Photo of the Month | 52nd Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 52nd Month

Gazing in Color, by Shahnaz Parvin
Shahnaz Parvin is an Award-Winning Photo Journalist. She is a passionate Bangalee, and resides in Bangladesh. Though she is doing a job as system admin in a PSI company, her real passion lays in photography and learning it. Shahnaz mostly loves documentary photography, and loves to represent her country Bangladesh through her lens. Shahnaz’s photograph Gazing in Color awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Color Photography, as it scored a solid 71 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 14, 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 3.74 from social media (Facebook Share 2.39, Tweets 1.35, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 74.74, the highest score in this competition for the 52nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 52nd Month, 1st Place.

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Shahnaz Parvin in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 52nd 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, 52nd MonthWe 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 | 52nd Month

The Cable Bridge, by Sanjoy Sengupta
Starting from a hotshot point and shoot camera in late 80s to a Nikon FM10 film camera in late 90s, Sanjoy Sengupta used to get 32 out of 36 exposure wrong to a day of digital cameras like canon Powershot A520 and a decent hybrid version canon SX20IS, which were with him wherever he went to capture some beautiful moments, moments of life which would be cherished forever. Then when he finally could not resist the alluring pricy Nikon DSLR, his actual learning started from that moment. Sanjoy’s photograph The Cable Bridge, in the category of Night Photography scored 67 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 17, Style 12, 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 6.37 from social media (Facebook Share 4.77, Tweets 1.6, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 73.37, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 52nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 52nd Month, 2nd Place.

Sharing Colors, by Shahnaz Parvin
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Shahnaz Parvin, Sharing Colors, in the category of Color Photography scored 70 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 13) 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 3.04 from social media (Facebook Share 2.24, Tweets 0.8, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 73.04, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 52nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 52nd Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 52nd Month

Frames within the Frame, by Mohammad Saiful Islam
Mohammad Saiful Islam was born on 23rd Febuary, 1984 in Bangladesh. After completing his Secondary and Higher Secondary Education he joined Bangladesh Army as an officer in 2005. Beside photography, he loves traveling. He has traveled in many places around the world and explored lives of people including Africa. Saiful’s photograph Frames within the Frame awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Black & White Photography, as it scored a solid 65 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 18, 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 7.75 from social media (Facebook Share 5, Tweets 2.75, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 72.75, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 52nd Month.

Run for Dominance, by Sanak Roy Choudhury
Sanak Roy Choudhury works as an clinical optometrist and research assistant at a reputed eye hospital in Oman. He likes to travel around and invariably loves capturing any interesting situation under any given circumstances. Although he was never very serious about photography his interest gradually started to convert to a passion which resulted him to acquire a DSLR on sept 2012. Sanak’s photograph Run for Dominance awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Motion Photography, as it scored a solid 67.5 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 12.5, 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 4.84 from social media (Facebook Share 3.59, Tweets 1.25, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 72.34, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 52nd Month.

Life and the Sea, by Mohammad Saiful Islam
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Mohammad Saiful Islam, Life and the Sea awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Black & White Photography, as it scored a solid 66 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 13, Skill 12) 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 6.3 from social media (Facebook Share 4.25, Tweets 2.05, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.000, and Comments 0), and in total 72.3, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 52nd Month.