[Amy Davies]

Hi everyone,

Just to clear up some confusion for you:

Some people were asked for hi-res shots automatically, but while waiting for them to come in the judges were able to use the original shots that were uploaded. To save huge files being sent to us when the judging had already happened, we disabled this for some people.

For many people, their images were placed on the shortlist *without* a hi-res version being requested because their original image was big/clear enough for the judges to tell.

As this week goes on, more and more hi-res image requests will be received as the competition progresses past the shortlist. The shortlist itself will start to be revealed from this Friday onwards, if your images do not appear on this shortlist then you will officially be out of the running.

Hope all that makes sense, and any questions please do drop us a line.

Good luck everyone!

Amy