Win a fabulous Olympus MJU850 waterproof camera!
Upload your photo and you're in our photo competition. And you could win a fabulous new Olympus MJU850SW waterproof camera. We've got three of these amazing cameras to give away over the next few months and here are the finalists for the first camera. The winner will be chosen by a professional photographer from H. E. Perry, the New Zealand Olympus agents.
Upload your photo here! and be in our next competition.
Results of our second draw.....
Here's what Rob Wright from H E Perry Ltd, the NZ agents for Olympus had to say. "The winner is a beautifully framed and exposed picture with great tonality and the flash fill has worked well to provide detail of the fishermans face under the cap providing an impressive picture."
A close second was the other picture of a trout from Rob Vaz.
A complete summary of all finalists will be loaded to this page in the next day or two......
Results of the first of our three draws:
The competition was judged by Rob Wright, a professional photographer from H E Perry Ltd, the NZ agents for Olympus.
Rob says, “After viewing all the images in the first round judging them was no mean task given of the wide variation of the subject matter. The winning photograph was well composed and the image was well exposed with nice colour saturation and the overall image was aesthetically pleasing.
Suggestions for fishing photograpy from Rob Wright:
Try and position the subject so it is well lit by the sun. If that is not possible and the sun is coming in over the shoulder of the subject set the camera flashlight
to “manual mode” and ensure it fires which will light up the subject. It’s important to make sure the sun is not striking the front of your lens as it will bounce around on the internal lens elements and degrade the image considerably. Flash will always help balance the contrast and fill in the shadows on the face when the sun is overhead.
Seascapes / beach shots are a different ballgame and lighting and composition would be main considerations. In low light situations the camera shutter speed
will decrease and many times will lead to camera shake and blur. Although a lot of the newer digital cameras are equipped with image stabilization which reduces this problem, try and brace yourself/camera or place the camera on a tripod or firm surface. Be aware of the horizon and keep it level in the frame. Most digital cameras come with many different picture taking modes and they should be used to help improve the end result
Other finalists
