We reveal the top 50 entries for Round 10 APOY 2014 – Architecture – Building Blocks
Ferdinand von Korff from Co Wicklow is the winner of round 10 Architecture of APOY 2014. Ferdinand will receive an Olympus OM-D E-M10 with a 14-42mm EZ Pancake zoom, a 45mm f/1.8 portrait lens, a 40-150mm zoom,
a 9mm fisheye lens, a macro adapter and a street case in which to carry it all. That’s a total retail price of £1,200.
The E-M10 has a 16.1-million-pixel, four thirds-sized CMOS sensor and a TruePic VII image-processing system. The 1.44-million-dot EVF displays a 100% field of view and has a 120fps refresh rate.
The 14-42mm EZ Pancake zoom lens is a slim and compact optic that is equivalent to a 28-84mm lens in the 35mm format. The 45mm f/1.8 portrait optic is ideal for low-light people shots without flash, while the 40-150mm zoom has high-speed AF and is optimised for movies and stills. The 9mm fisheye lens is ideal for capturing wideangle scenes.
Our second-placed winner is Gerard Sexton, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire. He will receive an Olympus Pen E-PL5 camera plus a 14-42mm and 40-150mm twin-lens zoom kit worth £500. The E-PL5 offers serious image quality with its powerful 16.1-million-pixel sensor and a new OM-D component in the TruePic VI image processor. The camera has lightning-fast autofocus, a touch-sensitive LCD screen and full HD video.
Michael Farley from London takes third place in this round. He wins an Olympus Stylus SP-100EE Ultra Zoom camera, with an impressive 16-million-pixel sensor and 3in LCD screen. The camera includes a handy autofocus lock so you need never lose a shot due to fuzzy focusing. The camera features a 50x optical Ultra Zoom lens with a focal length ranging from 24mm to 1,200mm, and built-in Dot Sight to make it easier to focus on subjects.
Photo by Ferdinand-von-Korff
1st Ferdinand von Korff, Ireland 50pts
Canon EOS 400D, 18mm, 1/50sec at f/5.6, ISO 200
Taking a photograph of architecture may seem like a simple task, but there’s so much more to it than you may think. Even when you’ve found a subject you still need to find a way of shooting it in a way that’s visually engaging and, above all, unique. Ferdinand’s method may not be unique, but it takes a photographer with a strong eye to use a well-worn technique and put an individual stamp on it. The monochrome, light and cloud are perfect elements in this winning shot.
Photo by Gerard-Sexton
2nd Gerard Sexton, Oxfordshire 49pts
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 70-200mm, 1/1000sec at f/11, ISO 500
As already mentioned, it’s important to try to find a unique take when photographing architecture. Here Gerard has taken the abstract approach and created an absorbing image of the aluminium cladding around a stairwell on a bridge spanning the Royal Victoria Dock in East London. It’s the contrast of tones that makes this shot fantastic. Add to that the near-fractal nature of the structure and you have a picture that demands repeated viewing. With all this in mind, we decided it had to take second place
Photo by Michael Farley
3rd Michael Farley, 48pts
Olympus OM-D E-M10, 25mm, 1/2000sec at f/5, ISO 200
This is a beautiful shot. It was taken at the rear of a car park in Michael’s home town of Croydon in Greater London. In fact, it was one of the first exposures he made with his new Olympus camera. One of the key elements of this image is small: the red pipe in the bottom-right corner.
Top 50 entries for Architecture – Building Blocks:
| 1 Ferdinand von Korff 50pts 2 Gerard Sexton 49pts 3 Michael Farley 48pts 4 Pessoa Neto 47pts 5 Steven Robinson 46pts 6 Bertrand Chombart 45pts 7 Diogo Ferreira 44pts 8 Peter Murrell 43pts 9 Sirsendu Gayen 42pts 10 Darren Moore 41pts 11 Iuliana Silvi 40pts 12 Michael Taylor 39pts 13 Mark Cornick 38pts 14 Vlad Georgescu 37pts 15 Jay Heiser 36pts 16 David Queenan 35pts 17 Adrian Mills 34pts 18 Kobi Amiel 33pts 19 Tomer Eliash 32pts 20 Van Hieu Nguyen 31pts 21 Russ Barnes 30pts 22 Tim Green 29pts 23 Bob Riach 28pts 24 Ova Hamer 27pts 25 Amri arfianto 26pts |
26 Heather Lynn 25pts 27 Håkan Olofsson 24pts 28 Marino Reljica Kostic 23pts 29 Mike Hughes 22pts 30 Tony Cook 21pts 31 Steven Trolley 20pts 32 Michael Marsh 19pts 33 Daniel Ashton 18pts 34 Dan Deakin 17pts 35 Andrew Wood 16pts 36 Jasminka Delic 15pts 37 Malcolm Watson 14pts 38 Marylou Badeaux 13pts 39 Maxim Dupliy 12pts 40 Eric Begbie 11pts 41 J Ramon Moreno 10pts 42 Mark Helliwell 9pts 43 Terry Fallis 8pts 44 Rob Fuller 7pts 45 John Nicholls 6pts 46 Herbert Freedom 5pts 47 Ludovic Farine 4pts 48 Annkur Kumar 3pts 49 Russell Katz 2pts 50 James McGovern 1pt |
Overall winner of APOY 2014
The points from this final round of APOY have been awarded and the result is Dan Deakin is the overall winner of APOY 2014. See our interview with him here.
Dan also won the award in APOY 2012 and took second place in 2013. The APOY 2014 runner-up is Mark Helliwell, with Chris Wood in third place.
View the winning Images in the APOY 2014 Gallery
See the APOY 2014 Leader Board after this final round.
