![]() ![]() ![]() Burns, 820m, Fjordland, New Zealand: January 2013. If the background shows a mountain landscape or alpine plants that gives a welcome context. Most of us, returning from a trip to view alpine flowers in the wild, will find at least a few photos of wildlife amongst our images. The majority are an interesting distraction, and are popular subjects for many photographers. Wild flowers are always accompanied by fauna from the mammoth to the minuscule. The dull subdued lighting works well in terms of capturing the colours, but gentle sunshine or the addition of a little mid-tone contrast in processing would have added visual impact. Nevertheless, our winner is a very fine image of a beautiful plant, which captures the gentle pink of this peony beautifully. Camera: Nikon D7200 with 50mm f2.8 lens.First Harry Jans, AL Loenen, Netherlands. The entries for this new class description were again disappointing, both in terms of number, and in terms of quality most appeared to be snaps taken without regard to the opportunities highlighted above for creating a high quality image. You can use artificial light sources and backgrounds if you wish.Īfter a disappointing entry in the class for garden views last year, we tried a new class for an alpine pot this year. This subject gives you the opportunity to apply a great deal more photographic control than plants in the wild: you can control where you take the photo (indoors or outdoors, with any background you choose), when you take the photo (when the plant is in perfect condition), and time of day, which gives control over lighting and weather. Here we would like to see photos of those plants. Many of our members grow their alpines not in the open garden but in pots. Beautifully lit in soft sunshine to give it punch and sparkle, with plenty of depth of field to capture the fluffy blue flowers. Camera: Nikon D90 (DSLR) with a 18-270mm zoom lens at 78mmĪgain a simple central composition with just the right amount of space left at the sides.You also have scope to use artificial light sources and backgrounds if you deem these to be necessary. In a garden, particularly your own, you have more control over the timing of your photo, so you should be able to take it when the plant is in perfect condition, the weather is cooperative, and the light is good. We tend to go out and take ‘snaps’ of the plants in our garden, but it is well worth spending some additional effort to take better quality images. The plant(s) may be displayed in a close-up, portrait or wider view. This can be in your own garden or a garden you have visited. The use of the wide-angle focal length allows the photographer to capture prominent foreground flowers, supported by a tumbling meadow of supporting blooms, receding to the woods beyond. The judges loved the careful framing of the peonies here, and the balance between the well-captured habitat and the visual impact of the red flowers. Camera: Nikon D7100 with Tamron SP AF 10-24mm lens at 14mm.First Celia Sawyer, Long Compton, Warwickshire, UK In this class, perhaps more than any other, good composition is key, and that is easier to achieve with a well-defined, compact clump of flowers rather than a meadow full of flowers, spreading out of the image on all sides. ![]() The plant or plants should feature prominently in the photo, but be balanced by the landscape the scenery should support and not dominate the composition, but convey a sense of context and geographical location. ![]() We would like to thank the judges for their hard work (a long and gruelling but enjoyable day of Zoom meetings), and of course all the exhibitors for entering such an impressive array of pictures and making the judges’ job so difficult, but so rewarding.Ĭlass One: (35 entries) An alpine or rock plant in a natural (wild) landscapeĮntries for this class should feature both a plant (or plants) and the landscape or habitat in which they grow. Because there were so many images of such high quality, the judges awarded one or more images in each class ‘Highly Commended’ status, where they had missed out narrowly on the prizes. Classes 6 and 9 were particularly highly competitive, and the judges were hard-pressed to separate the winners. The number of entries in the 2021 competition was down on the exceptional total last year, but nevertheless there were many excellent images in this year’s competition. Most of the entrants used this as an opportunity to revisit past trips and to enter in the Photographic Competition images they have previously overlooked. It has been another difficult year for photographers, with most of us unable to visit our usual mountain destinations. ![]()
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