Out of the total of 385 entries, the winners were selected after strict examination.
Masao Torii: Photographer / Hideo Iida: Deputy Director of NHK Nagoya Broadcasting Station / Kouichi Kaneko: NEXCO CENTRAL President (No special order, no title)
Shin-Tomei Expwy was also opened to traffic in April for 162 km, and became a big topic in 2012. In the photo contest, which has celebrated its 6th year, in addition to the existing “Expressway and Landscapes Throughout the Four Seasons” section, a new “Shin-Tomei Expwy and Landscapes” section has been newly established. I was allowed to.
As the number of applications increases, the number of applications increases, and I feel the interest in this photo contest.
The top prize in the two categories was Kazunari Kojima's Special Training in Midsummer. Or would be Yahagi, regatta of training galloping to increase the speed of the midsummer of the cool river, back and have a good time at your own pace is a rowing feet beside it, such Yahagi greatly across Tokai-Kanjo Expwy. People's lives are well captured in a large-scale landscape. The award-winning Mr. Tomohiro Saito's “Southern Minami Komagatake Mountains,” where the ever-changing golden light that would otherwise be encountered only in the early morning, was photographed in the extreme cold. The harsh winter ChuoExpwy is beautiful.
Mr. Naoto Fukuda's `` Midsummer New Suzuka Pass '' is an early morning or evening in the summer, the light hitting the pier in the low sun hours is interesting, and the appearance of logistics trucks etc. on the Shinmeijin Shin-Meishin Expwy leading to the tunnel is very calm. It's a peaceful photo.
Mr. Niwa Yoshikata's `` Summer Oasis '' combines the ferris wheel at Kawashima PA on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expwy with a looped road, and puts it in an interesting configuration that makes it possible to ride on the ferris wheel while riding the car You. Is it just like a wide lens?
Takeshi Otaka's “Shining in the Sunset” won the NEXCO CENTRAL Special Award in the Shin-Tomei Expressway category. Shin-Tomei Expressway scenery diverging into NEOPASA Hamamatsu, a service area of Shintomei, has become a delicious photo by taking together the sunset just before sunset. The "large group" of Masami Murakami, who won the Excellence Award in the New Shin-Tomei Expressway section, was probably taken when the event was opened to marathon runners as a commemorative event at the opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway. It is a masterpiece that colorful wear continues endlessly. Such a photograph can never be taken again in the future, just a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
"Shining in the early morning of Ms. Mieko Sato Shin-Tomei Expressway" the top Beyond the Mount Fuji, grand tea plantation is in front of the hill, as in Shin-Tomei Expressway the Excellence Award in the large photo of the scale that has been arranged in an interesting configuration. Mr. Katsumata Morihiro's `` Beyond '' is Mt.Fuji who left a slight tone in the sky after sunset, the beauty of the trajectory of the light of the car running through the dark area at the foot of it, an orthodox method, but sharpened Excellent technical abilities, such as composition and exposure, won an excellent award.
In both divisions, there were many fine works and winning works, and the jury was very prosperous.
We look forward to receiving many applications from a wide range of generations next time.
(Masao Torii)