WINNERS ROUND JulSep20

WINNERS
ROUND JUL-SEP 2020

CLOSURE VIDEO SUMMARY

scroll down the page for full details about Round Jul-Sep 2020 jury, winners, & finalists.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY!

• We thank all PHOTOGRAPHERS submitting photos.
• We thank all online VOTERS voting photos.
• We thank the JURY Members for their time and dedication.
• We thank our PARTNERS for their help and support.

ALL the photos we received ARE AMAZING, without exception!, but regrettably only one can win in each category.
If your photo has not won, DON’T BE SAD! .

Next Round is already open : show the world your talent (…and luck).

ENTER Round Oct-Dec https://contest.lucamemorial.org

Scroll down this page to learn about the Winners and Finalists in each category.
ENJOY THE VIEW!

BRIEF ℹ️ SUMMARY ABOUT LUCA MEMORIAL CONTEST

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This photo contest is for CAVING or CANYONING sport photos taken during the current year (2020).

The contest runs CONTINUOUSLY at https://contest.lucamemorial.org/ :

– every 3 months WINNERS are picked (STANDARD ROUND)

– in ADDITION, there is an ANNUAL FINAL ROUND where all winners and finalists of previous rounds compete for the absolute PHOTO of the YEAR.

Participants can SUBMIT photos or VOTE for photos in each category

– VOTING: everybody can vote for the photos on the gallery. (at https://contest.lucamemorial.org/ in upper menu ‘Gallery’)

– SUBMITTING PHOTOS: There are 5 Categories where you can submit photos (at https://contest.lucamemorial.org/ in upper menu ‘Submit’)

There are currently 5 CATEGORIES

– [1] Cave EXPLORATIONS & [2] Canyon EXPLORATIONS

You need to be making a first descent of a Cave/Canyon branch, or document publicly for the first time a known Cave/Canyon route access that was publicly undocumented before.

– [3] Caving MEETINGS & [4] Canyoning MEETINGS

You need to be participating in an official meeting for Caving or Canyoning.

– [5] “W·O·W!” for Caving and Canyoning photos

IF you are not making a new exploration, nor participating in a meeting, BUT you have Caving or Canyoning photos that are amazing, stunning or adventurous and can make a standard audience say “Wow!”, THEN you can submit them in this category.

There are PRIZES for: ( Click here to see detailed PRIZES TABLE).

– PHOTOGRAPHERS who submitted the winning photos

– online VOTERS who voted for the winning photos

– MEETING ORGANIZATIONS where the winning photos were taken.

FREE participation. Beginner photographers and mobile photography are welcome.

Winning photos selected by a Jury among photos taken during the current year (2020) with 5 or more public votes.

Learn more about the Contest. Read CONTEST PRESENTATION here

Competing in annual contest: 27 Countries

Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Germany,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Panama,
Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA, Venezuela

JURY MEMBERS

Below the Jury Members that evaluated Round Jul-Sep 2020.
They took a great effort and much of their precious time to evaluate all the amazing photos received.

MANY THANKS TO ALL OF THEM!

(click on image to learn more about the Jury Memebers)

CATEGORY: CAVE EXPLORATIONS

Below the best 15 photos scored and ranked by the Jury.
WINNER: #1 photo
FINALISTS: #2…#15 photos
Winner and finalists get access to FINAL ROUND.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM!

CATEGORY FINALISTS: #2...#15

#2 Romain VENOT
France 🇫🇷

#3 Romain VENOT
France 🇫🇷

#4 Ekulak
Turkey 🇹🇷

#5 Georg Radu Taffet
Germany 🇩🇪

#6 Ekulak
Turkey 🇹🇷

#7 Nikoaurantiaca
Spain 🇪🇸

#8 Georg Radu Taffet
Germany 🇩🇪

#9 Vittorio Crobu
Italy 🇮🇹

#10 Romain VENOT
France 🇫🇷

#11 Antonio Llufriu
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

#12 Antonio Llufriu
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

#13 Antonio Llufriu
United Kingdom 🇬🇧

#14 Ekulak
Turkey 🇹🇷

#15 Luca Castellani
Italy 🇮🇹

CONTEST FINALISTS #2...#15 (text list)

#2 Romain VENOT, France
#3 Romain VENOT, France
#4 Ekulak, Turkey
#5 Georg Radu Taffet, Germany
#6 Ekulak, Turkey
#7 Nikoaurantiaca, Spain
#8 Georg Radu Taffet, Germany
#9 Vittorio Crobu, Italy
#10 Romain VENOT, France
#11 Antonio Llufriu, UK
#12 Antonio Llufriu, UK
#13 Antonio Llufriu, UK
#14 Ekulak, Turkey
#15 Luca Castellani, Italy

CATEGORY WINNER #1!!!

<i><u>Vittorio Crobu </u></i><br> ITALY 🇮🇹

Vittorio Crobu
ITALY 🇮🇹

I have been practicing speleology for 30 years, currently president of the Supramonte Project Speleological association, I practice typically exploratory activity in the deepest caves of Sardinia and in the large karst systems of the island. I am part of the La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche association with which I participate and organize exploratory expeditions in various parts of the world from ice to tropical forests. The great passion for photography, cinematography, caves and extreme environments, led me to be part of the "ESA CAVES" project, a training in the cave in which astronauts from all over the world participate, organized by the European space agency. I have made various photographic books and contributed to other editorial works as a photographer and author of articles. Winner of various photographic and video awards, my photos are often in scientific articles in Italy or abroad in specialized magazines of photography, caves and nature.

HOW WAS THE PHOTO TAKEN?:

The photo was taken with a fixed 15mm lens mounted on a Sony A7RM2, crossing the tunnels of the "Underground River" on the island of Palawan in the Philippines, one of the largest underground estuaries in the world. During the exploratory phases of the expedition organized between February and March 2020, we had to recover precious temperature sensors left in specific points from the previous expedition, important data for a focused study on the dynamics of the cave, where there is a unique ecosystem. The particularly favorable conditions of good weather and low tide have given us crystal clear waters in over four kilometers of navigation on the Bancas, typical rocker boats. In the darkness, each shot impressed surprising images, within this three-dimensional path made of reflections and colors in which we seemed to get lost.

CATEGORY online VOTER WINNER:

The winner photo #1 was voted by 8 online voteres.
We run a random draw (kind like a lottery) among who voted for #1 WINNER PHOTO
(random draw certificate here)

And the online VOTER winner of Cave Explorations is…..

<i><u>Ada De Matteo</u></i><br> ITALY 🇮🇹

Ada De Matteo
ITALY 🇮🇹

Ada cast 4 votes during the Jul-Sep Contest.
"I decided to vote this photo because I was fascinated by the colors, the good equilibrium between light and darkness and the ability to take such sharp photo with a long exposure with the subjects of the photo stationed on aboat in a river."