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Below are the winners in the Open category with comments by the judge and authors.

Winner PDI – Open (Salon) Bakers Bay Sunset by Paramasivam Saravanakumar (14 COM).
Wendy Freer commented: It is completely accept- Kumar explains: Bakers Bay Sunset was taken during a
able that the horizon is right in the centre of this image June weekend visit to Bakers Bay inside the Tsau IIKhaeb
because both the drama in the sky and in the rocks are (Sperrgebiet) National Park, a Namibian restricted area.
equally important to the story. The colours throughout It is one of the best places for a sundowner. The low tide
the image are most beautiful and the positioning of the exposed the wind fluting on the rocks, which is a result
rocks are all leading the eye to the setting sun in the of a wind erosion. Camera; Sony A73, Lens Sony 24 mm,
background. Very well exposed with good details in the at f/16, ISO 100, 1/10 seconds. I lightened the shadows,
shadows. decreased the highlights and then cropped to 16:9 ratio.

Winner PDI – Open (Advanced) Starry Night in the Quiver Tree forest by Simon Mouton (14 COM).
Wendy Freer commented: A very well handled image of the Milky Way, which is perfectly exposed and very well
placed within the foreground.
The inclusion of the person in
the centre, spot-lighting the
quiver tree, is ingenious.
Simon Mouton explains: I cap-
tured this image during a trip
to fantastic Namibia with Ven-
tureKJ during June 2025. On
the second and third nights we
camped at one of the Quiver
tree forests outside Keetman-
shoop. This camping site is great
because you can just walk to the
nearby trees during the day and
at night. I love astrophotogra-
phy and the night skies that are
so spectacular in Namibia.
The image was captured just
after 21:00 with the quiver trees
and person adding some fore-
ground interest and scale to the
image.
Canon EOS R6 II with 16-35 lens
at 16 mm ISO 3200, f2.8, 15 sec.

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