March "Landscape in Monochrome" Contest Finalists Announced

Vote for the overall winner!

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Apr 15, 2023

After the end of the nomination phase of last month's official Landscape in Monochrome photo contest, we're now ready to announce our top 15 finalists!  Click on the link below to view the photos in full size and cast your vote in the poll:

Vote for your favorite photo in the poll

As usual for our monthly photo contests, voting closes in a week, and then we'll announce the winners.

Don't miss our April Reflection of Light photo contest, which closes to submissions at the end of the month.

Announcing Our April, 2023 Photo Contest

Win a gift card and other prizes in our monthly photo contest

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Apr 2, 2023

We're herewith announcing our monthly photo contest for April. The theme for this month is Reflection of Light.

The theme for April is "Reflection of Light", understood as "the throwing back by a body or surface of light without absorbing it". Good luck!

First prize is a $50 gift card to B&H Photo, second prize is a one year forum account upgrade, and third prize is a box of photo paper form Red River.

The official contest rules are found here.

Click here to submit a photo for the contest.

If you haven't done so already we invite you to browse our special gallery of last month's photo contest submissions and nominate your favorites.

The Making of "Imminent Drenching"

How the winning photo of the "Storm" contest was made

By Phil Thomson IPA in Photo Contests on Mar 30, 2023

"Imminent Drenching"

Firstly, my sincere thanks to everyone who both nominated and then subsequently voted for my image in The Storms Competition. I am truly honoured and humbled. It was quite an incredible moment and I was Blessed to be able to capture that lighting bolt during that shoot.

It was captured at one of my favourite, go to locations in the Barrabool Hills not far from my home in Geelong. It was an afternoon in late in January, this year…a Summer thunderstorm which can occur if the weather conditions are right began to build as it came over the plains to the West of us and this particular storm really did drench Geelong and dumped up to 92mls of rain in some suburbs in about an hour, causing major flash flooding, the main highway from Geelong to Melbourne being cut off, major power outages in a number of suburbs and at least a dozen people having to be rescued from the floodwaters.

February 2023 "Storm" Photo Contest Winners

Announcing the winners of our monthly contest

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Mar 24, 2023

"Imminent Drenching" by Phil Thomson IPA

It is our pleasure to announce the winners of our February, 2023 "Storm" photo contest! In first place was forum member Phil Thomson IPA from Australia who captured "Imminent Drenching" (pictured above). This photo was shot with a Pentax K-1 II and an HD Pentax-D FA 15-30mm F2.8 lens.

Our runners-up were forum member BobL from Australia in second place with "Vortex" and kmarceau from USA in third place after a draw with "Dowmpour". Click on either thumbnail for a larger version.

"Vortex" by BobL	"Dowmpour" by kmarceau

We'd like to congratulate the winners and also thank everyone who participated or voted! Also, be sure not to miss our current photo contest, "Landscape in Monochrome". Read all about it here.

February "Storm" Contest Finalists Announced

Vote for the overall winner!

By PF Staff in Photo Contests on Mar 16, 2023

After the end of the nomination phase of last month's official Storm photo contest, we're now ready to announce our top 15 finalists!  Click on the link below to view the photos in full size and cast your vote in the poll:

Vote for your favorite photo in the poll

As usual for our monthly photo contests, voting closes in a week, and then we'll announce the winners.

Don't miss our March Landscape in Monochrome photo contest, which closes to submissions at the end of the month.