[Leica] Results of January 2008 LUG Photo Contest

[philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)]

Congratulations to the winner, to his followers, and to all contestants.

I second Brian in his appraisal of the quality of this month's edition 
of the contest.

When I sometimes perused the site before closure, I never thought a 
minute one of mine would make it even to the first page ..
I find it a real honor to have my name in so good company.

Outstanding colour and BW photographs have been presented in many 
formats and shot with varied gear, in many countries in the four seasons 
- a real bounty it is again, and a tribute to the LUG.
Of course, there were photographs that I would have liked to see ahead 
of mine. Brian has cited one, and there are so many others we would all 
love to have taken.

I anticipate "sisterhood" will be an even trickier challenge, and 
probably full of surprise.

Thanks once more to Brian and to the "jurors" for this good spirited and 
inducing "competition" .

phx


Brian Reid wrote:

> There were some truly fabulous pictures entered in this month's 
> contest. The judges have all reported in, and here are the winners:
>
> First prize: Carl Sander Socolow
> Second prize: Aram Langhans
> Third prize: Luis Ripoll  (Luis, nota que deletre? su nombre 
> correctamente.)
> Honorable mentions: Richard S. Taylor, Tina Manley, Philippe Amard
>
> You can see all of these delectable photographs (and 66 more) at
>     http://contest.leica-users.org/
>
> Please remember that there is no requirement that you use a Leica to 
> produce your contest entry, but you do have to think about using one. 
> The February 2008 contest is now open, and the theme is "sisterhood". 
> The subjects of your entries need not of course be your sisters, or 
> anyone's sisters, or each other's sisters, or even be female, or 
> human. You can interpret the theme however you wish. The judges are 
> instructed to consider only photographic quality when judging, but I 
> think most of them ignore my instructions and pick the pictures that 
> they like the best in the context of the monthly theme.
>
> My own favorite entry this month was 
> http://contest.leica-users.org/main.php/v/0801/Odeon_1002_R14_31_4.jpg.html
>  
> but it did not win any prizes, except in my heart.
>
> Brian Reid
> LUG Saloon Keeper
>
>
>
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