Topic: FINALISTS ANNOUNCED! - The Official 2023 Screenshot of the Year Competition!

I'm definitely sensing a pattern in these votes so far lol

Thank you to everyone participating so far.

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Less than a week left for voting, peeps

Having a hard time deciding, too. A lot of good entries, but here goes:

5 points - Mapping the Stars. I work in the space industry and am a sucker for a good night sky shot, especially with the Aurora Borealis in there. Combine that with a cool action shot, well-timed and framed just right, and I'm sold.

3 points - BD's Got Your Back. Excellent use of light/dark/shadows and focus to draw the viewer in.

1 point - Mothercrystal. Haven't played a FF in a while so I have no idea what I'm looking at, but the mood it evokes is powerful. Well done.

And big thanks to @Ralizah @HallowMoonshadow @AgentCooper (and anyone else I missed) for organizing and running this contest. I really love the photomode available in so many games these days and I appreciate the opportunity for people to share their creativity and awesome shots. Thanks!

Friendly reminders we have roughly two days of voting left.

@TemporalSword Yup. Thank you. Didn't want us to go a year without one of these!

Didn't get a tag, though think I'm in time.

5 points - "The Mothercrystal" by Monstermash40 (I love the contrasting silhouettes in this)
3 points - "Arasaka Samurai" by TemporalSword
1 point - "Sand under my feet" by Tomato_Goose

Well done to all finalists, choosing was hard!

We're allowed to vote right @Ralizah?

Final day of voting!

@HallowMoonshadow I don't see why not.

1. 5 Points "Rip and Tear" by nessisonett

2. 3 Points "Finger Painting with Geralt" By Ravix

3. 1 Point "BD's Got Your Back" By Thrillho

And that's a wrap! No more voting will be allowed.

The result will be announced sometime tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Alright, here are the results from the voting.

"Guardian of the City" by @Tomato_Goose with 1 point

"Rip and Tear" by @nessisonett with 5 points

"Mapping the Stars" by @Jimmer-jammer with 7 points

"BD's Got Your Back" by @Thrillho with 7 points, putting it in a tie with the last entry

"Sand under my feet" by @Tomato_Goose with 8 points

"Finger Painting with Geralt" by @Ravix with 12 points

"Night Flight" by @evildave333 with 15 points

"The Mothercrystal" by Monstermash40 with 26 points

And finally, the first place winner, "Arasaka Samurai" by @TemporalSword with an enormous 36 points

Thank you to everyone who submitted pieces for consideration, as well as to my helpful judges @HallowMoonshadow and @AgentCooper ! Not every picture made the cut, but, frankly, you're all surprisingly talented. I didn't see a single bad snap in this thread.

Wow. Brilliant screenshots! Congrats to all winners (and participants).

Thanks for organising @Ralizah, thanks to the other judges, and to all who entered and voted, and then congrats to @TemporalSword too!

Very nice! Some great shots, for sure. And extra congrats to the winner @TemporalSword

Don't know what to say. There were so many good shots, I'm honored, and really, any one of them deserves to win. I'm just glad there's a space to share these and I'm eager to see what we all come up with this year. To 2024!

Congratulations @TemporalSword 😁

Thank you to @Ralizah for keeping the thread going with @HallowMoonshadow and @AgentCooper too, it was fun to join in this year 😄

Early in the year, because of the prospect of this thread, I was pushed to explore TW3's photomode in quite an in depth way to make sure I had some shots to take part 😁 and that led to countless hours of fun experimenting and pushing the game in different ways to create unique images without the use of mods. It really was one of my favourite gaming moments of the year.

Thanks to all photomoders and screenshot-ers, it was fun looking through what you got as well, and a challenge to pick just 3 favourites.

I hope people continue to post on the Mega Screenshots thread in the "retro and other gaming" section, so we can keep up with what you are up to throughout the year too 😁

Well thank you @Ravix and congrats on scoring the highest in the Action category that I was judging!

Congratulations to everyone who took part of course! It was a lot of fun as it always has been the past 3 years being part of the judging pannel... First time I didn't submit something for the competition itself though (Even if they weren't particularly good).

There were a LOT of good pictures in the action category though and I'll say it again, I had a really hard time choosing just 3 and honestly wished I could've put everyone through they were that good!

It was definitely @Ralizah doing all the heavy lifting, so here’s to you 👍 big shout out to @HallowMoonshadow a pleasure.

Congratulations to @TemporalSword I loved your entry from the second I laid eyes on it. Well done to all the other finalists and entrants, some absolutely stunning entries.

Thanks a lot @Ravix

Huge congratulations to @TemporalSword for a well-deserved victory (which is saying something, given the high calibre of all the finalists) and big thanks to @Ralizah @HallowMoonshadow and @AgentCooper for stepping up and keeping the contest alive. Stunning work all around, on both fronts!

Appreciate everyone who participated in any way!

It was a learning experience for me. If I do another one of these at some point in the future, I'll have a better idea of how to go about organizing it smoothly.

You're all much better photographers than l'll ever be.