Amateur Photographer

Amateur Photographer of the Year

Round One Mad about mono

Neil Leatham gets us off to a great start in this year's APOY, winning Mad About Mono with his original still life. This year, category winners can choose their own prize of up to £1,000 in value (based on SIGMA's RRP). For those who shoot landscapes, there's the versatile SIGMA 24-35mm F2 DG HSM | Art (RRP £949.99). Alternatively, for candids, the SIGMA 40mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art (RRP £1,099.99) provides the ideal focal length, with its wide aperture making it ideal for shooting in low light.

1 Neil Leatham UK 30pts

Sony Alpha 77 II, 100-300mm at 105mm, 30sec at f/11, ISO 50

A resoundingly popular image, all the judges loved the ingenuity and originality of this still-life composition, which uses Post-it Notes on their sides to create a paper flower, and appreciated how long it must have taken to

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