Photo of the Month | 62nd Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 62nd Month

Enchanting, by Patricia Saraiva
Patricia Saraiva was born in the city of Apucarana, in Parana, Brazil, in 1969, daughter of Alda and Osmundo Saraiva. She lived with her parents and her two sisters, Angelica and Luciana, until the age of 16. Then, she moved to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to do the first and the second years in high school, and then entered the medicine college. There, she lived with maternal grandparents. She graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais in 1993, specializing in next 5 years in Plastic Surgery. Patricia’s photograph Enchanting awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Close-Up Photography, as it scored a solid 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 3.405 from social media (Facebook Share 3.405, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0, and Comments 0), and in total 72.405, the highest score in this competition for the 62nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 62nd Month, 1st Place.

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Patricia Saraiva in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 62nd 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, 62st 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 | 62nd Month

A Beautiful Reflection, 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. Sanjoy’s photograph A Beautiful Reflection, in the category of Architectural Photography scored 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, 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 2.355 from social media (Facebook Share 2.355, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0, and Comments 0), and in total 71.355, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 62nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 62nd Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 62nd Month

Spring is Here, by Bawar Mohammad
A computer graduate from the University of Duhok, Bawar Mohammad was born in 1985, in the city of Duhok, Kurdistan. He has been working in the directorate-general of culture and arts of Duhok, and currently working as a journalist and a freelance photographer in Kurdistan and Dewe. To him photography is his life. He started his show on life, nature, people, and arts, in Kurdistan and elsewhere. Bawar hopes he can work with people different parts of the world and show nation’s art to the whole world. Bawar’s photograph Spring is Here, in the category of Nature Photography scored 66.5 (Value 13, Clarity 12, Composition 17.5, 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 4.81 from social media (Facebook Share 0.37, G+ 0.2, StumbleUpon Organic View 4.24, and Comments 0), and in total 70.81, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 62nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 62nd Month, 3rd Place.

A Macro Photograph, by Patricia Saraiva
Patricia Saraiva born in the city of Apucarana, in Parana, Brazil, in 1969, daughter of Alda and Osmundo Saraiva. Lived with her parents and her two sisters, Angelica and Luciana, until the age of 16. Then, she moved to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to do the first and the second years in high school, and then entered the medicine college. There, she lived with maternal grandparents. Patricia’s photograph A Macro Photograph, in the category of Close-Up Photography scored 67.5 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 13, 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 3.26 from social media (Facebook Share 3.255, G+ 0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 70.76, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 62nd Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 62nd Month, 3rd Place.