Hello to all photography lovers!

First of all, I would like to thank all the participants because the level was excellent! It's amazing but really hard to make a choice between all these entries... ^^

After having watched the entries of the 5 finalists and read your comments on this post [WIN 30 STEEM] 🎄🎅🎁 CHRISTMAS-STEEM PHOTO CONTEST 2018 🎁🎅🎄THE 5 CHALLENGERS SELECTED FOR THE FINAL! [Support your favorites] 👏, I made my choice. It was not easy to do but this is the game! =)

I'm so happy to announce THE BIG WINNER OF THIS CONTEST!!!

💰 PRICES 💰

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1st place: 15 STEEM

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2nd place: 10 STEEM

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3rd place: 5 STEEM

SPONSORED BY @Neopch

The WINNER is: @mathieutgd

- Entry 1:

My daughter when she met Santa earlier this month. She had her full detailed list of toys she wanted for Christmas ready, hopefully Santa will bring some cause daddy and mommy can't get them all! She was all joy about seeing Santa, she had this beautiful red dress on and she helped Santa the whole time giving him the gifts for other children. She was Santa's little helper for an afternoon!

• If you want to see his entry blog with the proofs of his work, click here: https://steemit.com/christmas-steem/@mathieutgd/my-entry-for-the-christmas-steem-photo-contest-2018-by-flamingirl-dec-24.

- Entry 2:

What's going through her mind as she's looking into Santa's eyes? I wouldn't know. Those peaceful moments with my daughter are rather rare and tend to last just a few seconds. So I'm super excited when I'm able to capture them. They are really magical.

As far as photography, this was taken with my 35mm, my favorite lens for these types of shots. I've added a color toning reminiscent of older films to add to the timeless feeling.

This photo is part of the #christmas-steem photo contest by @flamingirl

• If you want to see his entry blog with the proofs of his work, click here: https://steemit.com/christmas-steem/@mathieutgd/my-entry-for-the-christmas-steem-photo-contest-2018-by-flamingirl-dec-26.

2nd PLACE for: @boddhisattva

- Entry 1:

I took this picture a year ago while walking in a city park.
Our city park is very beautifully decorated for the New Year. The trees are hung with colored lights that change their colors. In the center of the park, a large Christmas tree is set up, which is also decorated with colored garlands.

This bright splendor is very visible from afar. Walking in the evening in such a park is very nice and it always enhances the New Year mood.

• If you want to see his entry blog with the proofs of his work, click here: https://steemit.com/photography/@boddhisattva/my-entry-for-the-christmas-steem-photo-contest-2018-by-flamingirl-c5f420d96bb03est.

- Entry 2:

Another photo about Christmas decorations.
This Santa reindeer stands under our Christmas tree every New Year.
This is a very fun toy. In the photo this is not visible, but this deer has telescopic legs and it can become very high. He also has very funny bulging eyes.
This deer is definitely a great Christmas tree decoration.
And here is a proof that this picture was made by me.

Merry Christmas and my best wishes to all! STEEM ON!!!
Nikon D5000 + Sigma AF 17-50

I strongly recommend to open the photo in a separate tab to appreciate it.

Do you like this post? You can see more of my works in my blog @boddhisattva

• If you want to see his entry blog with the proofs of his work, click here: https://steemit.com/photography/@boddhisattva/my-entry-for-the-christmassteem-photo-contest-2018-by-flamingirl-2-qixfpsyl.

3rd PLACE for: @scarletskylor

This is another entry for @flamingirl's "Christmas-Steem Photo Contest" for December 23.
I took a picture of this because I thought it looked cool and nice. I tried to do the paper proof, but it was so dark that you could see it and it just looked like a black block.
It's great that there are people who will use a lot of time and money to bring Christmas cheer with these pretty lights. I love that around Christmas, you can drive around neighborhoods to see the lights.
Their neighbor didn't have many lights (only by their door), but they had a sign over their garage that said "Ditto" with lights and an arrow pointing to the house with more lights.

• If you want to see his entry blog with the proofs of his work, click here: https://steemit.com/christmas-steem/@scarletskylor/christmas-lights-my-second-entry-for-the-christmas-steem-photo-contest-2018-by-flamingirl.

A big THANK YOU to ALL the participants of this fabulous contest and see you soon for a NEW PHOTO CONTEST...!

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