It’s time to pick the August Photo of the Month! Choose from these five great finalists and vote for your favourite!
Update: Friday 23 August 13:10 PM
The votes are in, and the winning Photo of the Month for August was taken by Grier Fisher! Congratulations Grier, it’s a worthy photograph.
As always, we’d like to thank everyone that submitted, commented and voted! Please keep it up! The September gallery will go up on Monday. For details on how to submit your photographs to the Facebook gallery, please scroll down.
Original Post:
Hi everyone, the year is speeding ahead and it’s time to once again select the community’s favourite Photo of the Month!
We’ve listed our five finalists below, and now it’s up to you to decide which photo is the winner. Let us know which one you like the most by leaving a comment! The winning photo will be announced on Friday 23 August and will be featured in the September newsletter (subscribe here), as well as the cover photos on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Details on how to submit your photos for next month are included at the bottom of this post.
Each photo is followed by the name of the photographer, in alphabetical order. Remember to click on the image to enlarge.
Photo above: 01 David van der Want
Photo above: 02 Grier Fisher
Photo above: 03 Konrad Blum
Photo above: 04 Marc Crowther
Photo above: 05 Wilfred de la Querra
How to enter next month’s competition:
E-mail your photos through to francois@orms.co.za with the subject: Facebook Photo Submissions. Please rename the files to include your own name.
Alternatively, upload your photographs to the official Orms group on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/orms.
The next Photo of the Month draw will take place during the week of 19-23 August 2013.
Please note:
Please keep in mind that we do check for duplicate comments. Keep it honest: One person, one vote. If you really like one of the finalist photographs (or you took the photo) and you would like to see it win, please share the post with your friends via the share buttons to the side of the post! This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Our finalist selection process does not involve using Facebook likes or comments as “votes” – we select our finalists from the collection of photos that were submitted to us via email or via the Flickr group.
02 Grier Fisher (although I wish I could could cast a second vote for 01)
I’ll swing my vote to #1. Dig the perspective.
01 David van der Want
#2 Shooting in/on water is challenging.
Number 3
Number 1
#2
My Vote is for 01 David van der Want. Strongest composition by far.
04
02 Grier Fisher
#2 gets my vote
05 Wilfred de la Querra
Number 2 because although I’ve seen hundreds of surfing shots over the years, this one captures the freedom and scale and amazingness of it all in a fresh way.
Number 1
#2
01 David van der Want
05 – that’s me!
#1
#2 Grier Fisher capturing such an epic pivotal moment between mother nature and man..love it!
05 Wilfred de la Querra Beautifully captured.
04 Marc Crowther.
#2 Grier Fisher LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winner for me : #2 – wow – Cant keep my eyes of that image. Great shot.
To the owner of #5 – great, great great shot! –
awesome comp, B&W works very well. thanks for sharing.
It’s a tough one this month, I love 2 but think I’m going to vote for no 1!
No 4
Photo 05 Wilfred de la Querra – great capture!
05 Wilfred de la Querra
#5 Wilfred de la Querra for sure! Best by far!
No.2 Grier Fisher!!!!
05 Wilfred de la Querra
05 Wilfred de la Querra
#4 Marc Crowther
Definitely no 4!!!! Puppy power! 🙂
Number 4
Is it the done thing to vote for one’s own photo. If so – Number 1.
01 David van der Want. Superb PoV and frame!
01 David van der Want
No 1
No.5 Wil de la Querra! Beautiful shot of you Kez, makes me think of a lazy sunny afternoon in the 1920’s.
#1 David van der Want love all the different lines and angles
05 Wilfred de la Querra.
05 Wilfred de la Querra
David van der Want. Clever eye for composition-circles, spirals, squares and plains-with the human figure giving an extra-geometric perspective and the “Square Plein” sign for wit.
#1 David van der Want (goes with previous vote, which I omitted to number!)
#2 Grier Fisher – Fantastic shot beautiful lighting and composition, also not easy to take pictures from moving boat + brave
#5 that pic by Wilfred de la Querra seems to tell a thousand stories, love it
#1
Number 2 is a great shot, love the colours captured
No 2 all the way, incredible picture
I like no 1 – Clever !
#2. It has the wow factor.
#5 for its simple elegance!! LOVE IT
#2 Because this is more than a good surf photo. It’s an epic composition with so much movement, scale, colour, drama…
It also cost much more, in terms of effort, to capture than the other shots here – good as they are.
#2, Grier Fisher
Number 2
Number 1
Number 1
No 2 Grier Fisher
Nr.2 – Grier Fisher. I’m not an expert in photography, but I think the slow exposure setting is perfectly set. Excellent picture!
No.
02 Grier Fisher
No 2
NO2 GRIER FISHER
Number 2
awesome
02 Grier Fisher
David Van Der Want -01- great composition I follow his amazing photo blog
No.1 David van der Want
Number 3
01 David van der Want. Definitely.
Number 1 – Square Plein by David van der Want
number 2 Grier Fisher awesome shot
05 Wilfred de la Querra
for the magic!
Number 2 Grier Fisher…stunning capture and perspective
Number 2 Grier Fisher, awesome
number 2,great focus and detail Grier Fisher.
No.5
Pic 2 : Grier Fisher – awesome pic!
Number 2
No 2. Grier Fisher – Awesome shot!!!!
Number 2 – Grier Fisher
Number 2 – Grier – Fabulous pic!
02 Grier Fisher #shouldbeinasurfmag
02 Grier Fisher. no brainer
Number 2!
Grier Fisher x 100000000
who posted this? it wasn’t Grier…can Orms track it?
Hi there, correct – Judging by the email address used, it doesn’t appear to have been Grier that posted the comment, but we suspect the person who posted it may have accidentally typed Grier’s name into the nickname field as well – it’s happened before! Nothing malicious here.
02 Grier Fisher
Got to be No2. Grier Fisher.
Number 2 all the way… Life on the edge…
Number 02
02 Grier Fisher – the moment captured is fantastic!
Pic 2
Watch this space!
No. 2
#2. Grier Fisher. Lift off!!!!
wow Grier, the Durands LOVING your wave pic, well done
02
#05 Photo of Wilfred de la Querra
Number 5, lovely composition
No 1. Hierdie is ‘n uiters spesiale foto met net ‘n kenners oog gesien. Die ander is “daar op die regte tyd”.
Number 4.