Landscape Photographer of the Year 2023

There is an amusing tale to go alongside Stu's runner-up placing, but I'll let him tell you :ROFLMAO:
 
I wasn't initially going to enter, but ended up changing my mind, I only entered 2 images, 1 got in. The awards evening was pleasant enough (cracking views from the terrace), but for the love of god, when someone is stood up and talking please have the common decency to shut the f*** up and not continue your private conversation loudly, Rant over!

There seems to be a decent spread of images this year and enough variety, there are a few repeat compositions but nowhere near as many as in previous years. I think there are 5 or 6 shots from Hampshire in there (a true hotbed of Landscape potential!) and I never thought I'd see Andover and Fareham in the LPOTY book, so it just goes to show you don't need to live near stunning coastal or mountain scenery for your work to be recognised!



And added to that everyone got a free copy of the book (I guess they really couldn't not do it this year, seeing as the event was held in the book publishers staff restaurant) , talking of which pretty much all the images get a double page treatment.
 
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I enlarged the blizzard London cab image and looks like at least the car ==> the number plate *could be AI generated*. A minimum of bad PhotoAI job all the way to full or part generators output in worst case. It definitely doesn't look right to my eyes

For full disclosure haven't submitted anything... for years so I don't have any vested interest in it other than the fact I'm getting sick of AI fakery.
 
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LongLensPhotography said:
I enlarged the blizzard London cab image and looks like at least the car ==> the number plate *could be AI generated*. A minimum of bad PhotoAI job all the way to full or part generators output in worst case. It definitely doesn't look right to my eyes

For full disclosure haven't submitted anything... for years so I don't have any vested interest in it other than the fact I'm getting sick of AI fakery.
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Expressions and Impressions of the Landscape​

In this category, digital manipulation is allowed.
This category aims to encourage creativity and a more conceptual approach. It is also for images where post-production adjustments have exceeded those allowed in the rules for the other categories.
 
ecoleman said:

Expressions and Impressions of the Landscape​

In this category, digital manipulation is allowed.
This category aims to encourage creativity and a more conceptual approach. It is also for images where post-production adjustments have exceeded those allowed in the rules for the other categories.
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Does AI generation fall within the meaning of "digital manipulation"? This is important question because it has very big implications for all us in particular.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
Does AI generation fall within the meaning of "digital manipulation"? This is important question because it has very big implications for all us in particular.
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I agree with you. AI has no place in a photography competition but there is no mention of AI at all in their T&C so I guess unless / until they explicitly ban it, it's fair game, at least in that category.

I've entered this competition a couple of times and they do ask for raw files so perhaps it's down to how much of the image is a photograph and how much is digital manipulation, AI or not.

I do agree that the number plate doesn't look right and the tail lights don't match either.
 
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I’ve just had my copy delivered. There are some lovely shots and a good mix of different styles.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
I enlarged the blizzard London cab image and looks like at least the car ==> the number plate *could be AI generated*. A minimum of bad PhotoAI job all the way to full or part generators output in worst case. It definitely doesn't look right to my eyes

For full disclosure haven't submitted anything... for years so I don't have any vested interest in it other than the fact I'm getting sick of AI fakery.
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I've known Terry for years, and there is no way he would resort to AI trickery. He drives a cab and has the camera mounted on his dashboard, has been taking images from his cab using various techniques for as long as I've known him.

On the subject of AI, you've got to understand that the likes of PS and LR have been utilising forms of AI for for years. It's more powerful now than it has ever been, but, for example, if you've ever used a clone stamp tool or healing tool, then you've been using basic AI.
 
LongLensPhotography said:
I enlarged the blizzard London cab image and looks like at least the car ==> the number plate *could be AI generated*. A minimum of bad PhotoAI job all the way to full or part generators output in worst case. It definitely doesn't look right to my eyes
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Christ lad you need to broaden your photographic horizons if you think a photographer of the calibre of Terry Gibbins would use AI, jeesh.
 
A lot of controversy about this now with winners saying they were never told and missing the ceremony and some of the winning images not in the book.

See Stuart on YT.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYP74Y2_I88


Mind you, I did flag at the top of this thread that Stuart was the overall runner up. Did he miss this?
 
This popped up on Facebook today

"From Charlie Waite
I write to you belatedly, but I wanted to fully understand and reflect on the issues that we have had with the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition this year. Firstly, and most importantly, I am sorry. Truly sorry. LPOTY has not delivered to its high standards this year, and I am now acutely aware of the communications breakdown with some of you during and after the judging process. There have been a number of considered responses from rightfully disappointed photographers about the status of their entries and their position within the awards and commendations. It is especially to those photographers, who missed the opportunity to be fully recognised, that I owe the most sincere apology.
There are mitigating factors that have affected this year’s competition. However, as the founder, I must not fall back on excuses, and I take full responsibility. If the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition can continue next year, I promise that I will do everything I possibly can to provide those of you that enter with the professional delivery of the competition that you deserve. Its reputation as one of the best photography competitions is built on your support and the high quality of your submissions that honour and reveal the truly wonderful, diverse landscapes of the UK to a global audience.
If I am given the opportunity to say one thing, it is this: I founded LPOTY sixteen years ago, born out of a deep reverence for landscape photography and photographers alike. My overwhelming desire was then and is now to celebrate and honour the beauty of the world in which we live and to share this passion amongst as wide an audience as possible. I have devoted my life to this endeavour. LPOTY, thanks to the wonderful support of the landscape photography community who shares this passion, has produced what I believe is a wonderful reference for celebrating Britain’s landscapes. Furthermore, in its sixteen years, I hope that it has promoted and possibly even helped to launch the careers of many talented landscape photographers, giving them the exposure and recognition they so richly deserve. I realise that, despite these achievements which stretch far beyond what I might have hoped for all those years ago, maintaining LPOTY’s reputation for the highest standard of landscape photography competitions requires greater vigilance and care than was applied this year. I now want to return the competition to where it should be with a new team and a desperate desire not to let you down again.
I hope you will consider being part of this extraordinary journey again.
Hugely disappointed with what has happened this year, I can only apologise sincerely to all of you again.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
Charlie"
 
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