tulip time Congratulations to all the Tulip Time Award Winners and to everyone who assisted in making the exhibit a success. A special thanks to Martin Flaxman for coordinating all the activities that culminated in a successful exhibit. View the listing of wining images on Page 4 & Page 5
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DISTINCTIONS-COLOR 'Stranded' Phil Belbin 'Snow Storm' Mike Nolan 'Beach Tree' John Roberts DISTINCTIONS-MONOCHROME 'Stormy' Phil Belbin 'Reaching' Phil Belbin 'Trees & Rocks' Mark Passfield 'Trees in Fog' Chris Stimson 'Dead in the Water' Gary White DISTINCTIONS-CREDITS 'Grampians' Ian Fegent 'Samoa Tree' John Roberts 'Upper Murray Panorama Chris Stimson 'Cudgegong Riverbank Chris Stimson 'Redd Tree' Gary White CREDITS-COLOR 'Dead Viel 2' Alan Edwards 'Tallowa Trees' Andrew Bertie 'Beyond the Gate' Eric Fisher 'Alive in the Sunshine ' Sylvia Jeffery 'Kooragai 1' Nadine Lindsay 'Kooragai 2' Nadine Lindsay 'Winter Night' Nadine Lindsay 'A Big Job' Mark Pasfield 'Mark & a Tree' Mark Passfield 'Snowy Mountain' Mike Nolan 'Regeneration' Mike Nolan 'Built City' Vicki Regan 'Cold Start' Vicki Regan 'Mungo Tree' John Roberts 'The Outback' Nicolet Westerhof 'Split Personality' Gary White
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PROJECTED IMAGES AWARD WINNERS
DISTINCTIONS 'Skeleton Trees' Bob Green 'Dead & Fallen' Dawn Izurieta 'Eucumbene' Gianni Biasi 'Palena' Gus Izurieta Nature's Habitat Laura Knight 'Remants of Nature' Laura Knight 'Bee Hive' Toru Mori CREDITS 'Decay' Bob Green 'Braidwood Sheep' Gianni Biasi CREDITS (CONT) 'Futaleufu' Gus Izurieta 'Knarled by Nature' John Knight 'Painted for Posterity' John Knight 'Tree 1' Jacqui Davey 'Nature's Graveyard' Laura Knight 'Tumut' Pat Halpin 'Last One Standing' Sara Hedley 'Cradle Mountain' John Stephens 'Nesting Competition' John Stephens 'Dead Tree Trio' Ron Stootman 'Victoria' Toru Mori
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Best in Exhibition 'Egret in the Mist'-Jacqui Davey Best In Category 'Bryan' Gus Izurieta (Portrait) 'H2O' John Halpin (Still Life) 'Street Food Hanoi' Gianni Biasi (Urban/Street) 'Feather in the Mist' Charles Foreman (Creative) Bay of Fires John Stephens (Landscape/Seascape 'Reed Reflection' Jacqui Davey (Monochrome) 'First Among Many' Laura Knight (Nature) Highly Commended 'I should be Asleep' Sara Hedley (Portrait) 'A Moment in Time' John Stephens (Still Life) 'Patterns' Gus Izurieta (Urban/Street) 'Joadja' Toru Mori (Creative) ''Hurricane Ridge' Martin Flaxman (Landscape/Seascape) 'Help Me' Gianni Biasi (Monochrome) 'Endangered' John Stephens (Nature) JUDGED BY: PAUL HARMON
TULIP TIME PROJECTED IMAGE AWARD WINNERS
Best in Exhibition 'Tiger Leaves' Gary White Best In Category 'The Horsewoman' Mark Passfield (Portrait) 'Happy Hour' John Halpin (Still Life) 'Superheros Chris Stimson (Urban/Street) 'Story of Basket Islands' Bob Green (Creative ) 'Trees & Rocks' Mark Passfield (Landscape/Sea) 'Misty Sunrise' Jacqui Davey (Monochrome) 'Sweet Dreams' John Halpin (Nature) Highly Commended 'Body Art' Pat Halpin (Portrait) 'Ready for the Day' Nadine Lindsay' (Still Life) 'N.Y. Skyline' Phil Belbin (Urban/Street) 'The Big Job' Mark Passfield (Creative) 'The Scribbles 3358' Janelle Menzies (Landscape/Sea) 'Tree 1' Jacqui Davey (Monochrome) 'Last One Standing' Mark Passfield (Nature) JUDGED BY: MARK KELLY
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Reality is three-dimensional (and that's without including the fourth dimension—time). On the other hand, a photograph only has two dimensions: width and height. It's the reason that photographs are sometimes only a flat reminder of what our eyes and senses perceived when we pressed the shutter button. Yet there are a number of things you can do to infuse a feeling of depth into your images, and I'll explore five of them and explain how they all work together in the image above (Image 1). 1. WORK WITH A WIDE-ANGLE LENS If you’ve ever shot a scene with a telephoto lens, you've probably noticed that it compresses perspective. Shooting with a wide-angle lens, however, exaggerates perspective and can create dramatic leading lines in your images that help convey that 3D feeling. The main thing to look out for is not to put people at the very edges of your frame because they will get distorted. In this image, I placed my subject more or less according to the rule of thirds so I was safe. You also have to get close enough (I was about 3 feet away); otherwise, your subject will be too small in the frame. CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
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