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Autumn Photo Contest Winner

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / November 7, 2006

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20061107_autumn01.jpgWinning photograph for the Autumn theme: "14" by blogTO Flickr pool member Doll_Murderer

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Autumn photo contest. We saw some stunning fall imagery in the blogTO Flickr pool.

Congratulations to Doll_Murderer, the winner of a new Canon ZR500 Mini DV Camcorder, courtesy of our contest sponsor Henry's Camera. We'll contact you and arrange for delivery of your prize!

Honorable mention goes to these entries that round out the top five:

20061107_autumn02.jpgBetter Days by uwajedi
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20061107_autumn03.jpgNet by low resolution
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20061107_autumn04.jpgPumpkin Time by gabe.toth
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and

20061107_autumn05.jpgRail Yards by photojunkie


henrys_logo200.jpgThanks for your fantastic submissions, and stay tuned to blogTO for more contests and prizes to come in the near future!

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Hamish Grant / November 7, 2006 at 12:46 pm
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I know Rannie's shot is a really good one [as usual] but did you include him in the runners-up just for kicks?

I mean, always a bridesmaid - this is turning into a bit of a joke!

Congrats to teh winnar and Rannie: keep tryin'!!!!
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Sameer Vasta / November 7, 2006 at 12:54 pm
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Now Hamish, that would be a cruel cruel joke. =)

Rannie's shot is fantastic, so I'm not surprised he got a lot of votes, but I guess autumn wasn't quite his theme either.

Good job to all of you that participated, there are some amazing photos in the pool!
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jerrold / November 7, 2006 at 01:11 pm
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We included the top5 here because they're all great, we had more submissions this time than any before, and if you must know, they all made made it into a second round of voting.

There's certainly no conspiracy and there's certainly no joke or poke intended - just the results. Each contest is treated as a separate contest.

The fact that Rannie is a repeat runner-up means that he's submitted great images every time. Also, every time he submitted 3 photos and split his own votes (which he is aware of).

I could have posted just the winner, but I felt that all were deserving of a nod.
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Tanja / November 7, 2006 at 01:26 pm
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Easy now... down boys.
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photojunkie / November 7, 2006 at 02:00 pm
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So there it is....

A) I should have submitted one image.

B) I should have submitted something that SCREAMED autumn... I was trying to go for the subtle approach.

And I do believe that was the last of the camcorders eh.

Time to return the ipod and psp and reinvest.

Thanks to all the folks at BlogTO, I had a great time pulling out my hair trying to figure out what to submit.
;-)
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sookie / November 7, 2006 at 02:48 pm
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Anybody notice the difference in colours between this post and the "original" picture posted on flickr?
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photojunkie / November 7, 2006 at 03:53 pm
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Do I still get that honourable mention Kiss from the BlogTO staff of my choice?

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jerrold / November 7, 2006 at 04:42 pm
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Hey sookie, resizing and saving as lower quality jpeg does change the histogram slightly (very similar colours and intensities are clustered, which is what makes the file size smaller) but the colours shouldn't change to any noticeable extent. I reuploaded a jpeg at quality level 7 (it was previously at 6) and can't see any differences now. How is it on your monitor now? Better?
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doll / November 7, 2006 at 06:02 pm
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wow

just made my day !!!!!

thank you for the votes ... I am honoured
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uwajedi / November 8, 2006 at 10:21 am
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Thanks so much for the honourable mention. To be in the same league as photojunkie was competition in ittself. Thanks again! Looking forward to the next round.
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uwajedi / November 8, 2006 at 02:57 pm
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Congrats to doll_murderer for a superb autumn scene!
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sookie / November 8, 2006 at 04:14 pm
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Jerrold, Looks much better at 7. The autumn colours are more striking and comparable to the original.
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sookie / November 14, 2006 at 12:34 am
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I already miss the blogTO photo contest - hope everyone is enjoying their fancy new cameras courtesy of Henry's!
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jerrold / November 15, 2006 at 01:32 am
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psssst... there's something in the works :)
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Sam / December 6, 2006 at 01:44 pm
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If Rannie would learn to at least clean up his images, and shoot an engaging subject, maybe he'd do better than a token mention. Submitting multiple images won't help. Basic understanding of composition and proper exposure would be a good start.
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