Just got notified that my image is a Finalst

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II

12/15/2009 05:08:04 PM · #1

Betterphoto.com just emailed me. Out of over 18800 entries, this image of mine

has been chosen as a Finalist from the month of November entries.
Sure there are 846 Finalists, but I was happy to be among them.
Here is a link to all the Finalists, mine is id # 9312739
Finalists from November

I have no doubt there are others from DPC that are amongst the finalists. Jump in here and show us yours.

bergiekat

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

12/15/2009 05:11:21 PM · #2

Way to go, Linda! What a great honor! Love the photo....

one2one

Olympus E-5

Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom

12/15/2009 05:19:41 PM · #3

Great news and good luck, or does it end there? Do they pick a winner among the finalists?

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

12/15/2009 05:46:33 PM · #4

Originally posted by Jac:

Great news and good luck, or does it end there? Do they pick a winner among the finalists?

Yes Jac, in a couple of weeks they will announce the Winners for each category. I've made finalist before, but have never been named a winner. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

12/15/2009 05:53:37 PM · #5

Congrat's Linda. Actually, they usually announce in a few days. They're a little earlier than usual this month...my guess is the winners will be announced by Friday, Monday at the latest.

I have a finalist this month too--in the same category as you... good luck to us and all the DPC finalists...

"On Golden Pond"

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

12/15/2009 07:38:23 PM · #6

Congrats back to you

nshapiro. Beautiful capture! Good luck to us both.
And thank you for correcting me. I misread the email - they did say in the next few days.

Message edited by author 2009-12-15 19:39:28.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

12/15/2009 07:48:41 PM · #7

Cute schnauzer, Linda! And great heron shot too,

nshapiro. Best of luck!

12/15/2009 09:15:38 PM · #8

I have 2 finalists this month.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS II USM Lens

12/18/2009 01:09:17 PM · #9

Originally posted by KarenNfld:

I have 2 finalists this month.

And this was a 2nd place winner, yay!

//www.betterphoto.com/contest/winners/0911.asp

Elaine

Canon EOS R5

12/18/2009 01:42:48 PM · #10

Congratulations to those who were finalists and to Karen for your second place finish!

Scholten

Nikon D700

Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D

12/18/2009 08:12:22 PM · #11

(still trying to figure out clickable thumbnails)

Message edited by author 2009-12-18 20:21:08.

Scholten

Nikon D700

Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D

12/18/2009 08:19:38 PM · #12

Congratulations Karen, who won second place in another category than I did. :-)

Message edited by author 2009-12-18 21:25:54.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

12/19/2009 11:17:49 AM · #13

Congrat's to Karen and Randall. Did any other DPCer's get a win in November. I didn't notice any.

Curious question to others: do you "persist" and keep entering photos in your portfolio there, month after month?

I do tend to enter old ones, even finalists that didn't win. Partly because it's easy to do so, and I don't regularly update my portfolio there.

And a note of caution I still need to fix there...if you enter a photo two months in a row, and it wins the first month (before you new not to enter it the second month, due to the "delay" in posting finalists and winners, you LOSE your win token if it later becomes a finalist. I had that happen with my Manhattan Lights photo. It won second place, but it was already in the queue for the next month, where it was a finalist. So now the photo just says "Finalist". I wrote to them quite a while back about that, but never heard back and it wasn't remedied. I guess I need to follow up on that....

12/19/2009 11:48:55 AM · #14

I've never re-entered a photo, I always enter new ones. Doesn't seem right that you would lose a win if it later becomes a finalist.

banmorn:
//www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=9339244&catID=36901

12/19/2009 11:51:44 AM · #15

This one by

librodo:
//www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=9431868&catID=36901

This one by

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

12/19/2009 12:04:59 PM · #16

I just sent them another note--I know I send one in May...I used their contact form, but never heard back. Unfortunately, you don't get a copy of the message in the confirmation email they send.

Maybe we should start a thread where DPCers can post links to all their winners there.