Photo of the Month | 13th Month
1st Place | Photo of the Month | 13th Month
Waterfall, by Jose Renteria
Jose Manuel Renteria Cobos was born in Veracruz in December 17th, 1973, raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, and currently living in Japan. He is a professional airline pilot and photography is his second professional priority. He has a professional photography Diploma and believes he is an everyday learner. Aviation photography is his favorite topic followed by action, street, and landscape, except studio and multi flash photo. Renteria’s photograph Waterfall, in the category of Motion Photography scored 73 (Value 13, Clarity 13.5, Composition 18, Style 14, Skill 14.5) 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 4.177 from social media (Facebook Share 1.11, Tweets 0.9, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.767, Comments 1.4), and in total 74.6305, the highest score in this competition for the 13th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 13th Month, 1st Place.
We will publish a special interview with Jose Manuel Renteria Cobos in the Photographer with Style section of the magazine, and the Exclusive Interview section on our website.For our 13h 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 | 13th Month
Big Blue, by Magda Biskup
Magda bought her first SLR camera 6 years ago, after spending a year working in Malaysia, where she fell in love with travelling. She traveled through 40 countries and majority of her photos are taken while on the road. She was born and raised in Poland but is currently living in Sydney, Australia. Magda’s photograph Big Blue, in the category of Landscape Photography scored 66 (Value 13, Clarity 13.5, Composition 17, Style 13.5, 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 7.714 from social media (Facebook Share 2.18, Tweets 2.65, StumbleUpon Organic View 2.684, Comments 0.2), and in total 73.714. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 13th Month, 2nd Place.
Climbing Volcano, by Magda Biskup
Interesting another photographs of Magda Biskup, Climbing Volcano in the category of Adventure Photography scored 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 12.5, and Skill 13.5) 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 4.4085 from social media (Facebook Share 1.85, Tweets 1.35, StumbleUpon Organic View 1.1085, Comments 0.1), and in total 73.4085
As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 13th Month, 2nd Place.
3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 13th Month
Sharing Secret, by Prasanta Singha
Prasanta Singha consider himself as a travel photographer. He loves to depict the life of inhabitants & portrait of the people and also loves to capture their surroundings. He loves photography as he feels the passion in his blood flowing all the time from the heart to my brain. He has a hope that one day he would be able to contribute at least a little to the magical world of Photography. Prasanta‘s photograph Sharing Secret in the category of Candid Photography, scored 68 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 13, Skill 13.5) 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 4.582 from social media (Facebook Share 2.31, Tweets 1.25, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.922, Comments 0.1), and in total 72.582. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 13th Month, 3rd Place.
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