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  It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of the first ever Photo of the Month contest held from March 6-15. With an impressive number of votes cast, the flock has chosen its winners!And here they are. All winners will be individually contacted and instructed about prize delivery and other details.
Congratulations to the winners and for all the others, watch for next month's contest!

WINNER!
GRAND WINNER OFSCANNER PRINTER COPIEREPSON STYLUS.PHOTO RX690
Stalin Ramesh
GRAND WINNER OF
SCANNER PRINTER COPIER
EPSON STYLUS.PHOTO RX690		 scanner
 

Runners up
Second Prize
Soumitra Inamdar
Third Prize
Kunal Parekh
Fourth Prize
Ram Morrison
Our three runners-up Soumitra Inamdar, Kunal Parekh and Ram Morrison win a Fotoflock goodie bag, T-shirt and cap. Congratulations!
Other notable entries
Honorable mention
Kiran
Honorable mention
Samiran Paul
Honorable mention
Sangeeta Das

Honorable mention
Enrico Fabian
Honorable mention
Subhrojyoti Banerjee
Honorable mention
Candice
 
     
 
Comments (19)
19 31 March 2009
SDas
Congratulations Stalin, Excellent perspective. Simply Stunning. Sepia-- a wonderful deviation from the usual predominantly white image of the Taj. I also sneaked into your website portfolio... loved all the Digital work.... gr8 imagination... Keep up the good work.
Sangeeta
18 31 March 2009
Gunapal
beautiful take
17 30 March 2009
John Immanual.
A different perspective of the Taj. Congrats Stalin !!!
16 27 March 2009
g. vickymano
congratulations stalin.
15 26 March 2009
Jayashankar
Stalin Congratulations.. Great Shot... Indeed the prize winning one... and only a 14 mm lens on a full frame camera or on Film camera alone can give you the perspective.. Anyway good to see that the perspective issue has been cleared.. but that in a way only enhances the value of your prize winning effort..

Indeed very happy about the win, way to go Stalin wishes for you to keep winning :)
14 26 March 2009
lakshman
done.. apologies for my wrong perspective issue.. thought it was taken from the main entrance at the beginning.. all the best for your efforts and wishes for more images like this...
13 26 March 2009
Carina Felice
Stalin, here I am again happy and proud of you and your work. Congratulations, champion!
Cari
http://carinafelice.blogspot.com
12 25 March 2009
hgvinoth
hai mr.lakshmanan.....this picture is taken from the side where there is a mosque and it is not taken from the front entrance.if you go there again, try taking a picture from the mosque entrance u will get the same shot but the exposure levels will be different.this can be obtained from 14 mm lens using fullframe camera.....why should site like foto flock give prize for a digitally manipulated photo.....please try to appreciate and not find faults and put someone down who has given fantastic frame which is unimaginable for the people who enjoy really good snaps like this.......
11 25 March 2009
Stalinramesh
Since you already seem to know everything about exposure, I am not taking the extra effort to explain to you as to what is HDR about!
I hope this fully and fairly answers your question! If it still doesn't then the only way to find out is to travel to the same spot with a Canon 5D full frame camera and a 14mm perspective lens.
Copy and paste the below link
http://www.stalinramesh.com/taj.jpg
Regards
Stalin Ramesh
10 25 March 2009
Stalinramesh
Dear Mr. Lakshman, It seems you have not read my reply properly. I have already stated that this is not a digitally altered image! (It means that two images have not been sandwiched to alter the distance and perspective. Am I clear, now?). If your doubt is still not cleared, I can show you the RAW images. Since you seem to know about photography, I am sure you do understand that a RAW image is like a digital negative and is accepted in international competitions. I don't have to take the pains of proving anything to you, still if it is a genuine doubt that you have, as a fellow photographer I would not mind taking the effort.Of course, It is a HDR but all the shots are taken without moving the camera position.
9 25 March 2009
Stalinramesh
Lakshman what you say is wrong. I got 10-15 shots of the same Image in Raw Format no sandwich.
Check this link
http://www.stalinramesh.com/taj.jpg
8 25 March 2009
K.Ramnath chandrasekhar
A brilliant image forseen and captured meticulously well which shows the Taj in its full glory.I am very glad that a 14mm lens was used to get this stunning perspective.Congrats on the award. I would love to see this as a big blow up.

rgds,

ram
7 25 March 2009
lakshman
Mr. Stalin.. I am not talking or asked about the exposure techniques.. its on perspective.. with the 14mm lens placing at the entrance one cannot get the TAJ as the size as in the picture.. there is a distance from the entrance and the mosque. it must be two seperate pictures (one is gate and another taj, sandwiched together).. pl give detail.. if i am wrong...
6 25 March 2009
Stalinramesh
This Photo not digitally manipulated. I used 3(+2,0,-2) exposure (HDR) shot to get details inside the mosque. Used Canon 5D with Canon 14mm /f2.8 lens.
5 25 March 2009
Mohana
Congrats Stalin !
4 25 March 2009
Viod Kumar VK
Congratulations Stain... Keep Shooting..
3 25 March 2009
gavaskar
hai stalin. i am very happy.
2 25 March 2009
lakshman
must be digitally altered.. the perspective from the entrance with the main tomb cannot be achieved with the lens used.. hope i am right stalin?
1 25 March 2009
Beena
congrats stalins...awesome yaar...how did u take this pic...

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