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NEW ZEALAND ALPINE CLUB

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

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

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