周末灌水：八卦2012年UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Award

2012年UK Landscape Photographer of the Year Award winner被通知获奖又最终被褫夺资格的事， 当时没整太明白，最近在网上逛的时候终于看明白了怎么回事，八卦一下这旧闻给不清楚的同学。图片全部来自网络。


Landscape Photographer of the Year （http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/）是UK风光摄影的一个很有影响力的奖项，评委会很多大腕。下面是2012年的（初始）获奖者在论坛上贴的他的参赛作品及说明：
 

“This is this years winner





I also won Best classic view category with delamere forest (i was told this is like coming second as its the biggest section of the four categories)





I got David Noton's personal choice and a highly commended with the copse





and a commended with marias tree



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当时就有人分析，#1他把地上一些不好看的东西clone掉了，天空也有被置换的嫌疑（没有确证），而且非常和以前人拍的雷同（这一条不是他最终被褫夺的原因）---比如下面这张：

(c)Peter Clark the image that David drew inspiration on

据EXIF说这两张图只隔了几分钟，但是天空和地面杂物截然不同（文字是alexnail博克所加）：

他的#2据说是把后面的一排树给换了：

An animation of the composite

他的#3据说小人儿是PS上去的，特别小，把树夸大了。

他的#4是合成，远处的烟囱看不到那么完整，还clone掉了其他元素：

 

送选的四张全是合成，可见这是作者的后期风格。后来因为比赛的规则有说不能这样，他的资格被取消了（#4参加的项目允许PS）：

“When you have selected your pictures, digital adjustments, including High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques and the joining together of multiple frames, are allowed in all categories. However, for images entered in Classic view, Living the view and Urban view, the integrity of the subject must be maintained and the making of physical changes to the landscape is not permitted (removing fences, moving trees, stripping in sky from another image etc). The judges will allow more latitude in the ?Your view? category, which aims to encourage originality and conceptual thinking.”


不过看着片子都是好片，违反规则就没办法了。对这种合成怎么看见仁见智，不过知道了怎么回事可以帮助我们提高PS技巧啊

组织者明年要搞US Landscape Photographer of the Year，坛里的风光大师们可以一试身手，注意仔细阅读比赛规则

http://www.usalandscapephotographeroftheyear.com/

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参考资料：
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/i-didnt-won-charlie-waites-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-2012-lpoty.444304/
http://www.alexnail.com/blog/news-updates/lpoty-2012/