Photo&Cameras

The winners of the April 2007 PhotographyBLOG Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for April was “Street Life” – you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place

crowded by guitarman74uk

Prize: ShutterPoint.com one-year subscription with 100Mb of storage space
Kindly donated by ShutterPoint.
http://www.shutterpoint.com

2nd Place

Silence by Orpheusmyth

Prize: 1 x 24×24” or 24×18” Canvas Print of a Photo of Your Choice
Kindly donated by Photo Artistry.
http://www.photoartistry.co.uk

3rd Place

(Dis)symmetry by timfrance

Prize: Photobird.com one-year subscription with 500Mb of storage space
Kindly donated by Photobird.com.
http://www.photobird.com

4th Place

Checking the Tip by julianora

Prize: 1 copy of Powerretouche Full Pro Pack
Kindly donated by Powerretouche.
http://powerretouche.com

5th Place

Lunchtime in Wallstreet by qaxl

Prize: CanvasRus 40 x 30” Canvas Print
Kindly donated by CanvasRus
http://www.canvasrus.co.uk

Congratulations to the 5 winners and thanks to everyone who took part!

The May 2007 Competition is now open for entries. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 5 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets May’s theme, which is ”
Smile!
”.

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The new Olympus SP-550 UZ is a bridge-style digital camera with an 18x zoom lens equivalent to 28-504mm on a 35mm camera – yes, you read that correctly, an 18x zoom, currently the biggest on the market. An optical image stabilisation system and ISO range of 50-5000 promise to counteract the inevitable camera-shake that occurs when hand-holding the SP550 at telephoto settings. A full range of creative exposure modes are offered, plus the Olympus SP-550 has 7.1 megapixels, macro mode of 1cm and a 2.5 inch LCD. Olympus have definitely given the SP550 UZ some amazing specifications on paper, but have they translated into an effective digital camera? Read our latest review to find out.

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This month there is some fantastic photography software and books up for grabs, from Ulead Systems, who are offering 3 copies of
Ulead PhotoImpact 12
, and Peachpit, who are offering 1 copy of
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book
.

On
Friday 1st June 2007
, four names will be randomly selected from the list of PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscribers.

First, Second, Third Prizes –
Ulead PhotoImpact 12

The latest version of Ulead PhotoImpact.

Fourth Prize –
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book by Martin Evening.

Entering the competition is simple – just subscribe to the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter before Friday 1st June 2007.

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