Online Winners - Mei 2025

A truly engaging and well crafted landscape presenting an expansive view of this beautiful ocean vista The author has cleverly included the line of rocks on the left as a good leading line that aids the compostion The exposure on the rising sun is most pleasing as is the blue and brown colour palette which is very complimentary The visual weighting of all elements has been managed extremely well and the detail on the rocks is super and leads the viewers eye straight into the horizon I can see this image printed and framed as wall art

This is a very good example of how to take a panning shot The image is in sharp relief while the background has been panned into a series of abstract lines which tell a fantastic story of the speed of the boat

Image is sharp Great portrait of Hippo Background muted Image comes across as flat Bring out more highlight in processing

The subjects have been well lit despite the dark surrounds and this unifies them well The expressions of concentration the overhead lamp and the wooden body of the organ all add to the storytelling of the image One slight consideration is to darken the rose hairclip as its vibrancy does detract somewhat from both subjects due to it being not only large but also offset against the much darker background

A competent image of the Yellow billed stork The image is sharp and the exposure is correct There is a colour cast and the levels need some attention as some of the black areas under the wings have been crushed

Excellent poertrait of buffalo Image is sharp Colours pop despite overcast conditions Welldone

What a beautiful scene to capture with the lush grassland offset against the imposing mountain range The inclusion of the low cloud trapped between the mountains adds atmosphere well Details are presented throughout the image and my eye wanders from the bright but peaceful stream in the foreground to the central darker ridge and then up to the bright clouds The author selected to present this image in a vertical portrait orientation and this has captured the layering of each of the varied elements Due to the composition being almost 50 50 split between the green grasses and the blues of the mountains and skies as well as the darker shadow area dividing both areas it gives the distinct feel that there are two separate images in this picture The author could improve the image by selecting which aspect holds more visual weighting and prominence Do you want to highlight the stream in the foreground or the interplay of golden light across the mountains Once that decision is made a different crop may be considered and the decision as to which area to highlight in postprocessing I do hope that the author shot this beautiful scene in both landscape as well as vertical orientations as this always affords the photographer more options when it comes to deciding which images are best to convey the story you are wanting to tell as a vertical crop can be quite tight in a scene that holds so much beauty

Another good example of a panning technique The image is sharp and the light coming off the open beak and water ripple is inspiring Sadly the head of the skimmer is in shadow and all detail in the head has been lost in the shadows

Very good panning photo The rider and horse are both sharp while the backgroung shows movement. Nicely done

The author has captured the resting swallows in glorious late afternoon light The tree perch creates a strong and structured element of design against the soft yellow grasses The frame has been filled well and the position of the birds forms a good triangle which is visually pleasing A small amount of rim light highlights the white feathers which is pleasing but unfortunately the time of day has rendered the eyes and feathers in dark shadow and the blacks are very crunched which does not aid the viewer in connecting with the birds best Lifting these dark areas in post processing may not yield the best results so I am hoping the author shot a number of frames of this scene when the lighting conditions were slightly more favourable Had the middle birds head have been positioned slightly higher into the dent of the slope in the rear that could have made the image more dynamic and interesting just a matter of watching the background and a slight change to the authors vantage point and either getting lower or tilting the camera up a little more As a junior worker the author has several good elements depicted in this image so keep practising and you already kmow that birding is all about patience and even more practise but you are on the right path keep it up

The cityscape has been well captured but the exposure is a challenge and it its approximately 1 stop under exposed By lifting the exposure the entire image pops and provides a far more competent cityscape