Announcing the winners of the PEN E-PL1 Test Drive competition!
To say the entries into this year's Olympus PEN E-PL1 Test Drive comp were fantastic is just too much of an understatement!... WOW.... We are all just blown away by the quality and immense creativity that has come out of the 30 finalist's imagination - through the PEN E-PL1 and onto the computer screen! Thank you all so much for your participation in this event but as they say there can only be one winner.....No wait a minute, we can have more than one! How about TWO major winners, ONE Public Choice winner, TWO runners up AND a curator's choice award!
Congratulations to all of the place getters! It certainly was not an easy decision but we are sure you will agree that anyone who can photograph like these finalists are winners already!
So - without further ado - The winning entrants, a selection of their imagery and just what prizes they have won...
The Winners
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Major Winner of a brand new Olympus PEN E-PL1!
Jessica Tremp
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Amaretto Plum Cake
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Fishday Afternoon
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Morse Code
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Another photo in the kitchen of the abandoned camp, taking a break and eating a plum.
1/40th sec @ f/4 Focal length 14mm ISO 1600
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I took my wonderful friend to shoot in an old 70's style mansion. Bought a fish at the markets as a prop and bought my old bathers. Set against this wonderful wallpaper, I did not have to adjust anything in this photo. The Olympus just took the shot I wanted.
60th sec @ f/3.5 Focal length 14mm ISO 320
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High key at an abandoned school camp. Lightened and rounded edges for more of a vintage touch.
1/40th sec @ f/4 Focal length 14mm ISO 1600
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On a Blue Day make yourself lighter
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The Hurricane Mistress
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Waiting for Wine
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I crept up to the roof of a burnt out house. I'm quite proud of the perfect exposure of the sky, along with the inside of the house. well done Olympus!
2000th sec @ f/5 Focal length 16mm ISO 200
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Added a little bit of pop and then desaturated a little so as not to blind you with colour.
1/6th sec @ f/3.5 Focal length 14mm 800 ISO
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Another photo of the fabulous chair in the mansion. I played around with the wide angle until the optics started to confuse a little.
1/25th sec @ f/3.5 Focal length 14mm ISO 1600
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Major Winner of a brand new Olympus PEN E-PL1!
Brad Cummings
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Bohemian Caravan
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Carriages
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John Curtin Medical School
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This caravan had an amazing interior which is used as a mobile - and somewhat bohemian - cafe and performance space. I applied the pin-hole art filter to this.
1/80th sec @ f/5.6 14mm ISO 320
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I was at a train station at the same time as a bunch of steam train enthusiasts! Shot with the ubiquitous pin hole effect that was applied to this picture.
1/60th sec @ f/5.6 30mm ISO 500
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Taken in the late afternoon in monochrome with the red filter selected. Blue bky darkened to nearly black with levels and sharpening applied.
2000th sec @ f/5 23mm ISO 200
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Railway Crossing
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The Pop Art Filter
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Typewriter
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These signs were lying abandoned near a rural train station. The subject matter responded beautifully to the high contrast grainy film filter treatment. No other changes made.
1/160th sec @ f.5 14mm ISO 200
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Out of all my pictures I have included here, this is the only time I shot with the pop art filter. As you can see it exaggerates the colours a lot.
80th sec @ f/5.6 14mm ISO 4000
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Shot late at night in the back room of a pub with a single ceiling light directly above the subject. I used a high ISO and the noise reduction took care of the noise beautifully!
1/25th sec 2 f/4 14mm ISO 1600
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Public Choice winner of a brand new Olympus PEN E-PL1!
Naomi Frost
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Batman
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Blue Broadcast
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Portrait Of A Clown
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I wanted to achieve a moody image here. I love the shadows and the peeling paint. Again I used the pin-hole effect for the wonderful vignette it creates. I under exposed it by -0.3 of a stop to accentuate the shadows.
1/50th sec 2 f/3.5 ISO 500
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To achieve the blue tones in this infra red image I held a R72 filter over the lens then selected monotone in picture mode, set the B&W filter to red and the picture tone to blue. Slight hue adjust in PS. What a surprising little package!
5 secs @ f/6.3 ISO 100
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Couldn't resist my favourite setting on this one. The pin-hole filter. It suited the image perfectly. Once again this amazing camera performed on par with my full size DSLR!
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The Alley
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The Beauty Of Uncertainty *Public Choice*
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Woosh
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This image was taken with the grainy black and white film filter. I love this filter too. I'm really impressed that this camera allows great results straight from the camera to computer without any post work if that's your choice!
1/125th sec @ f/4.5 ISO 200
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I shot this sunset purely as I would with my DSLR and it held up wonderfully! I attached 2 cokin filters (orange & blue) to the lens to really stretch out the exposure. I also set the aspect ratio to 16:9 to give me more width within the image.
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I love the colour in this shot. I used a long shutter speed and just moved the camera while holding the shutter down. I simply increased the saturation in post. I'm really happy with how this turned out!
1/6th sec @ f/22 ISO 100
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The Runners Up
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Caged in the City
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Dead End
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The Golden Child
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Lamp
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Rusty Truck
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Woolstores
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Beautiful Life
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Day is Calm
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GilbertIII
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The Olympus PEN E-PL1 Final 30!
Here they are folks! The 30 amazing images that won those same lucky and talented 30 people the opportunity to test drive and possibly win the brand new Olympus E-PL1 next generation digital camera!!!
Now remember this was not just a competition judged on imagery alone but also on the heartfelt, poignant and descriptive reasons why these photographers felt they should be one of the test drivers.
Congratulations to all those that entered and of course to the 30 finalists of which 3 will walk away with the Olympus PEN E-PL1with 14 - 42mm Lens Kit!
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Marble Eye
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Sydney Angel
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A Drink by the Pool
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A Glass at Must
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A Mount Buffalo Morning
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Abstract Art in Life
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And Even Though
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Australia
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Balloons Aloft!
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Vines Under Nets
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Essential Animal
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Blue Splash
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Green Gully
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Hilltop Grazing
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Lengthening Shadows
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Light Through the Iceweb
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London Calling
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My Beach
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Please! No Photos!
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Reflected
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Thirsty
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Sleeping Beauties
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Smoke Figurine
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Sydney Downpour
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The Chellist
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Twister
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Umbrella
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Vintage Girl
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Washing Day
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Waves on Green
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