Digital Camera Photographer of The Year 2008
One of the most anticipating online photography competition, Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2008 has just closed for submission on 31st October 2008 at 5pm GMT. The contest opens to both amateur and professional photographers from any country around the globe which aims to reveal the most inspirational and imaginative photographers. At first the submission is scheduled to close on September, but after an enormous entries the deadline has been extended to 31st October 2008.
The contest is organised by the UK’s fastest-growing photography title, Digital Camera Magazine - the magazine for today’s photographer.
There are ten categories to choose from and you can upload a maximum of 5 photos on each categories. The categories are Urban, Hidden Britain, Action & Movement, animals, Documentary, Dusk to Dawn, Landscapes, People & Portraits, Black & White and Creative Vision.
The competition has a total of £15,000 main prize to grab which has brought such big names on their sponsorship line-up such as Jessops, the official partner for Photographer of the Year 2008, Canon and Adobe as the main sponsors and the competition is also partnering with Sky Arts and the Royal Photographic Society.
Lets take a look some of the best entries so far..
Elephant Parade by Marcel Van Balken, Animals category.
Fishing Boat at Sunset by Gary McParland, Dusk To Dawn category
Twister by Steve Coleman, Action & Movement category.
Paraboloide by Alessandro Vannucci, Urban category
Emper Ad Lucem by Steve Cox, Hidden Britain category
Mother and Child by Ruel Maxphil Saligumba, Documentary category
Tube by Alessandro Vannucci, Creative Vision category
Volcanic Rocks by Kajo Merkert, Black & White category
The Light Show by Younes Bounhar, Landscapes category
Pray by Adithya Zen, People & Portraits category.
and my favorite is the last one.. Pray by Adithya Zen, I just love the shot..
What about you guys?
Kay Kastum
Only one word from me…”awesome lah!” (Okay that’s 2 words)
khairul
Yeah!! me too..the last one is awesome dude!..not eazy to snap a photo in this situation..
JennyLena
eh the pics tu real ka tu?
Eshark
Kay Kastum, khairul..
Awesomeness to the max!!
JennyLena,
Yup! butul2 bah that real pics la.
sarah
these pix are breathtaking. they deserve to be winners! i love the trojan picture.
Soumya
Amaaaaaaazing!!!! These pics are a a result of thought, skill and passion blended together.
Eshark
Indeed! Now the competition are closed for submission, lucky I manage to submit few photos, just for fun of it.
photo
anybody knows when the results will come in? says “early 2009″ but we dont know HOW early
Eshark
There’s no exact date so far, everybody have been told the results will be somewhere around early this January. What we can do is just wait!