!!!December Photo Contest Winner's Thread!!!

[Solly Mack]

December Photo Contest Winner's Thread




First Place:

Three Glasses by edbermac




Second Place:

Waiting for Work by Richard D




Third Place:

Bluegrass Farmland by alfredo



CONGRATULATIONS to edbermac! Outstanding photo! Grand Prize: Hosting next month's contest!


Congrats to all our top 3 winners:edbermac, Richard D, alfredo!!! Incredible shots all!

Congrats to all the finalists for their wonderful photos!



Rounding out the Top 10:

4. Clouds on the Mountains, All in a Row by ljm2002
5. Winter's Bones by NV Whino
6. Of Steel and Rock by Mz Pip
7. Tunnel of Christmas Lights by BuddhaGirl
8. Insular by JCMach1
9. Tie: Cloisters by Crepuscula
Ringling Museum / Entrance Hall by Mira





Honorable Mention:

Gingerbread anyone? by Callalily



Host's Choice:

Stairway to Heaven by Pharaoh

Thank you to everyone at DU for a wonderful year. Much appreciation for all your support and votes.


Solly

Full Reveal

1. Stairway to Heaven by Pharaoh
2. Zebras at Zoo Berlin by mnhtnbb
3. At the Museum by Blue_In_AK
4. The Dome by CaliforniaPeggy
5. Waiting for Work by Richard D
6. Big Apple by a la izquierda
7. Goodbye, Columbus by teamster633
8. Numbers by postatomic
9. Bluegrass Farmland by alfredo
10. Winter's Bones by NV Whino
11. Three Glasses by edbermac
12. The Basilica cistern:Istanbul Turkey by rdking647
13. Small Town Memorial Day by HarveyDarkey
14. Gingerbread anyone? by Callalily
15. Just a Taste by Earth_First
16. Along my way by In_the_Wind
17. Clouds on the Mountains, All in a Row by ljm2002
18. Insular by JCMach1
19. Camera Shy by JohnnyRingo
20. Of Steel and Rock by Mz Pip
21. Dawn Patrol by groundloop
22. Synchro by Shadowflash
23. Tunnel of Christmas Lights by BuddhaGirl
24. Shadows up the Stairs by Laura PourMeADrink
25. Last Gasp by ohheckyeah
26. Ringling Museum / Entrance Hall by Mira
27. Cloisters by Crepuscular
28. Sharpsburg's Fallen by charlie and algernon
29. Oh, the pane! by MichaelSoE
30. Umbrellas by Johnny Noshoes

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. A great theme and many wonderful photos!

[NYC_SKP]

2. Awesome! I actually picked the winner.

Nice job, edbermac!

Thanks, Solly Mack!

[Solly Mack]

3. You're very welcome! Truly a pleasure to host this month.

So many great photos.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Congratulations to the winners.

Great shots, all.

[ohheckyeah]

5. Congratulations to the winners.

Well done.

[blue14u]

6. Fantastic photo's!!!

I came in second, and so happy to see all

my favorites in the top spots..

Thanks for letting me par-take in the voting Solly.

[Solly Mack]

15. Glad you enjoyed the contest!

Thank you!

[blue14u]

24. My pleasure...

[brer cat]

7. Congratulations, edbermac!

All of the photos were wonderful. I really enjoy seeing the work of our talented DUers.

[zeemike]

8. Congratulations to the winners.

They were all great photos.
But I sure wish I had one of those gingerbread cupcakes right now...I would bite that gingerbread man's head off and use his body to dip into that white stuff on top.

[Solly Mack]

22. I know! I love that photo! Not the least because the cupcakes look so tasty!

It's a great photo and a tasty photo.

I'd like to see a food theme for the contests.....maybe, just maybe.

[edbermac]

9. Thank you all for voting for my picture!

And congrats to all the other worthy entrants!

A few inquired on how this was done. I took this at UMass Amherst July 2012 at an annual weekend photo conference sponsored by New England Camera Club Council. http://www.neccc.org/

They have seminars and photo ops with models, pets, still lifes, etc.

This was a setup by a man there whose name I don't recall. It involves a circular mirror with filled glasses stuck on it, which is attached on an elevated ramp about 2 feet long. Usually people put their cameras on a tripod but I handheld, which did not get good framing all the time.


1) The mirror/glasses is set at the top of the ramp after you prefocus on the glasses.

2) All the lights in the room are turned off and you trip your shutter on the BULB setting, leaving the shutter open.

3) The ramp release is hit and when the mirror/glasses slide down and hit the end a high powered flash strobe is triggered, capturing the liquid as it spills out.

4) Close the shutter and then the room lights are turned back on.

This is unedited shot I took, you can see part of the ramp setup.

[Solly Mack]

12. Thank you for sharing that with us!

[Richard D]

10. Congratulations to all

Great contest Solly.

[Solly Mack]

13. Thank you, Richard D! I had fun.

[CC]

11. Congrats edbermac

Great work! A kudos to all our fine photogs for some wonderful photos.

Also kudos to this month's wonderful host, Solly Mack for a great contest.

[Solly Mack]

14. Thank you, CC.

We had some wonderful entries and that always makes for a lot of fun.

[CC]

16. The theme helps too.

Though the one I would of used came after submissions were closed. Since mother nature provided it I can't complain.

[Solly Mack]

21. Well, now I'm all curious.

[CC]

26. It snowed

and I had little drifts line up on the deck on each board with a set of little bird tracks connecting them. I didn't take the picture since the contest was in gear and let the dogs out right away instead of making them wait for me to get the camera and take pictures first.

[mnhtnbb]

17. Congrats to the winners!

Great theme, Solly, provided a really wide field of entries!

[Johnny Noshoes]

18. Congrats edbermac

Very cool shot!

[a kennedy]

19. Woohoo, I win......ooops, it's not about me.

Congratulations all who entered the contest. So happy my choice won. All the photos are winners.

[Solly Mack]

23. Secretly, it really is all about you.

Don't tell!

[HappyMe]

20. Congrats to all.

As always, great photos. I always look forward to these contests.

[CrispyQ]

25. Kick, for outstanding DU talent!

Now, hand me one of those gingerbread cupcakes!

[Mira]

27. Congratulations - to everybody -

and especially to edbermac, Richard D and Alfredo.
Wonderful work, hard fought contest.
I LOVE IT when we have a new person come in and WIN off the bat.
It has happened before but it is such a big surprise when it does.
Please stay around, edbermac, and let us get to know you and your work better.

[Celebration]

28. Awesome winners

A wonderful contest all around!

[Callalily]

29. Congrats to all the winner!

It is always fun viewing the photos, and I always learn something too!

Great job everyone!

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. So many imaginative pics to choose from

Congrts to all!