Countryfile Photography Competition 2009

Messiah Khan · 20 Sep 2009 at 19:42

Looks like our very own Richard Peters is on the judging panel this year!

Well done matey, and its good to see you continuing your success. On another note; I spotted one of my pics on the judging table in front of John Craven. I've had my photo on the BBC! Go on Richard, get one of mine in to the final.

Edit; Hmm, that wasn't a very good lineup. I liked 2-3 of them, but most of them were mediocre. :/

TheAlex · 20 Sep 2009 at 19:51

I forgot to enter. Do you have a link to the photo of yours you saw?

I agree with you on the lineup, it was pretty uninspiring. I think the snowy squirrel one will win.

Derek W · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:01

Just caught the last minute of it showing the photos and numbers to call.

Snowy Squirrel and Morning Light are the stand out ones for me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t0bv

Link to entries above

Messiah Khan · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:04

TheAlex said:
I forgot to enter. Do you have a link to the photo of yours you saw?

V-Spec · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:09

I didn't enter, however my friend is through to the final 12, his is "Morning light" (the one with the Deer)

TheAlex · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:29

Good luck to your friend; that and the squirrel image are my favourite two. I like 'Flower Power' as well. The mouse image is one of the most obvious calendar photos I've ever seen.

Thanks for the link MK. I think some of your bird and insect photos would have flown into that top 12 but the one above does suggest more of the 'wild' to me.

I'm a bit gutted I didn't enter now, but this year has disappeared so fast!

SilverPenguin · 20 Sep 2009 at 20:55

Messiah Khan said:

No way!! I picked that one, bloody lovely image and one of the better landscape shots that were entered!

V-Spec said:
I didn't enter, however my friend is through to the final 12, his is "Morning light" (the one with the Deer)

And that was pretty much one of my favourite images not just from the ones I picked out but full stop!! in fact it's the one I decided to talk about! fantastic image and I really wish your friend the best of luck!!

You can see some 'behind the scenes' shots and read about the day HERE on my blog, for those interested in such things

Messiah Khan · 20 Sep 2009 at 21:09

SilverPenguin said:
No way!! I picked that one, bloody lovely image and one of the better landscape shots that were entered!

Thanks Richard. Bit gutted I didn't get further, but I guess the odds were stacked against me with over 30k entries. The other ones I entered were;

Just read your blog as well. Looks like you had a good interesting day. I know can put a face to your name as well.

Good luck to your friends picture Tim. It's probably my favourite of the remaining 12.

SilverPenguin · 20 Sep 2009 at 21:12

MK, I do believe I picked up your pile of 4 as I remember all of them!

Messiah Khan · 21 Sep 2009 at 07:56

SilverPenguin said:
MK, I do believe I picked up your pile of 4 as I remember all of them!

Hehe. Out of interest, do you know how far they got through the selection process?

SilverPenguin · 21 Sep 2009 at 22:04

Messiah Khan said:
Hehe. Out of interest, do you know how far they got through the selection process?

Once they made it in to our final 3000 I don't know how close they came within that selection to being picked. Although being on the table right near the end suggests pretty far