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Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:59 pm**

Believe it or not... this is Nnnnsic... and I'm going to update this list throughout the night with the winners of each challenge:

Best Of The Rest
The best images that never won a prize in the challenges as voted on by a panel of senior members.
1st place - Killakoala
2nd place - Nicole
3rd place - Slider

Picture Of The Year (POTY)
The best Picture Of The Week (POTW) for the year as voted on by DSLR Users.com members.
POTY - Pirostitch

Outstanding Forum Supporters
MHD
Matt K.

Outstanding Member Of The Year
(The Thanh Ho Award)
Manta

Thaddeus's Choice
Pippin88

5th Place - Owen
4th Place - Heath Bennett
3rd Place - Leek
2nd Place - Potatis
1st Place - Rokkstar

POTY
http://www.potofgrass.com/gallery/potw
Comp 7
http://www.potofgrass.com/gallery/7vote

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:19 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners.

Well deserved.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:31 pm**

Well done all. and many thanks Leigh and Gary for setting up the web broadcast for us poor buggers who were unable to attend. It certainly made you feel a part of it.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:32 pm**

antman wrote:Congraulations to all the winners.

Well deserved.

and also from me..........

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:37 pm**

Congratulation to all :lol:

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:38 pm**

big pix wrote:
antman wrote:Congraulations to all the winners.

Well deserved.

and also from me..........

Me too.
No surprises as far as I'm concerned, all deserving winners. Matter of fact I got 3 of the top 5 right.

Well done everyone.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:41 pm**

Congrats to all the winners and all that entered. This was a great comp. Set the standard for the future.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:46 pm**

Well done all very well deserved, and great comp look forward to Matts decision on what is up next.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:57 pm**

Congrats to all the winners, and wow - Rokkstar, your second challenge win. And a new camera at that!

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:01 pm**

Leigh, thanks for the audio feed m8. Felt like we were there.

Well done to all the winners, I am proud to have rubbed shouders with you all.

Cheers

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:15 pm**

Thanks everyone, and congratulations to everyone who entered. Definately the best challenge yet.

Esp. congrats to Rokkstar

Esp. thanks to Thanh for 4th prize. I will have to buy a Benro tripod to suit! What a fantastic excuse!

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:20 pm**

Congrats to the Winners... and to the losers (us.. even if we didnt enter anything) We'll have to try harder next year!!

Thanks to Leigh for the radio webcast... Almost felt like we were there...

and thanks to everyone else who had something to do with organising this event and has something to do with this site

Tim

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:30 pm**

WE are all winners on this forum..........and all the best to those who won prizes.........

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:35 pm**

I know we are.. im just trying to give us all a reason to play with our cameras even more!!

Tim

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:47 pm**

congrats to all the winners.
Well done!!

Steve

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:05 pm**

Well done to all the placegetters, and thanks to Leigh for the webcast, made for a very enjoyable afternoon!

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:11 pm**

Thanks very much to all involved in organising this. I'm really sorry that I couldn't make the dinner. Congrats to all the winners and woohoo a memory card!!!

Thanks Birdy

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:12 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners, well deserved! And a big thanks to everyone that had a hand in running tonights Great event! Too many to mention but it was a great night, awesome food and great socalising.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:20 pm**

Well done to the winners and all members who submitted to the contest.

I reckon the standard overall was very high.

Looking forward to next years challenges. We'll all have to work harder as the quality and creativeness is excellent.

Thank You to the people who donated the prizes to the contest, I'm sure everyone really appreciates your support!!

Tony

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:59 pm**

Before I depart for regions more wintery... I'd also like to congratulate the other winners... Well deserved...
Thanks also to the generous souls who donate prizes for these challenges... Thanks in particular to smac for the third prize - I didn't get around to thanking you personally tonight - very remiss of me...
And last but not least thanks to Scott for the considerable effort that he puts into the challenges... He is the master of suspense during the announcements...

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:07 am**

Mal wrote:Well done all. and many thanks Leigh and Gary for setting up the web broadcast for us poor buggers who were unable to attend. It certainly made you feel a part of it.

Mal,

Leigh gets full credit for setting up the webcast. He even sacrificed some of his dinner in order to keep it all rockin' and rollin' for y'all folks at home.

I really have to say - and words simply aren't enough - how gratifying it is to be able to run this site, given the outstanding quality of the membership base that we have here.

The continuing generosity of people like Thanh and Poon, as well as Stuart (smac) and Russell (Thaddeus) simply astounds me, but it leads also to the contributions that have been made by others, like Matt K and Scott (MHD), Mitedo, Oneputt and Stubbsy, all of whom had a hand, in some way, in terms of this evening's event.

It's great to be a small part of this group of outstanding individuals: thank you all for being such a great membership.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:23 am**

I would also like to congratulate all the winners. It was a good night, good food and the night was also a reminder of how good the photograhic skills of the member are within this forum.

Barry

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:46 am**

Great night guys thanks. Rockstar well deserved. thanks Gary and all who organised. time for bed
Jethro

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:14 am**

Congrats to all the winners. Awesome pics. Hope you guys had a great time.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:59 am**

I'm still a little bit shell shocked to be honest.
Many thanks to Thanh for the wonderful prize. Congratulations to all the other winners in all categories. Thanks to the entire forum really for making this unique place what it is.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:09 am**

Just stringing a few words together does not do justice to the thanks i want to convey to all involved that made the night such a great success.

An enormous thankyou to all those who contributed to the fantastic prizes offered last night and another enormous thankyou to those who did the organising. It was a very enjoyable evening.

Thankyou to ALL forum members who make this place what it is, a great place to meet, greet and do photography amongst really nice people. For me, it's become a second home.

Thankyou.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:20 am**

Yep well done placegetters as well as all the people who entered the comp. Also thanks to the site admins, MHD for running the comp and ofcourse the generous "sponsors"...

Merry Xmas to you all.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:56 am**

Thanks to Thanh and Poon for donating such incredible prizes for the Challenge. Thanks once again to Scott for all his time running the challenge. Congratulations to all winners, and all who entered. What a great way to learn photography.

The dinner was excellent last night, it was great to see everyone. I had a great time. Sooo many prizes! How many people won the lucky door prize? I know I did, and several others on my table. :lol:

I'd like to echo what Killakoala said in his last paragraph. My sentiments exactly.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:01 am**

Well done to all who placed in the comp. Big thanks to all the people who make this place what it is. Its a true pleasure to be a member on this forum.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:48 am**

Well done & congrats to the winners, superb photography !

Maybe next year for me when I'm a bit more settled in life. :roll:

Did any body get a macro of Sang Choy Bow :shock:

Mic.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:50 am**

Ok results released on the website now:
POTY
http://www.potofgrass.com/gallery/potw
Comp 7
http://www.potofgrass.com/gallery/7vote

CONGRATS ALL!!!

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:21 am**

Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who entered.

Outstanding photos.
So many high quality entries.
Well done everyone.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:34 pm**

Congratulations all the winners of the Challenge 7 and to Wayne for POTY!
Alex

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:18 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners. Those top few from the latest comp were awesome. Well deserved indeed.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:36 pm**

Slider wrote:Congratulations to all the winners. Those top few from the latest comp were awesome. Well deserved indeed.

And to you too Mark. You received a special commendation (what Leigh so cavlierly referred to as Best Of The Rest) award (and a prize courtesy of Birddog).

Congratulations to all who won, organised and attended. This dinner was the culmination of a great 12 months in the life of this community and I, for one, look forward to the next year.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:47 pm**

Congratualtions to everyone - winners, contributors, organisers and participants at all levels. What a fabulous way to cap off a truly stellar year for the forum. Here's to an even more productive, entertaining, supportive and fun year in 2006.

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:09 pm**

stubbsy wrote:
Slider wrote:Congratulations to all the winners. Those top few from the latest comp were awesome. Well deserved indeed.

And to you too Mark. You received a special commendation (what Leigh so cavlierly referred to as Best Of The Rest) award (and a prize courtesy of Birddog).

Congratulations to all who won, organised and attended. This dinner was the culmination of a great 12 months in the life of this community and I, for one, look forward to the next year.

Thanks Peter, and of course thanks Birddog for your tremendous support. Quite a surprise and a thrill to get the call last night (the background noise was intense so I think everyone was having a great time). Very greatly appreciated

Posted: **Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:08 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who's had the fortunate opportunity to be part of this great forum.

Thanks to all the contributors and supporters (too many to name) for making this such a great place. Hopefully I'll be able to come up next year for the dinner then

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:16 am**

PiroStitch wrote:Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who's had the fortunate opportunity to be part of this great forum.

Thanks to all the contributors and supporters (too many to name) for making this such a great place. Hopefully I'll be able to come up next year for the dinner then

Wayne. We might introduce a new rule - no prize if you aren't at the dinner. Then this time we could have kept a few of the (well deserved) goodies to divy up at the dinner :wink:

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:21 am**

stubbsy wrote:
PiroStitch wrote:Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who's had the fortunate opportunity to be part of this great forum.

Thanks to all the contributors and supporters (too many to name) for making this such a great place. Hopefully I'll be able to come up next year for the dinner then

Wayne. We might introduce a new rule - no prize if you aren't at the dinner. Then this time we could have kept a few of the (well deserved) goodies to divy up at the dinner

Technically I was there...in online form

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:18 am**

stubbsy wrote:
PiroStitch wrote:Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone who's had the fortunate opportunity to be part of this great forum.

Thanks to all the contributors and supporters (too many to name) for making this such a great place. Hopefully I'll be able to come up next year for the dinner then

Wayne. We might introduce a new rule - no prize if you aren't at the dinner. Then this time we could have kept a few of the (well deserved) goodies to divy up at the dinner

This new rules could be apllied well and the attendees required to drind reds, no beer :lol:

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:46 am**

Congratulations to all the winners and well deserved in a very tightly contested comp. Look forward to the next one.

cheers
marco

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:05 am**

Congrats to all!

I tried to get to the dinner ... maybe next year

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:53 am**

Congrats to all the winners. All well deserved outstanding entries. Wish I could have been at the dinner.

An excellet forum community and the capping on a sensational year huge thanks once again to all who have contributed here and especially those that work so tirelessly to keep it all together.

Looking forward to 2006

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:05 am**

Birddog114 wrote:This new rules could be apllied well and the attendees required to drind reds, no beer

Fine by me Thanh but I reckon I'll need 12 months to put my own red wine-induced hangover behind me. Serves me right for drinking cheap stuff!

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:38 pm**

Congratulations to all the winners. What a collection of fantastic images for POTY! Every one of them is absolutely inspiring.

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:10 pm**

Wow, how close were 5, 6 & 7th place!

(5) Brogers Creek - 47 voters (7.15)
(6) Movement (Pun Intended) - 44 voters (7.14)
(7) Animal Rising - 48 voters (7.13)

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:25 pm**

PiroStitch wrote:Technically I was there...in online form

Indeed he was.

AFTER his prize was announced. :lol:

Posted: **Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:12 pm**

At the risk of being severely chastised for cross posting :wink:

- there are some pics of the challenge winners with their prize certificates here.

Posted: **Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:11 am**

Nnnnsic wrote:
PiroStitch wrote:Technically I was there...in online form

Indeed he was.

AFTER his prize was announced.

Missed it by thaat much |.| ...... :wink:

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