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First off I must thank you all for your great support and congratulations! Most of you now know, but for those who do not! Sadly after I put on the photo and email I went to bed, in the morning there was another email letting me know a mistake had been made, I have copied the email below, lucky I was able to stop our local paper from publishing the wrong advice. As the 50 images are now on the website I am not pleased with the colour of the photo, it is nothing like the one I uploaded to them.
Dear Trevor,
Our sincerest apologies, you have recently received an email in error from the World Photography Organisation announcing you were shortlisted in the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition. Your image 'Red Eye Tree Frog Reflection' has actually been commended (top 50) in the Nature & Wildlife Category. The commended gallery will go live on the website by 11pm GMT on 5th February.
Being a commended photographer is an outstanding achievement with over 54,851 images entered from 170 countries and your image stood out to the judges. As a commended photographer, your image will be shown digitally at Somerset House at the Sony World Photography Awards exhibition from 26th April - 12th May, 2013. We would to like to offer you a free access pass to the World Photography Awards exhibition. Your name will be on the door. Please bring ID.
As a commended photographer your image may be used in promotional materials and on our website. We therefore require your image in high resolution.
The high-resolution uploader on our website will be active, as of 10th February and the deadline for uploading your images is 17th February.
All the details we require will be found within the high resolution uploader. Please upload the required images and information here: http://www.worldphoto.org/uploader/
Please log in using your usual email and password.
Please accept our heartfelt apologies for this technical error, we understand the disappointment that this may have caused.
Best regards
WPO Team
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WPO Team
World Photography Organisation
World Photography Awards Limited
Tel: +44 (0)20 7886 3030
www.worldphoto.org
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| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D300S  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 150.0-500.0 mm f/5.0-6.3 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 13 Dec 2012 - 1:10 PM |
| Focal Length: | 270mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.9 |
| Aperture: | f/8.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/180sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1.0 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | Great Tit |
| Username: | 
achieverswales |
| Uploaded: | 7 Feb 2013 - 12:14 AM |
| Tags: | Bird, Great tit, Wildlife / nature |
| Votes: | 56 |
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Super image Trev, excellent colour and detail captured,
Fred.
Another lovely image Trev.
Sony say they understand the disappointment their mistake may have caused you but I doubt that they really do, it's bad management on their part to let that happen, to raise someone's hopes like that then drop a bombshell on them, but look on the bright side, you've still done exceptionally well and for all we know your image may have come in 11th, just missing the top 10?, still something we mere mortals can only dream about and now you're a World famous photographer 
Geoff.
A wonderful image of the great tit Trevor.
So sorry about the mix up.
What I'd like to understand is - did you receive the second letter after you declared you could not find your original
image or did it come before that?. I hope I've understood the whole mix up.
I think it's extremely bad that the first letter was sent to you at all, if it was sent in error, but as everybody says to be in top 50 is still a superb achievement.
Kate
That's such a pity and may I echo Geoff's remarks, Trev, as I agree with his comment in toto.
Nevertheless, although disappointing for you in the extreme, it is still a great honour for you to have achieved what you have, so congratulations are still in order.
And a nice wee birdie for us today, head on but with it looking across the frame.
Ronnie.
Unforgivable......
How can they be so inefficient...
My sincere thoughts are with you.
How incompetent of them...........it must be really upsetting for you.............it is a great image and deserves its place in the top 50.................
What a disappointment. To get in the top 50 is a wonderful achievement, but the way you were built up and let down is unforgivably bad management.
Dave
still oustanding achievement Trevor and they had the good grace to appologise hay ho onward and upwards mate, i'm sure they will use your image many times ...fine wee biridie capture again mate
Graham
Commiserations and all that - I think they should stand by their word and if nothing else give you the money promised in the first place Trev unforgivable to make such a boo boo and not give you some compensation - totally unheard of and in my book apologies are not sufficient, not only disappointing but a real let down!
Good great tit image
Perhaps the 400 aforementioned related to another competition! Still pretty disgusting and some consolation would have been nice however small.
Shame to hear you were given the wrong info 
Super presentation here though, Trev
Trev
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