Het Perfecte Plaatje: the final in Oman
Wednesday 18 December 2019, 23:23 by Elja Trum | 5,498 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Tonight was the final of Het Perfecte Plaatje. In this last episode, the two remaining finalists travelled to Oman. There, they were given three assignments before the winner was announced in the Netherlands.
Welcoming portrait
The first assignment was to take a portrait that clearly showed Oman to be a welcoming country. Jamie and Kees had an hour and a half for this in the capital of Oman.
For this assignment, they used the Canon EOS 6D mark II with the 50mm f/1.8 STM lens, but in this final they were allowed to choose which equipment they wanted to use each time.
Kees won this assignment with his photo of a barber's shop. In my view, it is a good photo too, although it does not really make it clear that it is Oman, of course.
In that respect, the woman who had dressed up as the flag of Oman had more 'Oman' in her photo.
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Goat market
The second assignment was to make a diptych at a goat market. Jamie and Kees had to get out of bed on time for this, because the market started at 5 a.m. Early, but the light was naturally very beautiful as a result.
Once again, the finalists chose the Canon EOS 6D for this assignment, this time with the 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS III (Jamie) and the 16-35mm f/2.8L III (Kees) lenses.
In my view, both candidates were actually pretty evenly matched during these assignments in the final. They were both doing well. The jury thought so too, as could be seen from their reviews.
Road trip
The final assignment was to capture a road trip through the desert. Both candidates were given a jeep and a guide and were allowed to capture the country in a series of three photos. I think that was a great assignment to get.
Once again, both chose the 6D as their camera and used the 70-200mm and the 16-35mm. Kees also appears to have used the Canon EOS RP for one photo. The guest judge was Arno Kantelberg, editor-in-chief of the Dutch edition of National Geographic.
They both managed to take some lovely photos during the road trip. Jamie won this series, making him the winner of the fourth season of Het Perfecte Plaatje.
Golden tips
Canon has also posted a video on their YouTube channel with the golden tips given by the guest judges this season.
About the author
Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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