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Congratulations to Tony Colangelo of Victoria, BC who the jury as voted PFRE Photographer of the month for July 2016. This is Tony's fourth PFRE photographer of the month win. Only Tony and Brandon Cooper are four-time winners. Also, it's worth noting that Tony's wins are over a period of four consecutive years. He is the only one that has accomplished that. Thanks Tony for your long time participation!
Here are all the entries that the jurors awarded points to this month:
Change in contest rules: I've decided to drop the all the contest rules on commenting and faving for the following reasons:
So in future contests, comment, and fave all you want, anytime on the contest photos!
Here are Tony's comments on his winning photo:
A special ‘thank you’ to both the jurors and all the participants this month. It is a tremendous honour to win this POTM, because, in the 4+ years that I’ve participated in these contests, I’ve *never* seen such a wealth of outstanding images, from the first entry to the last! I personally counted several images that could’ve easily replaced mine as the winning shot. Well done to all!
I hope you’ll all indulge me for a moment, as I’d like to offer a very special thanks to all of my coaching clients. As much as I LOVE
photography , the coaching has quietly become my favourite part of my business. It has allowed me to cultivate relationships and friendships – literally from all over the world! It’s also forced me to think through the “what & how” of my work, which has made me a better photographer.And, of course, many thanks to Larry for his continued commitment to PFRE and our community. I’ve said it before, Larry, and I’ll say it again: Where would we all be without this incredible resource you’ve set up for us?! Thank you.
As for the image, I clearly lucked out in terms of the subject matter! This is a composite of two ambient frames (one for the interior, the other for the view) and one flash frame, with a strobe on a monopod extended to the middle of the room, at relatively low power, if I recall, just to get some detail in the floor. The shot was put through ACR, with much work done in PS for some pesky casts; colour correction after those channels were desaturated; removal of reflected elements on the shower glass; and slight sharpening through the ‘high-pass’ filter. The shot was then finished up with Nik, for some contrast and detail enhancements.
Congratulations Tony, great shot.
Congratulations Tony on another POTM win. What a stunning image! Was definitely a favorite of mine this month.
Tony, well done congrats beautiful image.
Awesome shot, and well deserved win my friend! You've been a great asset to the PFRE community, and your knowledge has helped many (including me)!
Congratulations Tony!
Congratulations Tony. Another excellent job. I'm still watching and learning as you said I should. I would enthusiastically echo Canek's remarks and say that your coaching certainly contributed greatly to the improvement of my photographic skills as well.
Shot Tony & super shot !
And a very well constructed 'acceptance' speech - great stuff : )
Many congrats Tony! I also thought there were several very strong images that could have won, but yours seems to have that little extra.
Congratulations Tony! Stunning shot and a well deserved win.
Congrats Tony!
Amazing image Tony! So pleasant on the eyes. You really captured this beautiful bath in all its glory.
Beautiful Tony, well deserved.
Congrats Tony! There were a ton of really good images this month, but I thought you had this one as soon as I saw that image.
Awesome Tony! Love the shot. Congrats on the win. I love that you are are always up there with minimal to no added lighting.
My thanks to all for your very kind and gracious comments ... they are *very* much appreciated! 🙂