Professional and amateur photographers from around the world were invited to enter the fifth International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.
Adam Gibbs from Canada is this year's winner, whose folio submission (of at least 4 images) was selected from nearly 3000 entries from 863 photographers.
What makes a great landscape photographer? Persistence? Experience? Luck? Passion? Adam's portfolio shows a diversity of views, an understanding of light and the expert use of framing and composition.
With sandy aerials to icy mountain locations, the judges liked that Adam’s portfolio demonstrated a range of topics.
What the winner Adam Gibbs had to say
Adam Gibbs lives part-time between New Westminster, British Columbia and Parksville, Vancouver Island, Canada. He was originally inspired by a nature photography book written by John Shaw in the 1980s.
“I’ve been a professional photographer since 1992 and up until 2014, my primary source of income was photographing gardens for gardening publications. Since then I have been a full-time nature photographer.
“Since I'm still a bit old school from the film days, I tend to try and capture the majority of my images in a single frame. I don't have strong views on image manipulation, other than I find more joy in capturing great light and composition on site, rather than creating something that didn't exist when I took the photo.
My love of nature and the outdoors is much stronger than my desire to make images, so for me, pictures taken at the moment have far more integrity and personal meaning than those made later in a computer.
Adam Gibbs, International Landscape POTY
"I generally try to keep the image accurate to form and not use too much post-processing, although when the light is not great, I'll use a few more tricks to bring the best out of an image. I use Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2019 for all of my work.”
Adam is currently using a Nikon D850 along with 14-24mm, 16-35mm, 24-120mm and 70- 200mm lenses.
“And I l love the Breakthrough Photography filters, especially the Dark X4 CPL filters that combine a 3 or 6 stop ND filter with a polariser into one filter.
Shortlisted winners from this year's competition
The awards have two main prizes: the Photograph of the Year is for the best single landscape photograph, while the International Landscape Photographer of the Year requires a set of four images.
The International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2018 also presents 101 exceptional landscape photographs, which have been selected by an experienced judging panel.
For all the details and winners, and the top 101 images, visit the website and download the eBook at www.internationallandscapephotographer.com
