Photo of the Month | 56th Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 56th Month

Jama Masjid, by Ankush Kochhar
Born on 8th October, 1987, Ankush Kochhar loves nature a lot. He never imagined that someday he would hold a camera and start clicking. However, he can’t forget May of 2008, when he picked his first camera Sony DSC-T20. Ankush’s photograph Jama Masjid awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Artistic Photography, as it scored a solid 69.5 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, 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 2.61 from social media (Facebook Share 2.1075, Google+ 0.5, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0025, and Comments 0), and in total 72.11, the highest score in this competition for the 56th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 56th Month, 1st Place.

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Ankush Kochhar in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 56th month, we set the maximum number of Facebook Like at 2000, Google+ at 50, 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, 56th 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 | 56th Month

New Year Fireworks, by Mazhar Hossain
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, living in Toronto at the moment. Mazhar Hossain took photography as a hobby not long ago and is still learning. He got his first DSLR camera in December 2010, and since then he started discovering the magic of photography at another level. He loves shooting architecture, people, landscape and nature. Mazhar’s photograph New Year Fireworks, in the category of Night Photography scored 67.5 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 12.5) 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 4.31 from social media (Facebook Share 3.4075, G+ 0.9, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0025, and Comments 0), and in total 71.81, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 56th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 56th Month, 2nd Place.

Salfeins Alm, by Karin Eibenberger
Karin Eibenberger (28) was born and raised in Waidhofen/Ybbs, Lower Austria. She has a Master’s Degree in Scandinavian and German literature and worked as freelance translator, tour and exhibition guide before she started her second career as Biomedical Engineer. Karin currently lives in Baltimore, US, where she works as research associate and Master Student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Karin’s photograph Salfeins Alm, in the category of Adventure Photography scored 69.5 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 12.5) 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 2.16 from social media (Facebook Share 1.5575, G+ 0.6, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0025, and Comments 0), and in total 71.66, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 56th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 56th Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 56th Month

Iceberg Bouldering, by Karin Eibenberger
Karin Eibenberger (28) was born and raised in Waidhofen/Ybbs, Lower Austria. She has a Master’s Degree in Scandinavian and German literature and worked as freelance translator, tour and exhibition guide before she started her second career as Biomedical Engineer. Karin currently lives in Baltimore, US, where she works as research associate and Master Student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Karin’s photograph Iceberg Bouldering awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Adventure Photography, as it scored a solid 68.5 (Value 13, Clarity 13, 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 2.37 from social media (Facebook Share 1.9675, G+ 0.4, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0025, and Comments 0), and in total 70.87, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 56th Month.

The Window Seat, by Ankush Kochhar
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Ankush Kochhar, The Window Seat, in the category of Street Photography scored 66.5 (Value 12, Clarity 12.5, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 12) 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 3.7475 from social media (Facebook Share 3.445, G+ 0.3, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.0025, and Comments 0), and in total 70.2475, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 56th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 56th Month, 3rd Place.