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TPPC 2014: Week Three Winners!

Posted in Photography on February 11 2014, by Lansing Moore

It is hard to believe that the time has come to announce the third round of winners in our Tropical Paradise Photo Contest. We are halfway through this six-week competition, with the fourth week beginning this past Saturday. But there’s still time to win! Simply upload your photos of the Tropical Paradise exhibition in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to our Flickr group before the 6 p.m. deadline this Friday, February 14—Valentine’s Day—to be entered into this week’s judging. After all, we don’t want this contest cutting into any romantic plans you may have. Though if you don’t have any plans yet, may we recommend one of our Valentine’s Day Dates at Tropical Paradise?

The submissions have been very impressive thus far, and it took careful deliberation to choose the top three photos in the Macro and Sense-of-Place categories. We sympathized with the judges at Sochi in carefully weighing the qualities of each contender. So in honor of the Winter Olympics, here are our Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medalists for this week!

Macro

First Place: “Untitled” by Jennifer Serpico
First Runner-Up: “Backlit Orchids” by Kenneth Hong
Second Runner-Up: Echeveria dream by gomosh2

Sense of Place

First Place: “Serenity” by Stephanie Cafasso
First Runner-Up: “DSC09298” by Tamar Schiller
Second Runner-Up: Palmorama by Trish Mayo

That’s three rounds down, three more to go! That’s another three chances to win a seat in the NYBG Adult Education photography class of your choice. Just be sure to tag your submissions with “#tropicalparadise” so we know you want to participate. For information or inspiration, please take a peek at the Photo Contest rules page.