POTY 2008 - Round 01 - Winner!

[Marcel]

Apologies for the delay in putting this announcement thread up, but we've been rushed off our feet.

As you're no doubt already aware, the winner of the first round of the POTY 2008 competition goes to :

DavidWatson!!!
and here is his winning entry, scooping 50 votes (32.47% of all votes cast).

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/poty1.jpg
This image will be added to the POTY 2008 Gallery :)

Congratulations David, and thanks for entering.

Everyone's points will be added to their yearly totals :)

Thankyou to everyone else who entered too. We were literally bowled over by the sheer number and quality of entries for the first month, and we hope we see the same this month :)

Thanks again.

TP Team :)

[birdy961]

:woot:Well done David:woot:

Well done also to all who entered and a pesronal thanks for however voted for mine.
It was good fun and a very worthy winner :thumbs:

[jamesward93]

Congratulations David

[CScottMcQueen]

Well done, nice capture. :)

[Lady Pitstop]

Well Done David :thumbs: Good one!

Thanks to the peeps who voted for mine :)

[kmlc]

Bravo!
:)

[mattt]

congrats

[a1ex2001]

well done David a worthy winner, congrats also to everyone else who entered it was a pretty close fight at the top and the overall standard was pretty good.

Thanks to all those who voted for me, lets hope the numbers stay good for the whole year.

[wilmorh]

:thumbs: Well done :clap:

[Ajophotog]

A deserving winner too, well done Dave ;)

[Beth]

Congratulations David, well done. :)

[StevieF8]

Well done David :thumbs:

[InaGlo]

Congrats David :thumbs:

[Talisman]

oh god i forgot to vote :(

but this was the one i was gonna vote for.

well done, well deserved indeed.

[Cobra]

Nice one David well done :clap:
and thanks for the votes folks :thumbs:

[King of Groove]

Well done David.

[Venomator]

Congratulations David ... :thumbs: ... a very colourful winner ... :clap:


And well done every one else who entered and/or voted ... :D



:p

[Betty]

Congrats to you! Lets see if I can keep the theme going, and place a vote on the winner every month ;)

[mmcp42]

Well done David! :clap::thumbs:

[Banath]

:clap:

[antihero]

congrats David! :thumbs: and well done to everyone else that entered!

[rasmusrok1]

well done david

[hairy]

Congratulations David :clap:

[n30_mkii]

Indeed weldone, got my vote!

[Tattoo]

Well Done.

[hypnotic]

I have said it once but worth saying it again .... Well done David.

Going to be a hard act to follow this month.

[Grendel]

:clap: well done David :thumbs:

[bulb763]

Congrats! :thumbs:

[DavidWatson]

just like to re-iterate my thanks to everyone who voted for my picture.
i am truly shocked as i when i posted i just thought it'd be nice to get one vote, and the thought of actually winning never even entered my mind.
when i first looked i thought the confusion regarding numbers had thown everyone of the scent but wow... i'm totally, totally thrilled, so thanks again and i have no idea how i'm going to follow it in round 2... the wife has banned me from posting pictures of her and the children and i've never dared attempt candid shots so i'm still at the drawing board, but my confidence is up, so i'll definately be aiming for each round....
oh... and did i say thanks.... thanks!

[Glen]

Well done David and everyone else!! :thumbs:

[Aimee K]

Well done David, a very worthy winner I think. Good composition, and very colourful!

[Mohain]

Grats David :)

[madferrit]

Congratulations David! I'm not surprised your picture won... superb!

[Bruja]

Well done David :clap::clap::clap:

[WillyNelson]

Congrats David. I have to say I looked at it and thought "That's a winner". :clap:

And thanks to the 22 of you who voted for mine (#163):thumbs:

Edit: Marcel, will there be a scoreboard posted as a sticky with running totals on it?

[Tooler]

Well done David. You got my vote.:clap:

And thanks to whoever gave my only vote. (Mistake or not):D

[AmandaN]

well done David!

[marko400d]

congratulations and well done!

[SwedishMike]

Congratulations David, and well done!

Well done to everyone actually!

// Mike

[Dark Star]

Well done David and to all who entered...

...and thanks to the 21 who voted for me :D

21 pints owed I guess :D

[Chris L]

Congratulations David!

[Halesowen Kid]

Take a bow David....:clap: :clap: :clap:

[Wookie]

well done :clap: :clap: :clap: :thumbs:

[sypix]

A belated 'well done' to David. You just beat me by 1 vote!! I said early on that not voting for myself could be crucial :D (nah, I would never vote for myself!!).

It was a hard decision on voting, and there were many fantastic entries. Lets try to keep it up throughout the year. So, back to this month's theme :thinking:

Oh, and thanks for all my votes.

[Duckydoodle]

Well done David thoroughly deserved win :thumbs:
There were some very good entries and it was nice to see so many new members putting up their pictures too :thumbs:

[Cutsie]

Congratulations! I agree with everyone else, it is a great shot...you got my vote :thumbs:!!

Thanks to those who voted for me too by the way.

[richmond]

Well done David, a worthy winner. :thumbs:

[Airscene]

Well done David, hard to get this photo along my stretch of the sea, as most huts are in a single shade of blue and most of it adorns the floor - so well found too.

And thanks to the 20 of you who voted for my entry #140 - I felt very chuffed to score so high amongst so much obvious talent.

Ian