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Photo of the Month | 5th Month

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1st Place | Photo of the Month | 5th Month

The Tokyo Bay & the Traditional House Boats, by Michiko Matsumoto
Michiko Matsumoto was born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1950. In 1974 she got her B.A. in Japanese literature from Hosei University. She started photography in the early 1980s with several series of portraits of artists living in various countries and famous dancers of major dance companies. Later she published 10 books in the field of photography. Michiko’s photograph The Tokyo Bay and the traditional house boats in the category of Night Photography scored 73 (Value 14, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 14, Skill 14) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 10.018 from social media (Facebook Share 3.09, Tweets 5, StumbleUpon Organic View 1.728, Comments 0.2), and in total 83.018, the highest score in this competition for the 5th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 5th Month, 1st Place.

The Tokyo Bay & the Traditional House Boats, by Michiko Matsumoto

The Tokyo Bay & the Traditional House Boats, by Michiko Matsumoto

Prize:
We will publish a special interview with Michiko Matsumoto in the Photographer with Style section of the magazine, and the Exclusive Interview section on our website.

For our 5th 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.

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 | 5th Month

Rocky Mountain Sunset, by Marina Hof
Marina Hof is a nursing student at Cedarville University near Dayton, Ohio. She loves traveling, taking pictures, and attempting to capture the beauty of this world we live in! Marina’s photograph Rocky Mountain Sunset in the category of Sunrise & Sunset Photography scored 72 (Value 14, Clarity 14, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 14) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 8.883 from social media (Facebook Share 1.7, Tweets 2.083, StumbleUpon Organic View 5, Comments 0.1), and in total 80.883. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 5th Month, 2nd Place.

Rocky Mountain Sunset, by Marina Hof

Rocky Mountain Sunset, by Marina Hof

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 5th Month

Surging Ahead, by Prasanth Chandran
Prasanth Chandran’s passion for photography is what reflects in his photographs. In each image, which he captures through his camera, he wants the world to see and know the story within. The journey with his camera, as an amateur photographer, began in the year 2009. Having captured varied essences of myriad locations, people, festivities and more within Kerala, he ventures ahead to tell more stories. Prasanth’s photograph Surging Ahead in the category of Motion Photography scored 70 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 17.5, Style 13.5, Skill 14) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 6.209 from social media (Facebook Share 2.54, Tweets 2.33,StumbleUpon Organic View 0.739, Comments 0.6), and in total 76.209. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 5th Month, 3rd Place.

Surging Ahead, by Prasanth Chandran

Surging Ahead, by Prasanth Chandran

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