Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-11-30)

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Rou nd Seven 1 st

Whatever the weather

Amateur

Photographer

of the Year

Herearethetop 30 imagesuploadedtoPhotocrowdfromRound Seven,

Whatever the weather, with comments by the AP team

HELENTRUSTwinsRoundSevenof APOY2019.Herprizeis any

Sigmaproductof upto£1,000in value(basedonSigma’sRRP).

If herchoiceis abovethisamount,shecanchoosetopaythe

difference.Forextremeconditions,Sigmaweather-sealedoptions

such as the 28mm F1.4 GD HSM | Art (RRP£1,099.99)comes

withdust-and

splash-proofing.For

a zoomoption,the

70-200mmF2.8DG

OSHSM| Sports(RRP

£1,349.99)handles

beautifullyand

incorporatesIntelligent

Optical Stabilisation.

1 HelenTrust

UK30pts

CanonEOS5DMarkIII,

28-135mmat28mm,

1/1600secatf/8,ISO 1250

Therearetimeswhen

thesimplestcomposition

canbethebest.It wasverytightbetween

thisimageandthesecond-placedentry

whenit cameto judging,butthepanel

decidedto plumpforthisoneasitsfulfilment

of thebriefis sospoton.Theconfident

compositionin particularstandsout,as

normallywewouldexpecta photographer

to separatethetwomainelementsin the

frame,ratherthan‘stacking’themonein

frontof theother,asHelenhasdonehere.

It’sbleak,ominousandimposing,andis

a verystrongimagethanksto all those

elements. Excellent work.