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2010 SLR – Animals – FINALISTS!

11.30.2010 | Contests

Keeping good on my word, if we had over 1000 entries (we had over 2300 submissions, but closer to over 2500 images) I would add a 4th and 5th spot for each SLR Category. I also believe that at least 2 Honorable Mentions are in order as well. Here are the 7 Finalists for animals as selected by the judges. This was a very difficult category, nearly as hard for the judges as the landscapes.

Cell Phone – Wildcard – FINALISTS!!

11.29.2010 | Contests

Another great set. The humming bird shot and helicopter shot were so similar that the judges felt it should be one or the other, the hummingbird shot won out- both great images. One thing that was really interesting to me was the conversations I have had with some of the judges about the images (one phone call in particular)- fantastic feedback on why some were better than others or what could be done to improve each of them. I will try to get written comments from them if possible.

Congratulations to the finalists! This concludes the finalists for the Cell Phone Division, one of these images will be the winner of a Brand New Canon Rebel T2i With Kit Lens !

Cell Phone – Landscape – FINALISTS!!

11.28.2010 | Contests

There was a tie in this category- it was easiest to include all 5 and we will have 2 honorable mentions here. I also wanted to mention that the voting on this one was very scattered, no clear favorite by the judges. There were another 2 images that just missed the cut (barely). Nearly all of the Cell Phone Landscape images received points from the judges.

Great Work!

Cell Phone – Portrait – FINALISTS!!

11.27.2010 | Contests

I have the results from all but one judge who I am still waiting on and have not heard from at all. I believe the other 4 judges (there were 2 from F-Stoppers) did a great job.

This is the way it will work:

I will be posting finalists everyday for the next week. Voting is open for everyone and it is set up to only allow for voting one time. While it is ok to invite your friends or anyone else to vote, I also ask that you please do not try to “beat the system”, 1 vote per category. I would really like to keep it open for everyone to vote. If I learn that there was cheating involved, I reserve the right to disqualify that image.

I also reserve the right to use the Judges Score Card as a weighted average with votes, and here is why: There were a few images that all of the judges picked, in fact, in one case, they all chose the one image as a first place winner- This is quite significant and rare and deserves some type of recognition.

In any event I want to see how the voting goes, so lets get it started. Remember, voting ends one week from the day I post them, and please only vote once!

Thank you!

M

Cell Phone Divisions will have a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Winner, with 1 Honorable Mention, so each of the Cell Phone Categories will show 4 images.