My Christmas came early this year. I’m chuffed to announce that I won October’s Guardian ‘Been There’ travel photography competition! The theme was ‘Weather’ and I submitted an image of school girls splashing their way through a monsoon puddle.
The judge, Natalie Mayer, said:
“This is a splendid image. Lovely composition, very graphic and striking. Beautifully rendered in black and white. There is stunning movement and feeling in this image. A very well deserved winner; I would like to see more from this photographer.”
Stoked? Short of being published in NatGeo this is a near-impossible achievement. I was shortlisted for their comp a couple of months ago but to win a round is incredible and now puts me in the running for their Travel Photographer of the Year. Not sure I’ll win that but if I do I’m buying everyone a drink. Sod it, have a drink on me anyway, it’s almost Christmas 🙂
Check out the gallery on the Guardian website and feel free to leave a comment on their gallery.
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33 Comments on “Winner of The Guardian’s Monthly Travel Photography Competition”
great news Jamie!! Congratulations!
Congratulations +Jamie Furlong. A deserving winner if you ask me.
A well deserved win +Jamie Furlong , a truly brilliant image, congratulations 🙂
fabulous. well done
Congrats!
Congrats Jamie…. well done
Congratulations +Jamie Furlong .. Very well deserved!
Congratulations! Great image and you beat some strong competition
Thank you +Lucia Segura-Housden +Darren Rye +walter gawronski +Simon Doughty +William Carter +Kev Isabeth +Heiko Mahr and +Andy Burke for all your comments. Really appreciate it.
Congratulations… You deserve something bigger for that snap.
Thanks for saying so, +K Satheesh
Congrats +Jamie Furlong! And it's from my home town Kochi!!!
Taken somewhere south of Fort Cochin, +Sangeeth VS. A common sight in monsoon India!
Well done matey 🙂
Cheers, +Lynda Bowyer!
Congrats +Jamie Furlong Well done.
Thank you, +Petri Olderhvit. As you can imagine I am over the moon!
+Jamie Furlong Heartiest Congratulations, Jamie! Very well deserved recognition! Cheers! 🙂
Congratulations +Jamie Furlong ; I'm very happy for you !
Congratulations +Jamie Furlong, and it's a great photo
Great stuff +Jamie Furlong I am really pleased to see you recieving the recognition your photography skills deserve. 🙂
congratulations Jamie, well deserved! wonderful shot!
Congrats! Totally deserved. I am sure this will go on to win more laurels.
Excellent image +Jamie Furlong For me it stood out from most of the others on the short list. Christmas came early:)
Nice! Well done!
Thanks all for your wonderful comments. Cheers +Véronica Riboulot +Jasbir S. Randhawa +David Randall +Pete Watson +mamo delpero +Sumit Sen +Dennis Freeland +Richard Murphy. Appreciated.
Nice one Jim-Jam! Well done you! National Geographic is not far away. Delightful image.
That’s awesome…but hardly surprising! Ya got skills.
well done Jamie keep up the wonderful work.
Thanks, +Andrew Reddy
Whoot! Whoot! Serious celebration is in order! OK–belated–but here’s one to you, woman! Cheers!
Hi Roody2Shoes, thanks! It wasn’t me, though, it was Jamie who won. You can see more of his photography throughout followtheboat and on his website, http://www.jamiefurlongphotography.com/
Liz
Hi Jamie, I’m Marina, Alex’s friend! When she showed me your amazing body of work I was taken by this image, I thought it was stunning , so I’m chuffed I have the eye for a good photo, ha! The tones are so good & the feeling of joy it emits is superb, but what I really love is the reflection. I think this is why I also liked the image submitted by Burden, I found McDonald’s entry really pleasing, your competition was indeed strong.