The winners of the July 2004 PhotographyBLOG Competition have now been decided. The theme for July was “Patterns” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery.

Once again, this month’s entries were excellent, making the judging particularly tough for the panel. Here are the winners:

1st Place
“Pebbles” by dapa_group
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Judges Comments:
“This photo looks like a stock photo it’s so good.  The close-up perspective, the lighting, and the exposure are perfect.”

“Perfect lighting, composition and pin-sharp focusing combined with a great natural pattern.”

Prize: 1 copy of Ulead PhotoImpact XL
Kindly donated by Ulead Systems.
http://www.ulead.co.uk

2nd Place
“Windows” by csnudelman
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Judges Comments:
“The various representations are distinctly separated yet combine to an overall organic
image. The photo offers a complex variation of the traditional solution to simply photograph a given pattern, by letting us look through the pattern and see the same pattern in variations.”

Prize: Photobird.com one-year subscription with 100 megabytes of storage space
Kindly donated by Photobird.com.
http://www.photobird.com

3rd Place
“Munich Cafe” by turtletale
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Judges Comments:
“Well-seen man-made pattern, with the inclusion of the figure adding a sense of scale.”

Prize: 1 copy of Powerretouche Full Pro Pack
Kindly donated by Powerretouche.
http://powerretouche.com

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who took part!

The August 2004 Competition is now open for entries. This is a monthly photography competition with a specific theme and prizes for the top 3 photos. The winning entries will be decided by a panel of judges. You just have to submit one photograph to the Competition Gallery that best interprets August’s theme, which is simply “Sports”.