Thursday, 5 May 2011

Photography competition

If you've arrived here as a result of a pestering e-mail, tweet or Facebook status, then thank you very much for coming!

I'll try and be brief (haha)... I've decided to enter my first photography competition, specifically for garden photography, but I can't decide which photos to enter. I know quite a few readers are into photography, and a couple are professional, so I figured that asking publicly couldn't hurt.

The competition is run by The Southport Flower show. I plan to enter two categories, into which I can enter two photos: "Plant Portraits" and "Garden Views". (There's a third one for wildlife in the garden, but I don't think I have a single picture of a bug, let alone something more exciting).

Anyhow, I've shortlisted the pictures I'm considering entering, and would be really grateful if you could leave me a comment and tell me which ones you think are the best.

As usual, all are shot with my 50D using a 50mm prime lens. No photoshopping, let alone cropping, has occurred in the making of these images :)

Plant portraits

1. IMG_9362

2. Cherry blossom

3. The perfect Camelia?

4. IMG_9360

5. Magnolia

6. Maybe a dahlia

7. pics 022

Garden views


8. Polesden Lacey

9. IMG_9382

10. Polesden Lacey

11. Bodnant stream

12. IMG_9385
(really can't decide between all these misty shots!)

13. Good spot for tea

14. Misty trees

15. Sissinghurst

10 comments:

Jo said...

Aww, beautiful! Love the focus on 3 and 5. 9 is gorgeous! My favourite misty shot is 14. Big love! Jo

sandra said...

wow, i really like 3!
as for the portrait one...13 does it for me i think. Or 9.

krystyn said...

I remember 3 from a while back, and that's totally my pick for flower portrait. Hm, let me take a look at the garden views ...

krystyn said...

10, and then 9.

10 makes my imagination go nuts, and then 9 is just gorgeous.

Mark said...

I know voting's over but you probably don't know this. 3 features in one of my desktop slideshows. Clearly a winnar!

Anonymous said...

They're all lovely photos but 4,9 & 14 are particularly fine. Shame you don't have a nice misty one of the knotweed.
Mary x

Midnight Pixels said...

Awesome work, I would have to vote for numbers 4,5 and 13.
Good luck!

Karate Depot said...

Fantastic shots, really enjoyed perusing them.

I would vote for #3 in the top section, and for the bottom section it's a tie: 9/10/13. They all offer really unique visuals.

Sorry I coudln't be more conclusive about the bottom set!

Nagoyan said...

とても、きれいな写真(photo)ですね!
No.13の写真は日本庭園(Japanese Garden)ですか?

tasteofbeirut said...

So many to pick from~ Love the#3 and #5