party: WE HAVE WINNERS! WE HAVE WINNERS! WE HAVE WINNERS!


The contest had ended, the votes were calculated, and we have the winners!

Before the announcement, and to build up the suspense, let's recapitulate on the contest:

The contest's theme was "Earth - The Deepest Respect". The main goal was to stimulate photographers to go outside, feel the beauty that surrounded them, and take the best photo they could of our precious planet, increasing awareness, and paying hommage to Earth. It could be a sunset, a macro, a waterscape, anything they wanted, as long as it depicted Earth in the most beautiful and striking way they could.


We had AMAZING PRIZES:

- 1year sub for first + 3 month for 2nd + 1month for 3rd

- 3 month for 1st, 2nd and 3rd + journal feature

- 3 month for 1st + 2 month for 2nd + 1month for 1st + journal feature

- 3 month for first, 1 month for second + journal feature

- 3 month for 2nd

- 3 month for 2nd

- 3 month 3rd

- 3 month for 1st

- 1 month for 2nd and 2 month for 3rd

Total subscription prizes: 24 month sub for 1st place ; 16 month sub for 2nd place ; 10 month sub for 3rd place

Plus journal feature in journals of:
*lowapproach =MonicaWeasley ~Thalassy
=SilverSidhe *MrRat *Toope
*wb-skinner *PhilipMatthews *Mehrunnisa
=Nuninh0 ~helleye `Helewidis
Plus free digital headshot comission from ~arrowheaddragon

GRAND TOTAL of prizes - 47 month subscription + 16 features!

WE HAD AMAZING JUDGES:
As if that wasn't enough, check out what an amazing panel of judges, composed by some of the best nature photographers on deviantart (and, who knows, the planet!)
`zetab -
`gilad -
*werol -
=Sun-Seeker -
*MrRat -
*Toope -
*lowapproach -
*wb-skinner -
`tangledweb -
=timeodd -
^hellfirediva -
`valorfive -
`MichelCh -
*AndyMumford -
=kkart -

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The contest was launched, and participations GREATLY exceeded my expectations. Over two months, I've received 238 participations, which you can check here - [link] Can you imagine how much work this thing involved? Well, much more than I thought! :-D Still... can you just imagine how magical it is to feel so many people striving to capture the beauty which lies in our sacred mother nature? Special... very special indeed... and certainly worth it!





Without further delays, here goes the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes, as well as honourable mentions (which correspond to the photos that got at least one vote).

WINNERS:


1st place - by



2nd place - by



3rd place - by




Honourable mentions:












CONGRATULATIONS for the winners, honourable mentions, to everyone who participated, and to everyone who showed their support! Right now it's time to contact all the prize donors so that they can "hand" their prizes to the winners.


WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE WINNING PHOTOS?