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This was one of the toughest contests we've had, owing to the number and quality of entries. We'd like to congratulate the participants. There will be only one winner but you're all commendable for the photos you sent in. Thanks again to our guest judge, Milvene Mineses, for giving his take on the photos. The Top 3 : 3rd Place : 27 points (12 votes) / Entry 13 / MEL LOPEZ  ENTRY 13 2nd Place : 28 points (12 votes) / Entry 19 / JOEY RAMOS  ENTRY 19 1st Place : 34 points (14 votes) / Entry 6 / MARK SIMON  ENTRY 6 Congratulations to our first-time first-placer, MARK SIMON! We'd like to point out that the Top 3 are all Focus applicants... the first time that has happened in our contest. Keep it up! 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (also undisclosed) gets 2 points for the Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. Up next : Our December contest theme. Stay tuned for the announcement. November 2015 Theme Contest "Frame Within a Frame" Entries (click thumbnails to view photos in full) Voting Period : 21-27 November 2015
Votes can be viewed at Facebook comment box below. THE FINAL FOUR. The penultimate round. The remaining contestants are that close to victory so we made it a little harder for them with our theme - "30 Seconds or More". Entries must be taken with shutterspeeds of at least 30 seconds. And since we are talking about long exposures, we invited masters of travel and landscape photography to be our guest judges for this round. Men who have made it an instinct to shoot with their tripods in order to compress time and create beauty in their images.  Our special thanks to sirs Noli Gabilo, Jay Jallorina, and Edwin Martinez! We are proud to have you as judges. Let's now get to the matchups : MATCHUP 1 : MHOIE MENDOZA (Rank : 8) vs. JOEL DOMINGO (Rank : 36) Judges' verdict : "Winner for me is Photo 1B. Even though it is a busier photo, with no apparent composition or design, I felt the essence of the 30 second exposure more and the resulting image is more eye-catching and dynamic. Ganda ng energy. Sa first photo kasi walang remarkable. I would have used more grads or in post-processing, brightened the foreground para hindi dull." - Jallorina "1B. Sa 1A kasi more common na siya and 'di siya masyadong sharp. I also like the diagonals in the composition of 1B." - Gabilo MATCHUP 2 : CHI LOPEZ (Rank : 2) vs. BRIAN SANTOS (Rank : 30) Judges' verdict : "The first photo for me is superior to the other although maganda pareho. First photo is more dynamic to me." - Gabilo "Winner for me is the second photo. Clever use of long exposure to frame the subject. The other photo kasi is more traditional and not - relatively - creative enough for me. I would also add more exposure to brighten or reveal color in the sky." - Jallorina "I vote for the parol photo, though mukhang edited." - Martinez Here are the semifinal round winners who will now advance to the Finals : JOEL DOMINGO  BRIAN SANTOS  Congratulations, Joel and Brian! You advance to the championship round. Stay tuned for the new theme. It will be more difficult (it's the Finals, after all) and with less time to produce your entry. Check the updated VERSUS tournament bracket : http://challonge.com/focusversus HOW THE JUDGES VOTED : Matchup 1 Matchup 2 Noli Gabilo Domingo Lopez Jay Jallorina Domingo Santos Edwin Martinez Domingo Santos Finals theme to be announced very soon! Good luck!
One place, three hours to shoot. Eleven entries... and only one winner. Thanks to everyone who voted! Here's the Top 3 for our Pariancillo PhotoMeet contest : 3rd Place : 21 points (11 votes) / Entry 7 / JAN KEVIN ANGELES  ENTRY 7 2nd Place : 26 points (10 votes) / Entry 11 / CHI LOPEZ  ENTRY 11 1st Place : 54 points (18 votes) / Entry 9 / SHERWIN TOMAS  ENTRY 9 Way to go, Sherwin! Congratulations on your runaway win. 1st Place gets an extra 10 points, 2nd Place gets 7, 3rd Place gets 5, 4th Place (undisclosed) gets 3, and 5th Place (also undisclosed) gets 2 points for the Photographer Of The Year competition. Participants automatically get 3 points for submitting entries. We'd like to once again thank Katrina Anne Bernardo-Balingit for being our guest judge. November 2015 PhotoMeet Contest "Pariancillo" Entries (click thumbnails to view in full) Voting Period : 14-20 November 2015
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