{"id":566978,"date":"2010-05-17T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=158357"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:30:56","slug":"national-photo-month-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/566978","title":{"rendered":"National Photo Month contest winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/notsogoodphotography\/2130589515\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/and-the-winner-is.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"and the winner is, by notsogoodphotography\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158398\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNext time I run a contest on CrunchGear, I am <em>definitely<\/em> not going to commit to selecting a random winner. The submissions for our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/05\/14\/celebrate-national-photo-month-with-free-stuff-from-crunchgear\/\">National Photo Month<\/a> contest were great! They were clever, artistic, and truly enjoyable. You guys outdid yourselves, and I really wish I could reward everyone who entered with a prize. But alas, I committed to selecting three random winners.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/tag\/booq\">booq<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2009\/12\/15\/bag-week-booq-boa-flow-xl\/\">Boa Flow<\/a> camera bag goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/05\/14\/celebrate-national-photo-month-with-free-stuff-from-crunchgear\/#comment-1276854\">commenter Jay<\/a>, for the photo of his camera bag!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-winner-620x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-bag-winner\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-158358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/tag\/joby\">Joby<\/a> GorillaPod goes to Jsarrafi, who submitted this photo to our email address!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-winner1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-tripod-winner\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/tag\/lensbaby\">lensbaby<\/a> Composer lens goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alanwordguy\">Alan Brandon<\/a>, who <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/1np93m\">submitted<\/a> his photo via Twitter!<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-lens-winner.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-lens-winner\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Really, though, you guys outdid yourselves. The quality and creativity of the submissions completely blew me away. Here are a couple of my personal favorites for your viewing pleasure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mary&#8217;s bag:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29915677@N06\/sets\/72157624069173548\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-mary-lough.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-bag-mary-lough\" width=\"159\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ansel hates his bag!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/I-hate-my-bag-I-love-CrunchGear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-ansel.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-bag-ansel\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric&#8217;s bag:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-eric-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-eric.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-bag-eric\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raymond&#8217;s bag:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-raymond-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-raymond.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-bag-raymond\" width=\"200\" height=\"251\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158382\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gregory&#8217;s bag:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-gregory-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-bag-gregory.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-bag-gregory\" width=\"200\" height=\"134\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Kevin&#8217;s tripod:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kbondelli\/4606686106\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-kevin-bondelli.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-tripod-kevin-bondelli\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158369\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ricky&#8217;s tripod:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-ricky.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-tripod-ricky\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Daniel made up some wonderful stories to accompany his photos, which were a lot of fun to read.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nThe tripod decided it&#8217;s going to cross the street. All the major intersections in Salt Lake have flags that pedestrians are supposed to wave to make them better targets&#8230;I mean more visible to cars.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-daniel-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-daniel.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-tripod-daniel\" width=\"88\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ketaki&#8217;s tripod:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-ketaki-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-ketaki.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-tripod-ketaki\" width=\"89\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Georges&#8217; tripod:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-georges-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-tripod-georges.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-tripod-georges\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Palak&#8217;s lens:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/7147\/535\/1600\/General%20035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-lens-palak.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-lens-palak\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doug&#8217;s lens:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/dougarthur\/CrunchGearPhotoContest#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-lens-doug-arthur.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-lens-doug-arthur\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David&#8217;s lens:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4022\/4613331039_a7aa35dbd5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-lens-david-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-lens-david-s\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carson&#8217;s lens:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/choffacker\/ContestSubmissions?authkey=Gv1sRgCMPauY-1k5WP6gE#5471168931108470354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-lens-carson.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-lens-carson\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Michael didn&#8217;t care what he won. I wish I could have rewarded him and his dog Chewbacca. Maybe next time, guys!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-anything-michael-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cg-anything-michael.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"cg-anything-michael\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Max Roper didn&#8217;t seem to read the contest instructions at all!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/max-roper-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/max-roper.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"max-roper\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Once again, let me say that everyone who submitted went all out, and I&#8217;m really grateful for your efforts. Looking at photo after photo of bags and tripods and lenses wasn&#8217;t exactly something to look forward to, but you all made it a blast. It was also a treat to see people getting their friends and families involved in this! <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned: we have more stuff to give away soon, and you&#8217;ll definitely need to bring your A game the next time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XVlpawxpJcGIh_cd-J9gG3HWl34\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XVlpawxpJcGIh_cd-J9gG3HWl34\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XVlpawxpJcGIh_cd-J9gG3HWl34\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XVlpawxpJcGIh_cd-J9gG3HWl34\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=j5zQFB4NsJg:FEAwc32ekh0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=j5zQFB4NsJg:FEAwc32ekh0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=j5zQFB4NsJg:FEAwc32ekh0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=j5zQFB4NsJg:FEAwc32ekh0:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=j5zQFB4NsJg:FEAwc32ekh0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next time I run a contest on CrunchGear, I am definitely not going to commit to selecting a random winner. The submissions for our National Photo Month contest were great! They were clever, artistic, and truly enjoyable. You guys outdid yourselves, and I really wish I could reward everyone who entered with a prize. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}