Photographic Competition 2010
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NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
The 2010 NZAC Photographic Competition was proudly sponsored by Marmot, Scarpa, Alpine Recreation and Imagelab. These organisations provided awesome prizes this year, to the value of $6000.
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The judges for 2010 were three of New Zealand's premier outdoor photographers: Colin Monteath, Kester Brown and Rob Brown.
2010 NZAC Photocompetition Results
Alpine General (AG)
- John Harrison Memorial Trophy, Champion: Evening light on Dundas ridge, Richard Davies
- Honours: Summit, Mt Ngauruhoe, Richard Young
- Acceptance: Tanzawa range from the summit of Mt Fuji, Andrew Peacock
- Acceptance: Good Morning Malaysia, Nicolas Barth
Alpine Activity (AA)
- Honours: Lionel Clay getting into Hot Water at Wye Creek, Hugh Barnard
- Honours: Aaron Ford hitting hard the Wye Creek ice, guillaume charton
- Acceptance: Sifting, David Poulsen
- Acceptance: Aaron Ford between a rock and fragile ice sending Grey Power, M8, in Wye Creek, Guillaume Charton
- Acceptance: Triumph on a virgin peak, Gemma Woldendorp
Alpine Nature (AN)
- Erica Beuzenberg Trophy, Champion: Up close and personal - fledgling NZ falcon, Donna Falconer
- Honours: Alien landing site ..., Jochen Bind
- Acceptance: Horny short-horned grasshoppers, Nina Dickerhof
- Acceptance: Ranunculus lyalli and West Matukituki Valley, John Barkla
- Acceptance: Alpine Light, Richard Young
- Acceptance: Adélie penguin in evening light, Katja Riedel
- Acceptance: Fog on Fox, Lindsay Froggatt
- Acceptance: Natural Sculpture, Hooker Lake, Tony Rac
- Acceptance: Eisriesenwelt, Sarah Milicich
- Acceptance: NZ falcon in attack mode, Donna Falconer
- Acceptance: Untitled, Gemma Woldendorp
Rockclimbing (RC)
- John Harrison Memorial Trophy, Champion: Back Three, John Palmer
- Honours: Monster Society of Evil, James Morris
- Acceptance: Flash Harry, John Palmer
- Acceptance: Scylla, John Palmer
- Acceptance: Leap or plunge?, Stein Tronstad
- Acceptance: Liquidous Line , James Morris
Humour (HM)
- Acceptance: Priorities, Nina Dickerhof
- Acceptance: Alpinus Palmae, David Poulsen
- Acceptance: Bouldering in the rock, Wouter van Beerschoten
Photojournalism (PJ)
- Acceptance: Wakhi woman milking a yak, Jack Mace
- Acceptance: Rescue off Franz Josef Glacier, Martin London
Youth (YO)
- Champion: The Lost Valley, Claire Lang
- Acceptance: In the Valley of the Shadow of Doubt, Claire Lang
2009 NZAC Photocompetition Results
Overall Champion
- Grandness, Anthony Rac (Harrison Memorial Trophy)
Alpine General
- Champion: Grandness, Anthony Rac
- Honours: Moonrise, Ama Dablam, Andrew Peacock
- Honours: Changeable weather, Kahurangi, John Doogan
- Honours: Land shaped by nature, Christopher Morton
- Honours: Fitz Roy Range, Kester Brown
- Acceptance: Looking towards Lake Lyndon, John Doogan
- Acceptance: View of the Torlesse Range, John Doogan
- Acceptance: Kahurangi, high camp, John Doogan
- Acceptance: Amadablam silouette, Andrew Peacock
- Acceptance: Fyffe Hut, John Doogan
Alpine Activity
- Champion: Tree skiing, British Columbia, Kevin Boekolt (Guide Alack Challenge Cup)
- Acceptance: High on Cook, Anthony Rac
- Accceptance: Hut day, Gerard Smith
- Acceptance: Navigating the Franz, Shane Orchard
- Acceptance: North Shoulder, Robert Frost
- Acceptance: Return from Mt Enys, Timothy Church
- Acceptance: Climber traversing High Peak, Andrei Von Dusschoten
Alpine Nature
- Champion: Sunset view out of icecave, Michal Karnik (Erica Beuzenberg Trophy)
- Honours: Veil over La Perouse, Christopher Morton
- Honours: Intensity, Jochen Bind
- Acceptance: Snow Gentiae, James Lochhead
- Acceptance: Barnett moths, Christopher Matthaei
- Acceptance: Crevasses on the Douglas Neve, Gilbert van Reenan
- Acceptance: Iceland waterfall, Craig Miller
- Acceptance: Lily, Sarah Milicich
- Acceptance: Keas, Mark Watson
Rockclimbing
- Champion: Axel Ballay trying El Ponta, Mallorca, Leon Ducasse
- Honours: Sabina Alieman on Alaska, Sardinia. Andrew Peacock
- Acceptance: Climbing on the wrinkles of the earth, Guillame Charton
- Acceptance: Eat yourself fitter, John Palmer
- Acceptance: Zac attack at Wuthering Heights, Derek Thatcher
- Acceptance: Layla, Paynes Ford, Michal Karnik
- Acceptance: Blood Meridian, James Morris
- Acceptance: Rag doll, Mark Watson
Photojournalism
- Champion: The expedition begins, Mary Hobbs
- Acceptance: Learning from Dad, Shane Orchard
- Acceptance: Map reading at dawn, Pete Cammell
- Acceptance: Homage at Vinces Cross, Antarctica, John Henzell
Humour
- Champion: Playing with a dog, Delphine Comparat
- Acceptance: Look I can fly, Al Uren
- Acceptance: Who dunnit, Donna Falconer
- Acceptance: Third wheel, Michael Lee
Previous competitions
- View 2009 winners
- View 2008 winners
- View 2007 winners
- View 2006 winners
- View 2005 winners
- View 2004 winners
- View 2003 winners
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