Photo of the Month | 50th Month

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Sanjoy Sengupta in the Exclusive Interview section on our website.Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 50th month, we set the maximum number of Facebook Like at 400, Tweet 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, 50th 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 | 50th Month

Fishing Reflection, by Tisha Clinkenbeard
Tisha Clinkenbeard works have been in exhibits at The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Black Box Gallery in Portland, and in several fine art shows in Texas. She believes photography captured her years ago before we had the digital wonders for cameras. Her life offers many opportunities to capture the things that she sees as she wanders this earth. Tisha’s photograph Fishing Reflection, in the category of Artistic Photography scored 67.5 (Value 13, Clarity 12.5, Composition 17.5, Style 12.5, Skill 12) 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 a notch, raising its score to 9.065 from social media (Facebook Share 4.36, Tweets 4.7, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 76.565, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 50th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 50th Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 50th Month

Tunnel Light, by Zoe Ladika
Born in Greece, Zoe has grown with lots of beautiful seeings around her. She started taking pictures of her friends and family and soon realized she has a great interest in learning more about photography. She participated in lots of seminars and workshops and still does. Zoe’s photograph Tunnel Light awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Night Photography, as it scored a solid 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 13, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets, Facebook shares, and StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 6.1 from social media (Facebook Share 3.6, Tweets 2.5, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 75.1, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 50th Month.