City-Data Photography Contest-Contest Ended 12/22/2007! (Canon, Fuji, Sony, Kodak)

[Alpha8207]

Voters- We need your help. A challenge was issued for the CD shutterbugs to grab their gear and capture the holiday season, in any way they felt led. We told them that their them was "Holiday photos (Christmas, wreaths, candles, menorahs, Santa, etc) Something dealing with some aspect of the holiday season we are currently in."

So, we're asking you, which one of our contestant's pictures conveys the winter holiday season the best to you?

Please read this entire post before posting.

Welcome to the first City-Data Photography Contest. It's just for recreation and good times. This contest was just an idea that materialized and we've worked through, and isn't officially sanctioned by City-Data. So if you have issues and or gripes, direct them to me, not City-Data.

If you missed the Entry Thread, then you missed your opportunity to submit a picture in this contest, but depending on the overall success here, be on the lookout for future contests and PLEASE vote in this one.

Now the details for this thread. Remember, all contestants should be very familiar with the rules/guidelines from the Entry Thread..

1. omitted #1 after contest was over
2. Contestants, please post your picture, a title (if you'd like), and your name IN the post.
3. The poll will be closed until Friday the 14th at 11:00am EST to allow all contestants to submit their pictures prior to the commencement of voting. You may post your pics after that, but you might miss votes. No one will be able to vote until AFTER 10:00am.
4. DISREGARD THIS RULE NOW THAT CONTEST IS CLOSED-No 'Great Shot' posts or 'Nice work' allowed. If you see ANY posts here that aren't picture submissions, please use the report post feature by clicking this symbol . A moderator will be notified and the post will be deleted. There should be nothing here to skew the votes. I might need to make a post in this Contest thread, but I doubt it.
5. After the poll closes, the winner will be announced and the prize will be rewarded.
6. Remember gang, this is just for fun. We're all just hangin' out, trying to be better photographers.
8. Participants can vote for their own pictures and are encouraged to do so!
9. If you see something that is not original work that's been posted here, please repost the post AND DM me too. We will take care of the post, the picture, and the ramifications of that activity.
10. If you have any questions/concerns, feel free to DM me.



I guess I'll be first!

If this is your favorite, vote for Claire_F above.



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Titled: The littlest wonders of Christmas time.
Taken & submitted by FedupWNY.

If this is your favorite, vote for FedupWNY above.





"The Joy of Christmas"
Posted by BuggaBoo2

If this is your favorite, vote for BuggaBoo2 above.





Here is my photo. I have a set of handmade glass ornaments and this is my favorite one of the bunch.

If this is your favorite, vote for Inthesierras above.





If this is your favorite, vote for Historic Bessemer above.





My son, my hero.

If this is your favorite, vote for ElkHunter above.





A storm moved in while we were looking for a Christmas tree last weekend.

If this is your favorite, vote for Maine Writer above.





The Wreath: Remembering those we love this Christmas

If this is your favorite, vote for musincy above.





I was caught a bit unprepared for this, but here's what I have... call it a "Modern Chanukah."

If this is your favorite, vote for Gizmo980 above.





Train reflections,By Grannymontanny,camera fuji 3800
My Dad loved trains, and this one was his so i wanted to use it .

If this is your favorite, vote for grannymontanny above.





If this is your favorite, vote for Callies Mom above.





Santa's Little Helper

If this is your favorite, vote for atlmburns above.





If this is your favorite, vote for Pawporri above.





Holiday Shopping.. Are those Christmas lights I see? No. It's traffic lights.

If this is your favorite, vote for Kuharai above.



You saw it coming, right?



Dillon Park in Bethel Alaska.

If this is your favorite, vote for warptman above.





Siamese Twins at Garden of the Gods by Brill

If this is your favorite, vote for Brill above.





The Nutcracker
If this is your favorite, vote for Matt Angry above.





"Santa's Guard"

If this is your favorite, vote for ShepsMom above.



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Visions of Sugarplums

If this is your favorite, vote for MooksterL1 above.



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Christmas lights

If this is your favorite, vote for peggydavis above.





debey
the James River
River Road, Forestburg, SD

If this is your favorite, vote for debey above.





Santa Loves Old People Too!

If this is your favorite, vote for Redbird4848 above.





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"The Grinch"

If this is your favorite, please vote for kdog above.





Here is my entry for the photo contest titled "Seasons Greetings". Image taken 12-14-07 in the snowy scenic Litchfield Hills of Ct. Image taken with Sony Alpha D-SLR / tamron Di 18-300 lens/ tripod mounted and 10 sec. exposure.

If this is your favorite, please vote for tom62 above.




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[Alpha8207]

Well, we have a winner!!!!

Congratulations Maine Writer, great shot and certainly a good representation of the season!

Here's what you've won:

1-10 bonus rep points!! (Crowd cheers: YAYYYYY!)
2-The first spot on our 'Photo Contest past Winners' Thread (coming soon) (Crowd cheers: WooooooWWWWW!!!!)
3-A $50 gift card to Amazon.com, courtesy of the site Administrator! (Crowd roars with approval)

Thanks everyone for your contributions and submissions and I hope everyone has had a great time. I've been very busy with Christmas activities and sorry I didn't get here last night for these comments.

I'm now going to open this thread up for posting, if anyone wants to discuss, congratulate, or chat about the experience.

I've thoroughly enjoyed this contest and I can not tell you how many folks across the boards have shared with me how much they've enjoyed it. They love looking at your pictures.

Thanks everyone and have a very Merry Christmas!!

[Matt Angry]

Congratulations Maine Writer!!!!

Great contest Alpha, looking forward to the next one!!!

[ScranBarre]

I'd like to thank everyone for their creative talents and for gracing our forum with a successful photography contest! This is a passionate hobby of mine, and it's nice to see so many others like to putz around with digital cameras as well. Congratulations to not only the winner, but to all who participated!

[Inthesierras]

Congrats Maine Writer!!! It was great to see all the entries. I hope CD has more photography contests in the future!

[FedupWNY]

Congrats to Maine Writer.

All of the pictures were great.

[BooShutterBugg]

Congratulations Maine Writer!

I enjoyed all the photos & happy to be a part of the contest.

Alpha, thanks again for putting the contest together. Cheers to all!

[bingo08]

Congratulation Maine Writer!

Thanks to all of you, I loved going thru all the pictures.

Kinda like my own lil art gallery at my fingertips.

Thanks alpha for providing the gallery.

[MooksterL1]

Congrats Maine Writer!

Thank you Alpha for setting it all up! I also enjoyed looking at all the pics and loved participating in the contest.

[Miss Blue]

Congratulations, Maine writer..It was a beautiful picture and would make a beautiful Christmas card...