September 10th, 2012 | 
This is our second HDR post-processing contest is over (see the first one here and the rules for this one here), and now we got all 12 winners! Thanks to our contest sponsor, one of the best (saying this because I believe so) photography magazine on US market, our winners got cool prizes:
- One 1st Prize: $50.00 Visa gift card + our “Realistic HDR e-book” + 1 year c’t Digital Photography magazine subscription
- Two 2nd Prizes: One year subscription c’t Digital Photography magazine Subscription
- Three 3rd Prizes: Back issue Collection (Issues 1, 2, 4, 5 & 8) c’t Digital Photography magazine
- Six 4th Prizes: back Issue 2 of 2012 c’t Digital Photography magazine
The Winners
FIRST PLACE: David Fross
Fell in love with mood of the photo
Second Place: Anders Palovaara
Striking with too vivid colors, but I like it:-)
Second Place: Don Clark
Nice, clam and clean (no spot on the right)
Third Place: Alex Stepanov
(One of the mist realistic work, IMO)
Third Place: Frantisek Novotny
Love the sky, it is gonna rain soon:-)
Third Place: Steve Jo
Vivid and realistic and optimistic photo:-)
Fourth Place: Ina G
Little of magenta never hurts:-)
Fourth Place: louis madden
Creative and bright. Love everything except “wires” from the explosion:-)
Fourth Place: Noah Katz
Nice and clean, but bleached
Fourth Place: David Fross
Yes, second time the same photographer, but this is ok. The image is good.
Fourth Place: Steve Bracci
It is sunny and we love when yellow 
Fourth Place: Tim Wecke
The master of manipulations Tim Wecke!
Congratulations to all the winner and thank you to all participants!
Here is my “after words”
To all the winners: please follow c’t Digital Photography on G+, and claim your prize by sending you address to Devon Bell, she is a chief of c’t Digital Photography Magazine in US.
I will deliver Photigy prizes to the winners and that special prize for those who really needs it (the video will help you to understand).
Want to check out all the submission yourself?
Go ahead, it will be quite entertaining: HDR Post-Processing Contest #2
All the best for everyone!
About The Author: Alex Koloskov
The lighting magician, owner of AKELstudio, Inc.
Hey Alex,
Thanks so much for choosing my image again as a fourth place winner. Congrats to all the other winners, and well done to David Fross two times over
P.S: Alex, the “some other guy” that I used in my image that you mentioned in your video – That’s me buddy! hahahaha, self shot in my garage…
Thanks again. was fun challenge…
Ha-ha, never know:-) Good to see you in action then! Keep it going, cool and creative shots:-)
Thanks Alex!
thank you, master Alex