周末灌水：八卦2012年UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Award

2012年UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Award winner被通知獲獎又最終被褫奪資格的事， 當時沒整太明白，最近在網上逛的時候終於看明白了怎麽回事，八卦一下這舊聞給不清楚的同學。圖片全部來自網絡。


Landscape Photographer of the Year （http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/）是UK風光攝影的一個很有影響力的獎項，評委會很多大腕。下麵是2012年的（初始）獲獎者在論壇上貼的他的參賽作品及說明：
 

“This is this years winner





I also won Best classic view category with delamere forest (i was told this is like coming second as its the biggest section of the four categories)





I got David Noton's personal choice and a highly commended with the copse





and a commended with marias tree



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當時就有人分析，#1他把地上一些不好看的東西clone掉了，天空也有被置換的嫌疑（沒有確證），而且非常和以前人拍的雷同（這一條不是他最終被褫奪的原因）---比如下麵這張：

(c)Peter Clark the image that David drew inspiration on

據EXIF說這兩張圖隻隔了幾分鍾，但是天空和地麵雜物截然不同（文字是alexnail博克所加）：

他的#2據說是把後麵的一排樹給換了：

An animation of the composite

他的#3據說小人兒是PS上去的，特別小，把樹誇大了。

他的#4是合成，遠處的煙囪看不到那麽完整，還clone掉了其他元素：

 

送選的四張全是合成，可見這是作者的後期風格。後來因為比賽的規則有說不能這樣，他的資格被取消了（#4參加的項目允許PS）：

“When you have selected your pictures, digital adjustments, including High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques and the joining together of multiple frames, are allowed in all categories. However, for images entered in Classic view, Living the view and Urban view, the integrity of the subject must be maintained and the making of physical changes to the landscape is not permitted (removing fences, moving trees, stripping in sky from another image etc). The judges will allow more latitude in the ?Your view? category, which aims to encourage originality and conceptual thinking.”


不過看著片子都是好片，違反規則就沒辦法了。對這種合成怎麽看見仁見智，不過知道了怎麽回事可以幫助我們提高PS技巧啊

組織者明年要搞US Landscape Photographer of the Year，壇裏的風光大師們可以一試身手，注意仔細閱讀比賽規則

http://www.usalandscapephotographeroftheyear.com/

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參考資料：
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/i-didnt-won-charlie-waites-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-2012-lpoty.444304/
http://www.alexnail.com/blog/news-updates/lpoty-2012/