Philosopher – Christian Oeser, Austria
Sorting through over 100,000 entries, the judges from The Digital Camera Photographer of the Year competition had a tough task at hand. How do you select the most captivating and creative pictures from such a large pool? Split into 10 categories including People and Portraits, Landscapes, World in Motion, Digital Vision and more, the photos had to “capture a powerful sense of place” and “be original and striking.” The judges were looking for “images with impact” that “revealed the spirit of the character.” They wanted to feel that moment – where light, color and composition came together perfectly.
The editors skillfully pared down their list and came up with the top images that now appear on PhotoRadar. Here, I've selected thirty of my favorites.
Monkey Business – Yusri Yusof, Malaysia
Cousins – Phil Hargreaves, UK
Waving Polar Bear – Hans Strand, Sweden
Provenza – Fabio Del Ghianda, Italy
Das Feld – Robert Jung, Netherlands
Portrait of a Tree – Marcin Stawiarz, UK
The Weather I Love – Paolo De Faveri, Italy
Early-morning Geometries – Tiberio Taverni, Italy
Mona Rush – Tim Donnelly, Australia
Rainforest – Lin Joe Yin, Malaysia
Fearless – Shui Kee Janet Yim, Hong Kong
Life in Motion – Cumhur Kaplan, Turkey
Behind a Waterfall – Konstantin Shcherbak, Iceland
Tunnel – Maciej Dakowicz, UK
The Pacu Jawi (Cow's Race) – Muhammad Fadli, Indonesia
It Rained – Naqib Albar, Malaysia
Glass City – Christian Oeser, Austria
Vortex – Giles McGarry, UK
How Mountains Are Made – Sabina Dimitriu, Romania
Fringe – Brooke Shaden, United States
Free Fallen – Carmen Moreno, Venezuela
Storm in a Teacup – Malcolm Hide, UK
Underground – Paul Mooney, UK
Look Left – Mike Sabarre, Philippines
Sailing in Antarctic Ice – Jonathan Green, Ecuador
Don't Give Up! – Shui Kee Janet Yim, Hong Kong
Just a Few More Steps – Ronen Golan, Israel
A Kiss in Time – Stuart Glossop, UK
Stripes – Gabor Pozsgai, UK
Telegraph:
“In the space of 20 weeks, the world's biggest photo contests, Digital Camera magazine's Photographer of the Year, received a massive 101,000 online entries from 126 countries.The overall 10,000 prize winner will be announced at the exhibition of winning and commended entries, taking place at Mall Galleries, London. The exhibit will be open to the public from the 9th – 13th December.”
See more at PhotoRadar.
