In my previous post I mentioned some success I had last year in the Practical Photography Magazine 2008 Photographer of the Year competition. Spurred on by this I decided to enter the 2009 competition. The competition runs all year with the first round consisting of 8 themed rounds from which 10 photographers progress, leaving just 80 photographers from thousands of entries to progress to round 2.

Back in May this year I entered the 5th heat of round 1, which was the macro photography heat. I’m very pleased I took the trouble as I bagged first place with a shot of some drinking straws I’d taken a while before. Not only did I get the kudos of winning the heat, but also bagged myself a very nice Nikon D300 camera (thank you very much)! Being a Canon man this quickly lead to some EBay action, but the resulting funds were of course very welcome.

Keep an eye out for a post coming soon with details on how I did in round 2 of the competition. You can see a screen shot of the magazine page here. There’s also a blog post on Photoanswers.co.uk (Practical Photography Magazines web site) about the macro round results here.