Competition for Nov/ Dec: "The Festive Season"

[[morleyp]]

[[rod49]]

My final effort :-

[[alandkell]]

my last go for this one! first used eliptical tool then blur and clone stamp tools to create some blend!

[MasterAdmin]

-- The Results of the Vote --

Hi Guest,

In following competitions, Council Members will be able to more consistently observe all the stages of the process. But, in this instance, here is the approved analysis of the votes cast for this competition.

In an ad hoc way, I have decided that -- if the second highest scoring entry is only one point behind that of the winner -- then it will also be exhibited in the Gallery of Winning Competition Entries. The applicable rules and procedures will be elaborated some more shortly; and also, in the light of experience, I feel we need to modify a little the definition of what a BCUG reference number is.

Accordingly, we congratulate both cyb and doberman2020 for their winning entries. The thread is unlocked and comments and congratulations can be offered, etc.

The winning images are:

[[cyb]]

bit of a surprise.. thanks to all who voted for my entry and congrats to Doberman

- and for those who like to know these things...

Date Shot: 15/12/2011
Image Quality: Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Device: Nikon D80 Lens: 50mm F/1.4D
Focal Length: 50mm
Focus Mode: AF-S
AF-Area Mode: Dynamic
Aperture: F/1.4
Shutter Speed: 1/3000s
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: -1.0EV
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400

raw file processed in Nikon ViewNX 2

[[Geoff Slocock]]

Wearing my other hat, this time, I was pleasantly surprised by the spread in the votes for different entries... they were all of such high quality that this was inevitable, too.

My congratulations to Colin and Lynz. They were both very appealing shots and both well taken, too.

Geoff

[[doberman2010]]

Aww thanks everyone. We are all winners though, just take different sort of photos