Photo of the Month | 58th Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 58th Month

The Girl with a Red Rose, by Shahnaz Parvin
Shahnaz Parvin is an Award-Winning Photo Journalist. She is a passionate Bangalee, and resides in Bangladesh. Her real passion lays in photography and learning it. Shahnaz mostly loves documentary photography, and loves to represent her country Bangladesh through her lens. With the highest number of Photo of the Month and Photo of the Day Awards, Shahnaz joined Light and Composition as Contributing Photographer from March 2013. Covering upheaval, conflict, places, people, and culture, she is one of the top most contributors from South Asia. Shahnaz’s photograph The Girl with a Red Rose awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Portraiture Photography, as it scored a solid 70 (Value 13, 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 3.695 from social media (Facebook Share 2.68, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.015, and Comments 1), and in total 73.695, the highest score in this competition for the 58th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 58th 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 58th month, we set the maximum number of Facebook Like at 400, G+ 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, 58th 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 | 58th Month

There is No God but Allah, by Zahraa Al Hassani
Zahraa Al Hassani is a passionate photographer, and works as designer in Zain Telecommunications for more than 6 years. Graduating from the University of Technology Bagdad, her first job was at Wacther Company Ltd. as a graphic designer for constructions. Zahraa’s photograph There is No God but Allah, in the category of Islamic Photography scored 68 (Value 13, Clarity 13, 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 4.505 from social media (Facebook Share 4.5, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 72.505, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 58th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 58th Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 58th Month

Rain-Soaked, by Shahnaz Parvin
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Shahnaz Parvin, Rain-Soaked, in the category of Motion Photography scored 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 12) 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 2.865 from social media (Facebook Share 2.06, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0.8), and in total 71.865, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 58th Month.

Fire in the Desert, by Steve Hirsch
Steve Hirsch grew up with a love of photography, had a darkroom in his basement and photographed throughout high school. He took some time off to get married, raise 3 girls and become an otolaryngologist. Now that the kids have grown he has renewed his interest in his favorite hobby. His other favorite pastime is travel. The two passions go hand-in-hand, Steve’s photograph Fire in the Desert awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Sunrise and Sunset Photography, as it scored a solid 69 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12.5, 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 2.85 from social media (Facebook Share 1.845, G+ 1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 71.85, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 58th Month.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 58th Month

Known Stranger, by Shahnaz Parvin
Yet another marvelous piece of work from photographer Shahnaz Parvin, Known Stranger, in the category of Portraiture Photography scored 68 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, 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 3.645 from social media (Facebook Share 2.24, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 1.4), and in total 71.645, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 58th Month.