You do not actually need a brand new digital camera – a $200,000 photograph prize was simply gained with this previous Canon DSLR

Essentially the most profitable photograph contest on the earth has awarded its prime prize – an eye-watering $200,000 – to Liping Cao of China for his monochrome picture of a distant wind farm on the shores of a freshwater lake in Australia (see beneath).

The judges of the HIPA Sustainability, which is now in its thirteenth yr, and which this yr put up a record-high $1 million prize pot to be shared among the many winners, selected Quiet Energy, which depicts a wind farm in 2021 on a then-dried-out Lake George in New South Wales, Australia, as the general winner.

What’s most stunning about Liping’s feat is the digital camera he used to take his profitable photograph – a Canon DSLR.

The digital camera in query shouldn’t be even one of many best DSLRs, however a 12-year-old Canon EOS 5D Mark III – a full-frame DSLR that you could choose up secondhand from round $300 from the likes of KEH in the US or round £325 from MPB in the UK, although you will pay somewhat extra if you need one which’s in wonderful situation.

Liping paired the EOS 5D Mark III with the EF 24-105mm F4L IS USM, a flexible zoom lens that again within the day could possibly be bought with the camera as a part of a package – a mixture that is simply reasonably priced for fanatics.

The profitable picture was shot in colour after which transformed to black and white as a result of it “exhibits extra ranges of element and is extra appropriate for experiencing environmental affect,” stated Liping.

DSLR for the win