Unified Color Technologies, the HDR Experts, have announced the cycle one winners of its Unified Color True Vision HDR Photo Contest. Winners will receive prizes including a Nikon D90 kit and products from, Gitzo, Lexar, Lowepro, X-Rite and Unified Color Technologies and are automatically entered to win a Grand Prize of a photo workshop through National Geographic Expeditions and a 15-inch MacBook Pro, to be determined by public vote later this year.

Unified Color sought out truly creative and technically beautiful HDR images to be judged by its panel of HDR experts and renowned photographers. The panel includes 20-year photo journalist and veteran outdoor photographer, Reed Hoffman; celebrated landscape and architecture photographer, David Palermo; and esteemed landscape photographer, Richard Sisk. First place winners in each category and each will receive a pro-level photography kit including Nikon D90 Kit with 18-105mm VR lens, a Lowepro Slingshot 202 AW case, a Gitzo carbon fibre tripod and a Lexar Professional Class 10 8GB memory card.

First place winners are:

Architecture: Jose Alvarez of North Charlestown, South Carolina

Architecture Winner: Atlanta skyscrapers, Jose Alvarez 

Landscape / Nature: Dan Hartford of Palo Alto, California

Landscape Winner: Dead Horse Point SP in Utah overlooking Canyonlands NP, Dan Hartford

Freestyle: Josh Taylor of West Lawn, New Jersey

Freestyle Winner: The Chair, Josh Taylor.

Honourable mention prizes:

Architecture:

Josh Taylor of West Lawn, New Jersey has been awarded two honourable mention prizes.

Architecture Honourable Mention: Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Josh Taylor

Architecture Honourable Mention: National Cathedral in Washington D.C., Josh Taylor

Justin Farris of Mead, Washington

Architecture Honourable Mention: Rundown rail yard, Justin Farris

Nature / Landscape:
Ajit Gokhale of Sunnyvale, California

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Iguazu Falls on the border between Argentina and Brazil, Ajit Gokhale

Mark Bristol of Morgan Hill, California

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: The hills east of my home, Mark Bristol

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Golden Canyon, Mark Bristol

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Mosaic Canyon, Mark Bristol

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Unnamed meadow, Mark Bristol

Freestyle:
Dan Morris of Salt Lake City, Utah

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Date gone wrong, Dan Morris

David Hoelscher of Austin, Texas

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Hamilton Pool, David Hoelscher

John Adams of Fernandina Beach, Florida

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: Cold Steel, John Adams

Joseph Corrado of Closter, New Jersey has won a X-Rite Color Checker Passport.

Nature/ Landscape Honourable Mention: NYC Times Square at dusk, Joseph Corrado

Photos Courtesy: Unifiedcolor.com