So there seems to have been a problem with the publishing of the results from Round 3. A number of photos from various photographers were missing from the list but the list has now been updated.
So I have added in the missing points from these photos and have updated the ‘Unofficial Top Ten Photographers after Round 3.’
( I apologise in advance for any mistakes)
1. 589 – Terje Sylte
2. 566 – Anders Selland
3. 546 – Andy Trowbridge
4. 545 – Leif Rustand
5. 534 – Kåre Johansen
6. 531 – Erik Toverud
7. 510 – Bernt Østhus
8. 504 – Geir Magne Sætre
9. 478 – Aleksander Myklebust
10. 478 – Kai Edvard Rønning
Round 3 Results are out and can been seen here – Resultater, omgang. 3/2012
Unofficial Top Ten photographers after Round 3. ( I apologise in advance for any mistakes)
We have a new leader of the competition Anders Selland with Terje Sylte having only four scoring images this round, he slips back into second place. I also had one image that didn’t score any points this round.
I’m extremely surprised that both mine and Terje’s images didn’t score anything and it is worth noting that mistakes have been made in past years and there is the possibility that this has happened again. So the points table may change.
UPDATE: Well as I had guessed Terje Sylte did indeed have 5 scoring pictures this round (see comments below). However, I’m unsure what this image scored but will update the points table once I know. So Terje is still the overall leader.
As for my non-scoring image, I’m unsure if there was a mistake there also or if in fact the jury scored it under 25 points. I have no ‘inside’ information so will just have to wait and see when the official results get updated to include Terje’s 5th picture.
TABLE UPDATED WITH MISSING POINTS ADDED IN
1. 589 – Terje Sylte
2. 566 – Anders Selland
3. 546 – Andy Trowbridge
4. 545 – Leif Rustand
5. 534 – Kåre Johansen
6. 531 – Erik Toverud
7. 510 – Bernt Østhus
8. 504 – Geir Magne Sætre
9. 478 – Aleksander Myklebust
10. 478 – Kai Edvard Rønning
My Round 3 Entries and Points
Sandfly Bay - 42 points
Yellow-eyed Penguins - 39 points
Bengal Tiger - 38 points
Goldeneye - 38. Photo was originally missing from result list.
Wolverine - 36 points
Posted April 27th, 2012. 4 comments
So spent Saturday and Sunday morning at my lek with my friend Even and we alternated between the two hides I have set up. I had birds around me for a couple hours on the first morning but they were either obscured by some vegetation or my tent. So I made some small changes to the position of the hide and tent and removed some dead branches and windfall. The next morning, with Even now using this hide, he had a great time with a lot of activity out in front of the hide and very close at times.
Even had also had some good opportunities on the first morning and by the end of the weekend he had taken around 800 images, while I on the other hand had taken just 8 images of capercaillie. I was very happy for Even who had never taken any photos of capercaillie before this weekend.
However, I was hoping that all the hard work I had put in during the early part of April would result in some new images for me of this magnificent bird. Looking at the weather forecast for this week I decided to take Monday off work and headed back into the lek on Sunday night. I was hoping to have a morning of high activity like Even had had.
Well I finally did get some photos, although the activity wasn’t anything like the day before and the bird around my hide had once again slightly changed its patterns and didn’t give me the opportunities I was hoping for.
Light was also an issue, had to use ISO 3200 for most of the morning and then I still only had a shutter speed of 1/60 sec or less, so many images weren’t sharp enough and all have little bit more noise than I would have preferred.
That’s all for now, will being giving the lek one more go this coming weekend, although I have a feeling the best of the activity could possibly be over before then with female birds already on the ground during this past weekend.
So here a some images from this morning.
Canon 1D Mark IV with the 70-200mm f/4L IS + the 1.4x teleconverter @ 280mm. ISO 3200. 1/60 sec @ f/5.6. Handheld.
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Well I’m back from 4 days in the forest with not a lot to show for my efforts. Activity on my capercaillie lek is variable at the moment. I had one day of high activity (although no photo opportunities) followed by two days of almost no activity at all. Hopefully things will get better next weekend.
Anyhow as promised here is Part 4 of my New Zealand trip.
During the 4th week I set off on my second ‘photographic’ mission. The basic plan was to head south to meet up and stay with long time friend and fellow photographer Ross Curtis, catch up with him and his family and set off on some photo missions together when he had the time.
We covered a fair bit of ground during my stay and I took a lot of photos, far to many to share here and I’m still in the process of going through them but here are a few of my favourites so far…processed pretty quick and dirty…remember to click on the image to see a larger sharper version.
Called into the see the Crested Grebes again on my way down south.
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Posted April 9th, 2012. 2 comments
Round 2 Results are out and can been seen here - Resultater, omgang. 2/2012
Unofficial Top Ten photographers after Round 2. ( I apologise in advance for any mistakes)
1. 390 – Terje Sylte
2. 381 – Anders Selland
3. 367 – Leif Rustand
4. 365 – Kåre Johansen
5. 364 – Erik Toverud
6. 353 – Andy Trowbridge
7. 345 – Geir Magne Sætre
8. 338 – Bernt Østhus
9. 333 – Kai Edvard Rønning
10. 323 – Gunar Streu
Also check out the offical blog of the competition to see all the silver and gold images from Round 1 – 2012 runde 1 – kjempeflott start på året.
My Round 2 Entries and Points
Affection - 39 points - Canon 1D Mark IV + 70-200mm @ 165mm. ISO 800. 1/400 sec @ f/8. Handheld. Full Frame.
Otago Peninsula , New Zealand.
New Zealand Fur Seal with 2 week old pup.
Basic image processing in Lightroom 4 then converted to Black in White in Nik Software – Silver Efex Pro 2.
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