Karl Burkat

Pinkbike Photo of the Year - Round 2 - Last Day to Vote

Nov 18, 2011 at 15:45


Round one of the inaugural Pinkbike Photo of the Year contest is in the books and after collecting an incredible 152,928 votes, we have the results below for who goes on to the top 16. Congrats to all the 16 winners who will in addition to a pair of SPY sunglasses, win two pairs of Tioga Psycho Genius tires. Now go to voting page to pick your favorites to move on.




Matchup #1

33.5%

Winner 66.5%






Matchup #2

42.9%

57.1%






Matchup #3

Winner 71.4%

28.6%






Matchup #4

Winner 58.3%

41.7%






Matchup #5

Winner 63.6%

36.4%






Matchup #6

42.6%

Winner 57.4%






Matchup #7

Winner 85.7%

14.3%






Matchup #8

Winner 69.9%

30.1%






Matchup #9

Winner 63.7%

36.3%







Matchup #10

48.4%

Winner 51.6%






Matchup #11

49.7%

Winner 50.3%






Matchup #12

Winner 62.8%

37.2%






Matchup #13

Winner 50.3%

49.7%






Matchup #14

26.4%

Winner 73.6%






Matchup #15

34.3%

Winner 65.7%






Matchup #16

Winner 62.5%

37.5%




Vote Round 2 Here


What's at stake? $20,000+ in prizes!
Round of 32 - All 32 receive a pair of SPY Sunglasses (MSRP $120 each)
Round of 16 - All 16 receive two pairs of Tioga Psycho Genius tires (MSRP $200 for two pairs)
Round of 8 - All 8 receive a set of Black Race Face Atlas cranks (MSRP $339.99 each)
Round of 4 - All 4 receive a Marzocchi 66RC3 Evo Ti (MSRP $1199.00 each) and an F-stop Guru bag with ICU (MSRP $245 each)
Winner - Receives a Complete 2012 Specialized Demo (MSRP $6600) and ANY F-stop bag plus 2 ICU's plus a Dakota accessory kit (MSRP $500)

Thanks to Specialized, Marzocchi, Race Face, Tioga, F-Stop Gear and Spy


114 Comments

  • + 60
flag Kamba6 (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:15)
 Closely fought on 11 and 13. Shame about the loser in 13 dropping out. That photo would have gone through if it had been matched up with some of the other winners.
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flag uuuhuhuuh (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:22)
 Yeah i agree... I think the either-or set up killed a couple of great photos... well, i guess it killed 16 great photos, but some didn't need to go out in round one (9 and 13 for example)
I'm not sure what type of format they should use to fix this but i guess either way it'll be narrowed down to one winner.

Great fuhkin job to everyone tho
  • + 3
flag benjiscott82 (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:43)
 agree!
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flag yeahbro (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:35)
 Can somebody please tell me why that picture one match up #7?
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flag Digax94 (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:37)
 only disagree with matchup 8 but it's my opinion
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flag ghettojumper (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:42)
 Perhaps because the one that lost was creative...but was also hands down the worst shot on here. The other one looks like something out of a sick movie!
  • + 1
flag Digax94 (Nov 19, 2011 at 17:02)
 yeah i know. it;s just that i love 360's lol
  • + 1
flag doorknob100 (Nov 19, 2011 at 17:37)
 Bummer that two great photos had to go up against eachother in #2, I would have liked to see both of them go farther. Same with #12 and #3
  • + 4
flag alexhoss (Nov 19, 2011 at 19:05)
 Disagree with #16
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flag JafaCake (Nov 19, 2011 at 19:46)
 @yeah bro

Because it's awesome.
  • + 2
flag bigdan30 (Nov 19, 2011 at 21:33)
 lol i'm pretty sure i voted for the losers on like every one. i am disappoint.
so long, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13 and 16.
  • + 0
flag VFreehd (Nov 19, 2011 at 21:57)
 I thought the losers from 13 and 5 should have been in the top 4.
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flag jumpingman (Nov 20, 2011 at 7:42)
 #16 the second one should have one it is way sicker!!!
  • + 1
flag BLIPDH (Nov 20, 2011 at 10:32)
 you guys can argue about the match ups and which ones should have gone through all you want, and i agree, some should have made it past the 1st round, but this is a contest, and the best photo will win no matter who its matched up against.
  • + 2
flag tbird7 (Nov 20, 2011 at 13:48)
 yea defnatly 16 got shafted
  • + 0
flag kolbiez (Nov 20, 2011 at 13:55)
 i think the winner of 1 will win it all
  • + 5
flag alexhoss (Nov 20, 2011 at 17:05)
 Advertise somewhere else, not on here.
  • - 1
flag suicidedownhiller (Nov 20, 2011 at 19:36)
 the options for 7 and 11 both kind of suck...
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flag goofyy (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:02)
 disagree with matchup #13
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flag batesie (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:18)
 Big time!
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flag brooce (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:27)
 Both are great and very climatic pictures, but something made me vote for the one on the left... The right one is a beautiful photo with a beautiful scenery, but the left one seems to have a bit more of a poetical accent, something that gripped my heart and told me to vote for it, although I usually like cooler colours and mountain sceneries more. Today's matchup number 7 is even more dilemmatic!
  • + 3
flag doorknob100 (Nov 19, 2011 at 17:38)
 I'd say it's because there are more people who are DH-oriented on this site and that one had a bit more of a DH riding style in it.
  • + 1
flag VFreehd (Nov 19, 2011 at 21:58)
 The loser in 13 is a way better shot. Also i don't like the artificial lighting in the winner.
  • + 4
flag go-tuaco (Nov 20, 2011 at 0:41)
 Agreed, #13 just doesn't make sense. I though the losing shot was one of the best i'd seen! What more do ya want? a DH bike? lame!
  • + 3
flag painrus2 (Nov 20, 2011 at 2:39)
 i agree with you! the second photo is better! it's an epic photo!
  • + 2
flag Talkiet (Nov 20, 2011 at 15:22)
 They're both spectacular. Lighting in the winner doesn't look artificial to me. It was a criminal matchup - they are both easily in the top 5 of all photos for me.
  • + 2
flag paulclarke (Nov 20, 2011 at 19:31)
 Disagree with ALL of you guys! It was a BIT of a tough choice for me, but I choose the winner. 1. Do not like the shadow in bottom right corner of loser. SO DISTRACTING! 2. That light does not look artificial in the winner. 3. all the colors in the winner match. no dark shadows right next to bright greens. It just flows better in my opinion. 4. They had 1 chance at getting the winning shot if you read about it. If they had missed it they would have had to hope the rider didn't go too far, he would have had to run the h*ll back up, and if you have ever shot a sunset you would know that the sun would be WAY gone by then....
But don't take my word for it Smile
  • + 1
flag bike-fixer (Nov 21, 2011 at 8:58)
 i never looked in the corner. it never got my attention, the rest of the picture did. it's an amazing shot compared to the other one, way better colours and more pleasing to the eye.
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  • + 12
flag ride-like-u-stole-it (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:12)
 damn some of those were close
two with 50.3 vs 49.7 such hard decisions....
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flag hoolydooly (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:18)
 Yeah i spent an hour thinking about match up 13!
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flag obee1 Plus (Nov 19, 2011 at 16:23)
 the chairlift photo, winner of #7. although it lacks any action, it puts me there- for lack of a better way to describe it. i just feel like theres something magic about that photo. i think it might go a long way for a photo lacking any actual "riding".
chiarlift photo FTW!
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  • + 8
flag StefanGlander (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:10)
 voting for these was really hard. they are all such sick photos is hard to chose the best
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  • + 4
flag tnlphotography (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:12)
 The only one I am not sure about was #10 i really think that the wrong picture lost that round. other than that i think the votes were good. even the good ones that lost didnt lose by much, so it says alot for how good all these photos are.
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  • + 6
flag WhistlerMountainBikePark (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:04)
 Stoked for all the Whistler shots in here especially Ian Morrison's INSANE scrub on A-Line shot by Mike Goldstein.
  • + 1
flag paulclarke (Nov 20, 2011 at 19:33)
 Ya, that shot is INSANE!!!
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  • + 1
flag Sjones2526 (Nov 23, 2011 at 23:08)
 I think the only one that I really struggle to understand and agree with in Matchup 4. Sure its a great waterfall and the idea of a slow exposure and using a flash is innovative but I have to get my "Where's Wally" on to find the rider. For me I think for it to be in this competition the rider needs to be 1. The subject of the photo and 2. Most salient part of the photo. I think the other photo in matchup 4 better fits my personal criteria and the light on the bike is an awesome idea Smile
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  • + 2
flag blackninja (Nov 21, 2011 at 19:25)
 Michael Goldstein's photo is one of my favourites in here by far...I can't imagine how long it took to shoot a photo like that. Needless to say, all of the other entries are amazing as well.
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  • + 5
flag nikster (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:57)
 I'm sorry, but pretty much half of the winners, weren't the good ones...
  • - 1
flag jusm (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:30)
 agreed
  • - 1
flag TheBlazer (Nov 20, 2011 at 10:59)
 Yup, i'm with you guys.
  • + 4
flag dvp8 (Nov 20, 2011 at 14:06)
 I'm sorry, but i think the majority of the people disagree with you
  • + 1
flag paulclarke (Nov 20, 2011 at 19:35)
 Disagree. Its Photo of year, not cool trick of the year. Im not saying ur saying that but i think alot of people were. I think pretty much every one deserved to win. The winners of this round were all better photographs overall than the ones voted off the island.
  • + 1
flag TheBlazer (Nov 21, 2011 at 16:24)
 I'm no photographer, so I honestly have no idea how much effort it even takes to get these kind of shots.
  • + 3
flag karl-burkat Mod (Nov 21, 2011 at 16:27)
 Blazer. a neat article behind the scenes about one of the photos in the contest http://www.pinkbike.com/news/The-long-way-to-the-right-moment-2011.html
  • + 2
flag TheBlazer (Nov 21, 2011 at 16:54)
 Thanks Karl. That was good insight to the whole process. Never imagined it would be multiple days of railing the same corner to get the perfect shot.
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  • + 5
flag stevil-1 (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:12)
 damn i was hoping one of those 2 pics from Victoria B.C. would make it Frown
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  • + 1
flag dhpig (Nov 24, 2011 at 11:22)
 If we all agreed on the results the scores would be100% to 0%.

We all have our opinions, and just becuase your opinion does not match the result, does not make the result wrong.

Kudo's to all the photographers!!
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  • + 4
flag gouty Plus (Nov 19, 2011 at 16:34)
 we can disagree all we want, but in the end we picked the top 16
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  • + 3
flag titusti (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:10)
 ...its so hard to choose!
  • + 1
flag bikounet (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:29)
 N°1 winner! Smile
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  • + 3
flag TimYO (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:19)
 Sooo many desktop backgrounds! Big Grin
  • + 1
flag konarider328 (Nov 20, 2011 at 5:06)
 its so hard to choose!
  • + 2
flag larryssman7 (Nov 20, 2011 at 15:15)
 windows 7 has a slide show option for varied desktop backgrounds out of 1 folder
  • + 1
flag TimYO (Nov 21, 2011 at 9:50)
 Yep Big Grin
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  • + 3
flag dale-brodie (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:58)
 hoping # 12 makes it all the way
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  • + 1
flag Diggidy1 (Nov 19, 2011 at 18:46)
 Really thought the picture that lost round 10 should have won it all. That is the most EPIC mountain biking picture I've ever seen and would love a poster of that shot.
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  • + 3
flag rednova (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:46)
 Voting round 2 was damn near impossible!!! Especially #7
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  • + 1
flag wtc-d-rock (Nov 21, 2011 at 8:21)
 Awww match---up two loser is one of my favorite trails and local pro/UBI teacher Mr. Nathan Lazer Riddle!! All great pictures!!!
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  • + 0
flag MarsTheGuy (Nov 20, 2011 at 13:16)
 What, people how did you vote for the winner of #2? i mean it's an awesome perspective but a bit boring overall, the other had sooo much flow!
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  • + 2
flag Fisher73 (Nov 19, 2011 at 16:59)
 Please bike gods let me win this....
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  • + 2
flag jaqb993 (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:46)
 POLSKA SOLIDARNOSC, GLOSUJEMY NA RODAKA!
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  • + 2
flag ScaryGerry (Nov 20, 2011 at 6:12)
 11, 12 ,14 and 15 were no brainers for me and they lost!
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  • + 2
flag caiocrz (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:22)
 Every one of those photos are already winners. Props to who took them!
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  • + 1
flag TomSmoke (Nov 21, 2011 at 12:46)
 We can defenetly see that pinkbike followers are much more downhillers than dirtjumpers...
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  • + 1
flag man0with0stick (Nov 19, 2011 at 20:19)
 Damn, I think it's a shame, some of these photos are really great, it's too bad some of them were so close.
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  • + 1
flag Krooken (Nov 20, 2011 at 0:34)
 Awesome work and congratulations to the winners! Is there any way of getting these pics in high-res? Please contact me
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  • + 2
flag luis-beri (Nov 19, 2011 at 14:28)
 pic in match 13, gone!!! such a shame!!!
  • + 3
flag rippingnoles (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:44)
 That snap was my favorite. Beautifully shot.
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  • + 1
flag ErwinR (Nov 19, 2011 at 18:40)
 Match up 13 was tuff, i likes the Dolomite shot as my overall favorite shot
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  • + 1
flag synaptonaut (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:18)
 A little unexpected for some of these, but I'm happy to see a few of my favorites move forward.
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  • + 1
flag gasman (Nov 20, 2011 at 1:20)
 i think this....might be the most our "community" has came to discuss thoroughly...
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  • + 1
flag dom69foco (Nov 20, 2011 at 4:34)
 the 4 photos in match-ups 10 and 13 are amazing, and deserve at least final 8 i think
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  • + 1
flag propza (Nov 20, 2011 at 8:27)
 very much disagree with 10 and 13, very happy about 11, really didn't want that other one to win
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  • + 1
flag karlos (Nov 20, 2011 at 5:15)
 Match up 12 winner potential overall winner IMO, style!!. Also lovin Match up 3 winner, devils in the detail.
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  • + 1
flag guiaz (Nov 20, 2011 at 11:42)
 The best's are matchup 7 the winner foto
Matchup 9 winner foto ..
And matchup 3 Winner foto Razz
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  • + 2
flag JafaCake (Nov 19, 2011 at 19:49)
 Match up 11. Not right.
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  • + 1
flag hoodsta7 (Nov 20, 2011 at 23:22)
 Strongly believe the one on the left was far better on number 6
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  • + 1
flag Jordannv (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:15)
 match up 11 and 13 are close
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  • + 1
flag Eyon (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:38)
 The looser of #10 is my favourite, shame to see it not get any further!
  • + 1
flag Steamer19 (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:48)
 Agreed. This was a close battle but in my mind, #10 is a much better photo. It's too bad the way they paired them up in round one. There are some photos that have made it to round two that wouldn't beat either photo from #10 in round one. I see what they did though... tried to match up similar type photos against each other right from the get go.
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  • + 1
flag Dragster (Nov 19, 2011 at 14:31)
 Great photos! Awesome pictures!
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flag starcbiker (Nov 19, 2011 at 14:54)
 some tough match-ups there! all are excellent photos
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flag funkendrenchman (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:08)
 The winning photo in #1 does nothing for me.
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flag Ogalosh (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:33)
 The #11 loser should not have lost!
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flag alexcovaci21 (Nov 19, 2011 at 12:00)
 yeah, really, and 12 too..
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flag scottvt (Nov 19, 2011 at 18:23)
 #11 is the only one is disagree with. I just love how it is shot from below the tall grass like that. The winner is great shot too, but I like the like the loser better. I guess I am not the only one, that was a close match!
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  • + 1
flag brianpark (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:10)
 The result of Matchup #3 is an embarrassment.
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flag uuuhuhuuh (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:12)
 Nuh-uh
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flag easty123 (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:14)
 yuh-uh
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flag uuuhuhuuh (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:31)
 Perhapse 'embarrassment' is too strong a word
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flag el-nombre (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:08)
 I'd say 4 was worse. The winner is a good photo but it's barely a bike photo, you can hardly see the rider.
  • + 2
flag EuanBisset145 (Nov 19, 2011 at 13:11)
 I personally enjoy a good whip Wink
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flag LiamRenaut (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:12)
 definitely agree with the #4 comment....
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flag brianpark (Nov 19, 2011 at 15:13)
 ...I don't even mean compositionally or riding-wise or anything, just that the winning photo of matchup #3 has a disgusting amount of photoshop abuse going on. Holy over sharpening grossness, look at the halo around the rider!
  • + 1
flag tetonlarry (Nov 20, 2011 at 7:26)
 Let me remind you that the winners have been chosen by the people. Both are amazing photos, but one won by a landslide which should tell you something. You are just wrong.
  • + 5
flag brianpark (Nov 20, 2011 at 13:14)
 ...pretty sure the photoshop abuse is a fact, but it turns out that the average Pinkbike user loves photoshop abuse. And THAT's what's embarrassing.
  • + 1
flag jeffrupert (Nov 21, 2011 at 5:26)
 im dissapointed with majority of the results
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flag tetonlarry (Nov 21, 2011 at 6:49)
 Yes, photoshop use is a fact. Why not use the greatest technology available to make a photo as good as it can be? I can see your side of the argument, and I respect your opinion. I honestly don't care about the use of photoshop as long as it is not too extreme, and the end result is what is most important to me.
  • + 1
flag tstep3 (Nov 23, 2011 at 16:42)
 match up 7 disappoints me.
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flag dthomas (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:16)
 The Claw photo, all the way!! ((((......claw marks......))))
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flag fergiesindahoose (Nov 19, 2011 at 11:26)
 All of these photos are beyond amazing...
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flag boylagz (Nov 19, 2011 at 16:03)
 Voted for Rd. 2. Can't wait for the next round! tup
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flag Chips2990 (Nov 19, 2011 at 18:55)
 Big time disagree with #13
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flag Talkiet (Nov 20, 2011 at 15:21)
 Matchup 13 was criminal. That is all.
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flag bike-fixer (Nov 24, 2011 at 12:54)
 i voted for all the winning pics o.O
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flag redrook (Nov 20, 2011 at 8:58)
 Agree with ALL the matchups actually.
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flag JaykyD123 (Nov 20, 2011 at 11:04)
 12 was wrong! other one was much better!
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flag jthefoo (Nov 19, 2011 at 19:31)
 .03 difference, wow, that was close, but all of mine were picked!!!
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flag rick101 (Nov 19, 2011 at 19:18)
 it was pretty close
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flag choptongpo (Nov 24, 2011 at 4:00)
 11 right. 13-left
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flag katoni (Nov 24, 2011 at 2:23)
 # 7 is the best.
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flag sajjadxtc (Nov 25, 2011 at 7:18)
 12
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flag yspelipe (Nov 20, 2011 at 13:43)
 # 14 FTW!!!!!!
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flag oldschoolj Plus (Nov 20, 2011 at 18:55)
 i don't know if that's a good comment, but Marc Landry's photo was so much better, just my opinion. Timing and lighting is excellent, sure the sunset is a nice location and scenery, sometimes viewing these photos I don't like the match ups, I think its bases on votes....I dunno. that's all I have to say about that.
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