736 Images entered
419 Photographers
27,978 Ratings
Sandi captured the perfect moment when a freeride skier jumped between these perfectly spaced trees. Shot in Zauchnsee, Austria, the landscape is absolutely covered with snow which can throw off exposures, but not Sandi, and he opened the aperture of his lens all the way to f/2.8 for a fast shutter speed of 1/6400mm which has frozen the skier mid-jump. He’s pin-sharp and pops out of the frame -it almost looks 3D and is our clear winner this month.
Gary's shot impressed us as the interesting shadows and curves here show us snow in a way we don't normally get to see, and by using a long 400mm focal length he's been able to pick out a small detail in the landscape, rather than shoot with a wide-angle. Stopping it from getting to the top spot this month was the positioning of the tree, as we think if it was placed off-centre this could have made it even more striking. All-in-all it's a brilliant shot worth of its space in our top ten this month.
We’ve seen hundreds of tilt tree blur images over the years, but Liane’s stands out as one of the best. Not only has she perfected the amount of blur to create an impressionist painterly feel, she’s taken the image while there is fresh snow on the forest floor - creating a fresh twist. I can see this working well in a series of other tilt tree blur images taken in all four seasons. Great job!
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In this Canon-only contest - brought to you by PhotoPlus magazine - we’re asking for your best snow images. So whether that’s a frosty morning sunrise, snowy street photography or your kids playing outside in the fluffy white stuff - we want to see your best snowy Canon pictures, so submit them now! DO: Ensure your photo was taken on a Canon camera. Have EXIF data in your photo (or supply the camera settings in the info section). Provide a title for your photo. Write a description of the photo you're entering of at least 50 words to give us the background of what the image is of and how the it was taken. A little context can go a long way! Check your photo has a resolution of at least 3000 pixels on the longest edge of the photo as we will be printing our top picks in PhotoPlus magazine. DO NOT: Have a watermark on your photograph. Supply images taken on camera systems other than Canon. Submit low-resolution pictures.
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This is a cracking shot of the Northern Lights - the colours are fantastic, the exposure looks to be spot-on and the green curtains of the aurora swooshing through the atmosphere definitely grab the eye. However, stopping this image from moving up into our Commended category is the lack of foreground interest or any real focal point - a house, tree, lighthouse or similar would really help balance out the foreground and background.
