Photo of the Month | 59th Month
1st Place | Photo of the Month | 59th Month
Light up My World, by Sudeep Mehta
Born and based in Mumbai, India, Sudeep Mehta is a freelance photographer working on contractual basis. He is specialized in events, weddings and portraits, and keeps his personal interest in journalistic way of shooting events. He started his career as a film editor which later turned him into a documentary and short filmmaker. He has also worked on several environmental causes. Sudeep’s photograph Light up My World awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Artistic Photography, as it scored a solid 69.5 (Value 12.5, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of Google+, Facebook shares, and StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.665 from social media (Facebook Share 1.46, G+ 0.2, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0005, and Comments 4), and in total 75.165, the highest score in this competition for the 59th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 59th Month, 1st Place.
We will publish a special interview with Sudeep Mehta in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 59th month, we set the maximum number of Facebook Like at 400, Google+ at 100, Stumble at 1000, and our subscribers Comments at 50. For this 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. One can see the details of the score from this file. Award Score details, Photo of the Month, 55th Month 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 | 59th Month
Hummingbird’s Eye, by Ana Sylvia Encinas
Ana Sylvia Encinas, born in Hermosillo, México, has had a passion for photography since she was little. She got her first DSLR camera in December 2009, and since then she started discovering the magic of photography at another level, and exploring techniques that are bringing her to find her own style as a photographer. Ana is a master in marketing and an entrepreneur, owns and manages several companies, but spends most of her free time making landscape and nature pictures and exploring photography. Ana Sylvia’s photograph Hummingbird’s Eye, in the category of Wildlife Photography scored 68.5 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 12.5, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5, and gains a good position in the competition. The number of Google+ and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph a notch, raising its score to 3.755 from social media (Facebook Share 3.75, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0005, and Comments 0), and in total 72.755, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 59th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 59th Month, 2nd Place.
3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 59th Month
Flash Back of Panam City, by Tanmoy Saha
Tanmoy Saha has started photography since September 2007. Graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from North South University, Tanmoy has been working in Audio Visual department of ZANALA Bangladesh from June, 2012. He has completed Basic Photography course from Dhaka University Photography Society (DUPS), and Foundation Photography course from Pathshala. Tanmoy’s photograph Flash Back of Panam City awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Motion Photography, as it scored a solid 68.5 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 12.5) from our international jury of 5. The number of Google+, Facebook shares, and StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 2.64 from social media (Facebook Share 1.635, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0005, and Comments 1), and in total 71.14, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 59th Month.
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