Sports day
APRATIM PAL

Sports day

September 2019

Crowd
winner

422 Images entered

242 Photographers

Entry 4689146
16th
43
Entry 4689449
42nd
201

David's shot has some amazing contrast to it with the cool twilight colours and golden light hitting the mist on the water. As the sun is behind the kayak it's backlit it and turned it into a striking silhouette that pops out of this beautiful wash of colour and makes it an obvious focal point. Lovely work!

Expert
winner

Harry’s shot of young international Modern Pentathlete Zoe, is a brilliant way of showing her battling her inner demons and the execution of the idea is fantastic. The mono treatment also adds bags of drama and has fought off the competition to win first place in this month’s Sports Day contest. Well done!!

Meet the expert judge

Dusan's bold decision to slow down his shutter speed to just 1/8sec and inject some artistic movement has really paid off. He’s caught just the right moment here and chosen the perfect shutter speed to give him just enough clarity to work out what is going on in the scene. Excellent effort!

Entry 4755632
64th
42
Entry 4759314
59th
34

Steve's caught the perfect moment in this shot - the gymnast is pulling a striking pose and the chalk powder has created a beautiful trail around the frame which really drawers the eye in. The background is clean and free from distractions so the highlights really 'pop' out. Fantastic effort!

Entry 4785219
159th
9
Entry 4788162
8th
66
Entry 4790328
84th
18
Entry 4792378
17th
43

Brief

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In this Canon-only contest – brought to you by PhotoPlus magazine – we're asking for your best images that fall under the theme - Sports Day, so any sports-orientated shots are welcome! 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.

15,481 Ratings

Entry 4688883
30th
218
Entry 4689148
19th
26
Entry 4689149
15th
58
Entry 4698212
62nd
64
Entry 4702009
26th
170
Entry 4707669
161st
21
Entry 4709859
230th
1
Entry 4710191
217th
26
Entry 4716748
57th
4
Entry 4719602
22nd
192
Entry 4736181
41st
37
Entry 4737169
34th
22
Entry 4750105
167th
3