The "Best of the Best" Photo Contest

[Bytephoto]

With so much activity and such talented photographers who enter and participate in the weekly "Photo Contest", we have decided, with our sponsor from PowerRetouche, to award prizes to the winners of the "Best of the Best" digital photo competitions.

"What is the "Best of the Best" photo competitions ? "
Every six months a panel of selected judges will choose what they think is the best digital photo out of the previous six months winners of the weekly "Photo Contests" here at BytePhoto.
The chosen winner will win a professional digital photo editing and retouching plugin, called PowerRetouche.
The first of the bi-yearly "Best of the Best" winners will be announced at the beginning of January 2005.

[If a winner does not claim their prize in the 14 days following the announcement, the prize will go to the runner-up, and so on. Photos will be judged on photographic excellence, visual impact and artistic quality. All judges decisions are final.]


Some reviews, from quality sources, on the award winning plugin, PowerRetouche.

Photoshop User
(Jan 2004)
"Filters, that solve some of the digital photographers most thorny problems.
The hottest digital power plugins developed specifically for digital photographers."

Digital Camera Magazine
(May 2004)
"A comprehensive, pro-level set of filters for the photographic professional. Highly recommended"

Shutterbug Magazine
(Jan 2003)
PowerRetouche plugins are ideal for conditions where you need to color correct and minimize image noise to get the best possible image made under the worst possible lighting and color balance conditions ... you can really get the color correct ...

[ more reviews ]


PowerRetouche is compatible Windows and Macintosh and may be hosted by many photo editing applications [ full list ]

Below is the list of PowerRetouches' high quality photo editing and retouching tools. Photos can be edited in both 8 & 16 bit mode.

Toned Photos
Dynamic Range Compression
Black & White Studio
Lens Distortion correction
Soft-filter
Sharpness Editor
Black definition
Golden Section
Radial density correction
Contrast Editor
Exposure correction
Color correction
White-balance correction
Saturation Editor
Noise Filter
Anti-aliasing
Edgeline drawing
Posterizer
Transparency Editor
Brightness Editor

Try out the DEMO version here
Enter our Photo Contest

[Bytephoto]

The 'Best of the Best' Digital Photo has been awarded to Matt C with 'Walk up to Glastonbury Tor'.

[Jak]

Congratulations Matt on being the first winner in this competition. Magic shot that was a clear winner the first time round, so no surprise it's sitting here now. Enjoy the win and I look forward to seeing more of your work. Cheers.

Julie

[tiggstales]

A perfect choice! Wonderful shot Matt, congratulations.

[SMcEvoy]

I loved it when it was first posted and I'm thrilled for you now. Well done Matt!

[ChronosIII]

Really?...

Just Kidding Matt it's a great shot and one that I think is very deserving of this special recognition, keep em coming and let me know what you think of that software.

P.S. I really like the experimentation you've been doing recently. I think that you will find other areas of your photography improve when you experiment and refine your skills.

Once again Cheers!

Dave

[photosbyVP]

WOOOOT!
go matt!!
awesome shot!
well deserving!
Vito

[Sheila]

Wonderful photo Matt. So pleased for you.

Congratulations Matt,
A very well deserved "Best of the Best" award and well chosen by the judges.
Keep those great shots comin.
Mike (wd8n)

[RTaylor]

I knew this was a big winner the first time I saw it in POTW.
I think all your images are great.
Congrats on the special honor

Have you stopped grinning yet?

[Tara]

I absolutely love this photo. It has been one of my favourites since the first time I saw it.

Congratulations on wining the best of the best!

[Matt_C]

Julie, Cindy, Suzan, Dave, Vito, Sheila, Mike, Ruth and Tara, thankyou so much. I'm chuffed to bits. (Chuffed is UK english for very pleased by the way)

Thanks also to Paul and Stephen for all the hard work they put in keeping Bytephoto going, you both do a superb job.

Thanks again

Matt

[melinda1981]

We say chuffed over here in Aussie land too

Congratulations! A winner by far I say. I love your work and you are very inspiring. Keep it up Matt, this is only one among a group of my favourite photos of yours! Well done!

Melinda.

[padlex]

I'm new at this site. I just signed in last week. But when I was browsing the pictures, this one really catched my attention. Wonderful Work!!!!

[Matt_C]

Heya Melinda. Thankyou so much for such a nice compliment. It means a lot.

Padlex, thankyou and welcome to Bytephoto. Looking forward to seeing some images from you.