Landscape photography award winner disqualified

[Big Kev]

Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 organisers Take A View have officially confirmed that overall winner David Byrne has been disqualified for breaching the rules. A statement published on their website claims:

Following the recent announcement of the winners of the Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 Awards, further investigation has confirmed that the image chosen as the overall winner is in breach of the rules for the Classic view category owing to the extent of the digital manipulation techniques used. Organisers, Take A View have regrettably disqualified David Byrne’s image of Lindisfarne Castle and can announce that Simon Butterworth is the new winner of this year’s competition.

This is an interesting analysis of that picture and another that was disqualified for being a composite.

http://www.alexnail.com/blog/news-updates/lpoty-2012/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bengatta]

next weeks headline.... David Byrne has been Lanced....

[DexterPunk]

I'd have thought it would have to be some pretty damn serious manipulation to be disqualified.


Sent from Han Solo using TK-421's phone.

[Swain OHaw]

I don't think manipulation is prohibited in all of the competition, but perhaps in that specific category 'classic view' where they perhaps want things to be more like what people think film photography was ... that Ansel Adams was cloning unsightly graffiti off the sides of mountains 100 years before anyone even dreamt of Photoshop seems irrelevant. Oh well.