And the winner is…
Thanks to everyone that voted for my photograph. I find it amazing to be voted the winner when there were so many excellent photographs in the shortlist.
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 5th Digital Lightroom competition on the theme of Lead In Lines. As ever, the standard was high and it was difficult for the judges to come up with a shortlist of 10 pictures and I’m sure much harder for you to choose just one. When the judging is done, the majority of the judges do not know the names of the photographers, only one member of the DLR team does.
The winner of the 5th Digital Lightroom competition is:
Al Mackies – Park Lookout
Click on the picture to see more of Al’s work. Al wins the Topaz bundle of processing software.
The shortlisted pictures in no particular order were..
Book Stall by Rob Howard

In a Ghost Town do Ghosts Go To Church by Melinda Green Harvey
Solitude by Maralee Park 
Bridge by Lignum Draco
Tuscay by Sorin Ifrim
The Girl with…
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Now it can be revealed – I knew all along that this was yours. I have indeed sat upon those very benches in visits to the Island.
What a splendid shot – it’s not the linear, but the hyperboloid of cloud, horizon, railing and shadow that caught my eye first. How marvelous a geometer is nature.
Brilliant.
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Hi Sam – thanks, it is a terrific spot to sit for a while, contemplating the geometry.
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Congratulations! : )
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Thank you Karen. I am still smiling about this 🙂
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Congrats, my friend, what a terrific and well-deserved honor!! This shot is very worthy of such praise, my friend, it is the epitome of leading lines. Great drama and depth in it, too, a top drawer image!!
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Hi Toad, I completely missed this comment when you posted it. Thanks so much for your compliments – much appreciated. And for all your support over the past couple of years.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you LD! And welcome to my blog. I really liked seeing your entry in a larger size on your blog, it has wonderful details.
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Congratulations! It’s a great shot, lines upon lines upon lines, and not at all rigid. Lovely.
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Thank you skadhu. There ARE a lot of lines!
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Congratulations, Ehpem. This was a superb entrant in this competition. You will love the Topaz Suite.
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Thank you Andy. I am looking forward to experimenting with more of their software!
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Congratulations ! That’s such an amazing pic, so nicely composed.
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Thank you! I am very pleased to be chosen.
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That’s great news, Ephem. Congratulations and well done!
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Thank you Ashley!
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That is very cool,ehpem. And just to say I love the BWs of SGaang Gwaay, and the shot of Jordan Yeltatzie.
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Hi maddog – thanks a lot! SGaang Gwaay lends itself exceptionally well to black and white. And Jordan to colour!
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To those of you that don’t know what maddogblues is talking about, it is this post http://wp.me/p1R4lY-2Ty that has caught their eye.
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Doesnt surprise me in the least that you won. There were several very good ones there but yours was in a class by itself. Congrats from all of us here!
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Thanks so much Val. I would not agree completely with your assessment – there were some that I thought would blow me out of the water in the voting. Nice to be wrong on this one!
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Gorgeous! Congratulations. You have so many amazing shots, glad that you have been recognized
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Thanks Paula. I am glad you like the shot!
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That is most awesome! Congratulations! I really love your photo.
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Thanks so much Vicki! This whole thing makes me happy!
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Congratulations! Looking at the other entries I can tell it was a tough competition. This is great photo and I think you will get good use out of the Topaz Suite.
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Thanks Ken! What I have used of the Topaz software so far I really like. It will be fun to learn how to use more of it.
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Congratulations! And well deserved – all the shortlisted images are very strong but yours is definitely my favorite.
I’m behind in my blog reading so can’t claim that I even know about the contest – but I would have voted for your image if I’d known!
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Thanks Laurie! I am glad you like it. This is a probably a spot you have hung out in your youth – it’s in Beacon Hill Park, on top of a column that looks as if it might be an old gun emplacement or something.
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I think I know the spot. ! love the composition you’ve done.
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