FREE MEMBERSHIP to a deserving person.....

08/30/2008 08:47:59 PM · #101

Not long to go now, so be quick with your nominations, as we are closing this at the end of the day, on the 31st of August, and will take a couple of day to decide who are the lucky four to get a 'DPC 12 month Gift Membership', from the four of us.

08/30/2008 08:54:58 PM · #102

Updated list of all the nominees.

Removed ~~gjumi~~ by his request, and added the two new ones that nominated.

Please let me know if this list is not right.

Photonut66

Q-bis

bvlindalou

Soul

Phil

Node

Simms
~~CassieDoodle~~ seems

ambaker helped here :)

bosborne

GThumbtack

Pikkel

vtruan

RolandB

aneyra
~~KelvinC~~ seems

irisheyes helped here :)

pgirish007

jdennique

JesiLynR
~~shalrath~~ seems

Melethia helped here :)
~~PapaBob~~ Removed by request.
~~hazelmay~~ Removed due to her request

Giorgio

lilkarebear

newmexicomtngirl

sekarmalathy

ericwoo

Damzel

maximz2005

wishiwaslikeyou

raish at the bottom per request

Message edited by author 2008-09-01 01:01:31.

hazelmay

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

08/30/2008 09:12:11 PM · #103

I will have to pull myself out of the running as my membership expires in 2 days. I have just started my portfolio and I am entering the 08-08 Free Study, so... out comes the credit card! Good luck to everyone!

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

08/30/2008 09:15:22 PM · #104

All the best to you and so pleased you love DPC enough to re new your membership. Sorry about the timing, as it will take a couple of days to decide.

Originally posted by hazelmay:

maximz2005

Nikon D80

08/30/2008 09:24:01 PM · #105

Thank you all once more for being such nice people and giving people the opportunity to seek their photography passion, by becoming a member.
It's so nice of you to do this.

Thanks again,
-Maximz2005

hazelmay

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

08/30/2008 09:44:27 PM · #106

Thank you, Sherryl. I'm looking forward to the next year of inspiration from everyone here at DPC!

Bosborne

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

08/31/2008 03:09:22 AM · #107

Thanks again Sherryl! You keep things lively around here for sure! You're the best..

MAK

Leica M Monochrom

Leica 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 Vario Elmar-T ASPH

08/31/2008 06:35:31 AM · #108

Why has Q-Bis been removed too?

08/31/2008 07:49:20 AM · #109

Opps.....SORRY.

Accident with my 'copy and pasting', as I missed two people by accident, and now all fixed.....

PLEASE let me know if there are any other errors.....

Originally posted by MAK:

Why has Q-Bis been removed too?

Message edited by author 2008-08-31 08:00:04.

PapaBob

08/31/2008 11:53:07 PM · #110

You can remove my name also, I finally broke down and re-upped so I could do the free study. There are plenty of good choices still on the list, thanks for even considering me!

09/01/2008 01:02:12 AM · #111

All fixed mate, and hope you do well in the 'Free Study'.....

Originally posted by PapaBob:

You can remove my name also, I finally broke down and re-upped so I could do the free study. There are plenty of good choices still on the list, thanks for even considering me!

09/01/2008 10:19:32 PM · #112

We are now down to the deciding stage, to who the lucky four people are, who will receive a years DPC Gift menvership from

talj

codfish

outafocus

09/02/2008 07:57:31 PM · #113

I am going to make our decision very soon, as soon as I here from two of the members that are given out a DPC Gift Membership.

Be patient, as we are working on the short list now.

from shez

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

09/03/2008 09:35:56 AM · #114

RESULTS; are now in..... CONGRATULATIONS to them all.

Sherpet Shez, has much pleasure to give a one years DPC 'GIFT' Membership to -

Giorgio George T. - Age: 26 from Romania.

Talj Natalya, has much pleasure to give a one years DPC 'GIFT' Membership to -

raish Peter Richards from Norway

codfish Chris, has much pleasure to give a one years DPC 'GIFT' Membership to -

bosborne Becky OZ from Kentucky

outafocus Jon, has much pleasure to give a one years DPC 'GIFT' Membership to -

sekarmalathy Rajasekar Alamanda from Bloomington, IL, US.

These are the four that stood out of all the people nominated, when we read their statistics. One can also see their amazing talent with a camera, and also their processing skills, that is silently waiting to develop and explode, in the coming 'ADVANCED' challenges, now that they are full DPC members.

We look forward to watching them grow.

BONUS - DPC 'GIFT' Membership.

One outstanding young person stood out in the nominations.

He is a new member,

Q-bis

Tom Cubis, joined DPC on 23-3-2008, and is ONLY 15 years of age. He lives in England, and was nominated by

Mac who could see his amazing talent, and introduced him to DPC. Just visit his profile page to see a small sample of what he can do.

I am truly thankful to be in a position that I can, and will be giving

Q-bis or Tom Cubis, a one years DPC 'GIFT' Membership along with

Giorgio with the sales of my DPC prints.

I feel he deserves the chance to grow and learn from his peers, and to be able to enter 'Advanced' challenges for us to see his amazing talent at such a young age, and is also very new to photography. Thank you

Mac for nominating him.

Actually, I thank everyone who has nominated someone, or that they nominated themselves. I only wish I could give you all a free membership. Maybe next year, we can do this again.

I also thank my fellow DPC friends,

Natalya

Talj

Chris

codfish and

Jon

outafocus who will be sending the person they are giving their DPC 'GIFT' Membership to, as soon as they are able to organize it with

Langdon. (Please allow a 2 or 3 working days, for all of us to organize your memberships.)

Thank you all for being part of this.

bye for now,
love from shez

Sherpet

talj

Canon EOS-40D

09/03/2008 10:36:23 AM · #115

Shez, you are a wonderful lady who gives so much to DPC. Your images are always a pleasure to view and getting a comment from you always brightens up my day. It's been a pleasure to be able to give a donation in honour of all that you do for us :o)

raish, you've offered your support to me in the past and I am very pleased to be able to do a little something for you in return. I hope you get as much from your membership as I have from mine!

Congrats to all those receiving memberships from this thread, all very deserving winners! :o)

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

09/03/2008 10:57:46 AM · #116

Congrats to all winners. Note that Rajasekar (

sekarmalathy ) just proved again how much he deserved the membership:

wishiwaslikeyou

Nikon D80

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

09/03/2008 11:12:08 AM · #117

Congrats to those who received memberships!

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

09/03/2008 11:40:32 AM · #118

Well millions of thanks.

talj, if I ever helped you then at least I did something right.

As for

sherpet - Shez, you just have to do things right in spades, don't you?

Seems like while we're all off to hell in our little buckets and handbaskets, you're riding a roller coaster. Hang on tight, we need you.

Might have known that asking to be at the bottom of the table would have the biblical effect - it wasn't intended as strategy, but now if and when I get back up I'll have to pass the favour back to the community.

Hope I can do justice to your generosity, lets keep the good things coming.

Bosborne

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

09/03/2008 11:47:28 AM · #119

WOW! I am speechless! Thank you SO much! I can't wait to start my new membership!
This has helped motivate me more than you could EVER know.
I will make you proud, Chris! : )
Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to Sherryl too. You are a great motivator!
Can you see me smiling???

TomCubis

Fujifilm X-Pro 1

Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4

09/03/2008 12:48:58 PM · #120

Thankyou soooo much guys :D
Cheers to

Mak for nominating me, getting me involved with photography, introducing me to the site and teaching me the tools of the trade :D i couldnt have done it without cha!
Not forgetting

Sherpet for this amazing opportunity! :D Thanks!
Also thank-you to everyone who commented my images giving me useful tips on how to improve!

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

09/03/2008 01:55:57 PM · #121

excellent choices, judges!

Giorgio

Canon EOS-70D

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro EX DG OS for Canon EF

09/03/2008 02:51:54 PM · #122

Thanks a million Shez and all you fellow photographers for this kind gesture. I won't let you down and I hope I can give back tot this wonderful community everything I've learned and help others improve as I did in the last 3 years since I found DPC.

...still after your ribbons Don :-P

09/03/2008 07:41:11 PM · #123

I am so pleased to have done this, as I am on 'top of the world', knowing that I have been able to help others, like they haved help and supported me.

I will be contacting

Langdon today, to organize my two 'DPC Gift Memberships' to

Giorgio and

Q-bis.

Hang in there, as it will soon be in your hands, and you will both be official DPC members.

The other lucky people, will be hearing from their sponsors, as soon as they are able to organize there DPC Gift memberships.

sekarmalathy

09/03/2008 09:47:18 PM · #124

A big thanks to:

outafocus for volunteering to offer the gift membership

shaileshivyas for nominating my name

sherpet for initiating this

I will definitely try to give my best here in DPC.

Thanks
Raj