Photo of the Month | 66th Month
1st Place | Photo of the Month | 66th Month
Alaskan Reflection, by Tisha Clinkenbeard
Tisha Clinkenbeard works have been in exhibits at The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Black Box Gallery in Portland, and in several fine art shows in Texas. She believes photography captured her years ago before we had the digital wonders for cameras. Her life offers many opportunities to capture the things that she sees as she wanders this earth. Tisha’s photograph Alaskan Reflection awarded in the Photo of the Day Award in the category of Nature Photography, as it scored a solid 69 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12.5, 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 3.665 from social media (Facebook Share 3.56, G+ 0.1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 72.665, the highest score in this competition for the 66th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 66th Month, 1st Place.
Alaskan Reflection, by Tisha Clinkenbeard
We will publish a special interview with Tisha Clinkenbeard in the Exclusive Interview section on our website. Based on the social media responses, awarded photographs received on the 66th month, we set the maximum number of Facebook Like at 1000, 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, 66th 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 | 66th Month
Playing with Her Dolls, by Shahnaz Parvin
Shahnaz Parvin is an Award-Winning Photo Journalist. She is a passionate Bangalee, and resides in Bangladesh. Though she is doing a job as system admin in a PSI company, her real passion lays in photography and learning it. Shahnaz mostly loves documentary photography, and loves to represent her country Bangladesh through her lens. Shahnaz’s photograph Playing with Her Dolls, in the category of Documentary Photography scored 68 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12.5, Composition 18, Style 12.5, 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 3.18 from social media (Facebook Share 3.075, G+ 0.1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 71.18, the 2nd highest score in this competition for the 66th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 66th Month, 2nd Place.
Playing with Her Dolls, by Shahnaz Parvin
3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 66th Month
Snowy Pond, by Tisha Clinkenbeard
Another marvelous piece of work from photographer Tisha Clinkenbeard, Snowy Pond, in the category of Nature Photography scored 68 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, 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 2.86 from social media (Facebook Share 2.755, G+ 0.1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 71.18, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 66th Month.
Snowy Pond, by Tisha Clinkenbeard
Born in Penang Island, Malaysia, in 1970, Shirren would find herself moving cities over the course of her life. She is now based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Shirren took up photography in 2009, as she thought it would be an interesting habit, later she discovered it as her true passion. Shirren loves portraitures best. To her, the expressions people wear are so beautiful, so telling, so uncovered in their sincerity. Shirren’s photograph Symmetry, in the category of Architectural Photography scored 67 (Value 13, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 11, 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 3.665 from social media (Facebook Share 3.56, G+ 0.1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.005, and Comments 0), and in total 70.665, the 3rd highest score in this competition for the 66th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 66th Month, 3rd Place.
Symmetry, by Shirren Lim
As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 66th Month, 3rd Place
