Photography News 11

Latest photography news Winners of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Macro Art winners have been announced, providing inspiration for those looking to get their entries in for the main competition, which is still open. The winning image in the Macro Art competition was Growing Agave, a close-up of agave spines forming by Minghui Yuan, who receives a £500 cash prize. Second and third places went to Jacky Parker with Winter Windflower, and Stefano Coltelli with Spiral. GardenMacro Art gardenwinners If you’re planning to enter the main International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, you need to get your entry in by the end of October 2014. Pictures entered into the Macro Art or Monochrome competition are also eligible to be entered into the main competition. There’s a top prize of £5000 in cash on offer, and many of the winning images will feature in the International Garden Photographer of the Year book and the exhibition, which tours the UK and world.

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ABOVE Winter Windflower by Jacky Parker (second place), Spiral by Stefano Coltelli (third place).

π To find out more about the competition, go to www.igpoty.com.

ABOVE Growing Agave by Minghui Yuan (winner).

Exhibit with Open Space

PEN Lite updated Olympus has brought the latest in its PEN Lite range, the E-PL6, to the UK, after it was launched in Japan last year. It shares most of its core features with the E-PL5, meaning the same 16.1-megapixel sensor and TruePic VI processor as the OM-D E-M5, but there are some added extras. A Low ISO setting in manual mode, equivalent to ISO 100; Small AF Target Mode for more precise focusing; and Short Release Time Lag Mode are amongst the most significant. Interval shooting and a level gauge have also been added. The E-PL6 is now also supplied with the new 14-42mm pancake zoom lens, making it incredibly slim when not in use, as well as a Wi-Fi capable FlashAir SD card. The E-PL6 is available now, priced at £429.

If you’re an Olympus shooter, then a platform launched by Olympus UK and Exhibtr Ltd allows you to exhibit your work alongside that of Olympus Ambassadors. If you want your photographs featured, all you need to do is sign up to Exhibtr and upload your best and most original images – if Olympus UK favourites your work, it automatically appears on the Open Space.

π To find out more, go to www.exhibtr.com.

π To find out more, go to www.olympus.co.uk.

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