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Cape Camera January 2024

Winner Print – Open (Master): Isola di San Michele by Jacoba van Zyl (29). This is a wonderful fine art print, and it
probably needs to be displayed much bigger than what we are seeing. There is beautiful detail in the image. I enjoy
the floating effect of the island on the water. There is sufficient difference between the blue hues of the sea and sky
to provide important separation. The clouds are barely but importantly noticeable, adding further interest, and the
tonality of the trees helps to visually keep the island anchored. Overall, an excellent image, well executed.

Winner Print – Open (Intermedi-
ate): Children in the sunset by Liesl
Walden (20). An aptly named im-
age and compositionally does have
some merits. There's an implied tri-
angle between the two boats and
the children that works quite well.
The vertical crop works quite nicely,
given the current composition. The
image does have some challenges,
in particular the very bright sun
and boat reflections on the right-
hand side that draws the viewers
eye out of the image. The image is
really about the kids on the beach
and perhaps the waves in the fore-
ground. It may have been better
to focus in on this and ignore the
boats and the sun.

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