of the Year Awards 2010 - Digital Photographer

Winner
Dark Hare (left)
Photographed by Peter Dennes
Shot details:
Canon EOS 1D Mark
II with 300mm lens
at 300mm and f2.8,
1/800sec, ISO 50
“I have fond memories of watching
Watership Down as a child, and
wanted this image to convey a
dark, mystical and dreamlike
representation of a hare”
“Absolutely awesome image and I wish I’d taken it. The mono treatment
is wonderful but of course why the image really works is due to the eye
contact. That rather threatening, sinister look that the hare is giving just
made Peter’s image the winner the instant I set my eyes on it. My favourite
of the whole contest”
Runner-up
The Red Eye Guy (right)
Photographed by Irass Waledzik
Shot details:
Nikon D40 with
reversed 28mm f2.8
lens with extension
tubes at f2.8,
1/200sec, ISO 400
“I am passionate about macro photography
because I am interested in close-ups and
patterns. I want to capture them to show
people the amazing world of insects they
would never see with the naked eye. This
image shows the head of a fly, which
measures approximately 3mm. It is a stack
of 20 image files, which I merged together in
Photoshop to get maximum depth of field”
“This image is really original, fresh and natural. It is a real standout shot
in terms of subject matter and the detail is incredible. It is everything a
photograph should be”
Runner-up
Snow Monkey (above)
Photographed by Jameel Kaderbhai
Shot details:
Canon EOS 350D
with 18-55mm lens
at 22mm and f6.3,
1/125sec, ISO 400
“Japanese Macaques, also known as Snow
Monkeys, are found near Nagano, Japan. It was
quite a comical scene: the humans, dressed in
heavy snow jackets, watching enviously as the
monkeys relaxed in the steaming volcanic baths. ”
“This could be an actor in a monkey suit; the arms and the expression are
so ‘human’. Do monkeys really have such big hands? The rain makes it look
authentic and it made me smile, so well done!”
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