TO-TUSCANY ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION

Congratulations to Lesley Lodge who was our 2008 photo competition winner with her entry "I think its this way".
Lesley received a hamper of Tuscan goodies for Christmas.

All the entries to this years photo competition (and also to last years competition) can be seen on the Flickr website. You can add your comments to the photos too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuscany-competition/

The 2009 photo competition is open again from January, we love receiving all the photos so please keep sending them.

Competition 1- General Tuscany Photos
There are no set categories for the general photocompetition, you can send in copies of anything that reminds you of your holiday (to a maximum of 5 photos). Towards the end of the year, the To Tuscany team will pick a winner and two runners up from all the entries. The winner will receive a hamper of Tuscan specialities.

Please email your entries (maximum of 5) to dympna@to-tuscany.com All winners and runners up will be notified directly and all photos will be displayed on the web, details of which will be announced in the newsletter and on the To Tuscany website. To Tuscany reserves the right to use any of the images submitted on their own website or for promotional purposes.

Competition 2 - Landscapes of Tuscany (Photo & Videos)
We’d love it if you shared your tuscany landscape photos & videos, so start posting them to our tuscan landscape flickr group! Go to http://www.flickr.com/groups/tuscany-landscapes/

We have a winner!
Congratulations to Frank Brauner who is the winner of our 2008 Landscapes of Tuscany Competition with his fantastic photo of the rolling landscape in Val d'Orcia: Il Podere.



Frank received a hamper with Tuscan specialties.

All the entries were judged by the Tuscany-based photographer David Hoptman. David has been a commercial and fine art photographer for more than twenty-three years and teaches photography workshops from his studio in Viterbo in Southern Tuscany. You can visit his website and portfolio at www.davidhoptman.com . Here is what he had to say about the winning photo:

“I felt that this image best captured the feeling of the Tuscan Countryside. The simple composition sits well with the foreground mid and background working harmoniously together. The single country stone house and green ground that pervades the image with tree line following the easy curve of the hill top gives this image a sensual elegance. A very poetic image… CONGRATS TO FRANK BAUNER.

There were many great examples to choose from making the final choice difficult. Best to all of you that took the time to participate in the photo contest … BEST DAVID HOPTMAN”