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Seattle, WA.
518 posts
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Every year it is our holiday tradition in the modo community to search high and low for the best holiday image of the season. This year a steady stream of images appeared in the Image Gallery, Forum Gallery and WIP sections -- and then we had an explosion of images right at the deadline. We even had some images sent to us that were not posted in the Forum. You made it tough on us judges, but we loved it. We made lists, we laughed, we cried, we debated and threw darts (fortunately the darts merely bounced off the monitors, so no harm done). Finally, we selected what we feel is the overall best holiday image for 2009. Congrats to Pascal Beeckmans of Belgium (PaQ Wak on the Forum) for his amazing snowy image seen below. He is the winner of the free modo upgrade and the ATI FirePro 3750 graphics card from AMD. Oh and he gets some major bragging rights too!
I am not necessarily drawn to images that incorporate our logo but this particular image transcended that and "works" whether you know that the ice spiral is our logo or not. The scale of the icy tube is so large it even steals attention from the massive mountain in the background. The ice (with stress lines) and the trees and the windblown, partially melted snow are very well done. It screams big and cold!
There are so many other images that were great this year and the variety was amazing. I am going to include some of my personal faves below. There were so many entries, I just cannot list all of them. Brad may point out some of his favorites in his modcast on Friday. I want to thank EVERYONE who submitted images, it was a pleasure to look at each of them. Some of the simplest ones were in fact the best. The tropical theme was great - after all it is summer on half of the globe now. OK, I am babbling.
Great work by all!
Bob
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12/16/2009 - 1:11 PM
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Paisley Park
3024 posts
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Hi Everybody,
Congratulations PaK WaQ, and all the other entrants. There are some great seasonal images in the gallery. You guys should make a calender out of them and put it on sale.
Happy Christmas to all...:)
Emotional Content, not anger. (Bruce Lee-Enter the Dragon)
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12/16/2009 - 1:27 PM
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Seattle, WA.
518 posts
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There are so many more holiday images than those list above....my blog was gettin' too long!
I also checked out some of the entries from last year and there were some really good ones I had forgotten.
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12/16/2009 - 1:35 PM
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Bordeaux, France
216 posts
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Congratulations PaK WaQ!!!
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12/16/2009 - 1:51 PM
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Huntington Beach, CA
426 posts
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what i say?! i knew it would win! :)
Congratz!
-richard
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12/16/2009 - 2:40 PM
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Stockholm
92 posts
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Congratulations PaK WaQ!!
Well deserved!!
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12/16/2009 - 2:41 PM
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Netherlands
3626 posts
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...and then we had an explosion of images right at the deadline.
Yes wow i noticed that toooooo...
well anyway..Pascal Beeckmans of Belgium (PaQ Wak)
i congratulate you !!! well done!
Greetings!
Corien Klapwijk
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12/16/2009 - 3:08 PM
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12 posts
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congrats PaK WaQ.
This is starting to be one of my favorite holiday traditions.
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12/16/2009 - 4:00 PM
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Michigan USA
134 posts
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Woo congratulations! I love that icy goodness :D
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12/16/2009 - 9:05 PM
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Edmonton, AB, Canada
207 posts
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Stunning image. Could not agree more with the judges choice.
Happy holidays!
~James.
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12/16/2009 - 10:08 PM
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Netherlands
465 posts
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very nice images!
congrats PaQ WaK.
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12/17/2009 - 12:06 AM
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Pascal Beeckmans - Montreal
767 posts
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Thanks to Luxology, Amd ... and THE GREAT MODO COMMUNITY :)
Thanks for fairplay from the other participants too and congrats for your entries !
Cheers.
http://paqwak.com
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12/17/2009 - 12:36 AM
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Dublin
6265 posts
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Congrats PaQ WaK!
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12/17/2009 - 1:34 AM
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Castelo Branco - Portugal
956 posts
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Very well deserved Paq Wak, congratulations and congratulations for all the other great images.
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12/17/2009 - 2:21 AM
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Antwerp, Belgium
114 posts
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Congrats Pascal with your well deserved winner!
It must have been hard to wait for the right moment to take this picture of the Lochness thing in wintertime :°)
Walter
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12/17/2009 - 3:25 AM
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Oxford, England
749 posts
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Congratulation to PaQ Wak!! I love this image, the snow and all details in there. Somehow when I look at it, I forget its is made with 3D - its just a lovely image that brings out the best of the season. (Christmas-holidays and modo :)
Leif
Twitter: leifm
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12/17/2009 - 6:10 AM
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Montreal, Canada
1991 posts
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Congratulation Pak Wak!! I new this image has something special, and you showned holiday spirit. Your tutorials was a great gif to me :)
Congrats to all others as well.. All images are beautifull!
Stephane Payette
www.stephanepayette.com
somewhere something incredible is waiting to be known - Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
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12/17/2009 - 7:19 AM
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Paderborn, Germany
906 posts
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Congrats Pascal! Great image!
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12/17/2009 - 7:46 AM
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St. Louis, MO
31 posts
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Excellent Job PaQ!!!!
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12/17/2009 - 8:16 AM
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Hamburg/germany
604 posts
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Congrats PaQ Wak and to all the other entrants!
Well deserved PaQ, that also my fave!
cheerz,
gunnar
http://gspotsimulant.deviantart.com/
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12/17/2009 - 10:22 AM
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Bessemer, MI
3457 posts
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Congratulations....you work is superb...as usual!!!
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12/17/2009 - 11:45 AM
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Panama City, Panama
92 posts
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Congratulations PaQ WaK, congratulations to everyone who participated. Happy Holidays!!!
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12/18/2009 - 10:10 AM
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Medina
47 posts
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PLEASE MODO COMMUNITY, forgive me for asking this...
This is truly an awe inspiring image, I can only one day hope to produce something half as nice as this, and like wise all the other entries are equally impressive, but as my 9 year old son was looking at them with me he noticed that all the images shown had a christmas ( holiday theme ) except the one that was voted the best and he was kind of perplex that it was a holiday image contest, but a non holiday image won??? he see's ice and snow and trees and he see's a winter image ( which is a season, not a holiday )( yes I know he can be a wise a_ _ sometimes)
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12/18/2009 - 8:17 PM
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San Mateo
1978 posts
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Tell him that modo logo in the middle is the greatest gift of all!
And to stop being such a wisenheimer! ;)
B
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12/18/2009 - 8:50 PM
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South Africa
1506 posts
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Quote from xelao :
he see's ice and snow and trees and he see's a winter image ( which is a season, not a holiday )( yes I know he can be a wise a_ _ sometimes)
Tell him it would make even less sense if he was sitting here in the southern hemisphere. Forecast says it'll be 31 deg centigrade (88 Fahrenheit) here today. 'Holiday' here means beachwear, barbecues and suntan lotion.
Great image though, a deserving winner for sure.
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12/18/2009 - 10:19 PM
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