Thursday

March 17, 2016

A piece of Farm-ily has come to the city.
Last month I entered my first ever serious photographic competition
- the inaugural Sony Alpha Art House photo competition.
And I am super excited that that the above photo Hanging by a Thread received an honourable mention (i.e. was a top 3 finalist) in the macro category.

You can see all the finalists here. 
These photos are now part of a travelling exhibition, having been printed A1 size on acrylic for display as part of the Sony Alpha Art House exhibition which is “one of the largest showcases of Sony photography ever presented in Australia”.
“Categories for the Alpha Art House competition include Abstract, Editorial, Landscape, Macro, Nature, Portrait, Sports and Street. With a vast array of stunning, colourful and high detailed photos ranging from an intricate spiders web covered in rain drops (that’s mine!!) to a cross country cyclist cycling in the New Zealand country side to a family of four riding a motorbike in a busy street, it was hard to pick a winner out of the three finalists in each category”.
Source: Sydney Social 101
The opening exhibition was at
Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney from 9th - 15th March.
It then travels to Brisbane & Melbourne:
17th - 23rd March at King George’s Square in Brisbane
4th - 10th April at Federation Square in Melbourne
As we just happened to be in Sydney last week for a very important function we also took the opportunity to visit Customs House to see the exhibition on opening day before the finalists had been publically announced.

What a time to be in Sydney!

I have never considered myself to be a photographer, rather a farmer who happens to take a lot of photos of what we do.  And I have ummed and ahhed all week about even sharing this moment on my blog as I am not really one to boast and am much more comfortable behind the scenes.

But, given that so many of you also share a love of photography I thought by me sharing here it may encourage you all to get out there and enter some of your photos in photographic competitions.

You just never know where they might end up.

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24 comments:

  1. Linda W.17 March 2016 at 15:50

    How cool! Congrats! And it is a wonderful photo.

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  2. CountryMouse17 March 2016 at 17:15

    Wow! Be proud of this. You are a farmer who takes amazing shots of your life and surrounds. Well done! Also, I love this photo.

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  3. Laura~Pretty Pix17 March 2016 at 17:48

    It's a fabulous capture. Congratulations on your award, so well deserved!

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  4. Elephant's Child17 March 2016 at 19:18

    Congratulations. A very well deserved award.

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  5. ADRIAN17 March 2016 at 19:32

    Congratulations.

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  6. simplestitches17 March 2016 at 19:53

    congratulations...that is wonderful!

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  7. Rhodesia17 March 2016 at 20:50

    Congratulations, spider webs are not that easy to take good photos of. If you have time look at http://www.viewbug.com/, if you join you can put your best photos on there and it is interesting to see the results. I have had one winner and a few close calls. Diane

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  8. Margaret D17 March 2016 at 21:53

    Congratulations, well done.
    It's a beautiful photo and a credit to you.

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  9. Helen17 March 2016 at 22:14

    Congratulations and so well deserved. Your photos bring inspiration and knowledge to us all. Hopefully I will find time to visit the exhibition in Brisbane.

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  10. Unknown17 March 2016 at 22:18

    Congratulations to the Farmer that just takes a lot of photos. Don't care what you call yourself your work is amazing and inspires us in more ways that just photography. Keep being the Farmer doing what you are doing. Well done.

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  11. Joan Elizabeth17 March 2016 at 22:57

    Fantastic. What shame I have just missed out on seeing it in person.

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  12. Red18 March 2016 at 01:12

    Congratulations. You have something to feel proud of and blog about. I enjoy all your photos

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  13. Barbara18 March 2016 at 01:31

    How wonderful! Congratulations to you!

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  14. Terry and Linda18 March 2016 at 02:16

    OH! WONDERFUL! I'm so pleased for you. I have another blog friend who took the plug and started entering contests and sending to magazines. www//prairierunner.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/stuck/
    That's her latest post. She is a rancher in Canada. I have been encouraged to try and enter some of mine, but can't seem to get up the nerve. So GOOD FOR YOU!!! On many levels!

    Linda

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  15. Karen L R18 March 2016 at 03:17

    courage is a wonderful thing...and celebrating with friends is even better. well done, you!

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  16. Rose18 March 2016 at 05:32

    Congratulations! That is a wonderful photo. And thanks for including the link to the others. There were some wonderful shots there, but I still prefer yours above the others and not just cause I know you.

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  17. Ida18 March 2016 at 05:35

    Oh wow that is such a cool photograph and congrats on making Honorable Mention. You should link this to Good Fences today. It's amazing.

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  18. Bill 18 March 2016 at 05:46

    You do such wonderful work! Well deserved, but you should have gotten first place.

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  19. Raewyn18 March 2016 at 05:48

    Congratulations! I'm pleased you chose to blog about this, it's a fabulous achievement. And a fabulous photo!

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  20. Laurie18 March 2016 at 11:10

    Hi Lynda. First of all, let me say congratulations on your photographic honorable mention. It is a great photo. I saw that you started following my blog, 111lalalane. Welcome, I am so happy to have you! I started taking a look at your blog and I must say, you do take gorgeous photos. I will become your new follower, as soon as I finish with this comment. I read that you were from Riverina. I did a little research and found that you were only a few miles from Wagga Wagga. My husband and I stayed in Wagga in Dec of 1980 - Jan of 1981. He was sent there to train new employees of Riverina Wool. He works at USA Wool in the states. The company has gone through a couple of name changes and I'm not sure what it was called back then; either Santee River Wool or Chargeurs Wool. What a small world? I look forward to getting to know you through our blogs. Have a great weekend!

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  21. Ruth Hiebert18 March 2016 at 11:44

    Congratulations! This is news that is too good to keep to yourself.That is an absolutely gorgeous photo,no wonder it won a prize.

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  22. Sharon18 March 2016 at 23:53

    Congratulations! You are so deserving.

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  23. Kim21 March 2016 at 23:34

    That is so cool! (It's not bragging. Your friends want to know what's happening in your life!) Of course, I love the photo, too. It's gorgeous.

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  24. Chookyblue......24 March 2016 at 08:01

    congrats how wonderful.........

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