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Flower Contest (Winners)

Journal Entry: Sat Nov 11, 2006, 8:57 AM
Flower Contest


What a great contest! We had over 130 entrants and a lot of you voted on your favourite entries. Thank you to everyone who took part. As with all good things, the contest has come to an end; though I'm happy now to announce the winners:

1st Place




2nd Place




3rd Place




Theme


Flowers. Probably one of macro photography's most featured subject. I want to see your best floral macro photographs; be it a fairly textbook example or taken from an unusual viewpoint. If it's a flower, it's in this contest!

Examples:



Timetable of Events


Submissions:
Contest has closed to entries, thank you.

Voting Round 1:
Voting round one has ended, thank you.

Voting Round 2:
Voting on round two has ended and the contest closed, thankyou.

Contest Prizes


The overall winner will recieved a one month subscription.

The top three entries after voting were entered into the club's gallery.

How to Take Part


This contest has now closed, thank you.

The Entries

















































Devious Comments


~SleepWalkingConvict:iconSleepWalkingConvict: Oct 12, 2006, 11:53:47 AM
Aww.. I submitted one at the 25th.. c'mon, let me in :(

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~martasmarta:iconmartasmarta: Oct 12, 2006, 11:56:50 AM
Mmmmm I like this new contest :)

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~Shinehfoil:iconShinehfoil: Oct 12, 2006, 12:06:35 PM Mood: Eager
Finally! Something I can /actually/ enter! Flowers are my favourite subject.

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*JeanneOfArc:iconJeanneOfArc: Oct 12, 2006, 12:11:27 PM
Yay! Finally a contest for me :D
=manslaughterer:iconmanslaughterer: Oct 12, 2006, 12:36:33 PM
must I have to be a macrophoto-member to submit contest entries?

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~hogata:iconhogata: Oct 12, 2006, 12:43:33 PM Mood: Anger
I understand you perfectly - I submitted my last on 24th... And it's not really a season for flowers now. :/

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=MrFez:iconMrFez: Oct 12, 2006, 12:58:25 PM
This sucks for people in the northern hemisphere, what with winter wiping out all the flowers and chances of decent light.

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~Zoodar:iconZoodar: Oct 12, 2006, 1:07:00 PM
YAY! Flowers is my main macro object (besides insects)!
~scaleofthought:iconscaleofthought: Oct 12, 2006, 1:16:40 PM
yes

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~scaleofthought:iconscaleofthought: Oct 12, 2006, 1:18:36 PM
lol. *mumble* all the flowers here are wilted... i might just cheat and buy some from the flower shop. i don't know how elsse to do it unless a pale of wilted, shrively pansies will win me a prize... which i have a feeling it won't. lol

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