Photo of the Month | 27th Month

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Ryszard Wierzbicki in the Photographer with Style section of the magazine, and the Exclusive Interview section on our website.For our 27th month, we had a head-to-head contest between the top scorers and the photographs that scored the highest became winners of the Photo of the Month. Our team decided to honor these top scorers as 2nd and 3rd places with a page in the next issue of our magazine, where the photographers will share their stories of these photographs. We will also publish their interviews in the Exclusive Interview section on our Web.

We always try our best to make this competition as transparent as possible. Please read the award rules, and don’t forget to participate in next month’s competition for a chance to win this prestigious award!

2nd Place | Photo of the Month | 27th Month

Le Repos, by Javier Mosquera
Javier Mosquera was born in 1978 in Ourense (Galicia, Spain). His love and admiration for the natural world led him to obtain a Bs in Marine Biology, and gave him the chance to work as a biologist in amazing places as Azores, Iceland or Amazonia. He began to feel attracted by the possibility of capturing the beauty of those places, the nature, animals, landscapes, and people. Javier’s photograph Le Repos, in the category of Still Life Photography, scored 70.5 (Value 13.5, Clarity 12.5, Composition 17.5, Style 13, Skill 14) from our international jury of 5, and gains a good position in the competition. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 2.805 from social media (Facebook Share 1.17, Tweets 0.8, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.135, Comments 0.1), and in total 73.305. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 27th Month, 2nd Place.

The Naughty Gang, by Somnath Chakraborty
Somnath Chakraborty (Oms Datum) is a Network Engineer by Profession, but he is not exactly new to photography. He likes to call himself just a photography enthusiast or hobbyist, and trying hard to leave no way to be an expert on the matter. Somnath’s photograph The Naughty Gang in the category of Travel Photography, scored 70 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 17.5, Style 13, Skill 13.5) from our international jury of 5, and gains a good position in the competition. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 3.771 from social media (Facebook Share 1.96, Tweets 0.85, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.161, Comments 0.8), and in total 73.771.

As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 27th Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 27th Month

The Most Beloved Words, by Shahnaz Parvin
Shahnaz Parvin is a passionate Bangalee, who resides in Bangladesh. She mostly loves documentary photography, and loves to represent her country Bangladesh through her lens. Shahnaz‘s photograph The Most Beloved Words, in the category of Islamic Photography, scored 68 (Value 12, Clarity 13.5, Composition 17.5, Style 12, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 2.677 from social media (Facebook Share 1.49, Tweets 0.85, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.237, Comments 0.1), and in total 70.677. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 27th Month, 3rd Place.

The Reward is Certain, by Shahnaz Parvin
Interesting another photographs of Shahnaz, The Reward is Certain in the category of Islamic Photography scored a moderate 63 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 11.5, Skill 12.5) from our international jury of 5. However, the number of Facebook shares and likes took this photograph to the top. Number of comments, Tweets and StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 8.774 from social media (Facebook Share 5, Tweets 1.0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.174, Comments 2.6), and in total 71.774.
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As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 27th Month, 3rd Place.