This morning I received an email from the judging panel of the IGPOTY (International Garden Photographer of the Year) to notify me that three of my photos reached the final round of judging in their 2011 competition! The three photos were 'Sunset Promenade', 'Rock, Paper, Mushroom' and 'Peeping Through Foliage', the latter which recently won the Edinburgh University Photographic Society's 2012 competition. Having been an IGPOTY finalist in 2010 with my photograph 'Three Chinese Swallowtails in a Line' and a semi-finalist with 'Alien Encounter' and 'Hawker Nymph', getting this news is another huge confidence boost. But I must try harder!
