The theme was ‘Countryside’
It was a tough one to judge! But nonetheless, here are my picks.
Let me know in the comments which entries were your favourites!
Honourable Mentions
Third Place
Second Place
First Place
Congrats to all the winners and participants!
The Theme For SPC18 Will Be
Transport
Selected by guest judge @thecryptofiend
Boats, Cars, Trains, Planes, etc. Man-made modes of transport.
SPC18 will be judged by @thecryptofiend!
Note that while walking is a mode of transport, it’s not going to be acceptable for this :)
Prizes
These are made possible by the support of the community, the majority of the post rewards go towards the winners, plus donations by @berniesanders the official sponsor of the Steemit Photo Challenge.
First Place — 35 SBD
Second Place — 25 SBD
Third Place — 15 SBD
Honourable Mentions — 5 SBD Each
Rules And Conditions
Please read these carefully and adhere to them
- I strongly encourage you to post work that is original to this challenge, in other words — take a new photograph instead of using an old one.
- No more than 3 entries will be considered, if you post more than 3 then only the first 3 will be considered.
- Deadline for entry is midnight my time (GMT -4) on Tuesday
- All entries must be a post tagged both #photography and #steemitphotochallenge
- The Title should contain "SteemitPhotoChallenge Entry" along with the title of your work.
- Let us know the medium used to produce the photograph, it may be more impressive based on what it is.
- Basic processing is allowed.
- Any medium or format is allowed — iphone, ipad, film, digital, point and shoot, drone, whatever. Once it takes a picture. Note that image quality will be considered.
- Multiple Entries can all go in one post, just put the details under the image.
- If you would like, use the #SteemitPhotoChallenge tag across social media like Twitter, FB and Instagram. It may drive more users to the platform.
- Any attempt to steal others' work is considered a serious infraction by the community, so don't do it. Please don't waste your and our time by posting some image from the net.
- Every effort will be made to ensure that we do not reward theft. All images will be reverse checked, if the image has been found on more than 2 “major” websites, it will be disqualified unless reasonable proof can be shown to prove ownership of the original. If there is any doubt whatsoever about the ownership of the photograph, I reserve the right to disqualify the image. It is in your interest to provide any proof necessary. I would appreciate any help from the community in finding plagiarism where I might have missed it.
- Leave feedback and vote on your favourites.
- The photographs will be judged on how well they met the challenge, the quality of the image, the composition, lighting, exposure, creativity and the general aesthetics which means that yes, it is subjective.
By entering this competition you acknowledge that you own the rights to the photographs and allow for me to re-post the image should it receive a winner or honourable mention position.
Consider hosting your images with Steemimg.com created by @blueorgy
It is the first dedicated Steemit Image hosting website, set up with tag categories for easy viewing of images, and is also a sponsor of the Steemit Photo Challenge. It's also really convenient for copying markdown for multiple images.
Use #steemitphotochallenge as your first tag, please.
Suggest the next theme!
Let me know what you'd like to see from the next Steemit Photo Challenge.
If you'd like to be considered as a guest judge, let me know in the comments so I can check your work :)
Week 1 - Animal Portrait
Week 2 - Shadows
Week 3 - Desolation
Week 4 - Nature Macro/Closeup
Week 5 - Emotive Human Portrait
Week 6 - Landscapes
Week 7 - Architecture
Week 8 - Long Exposure
Week 9 - Action - High Shutter Speed
Week 10 - Minimalism
Week 11 - Glamour / Fashion
Week 12 - Soul of the City
Week 13 - Hands
Week 14 - Autumn Foliage
Week 15 - Spiderwebs
Week 16 - Food
Don't forget
The deadline has been extended to Tuesday midnight UTC-4 until further notice!
Sometimes I'm not in love with every Challenge pick, but these are all excellent. Great stuff everyone.
Oh! I'm happy!
Congratulations to all the winners! Excellent photographs!
Congrats Guys!
Thanks to all the organizers and sponsors of the contest! I am very happy to get second place among the many excellent works!
Congrats! great photo!
Thank you @t3ran13! 8)
Congrats Boddhisattva. Well deserved!
Thank you @runrudy! 8)
Congrats! Beautiful photo! :)
Thank you @birdie! 8)
Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks for another great theme that really got a lot of people engaged. I've enjoyed seeing entries throughout the Steemit feeds, although I know I missed a lot of them. What a winning assortment of images.
I really like the moodiness of the image by @stansmith. All the other winning images are so pastoral and lovely. And to cap it off, there is the image by @sharker -- Double Rainbow, with Reflections! -- it doesn't get much better than that!
One of my favorites not listed here was this one of the greenhouses for grapes by @dreamstream.
Thank you. Taking people into a mood inside a picture... that's the plot ;)
You're welcome!
Thank you!
Great ones! @boddhisattva Really happy that your work is on the tops !
@sharker & @dreamstream it is totally on the topic ! Loved them !
@jamtaylor what about Refractions for a theme ?
Hmm... Refractions. Maybe :)
Thank you @stansmith! 8)
thanks @stansmith, I enjoyed your classic Swiss cows as well !
@boddhisattva Where is this photo taken? Absolutely stunning!!!
I made it in Kyrgyzstan. A former republic of USSR 8)
If you like this place, may be you will like those old posts of mine 8)))
https://steemit.com/photography/@boddhisattva/walk-in-the-mountains-memories-of-childhood-my-own-photo-progulka-v-gorakh-vospominaniya-o-detstve-moi-foto
https://steemit.com/photography/@boddhisattva/moutains-photo-from-ala-archa-national-park-kyrgyzstan
The photo is stunning! Thanks for the reply going to check out the album now.
Thank you very much! Congrats to the winners. Your photos are incredible. And @sharker seems to have an excellent photo for every single theme, just great :)
Thank you! )
It was a joy to see all of the different countrysides around the world.
Congrats to all who shared a photo and thanks for awarding my image 3rd place !
Beautiful photos, congrats to all of the winners.
Congratulations to all the winners. I look forward to seeing everyone's entries for the new competition:)
That double rainbow is a awesome photo! Congratulations to all the winners!
Amazing pics and landscapes ! Congratulations for everyone! (;
Great pics!
Great selections! Congrats to the winners and honorable mentions! :D
@jamtaylor I've been waiting for this moment to find @thecryptofiend's name as the guest judge - finally! I've been wondering for long when you're going to have him cause if not I'll do :P !
congrats to all the winners and good luck!
This will be @thecryptofiend's second round as Guest Judge, they judged SPC9!
@jamtaylor - wot? how could i've miss that > <
The winner of this round is ... a WINNER :) A double rainbow and a beautiful photo to add to it :) Simply breathtaking.
Congrats, @sharker. It must have been some moment? Speechless!
Thank you! )
My congratulations to all winners! A fully agree with each nominations! Perfect shots, fine theme and fair judging!
Amazing entries. I especially like your #1 pic. Magnificent! Looking forward to the next challenge.
Beautiful landscapes. Congratulations to all the winners. The double rainbow takes my breath away @sharker!
Holy crap, those are nice. Hats off to the winner. What an incredible photo. Looking forward to the next challenge. :)
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Nobody posted a link to the double rainbow guy?
I admire everybody's restraint. :P
Excellent photos everybody. All of these mentioned are top-notch.
All of those photos are Flippin' AWESOME! Great job everyone!
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Congrats to the winners and honorables! Well done!