Images of a Green Planet

The winners of the fourth International Garden Photographer of the Year competition have been announced.

The winners are:

International Garden Photographer of the Year, 2011

The title winner of the £5,000 prize for the best single image is UK-based photographer, Colin Roberts for Sea Thrift Flowers. A superb shot of Widemouth Bay in Cornwall, as a beautiful sunset streams across the sea view, illuminating the flowers in the foreground. Colin’s winning photograph was chosen from the Wildflowers category. Colin was also awarded third place in the Wildflowers category for his photograph Viper’s Bugloss, and Highly Commended awards for Sainfoin Meadow and Cow Parsley.

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The results of the 54th annual World Press Photo Contest are out. The 2011 contest saw a record 108,059 images submitted by 5,847 participating photographers representing 125 different nationalities.

The international jury gave prizes in nine themed categories to 55 photographers of 23 nationalities from: Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Somalia, South Africa, Spain and the US.

Heading the winners list was Jodi Bieber from South Africa who was awarded the World Press Photo of the Year 2010 for her portrait of Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, who was terribly disfigured by her husband under the Taliban rule. The entry was also awarded First prize in the category Portraits Singles in this year’s contest. Here are some of the other winning images from the contest.

World Press Photo of the Year 2010 Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine

Read more: 2011 World Press Photo Contest: A photo feature

CarWale, India’s leading online car portal had recently organised an annual gathering of vintage and classic cars. The drive was flagged off from Inorbit Mall, Vashi and the proud owners drove these cars on a challenging route up the ghats to the Duke’s Retreat, Khandala. The convoy of more than 50 cars, included a 1914 Ford Model ‘T’, a 1925 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, a 1932 Lancia Astura, a 1934 Packard, a 1947 Studebaker Champion, a 1952 Jaguar, a 1956 Volkswagen Beetle and many such beauties from a bygone era.

The event also included a week long exhibition before the drive where vintage cars were put on display to the public. To ensure active participation from spectators, a photography contest was organised this year wherein spectators were asked to take photos of the cars on display and submit them to CarWale either by email or by uploading them on www.carwale.com.

Winning Photo by Shalaka Dali

The contest saw over 200 entries vying for the top spot which was eventually won by Ms. Shalaka Dali. Epson was among the main sponsors of the contest.

The Master Photographers Association (MPA) has announced the winners of the 2010 Master Photographer of the Year Awards.

UK Master Photographer of the Year: Michael Dearden

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