Congratulations to Barbara Lee APSNZ who is the winner of the PSNZ Canon Online Photographer of the Year 2022. Barbara made the top 10 three times.
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Barbara responded to her success:
I was absolutely stunned and thrilled to receive news of this honour! Never having had a top image, it did not cross my mind that I could be the overall winner. This was the first year that I managed to enter all 6 rounds, so I guess persistence in entering images, helps ????
Making a decision on what to enter is the hard part – and with me – that always happens at the last moment. When the deadline approaches, I just chose an image that comes to mind at the time, (but also one that has been positively commented on in a club competition.)
My personal favorite of those entered is, ‘Change of Season’, because of the message it conveys to me.
I saw the emerging catkin on a twig which had not let go of last season’s leaf, and I thought, how true that is of life: Often we are reluctant to let go – of things/ideas/relationships which have been precious – but now their time is past….. yet still we hang onto them…..
Many thanks to Canon for continuing to sponsor this competition and giving us the opportunity to keep seeing a great range of members’ images along with the judge’s comments.
Also – many thanks to John Hawkins for his sterling work as Canon on-line coordinator!
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