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Following from my previous post Digital Camera Photographer of The Year 2008 - Editor’s Choice, the overall winner is now revealed!

Overall winner of Digital Camera Photographer of The Year 2008
Fun Bathing by Tan Choon Wee Singapore

I’m glad the full results is just announced and here is overall winner,  Tan Choon Wee from Singapore. A 57-year-old seasoned traveller and has been engaged seriously with photography for 25 years. Shot taken using Nikon D200 with Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens at 60mm, ISO 400, 1/1000sec at f/7.1.

“it not only interests me, but it’s also my joy and passion, and I believe that if you feel it, you see it.”

I have featured Tan’s winning photo into one of my earlier post as one of my favorite photo in the Photographer of The Year 2008 entry galleries, hmmm.. is this means I have good taste in photography? heh! maybe yes maybe no.

Next post, all the winners from other categories.. stay put!

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Since the competition closed last October 2008, over 120,000 entries has submitted their best photos into the competition.. and now the final result is been reveal to be announced by this February 15th, 2009. The overall winner will get £15,000 (wow!! that’s too much), while each category winner will get £1,000 + 1 year free subscription of DCM. Lots of great images captured and some of them are incredible photos to look through as now you are able to see photos that been chosen by the Digital Camera judging panel.

You may look through all photos of the editor’s choice in the Digital Camera’s website gallery.. or you may just take a look after the jump at some of the photos from each categories which I prefer the most..

Urban :

Zona 04 by Rafal Kijas, Poland

Walk in light by Bernard Menettrier, Switzerland

Hidden Britain :

Blackpool Times by Andy Woodhouse, England

I’ll stand, thanks by Graeme Green, United Kingdom

Action & Movement :

Good times, by Jacob Cockle, United Kingdom

Jump by Lisa Cockrell, United Kingdom

Fun bathing by Tan Choon Wee, Singapore

To the surface by Csaba Jekkel, Hungary

Animals :

Mot by Guido Akster, Netherlands

Eagle missile by Dean Bertoncelj, Croatia

Nostalgia by Ghee Sin Kwang, Malaysia

Documentary :

Colored paper by Ly Hoang Long, Vietnam

A dog’s sanctuary by Larry Monserate Piojo, Philippines

Dusk to Dawn :

Last light by Dung Huynh, United Kingdom

Misty morning in Bhutan

Landscapes :

Eye of the storm by James Appleton, United Kingdom

Spring at Neist Point by Stephen Emerson

Reflection by Thaib Chaidar, Indonesia

People & Portrait :

Pray by Leslie C, Hong Kong

Punx not dead by Neil Hunwick, United Kingdom

Black & White :

Ritorni by Alessandra Mogorovich, Italy

Proud by Annette Blattman, Australia

Creative Vision :

Blue eyes by Juan Manuel Moreno, Spain

Rocky love by Deby Suchaeri, Indonesia

i.danger by alisdeir Miller, United Arab Emirates

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A nice post on variety of photography techniques by WebUrbanist. If you enjoy photography so much, then it’s a worth of read.

Some photographers seem to freeze, slow, or speed up time. Others rotate our views in dizzying directions elevate our views to dazzling heights. Featuring eye-popping works from 3D, panoramic and high-speed to infrared, HDR and tilt-shift photographers, here are ten of the most awesome approaches to photography.

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If you have remember from my previous post sometime ago about one talented photographer named Dave Hill, today I introduce you guys with another one talented photographer I found on Flickr, Nick Brewer.. a Canon 40D user who shoot promotional, wedding, couples, commercial and landscapes photography from the northeast Ohio.

Check out more of his great piece at his Flickr and portfolio site nickbrewerphoto.com

..and get inspired!!

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Nikon announces their latest high-resolution DSLR, the 24.5 Megapixel D3X. Powered with new image processing system, Nikon’s comprehensive EXPEED image processor which brings the continuous shooting at up to 5 fps at full FX-format resolution.

Sensor : 24.5 million effective pixels
Image Size : 6048 x 4032(L) / 4544 x 3024(M) / 3024 x 2016(S)
Sensitivity : ISO 100 - 1600
Shutter : 30 to 1/8000 sec
Shooting modes : 1 - 5 fps
LCD Monitor : 3.0″ TFT LCD at 922,000 pixels
Storage : Dual CF Type I or II
Connectivity: USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed), Remote control 10-pin terminal, HDMI video out
Dimensions : 160 x 157 x 88 mm
Weight : 1220 g

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If you’re are my loyal readers and following my site from time to time, then you’ve witness some of the stunning HDR effect on photos of buildings, super cars, portraits, landscape and just recently, animals which I’ve already showcase here.. and again! (it was like I’m obsess with HDR now) here are another 10 stunning HDR photos of which this time we’re going to look at HDR night scene.

It was actually interesting to see how far can HDR effect can do with lighting and shadows during night time.. let’s take a look some of the stunning HDR photos I found for you guys after the jump..

photo above by Last rounds.

by view[+]finder

by iamspartacus9

by nacho85

by sphexes

by 708718

by joshunter

by Kunal Daswani

by razuryza

by bryan scott

by Stuck In Customs

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On my recent post, I showcase some of nice HDR landscape, and today I’m going to showcase another 10 stunning HDR photos of animals.. sorry I just can’t help myself from talking about HDR again.. enjoy! pic above by feuring.

by WaterBowl

by Era

by Patrick Hoff

by Alan57

by Carlos Bravo

by sirmart

by Arlette

by djhinrich

by Darkos

by StefflPapa

My favorite HDR photo would definitely the first one.. what about yours?

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It’s been quiet a sometime I’ve never been talking about HDR since my previous post of 10 Stunning HDR portrait, super cars and buildings. Here I present to you some of the most stunning HDR Landscape among thousands of them I found in Flickr.

Return by crymy

Sunset by Masoncummings

Unreal by cmbellman

Waterfalls by Bertocci-Alberto Mattiussi Photography

Taking Time by Adam Baker

Murder On The Moor… by baddoggy

Hail by Ageel

The Aftermath by smgallery

Southdowns by Chester James

The Arbiter of Truth by the iconoclastic

Love the one with the tree, ‘The Aftermath’. Want to see more of these stunning hdr photos? go to the flickr hdr group call Quality HDR with a total of more than five thousands members..

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Marta by Andrzej Dragan, Poland.

Andrzej shot has been awarded as the overall winner for last year’s competition, the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2007. Andrzej also won the 1st Place in Portraits category.. who will be the overall winner for this year contest.

Marta applied to a modelling agency and was rejected. Andrzej then saw her test photos by chance just a few months later and that’s how Marta became interested in being photographed. The photograph is interesting – not because of the fright it triggers, but because of a collision of two Martas. Thankfully Marta has now undergone treatment for her anorexia and is progressing well.

Shot taken with Canon 1Ds MkII with Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens, ISO 50, single flash with a large softbox.

Check out the rest of the previous winners here.

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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?

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