Congratulations to Mike Landwehr for winning the Picture of the Day competition for February 2010. The winning picture, Ibis with Sand Crab, scored 3.87 to beat Intelligent design by Kathy Shogren [3.66], in to second, and Mockingbird by Jerry Gammon [3.56], in to third place.
The picture that received the most valid votes was Point of Release taken by James E Hardison. Sorry to all for putting this note out so late.

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Congratulations to Richard D Miller for winning the Picture of the Day competition for January 2010. The winning picture, Blue Heron, scored 3.84 to beat All He Can Eat by Lee Miller [3.72], in to second, and Frosty Morning by Lola M. [3.36], in to third place.
The picture that received the most valid votes was Dreaming in the afternoon taken by JoAnne Rawls.

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Each month you the visitors on PowerShot User vote for the pictures of the day. At the end of the month the scores are counted, and the picture with the highest average score is declared picture of the month. However in some months there's many high scoring pictures so while each month the winning score is different, some months work out tougher than others. To recognise this it's time to look back at the best scoring fifteen scoring images from 2009

1. Mike Landwehr - Curious, taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II N scored 4.29 on 6/10
2. Mike Landwehr - Snow Goose at Sunset, taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II N scored 4.27 on 15/5
3. Patrice Cigallio Wesa - Newborn, taken with a Canon PowerShot S3 IS scored 4.11 on 2/4
4. Steve Wolfe - Thanks for the Lizard, Mr. Kestrel, taken with a Canon EOS 40D scored 4.10 on 13/4
5. Linn Smith - Trophy Catch, taken with a Canon EOS 5D scored 4.06 on 4/9
6. Mike Landwehr - Geese in the Corn Dust, taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II N scored 4.05 on 17/3
7. Konrad Ilg - Black Capped Chickadee eating snow, taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi scored 4.03 on 8/5
8. Linn Smith - Tight Fit, taken with a Canon EOS 5D scored 3.99 on 27/3
9. Murray Palmer - Untitled, taken with a Canon PowerShot S5 IS scored 3.92 on 18/3
10. Teri Moyer - Pure Gold, taken with a Canon EOS 5D scored 3.88 on 11/6
11. Ronald Cerna - Race against the Machine, taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i scored 3.87 on 9/7
12. Lola M. - Hummingbird Moth, taken with a Canon PowerShot A610 scored 3.86 on 27/8
13. Kathy Shogren - Streamlined for speed, taken with a Canon EOS 30D scored 3.86 on 1/9
14. JoAnne Rawls - Fashionista, taken with a Canon PowerShot S5 IS scored 3.80 on 16/9
15. Richard D Miller - Taking Off, taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS scored 3.80 on 28/4

In the event of a tie more decimal places are checked, and then if needed we look at how many votes were cast to order the pictures. So for 2009 outright congratulations to Mike Landwehr for not only sending in many pictures, but also for the #1, #2 and #6 higest scored pictures in 2009. Hope to see some more in 2010.

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Congratulations to Linn Smith for winning the Picture of the Day competition for December 2009. The winning picture, Locating the Target, scored 3.76 to beat Joining the Multitude by Mike Landwehr [3.68], in to second, and Snow Geese at Sunset by Richard D Miller [3.66], in to third place.

It's been a busy and tiring 2009, but the Happy New Year feeling prevails and I'm sure that 2010 is a much better place to be. Thanks to all who have submitted pictures in 2009.

PowerShot User

Picture of the Week is the longest running gallery of our visitors work on the site. There's ten special photographers who are currently members of the POTW hall of fame, they are;

Patrice Cigallio Wesa Mike Landwehr Patrice Cigallio Wesa Teri Moyer Lola M. Steve Wolfe Konrad Ilg Mike Landwehr Linn Smith Teri Moyer

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