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Winner PDI – Open (Intermediate): Eye to eye by Heiko Denker (24). The leopard is captured sharp, espe-
cially its eyes and the long whiskers. Excellent eye contact from the leopard which is this image’s strongest
element. The exposure on the leopard is good, however the tree trunk is quite bright and has a softer focus
and is competing with the subject. To improve, you can darken the tree trunk selectively or you can even
crop it, placing the leopard not so central and by using a portrait shape frame.

Winner PDI – Open (Beginner) Treading carefully by Rainer Clauss (24). A colourful image with sufficient
depth of field offset against the dark unobtrusive background. The textures add to the quality of the image,
as do the repetition of the petals’ pointy shapes with the same shape of the wings of the insect. The image
is well composed with a good balance between the subjects and the background.

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