What You Missed This Morning Photo Competition Winners!

January 10, 2012

First of all I want to thank the hundreds of people who went out and shared the magic of their morning ride with us over Christmas. The competition wasn't restricted to a particular type of camera this time, but it's amazing how far things have come in such a short time with camera phone technology. As we've seen, if you get the right light and composition you can capture some spectacular images.

I have to admit that the voting system to choose the winners was not ideal. Of course choosing the “best” photos is a subjective thing so the fairest thing to do is leave it up to the people’s choice (which inevitably turns into a social media popularity contest). However, it would have cost a lot of money in web development costs to create a voting system specifically for this contest which I could not justify.

In any case, I used the most fairest voting mechanism I could think of while trying to eliminate scamming and multiple votes. In the end I think we have some fantastic winning photos and I congratulate everyone who made it to the finals.

Grand Prize

The Grand Prize winner of a set of Giant P-SLR01 Deep Dish Wheels is…

Photo by Jen Siah | Caves Rd - Boranup, Margaret River region, WA | 309 votes

First Place

The First Place winner of a Cell Bikes Custom Fixie is…

Photo by Will Collie | Point Neepean, Victoria | 241 Votes

Second Place

The Second Place winner of a set of Bont Vaypor shoes is…

Photo by dahondude | Location unknown | 187 Votes

Third Place

The Third Place winner of a set of Rapha ProTeam jersey and Knicks is…

Photo by Ben Pilot | Once a Belgian PRO, always a Belgian PRO.... chasing "Belgie" on the Tuesday morning group ride is always entertaining, as you know when that devil may care grin looks across, you know that there is going to be some throw down badass power pushed down the road!!! This was taken between Lofty and Greenhill Rd in the Adelaide hills.... one of the places you could never tire of riding!!! afterwards? #toastedwaffles! | 178 Votes

Fourth Place

The Fourth Place winner of a BMC jersey, knicks, cap, and waterbottles is….

Photo by Stephen Austen | Lake Morris, QLD | 132 Votes

Fifth Place

The Fifth Place winner of some Zero RH+ Sunglasses (Team Lampre edition) is….

Photo by Andy van Bergen | Taken yesterday at trestles in Selby, VIC | 123 Votes

My Personal Favorites

Where are a few photos that made it to the finals but didn’t win which are personal favorites of mine. For this highly subjective achievement I’ll award each of you with a Rapha t-shirt (your choice of color).

Photo by Elcamino | Shell Rd sunrise Point Lonsdale. "ride towards the light..."

Photo by David Scarlett | Kinglake Sunrise, following the Melbourne Gravel Grinders night ride.

Photo by Chris Grafik | And then we got wet. White Hills, Northern Tasmania

Photo by Andrew Willock | Cadence in the valley

Photo by Chriscav | Morning Glory

Image by Aaron Upson | Separating the Blacks and Whites

Congratulations to the winners and chapeau all who took the time to submit these fantastic photos. If your photo is up here please get in touch with me at [email protected] to claim your prize.

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PRIZES

Thank you to our sponsors for providing these generous prizes. Giant Bicycles, Cell Bikes, Bont Shoes, Rapha, BMC, and VeloRepublic.

tags: Competition, photography, what you missed this morning, wymtm

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Clint

Well done everyone. Personally I love that the winners were all shots that look like they were just magic moments on a normal morning ride. When people ask how you get up and go riding so early it’s normally because they have never seen these sights and had the feelings that come with them, it makes the rest of the day much more enjoyable.
norbs

Damn it, I don’t have enough friends. :)

Congrats to the winners. All good shots.
http://www.chromaticdramatic.com/ Chromatic Dramatic

Congrats to the winners…

Some awesome pics in there… and plenty of others in the list worthy of a prize too…
Tinderbox!

I believe the 2nd place photo is taken in Tinderbox, Tasmania. (Just 20km south of the Hobart CBD). It’s a great little loop with a mixture of sealed and unsealed road.
Aussie Bazza

Congratulations to the winners. There were some awesome looking rides captured, and not just in the finalists. And I think we should thank the sponsors for donating such great prizes (even though I didnt win one…) #slightlyjealous
Adele

YEY! The winning photo was the one I voted for! One of my own favourite places to ride!
Zie

‘separating the blacks and the whites’ very stiff – tough competition though. Well done
Hardo

I agree, great pix, awesome prizes, fantastic competition… bringing out spirit of the ride. Having ridden the climb to Lake Morris just yesterday, I can attest to 4th placed Stephen Austen that he deserves the prize!
Pete

Pretty much all of my favorites were up there between the actual winners and the tshirt winners. “Ride towards the life” “and then we got wet” and for some reason “separating blacks and whites” were my top 3. I guess that bridge one was also pretty cool. congrats to all.
Aaronupson

Thanks Zie and Pete and everyone that showed support for my photo.
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
http://lovingthebike.com Darryl is Loving the Bike

Congratulations to everyone….those are some great photos. Good job to Wade and Cycling Tips on putting together another fantastic contest.

Darryl
Ben Pilot

Love this competition!!!!

I’m donating my prize to one of the young kids we ride with (students have no coin for nice kit!)

Cameras + Cycling are just made to be together!!!

See you in Adelaide Wade!!!!