OVERALL WINNER and 1st PLACE, 7IM Abstract Views
‘Birdscape’ June Sharpe
Location: Kent, England
“The layered branches of this conifer reminded me of the dancing cranes often featured in Japanese woodcuts. I added a fill layer and used the exclusion blending mode to alter the colours in post-processing.
This enhanced the feeling of movement and the sense of the ‘birds’ dancing in a fantasy woodland.”
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Settings: 1/350 sec at f/5.6, ISO 800
WINNER: Plants and Planet
‘Mangrove Tree (From Underwater)’ Leena Roy
Location: Bunaken National
