2010 Photo Contest Winners List

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Best of 2010

1st Rides (Jan 25 - Jan 31)
[post=35195084]GoofyontheHiSeas, Rides[/post]

2nd Kids of the World (Sep 6 - Sep 12)
[post=38161127]Groucho[/post]

3rd Your favorite photo from your last trip
[post=38996208]GvilleDisneyDad[/post]

Disboards Weekly Walt Disney World Photo Contest Rules and Topics 2010

Contest Rules:
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Contest will run from Monday to midnight Sunday eastern. Submit your entries before that time to ensure they are included.

A new thread will be made for each contest. Post your entry as a reply to that thread. Refer back to this post for links to the contests, and voting threads.

To post your photo, first upload it to a photo hosting site (see tips below for ideas), click on the

button and enter the URL of the image (it should end in jpg, gif, png, etc).

• Photos must be your work. Please no PhotoPass photos (or photos of PhotoPass monitors).
• 1 submission per member, per contest.
• Once you post your picture, please do not replace it.
• Winning photos (top 3) may not be submitted to future contests.
• Photos larger than 800x600 will not be included in voting
• Pictures may be taken at any time for any contest. Unless otherwise specified in the contest, photos may be taken at any Disney park, resort, ship, store or other Disney related location worldwide. Photos taken on an Adventures By Disney may also be entered.
• Voting will start generally within 12-18 hours after the contest ends. If there are less than 12 entries, 1 poll will be posted, and will be open for 7 days If more than 12 there will be more polls with a final poll consisting of the leaders from the previous polls. To ensure that there is no more than 2 rounds of voting for any one contest, only the first 144 entries will be eligible for voting.
• No breaking park rules in taking of photos. (no flash on dark rides, no unauthorized backstage shots, no venturing off the paths, etc.)

Minor enhancement of photos is permitted (see below), but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.

Modifications Not Permitted:

• No borders or frames may be added to images.
• Adding or replacing elements in an image is not permitted.
• Artistic filters are not permitted (with the exception of conversion to B&W)

Permitted Modifications:

• Images may be cropped, resized and rotated as necessary.
• Red-eye removal
• One-step enhancement (such as "AutoFix", "QuickFix", "Auto Levels", etc.)
• Minor use of filters to sharpen, soften, blur, despeckle, or remove noise.
• Minor use of corrective functions to improve the natural appearance of the image, such as white balance, levels, contrast, brightness, curves, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, lightness, value, color balance, desaturation and tint. If it can be done in a step or two its okay, if it takes you 20 minutes to edit the photo, its no longer "minor".

Tips:

• You can check the size of an image in Internet Explorer by right clicking on the image and selecting Properties, the size will be shown in the box that popsup. Firefox users can right click on the image and select view image, the size will be displayed in the title bar.
• Some ideas for photo hosting sites are available here.

Contest Schedule
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January

• Disney is in the Details (Jan 4 - Jan 10)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=34868955]DisneyGirl4188[/post] 2nd: [post=34890262]MaeB[/post] [post=34916875]JoeDif[/post] [post=34961523]Villainess[/post] (tie) 3rd: [post=34933737]vandort[/post]
  
  
• Artsy Fartsy (Jan 11 - Jan 17)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35000713]Marlton Mom[/post] 2nd: [post=35051443]Villainess[/post] 3rd: [post=34977355]annnewjerz[/post] [post=34993849]m1ckeymouse[/post] (tie)
  
  
• A Different Perspective (Jan 18 - Jan 24)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35130822]Quicklabs[/post] 2nd: [post=35058972]matthew_hull[/post] 3rd: [post=35142854]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post]
  
  
• Rides (Jan 25 - Jan 31)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35195084]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 2nd: [post=35183957]Todd_H[/post] 3rd: [post=35223696]KAT4DISNEY[/post] [post=35236660]DBL101[/post] (tie)
  
  

February

• Disney Resorts (Feb 1 - Feb 7)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35332231]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 2nd: [post=35261658]JoeDif[/post] 3rd: [post=35343025]Pugrpooh[/post] [post=35276490]AKVTiger[/post] (tie)
  
  
• Villains (Feb 8 - Feb 14)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35362064]Master Mason[/post] 2nd: [post=35396517]WillowBelle[/post] 3rd: [post=35399403]Code[/post]
  
  
• Wonderful World of Color (Feb 15 - Feb 21)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Group 6, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35529114]Steve's Girl[/post] 2nd: [post=35440763]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 3rd: [post=35445254]JoeDif[/post]
  
  
• Live Animals (Feb 22 - Feb 28)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35625400]DznyFan[/post] 2nd: [post=35557972]MICKEY88[/post] 3rd: [post=35605493]zackiedawg[/post] [post=35547989]Altair[/post] (tie)
  
  

March

• Postcard Photos (Mar 1 - Mar 7)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35663752]Ju Ju Bean[/post] 2nd: [post=35658693]Jamian[/post] 3rd: [post=35725742]Merrywheather[/post]
  
  
• Mickey (Mar 8 - Mar 14)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35827196]loribeth[/post] 2nd: [post=35803590]KarenAylwood[/post] 3rd: [post=35832330]pointandshoot[/post]
  
  
• Rare Characters (Mar 15 - Mar 21)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35844603]mom2rtk[/post] 2nd: [post=35890501]greens_in_WA[/post] 3rd: [post=35910367]mouselovenfamily[/post]
  
  
• Epcot World Showcase (Mar 22 - Mar 28)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=35942719]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 2nd: [post=36020202]leeshiebean[/post] 3rd: [post=35945466]zackiedawg[/post] [post=35942187]thesimson01[/post] (tie)
  
  
• Epcot Future World (Mar 29 - Apr 4)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36105218]Gdad[/post] 2nd: [post=36100977]Todd_H[/post] 3rd: [post=36061847]Suburbanmom[/post]
  
  

April

• Hidden Mickies (Apr 5 - Apr 11)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36220699]Angrypenguin[/post] 2nd: [post=36139179]happybratpack[/post] 3rd: [post=36185342]bigsis1970[/post]
  
  
• Architecture (Apr 12 - Apr 18)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36308605]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 2nd: [post=36229166]hjd0411[/post] 3rd: [post=36299099]fireplug[/post]
  
  
• Merchandise and Downtown Disney (Apr 19 - Apr 25)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36408810]quackersnaps[/post] 2nd: [post=36380545]BorisMD[/post] 3rd: [post=36409084]Merrywheather[/post]
  
  
• Flowers and Trees (Apr 26 - May 2)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36426179]Gdad[/post] 2nd: [post=36476573]KarenAylwood[/post] 3rd: [post=36492733]cazzie[/post]
  
  

May

• Motion (May 3 - May 9)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36574582]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 2nd: [post=36521830]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 3rd: [post=36528635]edolyne[/post]
  
  
• Disney Going To Sleep (May 10 - May 16)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36607746]Steve's Girl[/post] [post=36672810]KAT4DISNEY[/post] (tie) 2nd: [post=36596737]Golf4food[/post] 3rd: [post=36624311]mom2rtk[/post] [post=36640408]mickey2000[/post] (tie)
  
  
• Relax... you are on vacation (May 17 - May 23)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36729380]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 2nd: [post=36718049]DznyFan[/post] 3rd: [post=36692407]Twigs[/post]
  
  
• Frontierland (May 24 - May 30)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36813259]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 2nd: [post=36752885]thesimson01[/post] 3rd: [post=36821265]WDWFWfan[/post]
  
  
• Tomorrowland (May 31 - Jun 6)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36866728]WDWFWfan[/post] 2nd: [post=36908326]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 3rd: [post=36839310]Suburbanmom[/post]
  
  

June

• Main Street USA (Jun 7 - Jun 13)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=36991507]DisneyGirl4188[/post] 2nd: [post=36909877]RBennett[/post] 3rd: [post=36947940]clearskies[/post]
  
  
• Fantasyland (Jun 14 - Jun 20)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37076740]Steve's Girl[/post] 2nd: [post=37007837]clearskies[/post] 3rd: [post=37010342]WillowBelle[/post]
  
  
• Star Wars Weekends (Jun 21 - Jun 27)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37086173]TigerLaw[/post] 2nd: [post=37155103]loribeth[/post] 3rd: [post=37132771]bltz[/post] [post=37106933]Groucho[/post] (tie)
  
  
• Live Entertainment (Jun 28 - Jul 4)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37169385]pgowder[/post] 2nd: [post=37255694]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 3rd: [post=37205050]MICKEY88[/post]
  
  

July

• Fireworks (Jul 5 - Jul 11)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37267531]WDWFWfan[/post] 2nd: [post=37276790]Ju Ju Bean[/post] [post=37303158]KarenAylwood[/post] (tie) 3rd: [post=37298671]Celli0905akaFlounder[/post]
  
  
• Disney Hollywood Studios (Jul 12 - Jul 18)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37423370]wdwfreeksince88[/post] 2nd: [post=37379102]disneyboy2003[/post] 3rd: [post=37397871]DLR29[/post]
  
  
• Disney at Night (Jul 19 - Jul 25)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37539749]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 2nd: [post=37514215]TheLionKing[/post] 3rd: [post=37475079]SrisonS[/post]
  
  
• Wish I was there (Jul 26 - Aug 1)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37633657]wdwfreeksince88[/post] 2nd: [post=37639564]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 3rd: [post=37605365]TheLionKing[/post]
  
  

August

• Signs, Signs, Everywhere there are SIGNS (Aug 2 - Aug 8)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37687720]shawn68[/post] 2nd: [post=37735511]Dawncala[/post] 3rd: [post=37655526]JimbobJimbo[/post] [post=37726387]KAT4DISNEY[/post] (tie)
  
  
• Princesses (Aug 9 - Aug 15)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37750228]BCMM[/post] 2nd: [post=37830733]Amber Leigh[/post] 3rd: [post=37797095]lilelise[/post]
  
  
• Characters (Aug 16 - Aug 22)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37909829]allie5[/post] 2nd: [post=37835367]JimbobJimbo[/post] 3rd: [post=37881040]llrain[/post]
  
  
• Why did you take a picture of that? (Aug 23 - Aug 29)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=37992616]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 2nd: [post=37962283]PIGGERANDTIGLET[/post] 3rd: [post=37935715]JimbobJimbo[/post]
  
  
• Monorails (Aug 30 - Sep 5)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38099616]DoleWhipDVC[/post] 2nd: [post=38058778]ssanders79[/post] 3rd: [post=38050656]Bstanley[/post] [post=38100814]NicolaUK[/post] (tie)
  
  

September

• Kids of the World (Sep 6 - Sep 12)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38161127]Groucho[/post] 2nd: [post=38189974]mom2rtk[/post] 3rd: [post=38179149]Dawncala[/post]
  
  
• Disney Transportation (Sep 13 - Sep 19)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38202104]Suburbanmom[/post] 2nd: [post=38289855]Groucho[/post] 3rd: [post=38267125]KAT4DISNEY[/post]
  
  
• Vintage Disney (Sep 20 - Sep 26)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38368958]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 2nd: [post=38333188]KarenAylwood[/post] 3rd: [post=38373278]mouselovenfamily[/post]
  
  
• Restaurants, Food and Drink (Sep 27 - Oct 3)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38437290]DoleWhipDVC[/post] 2nd: [post=38442836]NEVERENOUGHWDW[/post] 3rd: [post=38394032]zackiedawg[/post] [post=38390335]KAT4DISNEY[/post] (tie)
  
  

October

• Animal Kingdom (Oct 4 - Oct 10)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38516929]Celli0905akaFlounder[/post] [post=38485029]Sha[/post] (tie) 2nd: [post=38480774]annnewjerz[/post] 3rd: [post=38470948]WillowBelle[/post]
  
  
• Weather (Oct 11 - Oct 17)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38620831]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] 2nd: [post=38624743]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 3rd: [post=38595707]zackiedawg[/post] [post=38563345]giantstu[/post] (tie)
  
  
• Castles (Oct 18 - Oct 24)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38637875]mom2rtk[/post] 2nd: [post=38628470]zackiedawg[/post] 3rd: [post=38710451]KAT4DISNEY[/post]
  
  
• Cast member appreciation (Oct 25 - Oct 31)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38729571]SrisonS[/post] 2nd: [post=38715042]annnewjerz[/post] 3rd: [post=38713444]TheGoofster[/post]
  
  

November

• Halloween (Nov 1 - Nov 7)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38799295]mrp4352[/post] 2nd: [post=38804027]pgowder[/post] 3rd: [post=38841708]I'm mikey[/post]
  
  
• Resorts (Nov 8 - Nov 14)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=38898561]zackiedawg[/post] 2nd: [post=38950784]KAT4DISNEY[/post] 3rd: [post=38939151]kldmom2000[/post]
  
  
• Your favorite photo from your last trip (Nov 15 - Nov 21)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5
  
• Water Works (Nov 22 - Nov 28)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39085954]Mr.MouseFan[/post] 2nd: [post=39030128]zackiedawg[/post] 3rd: [post=39032892]JimbobJimbo[/post]
  
  
• Promo shots (Nov 29 - Dec 5)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39148396]mouselovenfamily[/post] 2nd: [post=39150606]GoofyontheHiSeas[/post] [post=39117035]mabas9395[/post] (tie) 3rd: [post=39116468]Amber Leigh[/post]
  
  

December

• Your Disney Christmas decorations (Dec 6 - Dec 12)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39208672]MICKEY88[/post] 2nd: [post=39159280]Miller1412[/post] 3rd: [post=39204352]ssanders79[/post]
  
  
• Christmas at the Resorts (Dec 13 - Dec 19)
  Voting:Group 1, Final
  Winners: 1st: [post=39256839]I wanna go back[/post] [post=39216486]mrp4352[/post] (tie) 2nd: [post=39224993]CaptainNemo[/post] 3rd: [post=39235594]Wingman[/post]
  
  
• Christmas at Parks (Dec 20 - Dec 26)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Final
  
• Posters Choice (Dec 27 - Jan 2)
  Voting:Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4
  Final
  

January

• Best of 2010 (Jan 3 - Jan 9)
  Final Voting
  

Past years and results
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• 2006 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2007 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2008 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2009 Photo Contest Winners List
• 2009 Calendar
• 2010 Calendar

Top 10 camera manufacturers

1. Canon (398 entries)
2. Nikon (229 entries)
3. Sony (130 entries)
4. Pentax (61 entries)
5. Olympus (48 entries)
6. Kodak (40 entries)
7. Fuji (26 entries)
8. Panasonic (6 entries)
9. Minolta Co., Ltd. (3 entries)
10. KONICA MINOLTA (2 entries)

Top 10 camera models

1. Canon EOS (127 entries)
2. NIKON D90 (41 entries)
3. NIKON D300 (40 entries)
4. Canon PowerShot SD55 (37 entries)
5. NIKON D5000 (34 entries)
6. Canon EOS 30D (32 entries)
7. Canon PowerShot A610 (31 entries)
8. DSLR-A850 (25 entries)
9. NIKON D40 (25 entries)
10. Canon EOS 40D (23 entries)

above list is based on exif information from photo contest entries in 2010

Top 10 image hosting websites

1. photobucket.com (894 entries)
2. flickr.com (315 entries)
3. smugmug.com (231 entries)
4. zenfolio.com (151 entries)
5. pbase.com (52 entries)
6. wdwinfo.com (51 entries)
7. ggpht.com (36 entries)
8. tinypic.com (29 entries)
9. inkfrog.com (26 entries)
10. ny.us (25 entries)

above list is based on URL information from photo contest entries in 2010