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Cape Camera March/April 2021

Winner PDI - Set (Advanced) Mono Zebra by Dieter Butow (25).
Lovely negative space around the zebra that gives the feel of
wide open spaces. The high key monochrome works well. The
broad white band at the bottom is a little overpowering and I
feel the image could be cropped slightly at the bottom.

Open Subject

Winner PDI – Open (Master) Texting the city by Kim Stevens (29).
Winner PDI - Set (Master) A walk in the park by David Barnes (29). Excellent use of shadows and lines draw your eye to the person.
An excellent example of negative space. The image’s blurred Well done to the author for seeing the moment and capturing
background with the dark parallels on either side draw one’s eye it.
to the person right at the bottom of the image. The image has
movement and good story telling.

Winner PDI - Set (Intermediate) Snail raced towards his destina- Winner PDI – Open (Intermediate) The Journey Home by Jessica
tion by Shaun Fautley (28). Another excellent example of nega- Nitschke (27). The good use of slow shutter speed and good tim-
tive space. The image is well composed and the snail is nice and ing make this a very interesting image. I really enjoy the move-
sharp. Using levels in a layer to add some black and white only ment in the image. The lights at the top of the image are a little
to the snail would add more density it. too bright but that can easily be darkened in post processing.

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