And the winners are ... 2017 SBRM Open Rendering Season Contest

[LisaB]

Congratulations to the 2017 Open Rendering Season Contest Winners!

This years entries were judged by Audubon California.
https://community.hivewire3d.com/media/grand-prize-whats-our-heading-captain-by-dan30.3366/​

Grand Prize - "What's our heading Captain?" by Dan30
Judge's Comments - "Really liked this one because it looked like it could have been a screen shot from a Pixar or Disney film. The level of detail on the sand and boat are remarkable."
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First Prize - "Splash" by Luannemarie
Judge's Comments - "Lovely!"
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Second Prize - "Howard of the Hood II" by Nightsong
Judge's Comments - "Loved the realism on the feeder and the bird. Phenomenal work."
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Third Prize - "A greeting before departure" by Roberta
Judge's Comments - "This one had such great emotion. "
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Honorable Mention - "Sixteen" by Wildlyfe
Judge's Comments - "So different from the rest and the intricacy is lovely. Took a minute to find all the hummingbirds."
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Honorable Mention - "Birdie" by Kenda
Judge's Comments - "Beautiful still life!"
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Honorable Mention - "Lessons of the Past" by Woland Epiphanius
Judge's Comments - "A powerful image about extinction"
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Honorable Mention - "Audubon" by Stezza
Judge's Comments - "Love the message sent in this image."
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Thank you to our wonderful sponsors and to all who participated!

Emails with details of prizes will be going out to the winners shortly.

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[Daio]

Congratulations to all the winners. Some truly beautiful images.

 

[Dollmommy]

Congratulations to all!!

 

[Dan30]

I wish to give my warmest thanks to the judges and to all parties involved in making this contest possible, and most of all for their relentless work in protecting all our beautiful and diverse heritage of animal life.
Also, congratulations to all the other winners and participants.

 

[VortigensBane]

Congratulations to the winners! The judges had great taste! I agree with their choice for grand prize 200%. Great job @Dan30!

 

[luannemarie]

OMG, I am speechless. Thank you. Congrats to all the winners. Loved ALL the entries. Such FUN!!!

 

[CWRW]

Wow!! Amazing and stunningly beautiful images this year! Congrats to all!

 

[Ferretmania]

Congrats to all the winners.

 

[Rae134]

Congrats everyone!

 

[Miss B]

Congratulations to all who entered, and especially to the winners. Great work everyone!!

 

[Satira Capriccio]

Congratulations!

 

[SndCastie]

Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who entered did a awesome job.

 

[mininessie]

congrats to all the winners1 was funny to participate!

 

[Dakorillon (IMArts)]

Congratulations!

 

[Gopherus]

congratulations to the winners!

 

[jk79238]

Congratulations to all the winners. I am impressed with diversity of the renders.

 

[NapalmArsenal]

Superb images one and all!! I'm sure the judges had a time of it!

The images this year were gorgeous and diverse in the choice of bird species and settings! I really enjoyed viewing them as they were posted!!

 

[Szark]

just plain awesome. For me this year I feel the need to highlight the one that impacted me more, than any image I have seen in these contests over the years, is Honorable Mention - "Sixteen" by Wildlyfe I remember buying paint our own posters some decades ago with just a black outline and when coloured in look similar to this image.

 

[FairyFantastic]

congratulations to all great images x

 

[TheKatster]

Congratulations to all the winners, you all did a wonderful job, as did everyone who entered.