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Winners Announced! - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:32 am
by RyanS
Here we go! I'm going to add the 18 finalist photos for our Best of 2017 photo contest to this thread with a number for each.

Please use the poll on this first post to vote for your two favorite images - the photo with the most votes when we close the thread some time on January 24th will win!

Reminder - you must be logged in to vote!

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to submit some of the many awesome images!! I hope you'll all stick around as the 2018 season gets underway and continue to share your knowledge and artwork with the rest of us!

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Re: VOTE NOW - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:33 am
by RyanS
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Re: VOTE NOW - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:34 am
by RyanS
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Re: VOTE NOW - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:34 am
by RyanS
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Re: VOTE NOW - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:56 pm
by Doc021
Hi, what was the criteria to become a finalist.

Re: VOTE NOW - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:46 am
by RyanS
Doc021 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:56 pm Hi, what was the criteria to become a finalist.
Nothing specific; we assembled all of the entries into a folder and looked over all of them. We picked some that we felt were the best in a technical sense - in focus, properly exposed, sharp, etc. We wanted to give amateurs a fair shot too, so we also took care to pick some that maybe had some technical issues but that exhibited an eye for composition or timing.

No names were attached to the photos, so it was as blind as an informally organized contest can really be. We targeted 16 finalists and ended up with 18, which we posted here in somewhat a random order. If it was easier to have a poll with 100+ options, we probably would have.

I don't want anyone to be upset that their photos weren't picked. I've seen contests that are entirely focused on the technical aspect and I've seen contests where the winners were extremely average photos. We tried to walk the middle of the road on this one and had to leave some intriguing photos behind. Ultimately I just hope it's fun for everyone!

Re: VOTE NOW - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:01 pm
by RyanS
Don'tr forget to vote! The poll will automatically close at 8:30 PM Wednesday night (Central time).

Re: Voting Closed - AirshowStuff's Best of 2017 Photo Contest!

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:56 am
by RyanS
Voting is closed and the winners are set! Here are the winning entries in the Best of 2017 photo contest!

#1 by @jwoodard76
Airshow Stuff Contest- September 15, 2017 - 01.jpg
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#2 by @CharlieOscarPhotog
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#3 by @subrosa
MhpQS84.jpg
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Congrats to everyone and thank you for entering! I hope you'll all stick around and help fill our forums with lots of great photos in 2018!