GX GARNERINGS

First of all, readers, don't get jealous (or upset). Today, we'll check out the winners in the photo contest I mentioned in a previous post. The contest was a collaborated effort of Greenpeace, Jurlique and the Ricoh camera dealer (Laikok) in Hong Kong.

The theme of the photo contest was Climate Hero. Entries were the photographers' visual interpretation of the theme.

Grand Prize

Topic: Simplicity and Frugal

Description: Walking not driving. Lead a simple an frugal living for the benefit of the environment.

Prize: Free flight to Adelaide plus two-night 4-star hotal accommodation for two persons, plus a Ricoh GX200 completed with a full set of accessories

Two First Runners-up

Topic: Little Environmental Heroin Makes It

Description: Have you?

Prize: A free GX200 with a full set of accessories and a free CX1

Topic: Up We March

Description: To right the climate changes requires no expertise. Use less lifts, save more power. A penny saved is a penny gained. Together we climate heros and heroins march for the environment.

Prize: A free GX200 with a full set of accessories and a free CX1

Three Second Runners-up

Topic: Fan Away the Mist

Description: The heat island effect brings down the air quality of Hong Kong, which adversely affects the business environment and our health. We must tickle the problem if we are to see the blue sky.

Prize: A free CX1

Topic: Start Environment Protection from Daily Life

Description: A small step for the environment in your daily life, a gaint step for protection the Earth.

Prize: A free CX1

Topic: Thick Mist

Description: If pollution worsens, we'll see thick smog in Hong Kong instead. Is that what we want?

Particpants are restricted to Hong Kong residents. Now, fancy to move to Hong Kong?

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Postscript: The winner did a good job even though to my eye the colours are too visually explosive (bit uncomfortable to my taste), probably a result of post processing (the shadow of the shoe heel suggests the time being around midday but the treetops are just way too bright in this case).

The two first runners-up did justice to the theme. The image of the little girl is brisk and simple, verging on outdoing the winner's. The other image of the staircase is visually classical and intriguing. I like it too. As far as I'm concerned, the second runners-up's works are more controversial. The two misty images are with too extensive a death space in the photo, and bear little relation to the them. The lampshade one is relatively better but casual, and presumably a drastic cutout from the original image which is much bigger as evidenced by the grains. Of course, the official judgement is final. Congrats to all winners.