{"id":207,"date":"2009-01-09T10:02:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T15:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/09\/192-contest-winner-announced\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:20:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:20:49","slug":"192-contest-winner-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/09\/192-contest-winner-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"#192 Contest winner announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/09\/192-contest-winner-announced\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In December we proposed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/18\/182-contest-at-harrynowellcom\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F12%2F18%2F182-contest-at-harrynowellcom%2F','Photo+contest')\" title=\"Photo contest\">photo skills contest<\/a> that tested the detective work of photo enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis from Ottawa won a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/store\/photo_critique_live.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fstore%2Fphoto_critique_live.htm','photo+critique+session')\" title=\"photo critique session\">live critique session<\/a>. Good news as he is starting a photo business &#8211; it is always good to share views and work as it strengthens everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>The answwers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong><strong>Q <\/strong>&#8220;<em>Describe the technique, lens &amp; shutter speed used to capture this Reykjavik home:<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/Photo\/IcelandHouse.jpg\" alt=\"Iceland photo\" height=\"134\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; This photo was taken at a slow shutter speed such as 1\/15th of a second requiring a small aperture like f16. The photo was shot while walking swiftly and steadily. A wide angle lens (14mm) was used on a DX sized (ie small) sensor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Q<\/strong> &#8220;Where in Iceland would you go to photograph spectacular waterfalls?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/Photo\/IceWater3.jpg\" alt=\"Iceland photo tour\" height=\"134\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; Practically everywhere!<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Q<\/strong> &#8220;Are there opportunities in Iceland to photograph spectacular bird life?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> <em>YES!<\/em> Iceland has some stunning birding opportunities. We will be visiting Stykkisholmur to spend time photographing birds on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/photo_tour_iceland.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fphoto_tour_iceland.htm','Iceland+photo+tour')\" title=\"Iceland photo tour\">Icelandic Photo Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Dennis!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet In December we proposed a photo skills contest that tested the detective work of photo enthusiasts. Dennis from Ottawa won a live critique session. Good news as he is starting a photo business &#8211; it is always good to <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/09\/192-contest-winner-announced\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2F09%2F192-contest-winner-announced%2F','Continue+reading+%26rarr%3B')\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[73,6,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6691,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/6691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}