Thank you for many applications this year.

Just as in the normal year, I have appealed deeply and impressed the numerous works that looked impressive.

Although this is the photo exhibition that celebrated the tenth time this time, every time we repeat, the number of excellent works is increasing also for technology and artistic, there are also compositions and subjects also devised, and the judges all together Discussions with enthusiasm in Madrid were exchanged.

Although it is the "Starry Sky Cafe Hokuto" of the Excellence Award, it has high technology points and art points, and it was finished as a very beautiful celestial photograph even compared to other works.

For the winning "Hokuto no Kuni" "Dinosaur Museum and Big Dipper" I think that the Big Dipper and the subject are a perfect match with the subject.

Although it was a little complicated to the result that most of the prizes did not contain that concept, in addition to the difficulty of taking a picture of Hokuto's water fountain, there were many photographers who missed the shutter opportunity because of many rainy weather Is not it.

Many wonderful works as celestial photographs were also seen, but with the seasonal position relationship of the stars, knowledge to shoot the night sky beautifully, above all, the thought of wanting to hold the moment that no one saw , I think that I was wandering around the starlit skies around Japan, I truly admire its execution power and obsession.

While many photographs were taken with high-performance single lens reflex, the work demonstrated that a compact digital camera can take pictures that can not be defeated was a member of the committee who previously wrote a column in a bulletin. Although it is a heavenly body picture with a high threshold, recently it seems that it is becoming easy to take even using a smartphone and a dedicated application, so it will be a day to see works that have not been seen by anyone yet maybe.

Works of the winners will be posted at this museum this year and will also be exhibited at the digital signage at the entrance to the Sea Road Makinakado.