Hilary Hann Takes 3 Golds and 1 Silver Distinction in National competition [Archive] - BirdPhotographers.net

Steve Uffman

05-26-2012, 11:45 AM

Hilary's amazing talent and landscapes continues to win acclaim. 4 of her prints were judged last week in the National competition in Australia. How did she do? 3 Golds and 1 Silver with distinction. and there may be more to come with the awards dinner Monday night. Thanks Hilary for sharing and inspiring us all!

Don Lacy

05-26-2012, 12:40 PM

Congrats Hilary, Steve do you have a link to the images

Steve Uffman

05-26-2012, 01:13 PM

I am not sure exactly which 4 she picked as so many are just incredible....I love the scale, the textures, colors, content and how she sometimes breaks traditional composition rules to enhance the "bigness of Africa" landscapes.

Here is the link to one of their websites that contains links to both wildlife arts studio and their Atkins Photography business... I also emailed Hilary that I had posted her accolades and hopefully she will share the outstanding images.

http://www.wildlifeartstudio.com.au/

Rachel Hollander

05-26-2012, 01:23 PM

Hilary - Congratulations and well done! Looking forward to hearing of more successes on Monday night. Steve, thanks for letting us know. You might want to ask one of the mods to move this from landscapes to the General Photography forum. It will probably be more widely seen there.

Congrats again Hilary!

Steve Uffman

05-26-2012, 01:29 PM

Hilary - Congratulations and well done! Looking forward to hearing of more successes on Monday night. Steve, thanks for letting us know. You might want to ask one of the mods to move this from landscapes to the General Photography forum. It will probably be more widely seen there.

Congrats again Hilary!

Gotcha....was not sure which one but figured someone would point me in the right direction....Mods? can you move it?

Hilary Hann

05-26-2012, 05:06 PM

Thanks Steve, totally unexpected and I feel very humbled by your kind words. Don, these images aren't on my website yet as I don't post them until their competition life cycle is over, however, a couple were posted on BPN for c&c when under development (OOTB) and I will attach a link later. Still have a bit to get through here in Melbourne.

Hilary Hann

05-26-2012, 06:01 PM

And thanks Rachel, I didn't mean to ignore your comment, my brain is just a bit mushy.

dankearl

05-26-2012, 07:27 PM

Hillary, completely deserved I am sure, I enjoy everything you post here. Congratulations.
Your passion, respect and appreciation of the environment shows in every picture.
I look forward to see the winning photos.

Morkel Erasmus

05-27-2012, 08:01 AM

Big congrats Hilary!! Now you have no excuse for not posting more images in the Landscapes forum! :bg3:

Hazel Grant

05-27-2012, 08:22 AM

Wow,Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Biggest Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hilary Hann

05-27-2012, 04:51 PM

Thanks Morkel and Hazel. Appreciate the support. Have to fly back to Melbourne for the awards tonight so feeling highly stressed. Not at all comfortable in this kind of spotlight.

Morkel, I have some landscapes lined up, just been a bit frantic. :S3:

Cheryl Slechta

05-27-2012, 08:22 PM

BIG congratulations, Hilary. Enjoy your moment tonight:S3:

Hilary Hann

05-27-2012, 10:19 PM

Thanks Cheryl. Sitting at the airport waiting for my flight and hoping that I haven't forgotten anything.

Ofer Levy

05-28-2012, 07:23 AM

WOW! Fantastic news! Big congratulations Hilary!

Marina Scarr

05-28-2012, 09:11 AM

Huge congratulations, Hillary!!! Looking forward to seeing the images.

Humberto Ramos

05-30-2012, 04:56 AM

Congrats Hilary, also want to view the images...

Hilary Hann

05-30-2012, 06:49 AM

Thanks Humberto, I've posted a link under this thread
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/99020-Hilary-Hann-just-got-the-news-She-won-the-Australian-fine-art-photographer-of-the-year!

Also, all the category winners are now listed on the AIPP APPA blog
http://www.appa.aippblog.com/?page_id=2599

Have a look at Darren Jew's spectacular under water wildlife images, amazing work.

Steve Kaluski

05-30-2012, 04:32 PM

About time too Hilary, just think back at those emails, PMs & discussions and finding your way, well big congrats, well deserved. So whats the next challenge?

BTW How is Terry? LOL
Well done and have a few tiniess on me. :cheers:

Hilary Hann

05-30-2012, 04:57 PM

LOL Steve! Terry did well too, a silver distinction with the wildebeest shot I didn't get ... Grrrrr. But I did offer advice with pp even though I was thinking about whether I should or not. :t3
He managed another 2 silvers so as a family we can't grizzle about the results. At the banquet I didn't drink anything whilst all around me the stars of Australian photography got messy. A short video on my FB page shows a little.

Harshad Barve

05-31-2012, 06:04 AM

Congrats Hilary!

Kerry Perkins

05-31-2012, 09:11 AM

Wonderful news Hilary and big-time congratulations! Great to see you getting the recognition you deserve. :bg3: