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The best 'My Neighborhood' photos

Posted by Teresa Hanafin  October 15, 2008 02:29 PM
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Hundreds of entries and thousands of votes later, you all have made the tough choice of picking the best photo that both fit the theme "My Neighborhood" and was an interesting, well-composed shot. Your choice was "Paesan and his Picciones", a simple black-and-white photo -- and a classic city neighborhood image -- of a man feeding pigeons ("picciones") in the North End.

This first-place honor earns the photographer, mecr22, a $100 American Express gift card. Second Place (and a $50 gift card) goes to mfitzy24 for the haunting "The Friendship After Dark" photo of a ship at anchor in Salem Harbor, and the $25 gift card for Third Place is awarded to kseiffer for her quiet, reflective shot of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester.

The gallery also contains seven Honorable Mentions to round out the Top Ten. Don't forget that October's contest, with the theme "Get Close", is in full swing; here's how to enter one of your closeups.

The full slate of winners (try out "Full-screen"):

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8 comments so far...
  1. Bravo all!

    Posted by Pat Glennon October 15, 08 03:55 PM
  1. Nice pics. I was just wondering if the cemetery one was taken at Mt. Benedict Cemetery in West Roxbury.

    Posted by PollyfromBoston October 15, 08 04:44 PM
  1. What a great mix of technique, style and eye. . .

    Posted by Ray Beaulieu October 15, 08 05:28 PM
  1. These photos are heart warming and taken in love. Fabulous. I love this contest. Haven't had the nerve to post one yet.

    Posted by Nancy October 16, 08 04:54 AM
  1. What? No puppies? Just kidding ... Congrats to all.

    Posted by Rich October 16, 08 04:10 PM
  1. Bravo this month - now THESE are nice pictures!

    Posted by sarah October 16, 08 05:03 PM
  1. Congrats to all.

    Posted by Thaddeus of Lowell October 16, 08 09:05 PM
  1. What the Globe is doing with RAW is commendable. The power of the image brings us together in community.

    Posted by Paula Tognarelli December 20, 08 12:42 PM
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