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What Makes a Good Competition Photo ?

Discover the key elements of a winning competition photo, including subject, composition, lighting, and more. Learn how to eliminate distractions, capture wow factors, and improve your photography skills.

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What Makes a Good Competition Photo ?

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  1. What Makes a Good Competition Photo ? By Roz Kleffman

  2. There are a number of things that make a photograph GOOD

  3. Great subject • Good composition • Great light • Exposure/color

  4. Some additional considerations • Lines • Shapes • Tones • Textures • Space • Balance

  5. You may consider • Leading lines to direct the viewer in to the photo • Movement inside the picture • Mood felt when observing the picture

  6. COMPETITION Photos need WOW

  7. Something to get the judge interested in looking at the photo longer

  8. WOW WONDER WINNERS

  9. Distractors • Clutter • Bright areas/burn out/blocked up • Unpleasant colors • Out of focus areas • Dead space • Cutting off objects or shapes • Poor exposures • Over done subjects • Poor lighting • Tilted horizons • Over processing • Gremlins

  10. Distractors leave the viewer Confused Disinterested Bored UN-WOWED

  11. Clean up your distractors Check your edges Darken bright areas Present only what you need to tell the story/Crop your photo Unclutter your photo/ clone out those gremlins Straighten horizons Study famous photos Look for interesting subjects/ animals with behaviors Direct the viewers attention to the subject Enter competition and learn from the critiques/ take notes

  12. Distractors- cluttered/ bright areas / missing the subject

  13. Judges measure CRAFTMANSHIP Camera control Processing Rules of Photography PHOTOGRAPHY CREATIVITY VISION TEACHABLE SKILLS MASTERY

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