Focus Awards
The Focus Awards are held annually and this year we celebrated the 4th edition of the awards.
Check here for a page listing our 2015 winners!
You can also view the top 50 in each category now too!
The images submitted were judged by a panel of experienced leaders in landscape photography, including Peter Eastway, Jacqui Dean and Dylan Toh.
For the Focus awards 2015, we presented awards in 7 categories.
Below are the categories and their descriptions.
Please Note :
Images may be real or interpretative (that is, they need not be literal images of a scene).
Composite and non-composite images are acceptable (that is, stitching and blending are accepted).
Entries may include a human and/or animal as a minor element, but they must be in keeping with the overall interests of FOCUS (that is, seascapes and landscapes).
Landscape –
- Images must depict the natural or human/urban environment, and may include rivers or closed bodies of predominantly fresh water.
Seascape
- Images must include as a major element any large open body of salt water
Panorama
- Images must have an aspect ratio of 2:1 or wider, and be taken using a panoramic film camera or multiple stitched digital images
- No single frame cropped images
- The Awards Team reserve the right to request the RAW file(s) and /or disqualify images that do not conform.
Black and White
- Images must be Black and White
- Monotone and tints/tones are allowed, however, overuse may have points deducted
- No selective colour images accepted
Cityscape
- Images must include city scenes and/or human/urban landscapes
- Images may include natural elements
**New** Sunrise/Sunset
- Images depicting a sunset or sunrise scene
- Images to be presented in colour only
- No black and white, mono or selective colour accepted
**New* Creative
- Images should be highly creative in technique and/or appearance
- Diptychs and triptychs accepted
- This is your chance to GO WILD! Show the judges your creative flair
Prizes
There are prizes for the winner of each of the seven categories.
The winner from each category will win:
Landscape
A Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens sponsored by C.R. Kennedy and Spectrum Camera House Brookvale
PLUS
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
PLUS
A LEE Sunset Filter Kit sponsored by Mediavision
Seascape
A Phillip Norman Photography 5 day Tasmania Photo Tour
PLUS
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
Panorama
A Novaflex Single Row Panorama Kit sponsored by Mainline Photographics
PLUS
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
PLUS
A LEE Twilight Filter Kit sponsored by Mediavision
Black and White
A Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens sponsored by C.R. Kennedy and Spectrum A Camera House Brookvale PLUS
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
Cityscape
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
PLUS
A Sony Full HD Action Cam (HDR-AS20) sponsored by SONY Australia
Sunrise/Sunset
A Sirui Waterproof Tripod (W-2204) sponsored by Mainline Photographics
PLUS
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
PLUS
A LEE Sunrise Filter Kit sponsored by Mediavision
Creative
A Sony Full HD Action Cam (HDR-AS20) sponsored by Sony Australia
PLUS
A 40″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life
Second placegetters in each of the 7 categories will receive a Peter Eastway Better Photography Landscape MasterClass DVD.
Third place getters in each of the 7 categories will receive a $50 Camera House Voucher and a Focus Cap.
Each of the 3 placegetters (first, second and third) in each category will receive a trophy and a certificate.
In addition, an Awards Sub-Committee Encouragement Award will be given in each category to an entry that is NON-AWARDED (that is, has scored under 75). These entries will be selected by the Awards Sub-Committee and decided on by the Chairman, Adam Williams. Each encouragement award will receive an Adam Williams’ Easy Way Photography Photoshop Course (of the winner’s choice).
Photographer of the Year
The Photographer of the Year will win
Sony A7rII (Body only) sponsored by Sony Australia
The Image of the Year
1st:
60″ Acrylic Face Mount sponsored by Created For Life PLUS
$500 Camera House Voucher sponsored by Spectrum Camera House Brookvale
2nd:
40″ Acrylic Face Mount (or equivalent voucher) sponsored by Created For Life
3rd:
40″ Acrylic Face Mount (or equivalent voucher) sponsored by Created For Life
Judges
If the previous years were any indication, there’s little doubt that the quality of images in this year’s Focus Award will break through a new level of excellence. To help judge the awards we have called some of the best in the industry to help us :
Previous Awards
For inspiration peruse the 2014 winning images
