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My 10 year old son Ashley received a letter in the mail today, indicating he had won first prize in the "Plant and Animal Habitats" category for Years 4 to 7 of Chevron Australia's Focus Environment photography competition.

As can be expected, he was pretty excited about the win, and is looking forward to the presentation ceremony in October.

Here's his winning photo, taken in our back yard with one of my favourite lenses, the Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens:

explorative spider
explorative spider
photo by Ashley, aged 10
back yard, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 100mm f/2.8 macro @100mm, 1/125 sec, f/11, ISO200


Update (19 October 2009): We attended a presentation evening on 15 October, where Ashley received a certificate, and a cheque for $200, as well as $1500 for his school.
All the winning photos from the 2009 competition have now been published on Chevron's website, and the winning entries for each of the categories can be seen on these pages:
        People and the Environment
        Nature's Moods
        Plant and Animal Habitats
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Comments:
Adrian wrote at 2009-09-25 08:23

Well done on the win Ashley. With such a great photo, it is no doubt you won the competition!

Sam wrote at 2009-09-25 09:51

Congratulations Ashley. Thats an excellent photo.

tolu wrote at 2009-11-01 01:27

What wonderful creamy dof, love the contrast between the purple and green. Lovely work.

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