Image of the Year 2007
Advancing Rain, Quiraing, Isle of Skye by Tad Moyseowicz
The Digital Dawn's approach is to teach landscape photographers the essential technical and creative skills needed to capture the moment when weather, light and timing all align themselves to produce the ingredients for a unique and individual image. But there is still something extra, an additional ingredient that we all strive to bring to our image making...and that is to capture the essence of the landscape we are in.
Tad Moyseowicz's Advancing Rain image above has that essential quality...it has captured the essence of the Isle of Skye and perhaps that is the reason why it received the most votes in our annual competition and earned Tad a £500 voucher towards another course.
Naturally, the location and composition are of great importance, but they alone do not guarantee success. Ultimately, the image has to create a strong response in the person who looks at it. As one photographer who voted for Tad's image said: "I have been to Skye and this picture captures so well the way the weather can change in a moment. To describe the scenery so completely with one image is pretty special. The clarity of light and just the hint of colour are awesome. I can almost feel the weather!"
Nearly 500 viewers voted in this year's competition and there was not a single image among the 33 contenders that did not receive someone's vote, which says a lot about the overall standard of the photography. Other images that collected a large number of votes were No 4 David Jenkins's Before The Dawn at Dunstanburgh and No 13 Dawn Calm, Lower Breakish, Isle of Skye by Joe Bowes.
1: Golden Dawn, Bamburgh, Northumberland by Brian Clark
2: Turning Tide, Craster, Northumberland by Bruce Taylor
3: Curve in the Swale, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales by Graham Meek
4: Before The Dawn, Dunstanburgh, Northumberland by David Jenkins
5: Above the Falls, Crackpot, Yorkshire Dales by Neil Bryce
6: Mist and Mellow Fruitfulness, Hawes End, Lake District by Margaret Harding
7: After the Flood, Wain Wath Force, Yorkshire Dales by Mark Saunders
8: October Dawn, Lower Breakish, Isle of Skye by Tad Moyseowicz
9: Cross Woods, Hawes End, Lake District by Coralin Harrison
10: Blencathra Blue, Derwentwater, Lake District by Linda Jackson
11: Unique Landscape, Quiraing, Isle of Skye by Joe Bowes
12: Liquid Amber, Wain Wath Force, Yorkshire Dales by Aynsley Halligan
13: Dawn Calm, Lower Breakish, Isle of Skye by Joe Bowes
14: Purple Shade, Brunton House garden, Northumberland by Shelagh Wooster
16: Hidden Depths, Embleton Bay, Northumberland by Melanie Bell
17: Still Reflection, Derwentwater, Lake District by Eleanor Coate
18: Wave of Light, Elgol, Isle of Skye by Richard Smith
19: Subtle Colour and Firs, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales by Russell Turner
20: Blue for Gold, Wain Wath Force, Swaledale by Paul Barham
21: Sunset on the Sand, Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye by Ken Trevor
22: The Exception, Buttermere, Lake District by Chris Wragg
23: Skye Blue, Lower Breakish, Isle of Skye by Tad Moyseowicz
24: Cascade, East Gill Force, Yorkshire Dales by Tim Harris
25: First Rays, Dunstanburgh, Northumberland by Christine Forsyth
26: Route to the Sea, Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye by Joe Bowes
27: Green & Blacks, Bamburgh, Northumberland by Matt Bell
28: Light in the Dark, Neist Point, Isle of Skye by Richard Smith
29: Hawthorn Hollow, East Gill Force, Yorkshire Dales by Mark Saunders
30: Last light on Skiddaw, Lake District by Linda Jackson
31: Rowan berries in the Rain, Wain Wath Force, Yorkshire Dales by Gordon Gibbons
32: Dark Sand, Golden Pool, Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye by Bob Evans
33: Autumn Hues, Derwentwater, Lake District by Chris Harrison