Our first monthly Photo Challenge has come to an end. I want to thank all of you who entered and also those who commented and voted for their favorites. We had an amazing turn out with 217 photos submitted and well over twenty thousand views, votes and comments. (that’s a lot of people who had the opportunity to see your work). I always knew we had a strong community but this turn out certainly proves it.

Our judges had the difficult job of selecting three finalists from the many great entries. They narrowed them down to their top twenty, and then narrowed them down again until they were able to reach their top three favorites. So without further ado here are our three top winners for the February 2011 CurrentPhotographer.com Photo Challenge:
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1st Place Winner

Magic Leaf - by Preeti from New Jersey

Preeti will receive a prize package worth $780 and includes:

• Full retail version of onOne Software’s Perfect Photo Suite 5.5
• $150 gift certificate from Borrow Lenses
• Credit for a 50 page 12″ x 12″ photo book from AdoramaPix

Be sure to check out Preeti’s website, Facebook Page and give her a follow on Twitter.

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2nd Place Winner

Ripple in Time – by Will from Maine

Will will receive a prize package worth $418 and includes:

• Full retail version of onOne Software’s Photo Tools 2.6
• $100 gift certificate from Borrow Lenses
• Credit for a 26 page 12″ x 9″ photo book from AdoramaPix

Be sure to check out Will’s website, Facebook Page and give him a follow on Twitter.

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3rd Place Winner

Burnt to a Crisp – by Chris from Montana

Chris will receive a prize package worth $104 and includes:

• $50 gift certificate from Borrow Lenses
• Credit for a 14 page 8″ x 8″ photo book from AdoramaPix
• Canon Special Edition Lens Mug from CurrentPhotographer.com

Be sure to check out Chris’ website, Facebook Page and give him a follow on Twitter.

I want to give a big thanks to Ana Ramirez, Joseph Cristina and Scott Wyden Kivowitz for helping out with the judging, and also to our sponsors for offering such great prizes to help make our first Photo Challenge a huge success.

BTW, if you didn’t win our Photo Challenge for February or just missed the deadline, don’t worry. We just launched our new Photo Challenge for March. Be sure to check it out.

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