The judging of these photos has caused a good deal of discussion and a bit of healthy disagreement as we asked ourselves, “How do you judge a Photo competition?”
At first we thought that perhaps we should call in a professional photographer to be our Judge, and they could look at things like photo composition, technical qualities and looking for the overall best photo.
However, the more we discussed it, the more we felt we should choose photos that captured a unique view of trekking in the Andes – what makes Andes treks special, or what makes Apus special. That is, the ability of the photo to tell a story.
It was a difficult decision – and congratulations to everyone that entered.
Here are the winners:
Overall Best picture: Julie Rosicky – Best Trek Memory – Julie Rosicky writes, “Attached is my favorite photo as a lot of effort went into to taking it. It was the last day of the Ausangate trek (August 4th or 5th?) and we saw the horses silloutted against the quickly setting sun- we were trying to capture them and ben (my youngest) had this idea to lie down on the ground to get the camera still enough to get the shot. Then Domingo offered to take the photo with my camera- so that is me standing there with the horse, taken by Domingo… We had a great time getting this one right, esp. as we were losing daylight quickly!
