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 by Remorhaz on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:39 pm
I'd entered a couple images in a couple of photography competitions last year and didn't think much more of it as you do... I received an email late last week indicating I'd won a prize and had anyone contacted me about it yet... Anyway to cut a long story short I'd won the Fujifilm Showcase 2012 Annual Grand Prize (for which I believe the prize is a camera (isn't it almost always...)) and in a separate competition run by Sigma I'd also won first place in the "Eye of the Photographer" competition. This second is particularly interesting because I'd won $3000 of my choice of any Sigma lenses for which I'm particularly happy  This is especially good news since with my recent move to FX I was seriously eyeing off the new Sigma 35/1.4 and their 15mm f/2.8 fullframe fisheye and wondering which of the two I might be able to convince the boss I could buy . Now my decision rests on what third lens I'm also going to choose - their highly regarded 85/1.4, the new 105/2.8 macro or ??? (any suggestions gratefully accepted?) ... and the images which won well for the Fujifilm comp it was this "Alien Green" image at Bombo:  and for the Sigma comp it was this "Starry Eyed" image out in country NSW:  D600, D7000, Nikon/Sigma/Tamron Lenses, Nikon Flashes, Sirui/Manfrotto/Benro SticksRodney - My Photo BlogWant: Fast Wide (14|20|24)
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by aim54x on Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:58 pm
Congrats Rodney! These are great images and it is awesome that you have managed to get some recognition for the wonderful work that you are consistently producing.
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by Reschsmooth on Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:04 pm
Couldn't agree more with what Cameron said. Well done Ann's greatly deserved.
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by Geoff M on Mon Jan 14, 2013 4:20 pm
Fantastic, a great and deserved result 
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by surenj on Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:01 pm
Congrats! Cameron put it quite well. I reckon your landscapes (among other things) have evolved quite a bit since I first saw them a few years ago. Now winning comps!  $3000 is quite a lot of money for most people I know; spend it wisely.
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by chrisk on Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:53 pm
Congrats mate ! Well deserved !!
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by the foto fanatic on Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:02 pm
Yowza! Congratulations!
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by Wink on Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:29 pm
Congrats! That's a great prize!
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by Matt. K on Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:56 pm
Congratulations Rodney! I'm not suprised because there are some seriously talented photographers on this forum of which you are one. Great prizes!.....be sure to enter the Sydney Life competition this year because there is $10,000 to be had.
Outstanding photographs, by the way. Fine art from a fine artist.
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by zeddy on Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:33 pm
congrats both are awesome photos
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by Remorhaz on Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:44 pm
Thankyou everyone - it was a bit of a surprise - I missed the actual announcements in magazine back in Nov/Dec - I had to hunt around to find a copy of the prev issue (which most stores didn't have) - luckily found one last copy in Teds today Matt. K wrote:Congratulations Rodney! .....be sure to enter the Sydney Life competition this year because there is $10,000 to be had
Thanks Matt and I will try - I kinda meant to last year but missed it  surenj wrote:$3000 is quite a lot of money for most people I know; spend it wisely.
I know - I'm stoked and an actually extremely useful prize - any suggestions? D600, D7000, Nikon/Sigma/Tamron Lenses, Nikon Flashes, Sirui/Manfrotto/Benro SticksRodney - My Photo BlogWant: Fast Wide (14|20|24)
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by Mj on Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:08 pm
Remorhaz wrote:I know - I'm stoked and an actually extremely useful prize - any suggestions?
Dinner on Rodney's account ???  Photography is not a crime, but perhaps my abuse of artistic license is?
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by CraigVTR on Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:29 am
Congratulations, well deserved.
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by gstark on Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:17 am
Mj wrote:Remorhaz wrote:I know - I'm stoked and an actually extremely useful prize - any suggestions?
Dinner on Rodney's account ???
I'll drink to that. Congratulations, Rodney. Well deserved, and well done. g.
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by chrisk on Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:19 am
Mj wrote:Remorhaz wrote:I know - I'm stoked and an actually extremely useful prize - any suggestions?
Dinner on Rodney's account ???
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by !~DeViNe~DaRkNeSs~! on Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:45 am
BRAVO!
I find it funny you pretty much forgot you entered then won lol
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by Alpha_7 on Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:33 pm
Congratulations Rodney on both competition wins, kind of cool you were surprised by the call (a bit of a worry no one had contacted you sooner). Had you shared the star trail one on here before, or one similar ?
It's a great shot!
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by stubbsy on Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:02 pm
Congrats Rodney - well deserved.
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by Murray Foote on Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:09 am
Well done indeed
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by Remorhaz on Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:24 am
Alpha_7 wrote:Congratulations Rodney on both competition wins, kind of cool you were surprised by the call (a bit of a worry no one had contacted you sooner). Had you shared the star trail one on here before, or one similar ? It's a great shot!
Thanks Mate - technically no-one has contacted me about the Fujifilm comp yet (although I did email them after I found out I'd won ) I've shared both of these images on here before (when I took them). The star trails one was my very first attempt at doing a star trails (I've only done three - they are soooo time consuming - both shooting and post processing) - the first is still my best of the three tho - so I could look at it this way - I'm only getting worse with practice D600, D7000, Nikon/Sigma/Tamron Lenses, Nikon Flashes, Sirui/Manfrotto/Benro SticksRodney - My Photo BlogWant: Fast Wide (14|20|24)
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by aim54x on Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:46 am
Remorhaz wrote:first is still my best of the three tho - so I could look at it this way - I'm only getting worse with practice
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by radar on Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:33 pm
Awesome images Rodney, not surprising you did well with these two, congrats
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