Overall POY Contest Voting Here!

[Abel]

All 16 individual category winners have been announced so now it is time that they compete head to head in order to see who will go home with the title of 2008 Overall Photo of the Year.

All of the eligible photos are listed below so please look over them, take your time and then cast you vote as to what photo you feel stands out above the rest.


Voting Will End on February 9th @ 8:00pm CST


Prizes Announced

1st Place - $550 Value
ThinkTank Modulus 6pc Set ($169 Value) donated by Think Tank.
2 Year SmugMug Pro account plus a $75 in free SmugMug prints ($375 Value).

2nd Place - $350 Value
ThinkTank Glass Taxi ($149 Value)donated by Think Tank.
1 Year SmugMug Pro account and $50 free SmugMug prints ($200 Value).

3rd Place - $300 Value
ThinkTank Urban Disguise 40 ($149 Value) donated by Think Tank.
1 Year SmugMug Pro account ($150 Value).


Thanks to Think Tank, SmugMug and of course TexasPhotoForum for all of the prizes!!!


Voting Rules:
1. Members as of 1-31-09 are the only ones eligible to vote.
2. Voting will end on February 9th @ 8:00pm CST
3. You can not vote on your own entry.
4. Users are only allowed to vote for 1 photograph.
5. Any members trying to pad their vote count with bogus accounts and/or recruiting other members to vote for their photo will be disqualified from this contest and any future contests. So in other words.... Play Fair.



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City Life

Photographer: Tarick Foteh
Username: aerosolcheese
Join Date: 3-17-2007





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Digital Manipulation

Photographer: Dean Owen
Username: dowen
Join Date: 4-20-2008





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General

Photographer: Tarick Foteh
Username: aerosolcheese
Join Date: 3-17-2007





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HDR

Photographer: James Semonik
Username: jerseyjim
Join Date: 11-28-2008





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Infrared

Photographer: Greg McCroskery
Username: daddy0
Join Date: 1-25-2005





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Landscapes

Photographer: Quy Tran
Username: quyd200
Join Date: 3-28-2007






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Macro

Photographer: Roy Niswanger
Username: lextalionis
Join Date: 7-26-2007





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Nature

Photographer: Darren
Username: d82
Join Date: 1-3-2008





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Panorama

Photographer: Jeff Kohn
Username: JeffKohn
Join Date: 1-11-2005





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People

Photographer: Kevin Falk
Username: kevinfalk
Join Date: 6-25-2005





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Pets

Photographer: Nik Pietraszewski
Username: nikolausp
Join Date: 11-9-2007





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Photojournalism

Photographer: ????
Username: ????
Join Date: ??-??-????





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Sports

Photographer: Chuck Hale
Username: tooloud
Join Date: 10-28-2008





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Transportation

Photographer: Randy Smith
Username: RandySmith
Join Date: 1-20-2005





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Weddings

Photographer: Ron Pritchett
Username: Ronster
Join Date: 6-17-2005





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Wildlife

Photographer: Mike Davis
Username: mjdmike
Join Date: 11-28-2006


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[Daniel Bates]

Well, that was a very difficult decision. Best of luck to everyone!

[my3peas]

Woah! I am blown away by these images! congrats to all finalists, amazing work!

[moodyblue71]

Tough choice!! Good Luck everyone!!

[ChevydreamZ]

Hardest poll I have ever chosen from!
Very vice work everyone and good luck.

[Contemporary Clicks]

Beautiful work. A very tough decision!!!

[lightsnshadows62]

excellent work by all participants and good luck to everyone.

[w9ctm]

Well, Congratulations to each of the category winners. It was difficult to make a decision. I asked two non-photograper friends which one they liked best, and why. I then made my decision using their thoughts as well.
It was still a tough decision. All of these are great shots.

Chuck

[Troy Ogilvie]

That was tough! Each finalist was worthy of additional consideration. My vote even surprised me! Very good work.

Troy

[roguegenius]

Was an extremely difficult decision. All works are extremely worthy of great praise and recognition.

[MRCPix]

wow what a tuff decision all of them are amazing, but in the end there can be only one

[Lghtning4u]

What a difficult choice to make here.

All of you are definitely winners.

[jimken61]

Congradulations to all the finalists...these are truely some fantastic shots!!

[dtscds]

This is one of those times when all the participants should feel honored to be among the finalists. I honestly don't know how to pick just one!
Amazing work everyone!

[fotobug57]

Incredible photos! Good luck to everyone!