Category: Announcements

Photographer Bob Kirschke has been selected as the winner of the May 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest with his image of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The theme for this photo contest was “Reaching Out”, focusing on images that were captured with a relatively long lens to bring in a distant subject.

As the winning photographer Bob will receive a Tamron 70-210mm lens, thanks to a generous sponsorship from Tamron USA.

Bob had this to say about capturing his winning image:

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The image was taken on September 27, 2015, from the top of the Arc de Triomphe. It was taken with a Canon 6D and the EF100-400 IS II lens. The plan was to shoot the full moon rising that evening. Of course while waiting I was shooting the Eiffel Tower, Sacré-Cœur, and the Avenue des Champs-Elysée.

This shot was one of only a hand full that were not of the full tower. Not sure why I even took the shots at the time. When I returned home and started processing the images I really liked the composition but didn’t like the color image as I worked on it. So I took a chance and started processing it in B&W. I used Lightroom and Silver Efex Pro 2. I felt like it was a much more interesting representation of the image that way.

I am a corporate pilot for a New York-based company. We operate worldwide and I get the benefit of being able to capture images in some amazing places.

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Congratulations to Bob on a beautiful winning image! You can view more of his photography on his Flickr page here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/swabby111/

To learn more about the Tamron 70-210mm lens that was the grand prize for this photo contest, you can visit the Tamron USA website here:

http://www.tamron-usa.com/product/lenses/a034.html

The theme for the GreyLearning Photo Contest for May is “Reaching Out”, meaning capturing photos that involve reaching out with a long lens to draw in a distant subject. The Grand Prize for this contest is a Tamron 70-210mm f/4 lens valued at US$799, thanks to a sponsorship from Tamron USA. Please note that for this contest the winner must reside in the United States.

UPDATE: You can view the winning image and get details about how it was captured here:

Contest Winner: “Reaching Out”

We are pleased to announce that photographer Doug Haight has won the April 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest with his image of a boat wake at sunset. The theme for this photo contest was “Water”, and as the winning photographer Doug will receive one year of free access to the full GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle.

Doug shared the following details about his winning photo:

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It’s from a series I have been working on for some years now shooting water using slow shutter speeds. Looking back at the metadata I was surprised to see that this one dates back to 2009 when I was still shooting JPEG files with a Canon 40D, which is a far cry from the Raw files from my Canon Mark II with much better glass these days.

This shot was taken at 1/4 second, f/2.8 and 800 ISO. On this particularly calm evening I was trying to capture the way the setting sunlight caught the very crest of the small wake of my boat while retaining that smooth flow of the lake that you can only get with a slow shutter speed. For me this shot perfectly captures the last light of that warm still night summer night on the lake.

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Congratulations to Doug on a beautiful winning image!

The theme for the GreyLearning Photo Contest for April is “Water”. This is intentionally a very broad topic, so feel free to think creatively about this photo contest!

The photographer of the winning image will receive one year of free access to the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle (a US$149 value).

UPDATE: You can view the winning image and get details about how it was captured here:

Contest Winner: “Water”

We are pleased to announce that photographer Bruce O’Donnell has won the March 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest with his image “Garden Guest”. As the winning photographer, Bruce will receive the Grand Prize of a Tamron SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens with a value of US$599.

The theme for the March 2018 photo contest was “Narrow Depth of Field”. Bruce shared the following details about the capture of his image:

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This green anole was photographed in Savannah, Georgia, in my garden. They are quite common in the southeast, and anything that eats bugs is most welcomed in my yard.

To get this shot, I had to approach slowly and even then the anole would jump from one ginger leaf to the other. Finally I was able to get close enough (1.3m) and lay on my back and wait until he peaked over the edge.

With the natural vibrant color of green anoles, the ginger leaf and the sky over head, it made for a rich blend of greens and blues.

The exposure was 1/250th at f/6.7, ISO 400. I used a Canon 5D Mark II with a 70-200 f2.8 L IS II lens at 200mm.

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Congratulations to Bruce O’Donnell for this beautiful winning image. And thank you to Tamron USA for sponsoring the March 2018 edition of the GreyLearning Photo Contest.

We are pleased to present the winning image from the February GreyLearning Photo Contest, which had a theme of “Motion in a Still”. Here is the winning photo by photographer Sharlott Hasty:

Here is what Sharlott had to say about capturing this beautiful photo:

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This photo of the horses was taken in February 2017 at a ranch in Northern Wyoming. What an exciting morning when we woke up to eighteen
inches of new snow on the ground.

The wranglers were moving 86 horses across the new snow from one pasture to another. This was quite a sight as the horses were
stirring up clouds of snow as they ran. The sky was overcast, creating a giant soft box.

It was a very cold but photo-filled morning.  I took many pictures of the string of running horses then looked for an image with a group of horses that were without merges.

Details: Nikon D500, Nikkor 18-300 at 52 mm, 1/1250, f8, +1EV because of the snow, ISO 900. Edited in Lightroom CC.

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Congratulations to Sharlott on her great image. As the winner of the February 2018 GreyLearning Photo Contest, Sharlott will receive one year of free access to the full GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle. Stay tuned for future contests and winners!