in order to achieve a Bronze Award, you needed a score of 80 and for a Silver Award a Score of 85 (in previous years you only required a score of 75 for Bronze and 80 for Silver).
On this basis I realise that I can’t compare my Awards with previous years results. However if the bar hadn’t been raised this year I would have achieved 9 Silvers with my Landscape entries.
That means that I have improved my own personal best standard in photography compared with previous years and that is all that matters so I am more than happy with these results.
These competitions are important as you can see where you rate amongst the World’s best photographers.
They encourage you to strive for higher goals.

I have found both Sections to be equally as difficult and challenging due to the fact that there are so many outstanding Amateur photographers, in fact, some Amateur photographers are equal or even better than the Professional photographers entering into the Open Section.

 An Amateur photographer is defined as someone who primarily photographs for pleasure and does not receive the majority of their income from photography.

My elephant portrait photo received the highest score of 88 (Gold is 90). This is the highest score I have ever achieved so far in this competition in the 4 years I have entered.

WINNING IMAGES BELOW

PORTRAIT SECTION

LANDSCAPE SECTION

I entered this picture into the Better Photography Awards and received a score of 79, just one point short of a Silver.

It’s the first time I’ve entered these awards and I only submitted one image. There were 6 categories to choose from as follows:

Emotive Portraits, Classic Landscapes, Creative Flair, Exotic Travel, Incredible Sport and Revealing Nature

Gold for scores of 90-100

Silver for scores of 80-89

Bronze for scores of 70-79

I love Peter Eastway’s work.  Here’s his website:http://www.petereastway.com/index.php