Post by graham on Sept 30, 2019 6:43:03 GMT
Anyone watch this last night? They announced the winning shot, i.e. the one that will adorn the cover, it's a shot of a fieldmouse sat inside a rotting apple, great shot until you realise it was set up in the studio.
I thought the whole essence of Countryfile was "outdoors"? You wait and sometimes have a split second to get the shot, you might be lucky, or you might not be. This shot was set up under lamps, in what looked like a terrarium containing one rotting apple and several fieldmice, she waited for a mouse to climb into the apple then fired off several bursts, of which she presumably chose the best one as her entry.
Apparently the competition rules state that this is acceptable as long as you declare it was a studio shot, but the voting public, many of whom will buy the calendar won't know this, and will assume the winner got her shot by crawling through an orchard in the rotting apples, camera poised ready for the shot, not that I've ever seen a fieldmouse in an orchard anyway. I'm lucky that I live very close to miles of open countryside, and often take my camera out with me. A few weeks ago, pre harvest, a Roe deer stuck its head up above the wheat and I had half a second to get the shot, which I didn't. Surely that's the essence of what should be an entry, assuming of course that you get your shot.
I've entered the competition several times over the years, never got anywhere, and now I suspect I might know why.
Thoughts?
I thought the whole essence of Countryfile was "outdoors"? You wait and sometimes have a split second to get the shot, you might be lucky, or you might not be. This shot was set up under lamps, in what looked like a terrarium containing one rotting apple and several fieldmice, she waited for a mouse to climb into the apple then fired off several bursts, of which she presumably chose the best one as her entry.
Apparently the competition rules state that this is acceptable as long as you declare it was a studio shot, but the voting public, many of whom will buy the calendar won't know this, and will assume the winner got her shot by crawling through an orchard in the rotting apples, camera poised ready for the shot, not that I've ever seen a fieldmouse in an orchard anyway. I'm lucky that I live very close to miles of open countryside, and often take my camera out with me. A few weeks ago, pre harvest, a Roe deer stuck its head up above the wheat and I had half a second to get the shot, which I didn't. Surely that's the essence of what should be an entry, assuming of course that you get your shot.
I've entered the competition several times over the years, never got anywhere, and now I suspect I might know why.
Thoughts?
