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Voting open for Smithsonian Magazine 2012 Reader's Choice Award

Mar 22, 2013 at 21:46:25 GMT

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The Smithsonian Magazine is calling on readers to vote in its 10th annual Reader's Choice Award. Voters can select their favorite photo from among 50 finalists. This year's contest received 37,600 entries from 112 countries. The Magazine's editors will also select winners for five additional categories - Altered Images, American Experience, Natural World, People and Travel. Voting is open through March 29, 2013.

Click here for the link to vote for your favorite photo

Musicians arriving at the bullring before all other guests to secure their seats.Photograph by finalist Raul Amaru Linares from Bogota, Colombia using the Nikon D7000.

Grandpa’s Helper Photographed by Jenny Braun from Hampton, Minnesota using the Sony DSC-HX9V.

A Day Laborer Works at a Chemical Drum Recycling Plant
Photographed by Raihan Parvez from Dhaka, Bangladesh. No mention about the gear used.

In One of the Small Churches in Nazareth
Photographed by Ilan Fain from Haifa, Israel using a a Canon 3D.

Apple Guy on Location in the Desert
Photographed by Ron Henderson from Dallas, Texas using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Twisted
Photographed and edited by Tim Wright from Omaha, Nebraska for the Altered Image category. He shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and used the Photomatix HDR Pro and Photoshop CS3 software for post.

Click here for the link to vote for your favorite photo

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Total comments: 13

These photos are for the "worst mobile image photo category" right?
Sorry, the majority are very sub standard.

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No, the majority are quite good, and a few are absolutely fantastic imho.
I hope you looked at the composition and other photographic/artistic qualities of the photos, and didn't get too hung up on dynamic range, noise and other (in this context) irrelevant things.

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Dear Mr Antony Jones
I'im very surprised by your opinion. These pictures are among the most beautiful I've ever seen. How can you be insensitive at the framings, sense of colour, humanity of most of them? Or maybe you pay too much atention to details like number of lines/mm, distorsion, etc. I think a picture's value is in the "spirit" that flows from them, more than technical details like aperture, exposure time etc.

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One man's trash is another man's treasure.

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confusing! sure takes a long time to click through all the entries. could have been designed better. why have categories if the entries are all in one pool?

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It's true that the readers' choice is cross-category, but the jury will pick a winner in each category, as well as a winner of the grand prize.

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Finally!...A jury that actually understands what photography is all about!
What an amazing, AMAZING set of finalists.
I am in awe and will certainly have a difficult time voting for these outstanding photos.
Ahhh...let's get a coffee a leisurely browse through these poweful images to "absorb" them all...
PK

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thanks for the heads up skiphunt13. You're correct.

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... Ilan Fain from Haifa, Israel using a Canon 3D !!!!!!
Wawww...

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Yes, I caught that too. I presume it is a typo, but who knows.

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If the 3D will be released within a year or so, then there probably are a few of them out in the wild being tested. But are the photographers really allowed to acknowledge their existence?

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It's kinda odd the way they've got it laid out. It looks like you're voting for one of these 5 images, but they're just the first selections for each of the 10-image categories. I have one in Altered Images too, but I'm betting most think its just out of these 5.

Lots of great images though! Sweet to be among them :)

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/10th-annual/10th-Annual-Photo-Contest-Finalists-194319101.html?c=y&page=8&navigation=thumb&device=ipad

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Good luck to you!!

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Total comments: 13

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