[AWARDS] Our favourite photos from the #CommunityPhotoChallenge #CommunityLive2020

AdrianLunsong · December 22, 2020, 4:48pm

Update (2/1/21): I’ve added the video to the Closing Ceremony at the end of this post so that you can watch the Awards getting presented and the announcement of all winners! Enjoy! And once again, congrats to all winners and thanks so much for your participation!

They say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder! In the case of our winners of the #CommunityPhotoChallenge, their photos have a universal beauty to them that took our collective breathes away! As part of the lead up to Community Live 2020, we asked you all to take part in a fun photo challenge and boy, did you all participate!

Unlike a regular challenge, the photos you submitted had to be photos that you’ve uploaded to Google Maps! So this introduced an interesting conundrum since photos uploaded to Google Maps usually needs to be functional first and foremost, and beauty doesn’t necessarily need to be there! But what I was keen to do with the challenge was to encourage you all to think and aim to make your functional photos beautiful too! Or rather, for you to realise that functional photos can still be beautiful.

By the way, what I mean by ‘functional photos’ are photos that prioritises information over aesthetics e.g. a photo showing opening hours should be a simple shot that clearly shows the needed information.

There were many good entries but eventually, they were filtered down to a smaller number and Connect and Google Moderators then voted for their top three favourites! The final tally revealed the top three entries with the most votes and they are, in no particular order:

My best photo published on Maps in 2020 - #CommunityPhotoChallenge by @FlavioDA gave us a truly breathtaking view of Lago di Braies and the mountainous peaks that surrounds it! I could literally spend all day here just taking photos and to admire the views! Gosh, so many Instagram moments to be had here! Or as a kid of the 80s/90s… so many Kodak moments!

#CommunityPhotoChallenge : ZELENCI NATURE PRESERVE/Slovenia by @lajnhart is another shot that really captures nature at its best! Check those perfect reflections off the crystal blue waters! And you should definitely have a visit of the Zelenci nature reserve on Google Maps and enjoy all the various photo uploads there! I’m sure you can all agree that this is another stunning entry!

#CommunityPhotoChallenge : Johnson’s Farm Produce (Indiana, USA) by @Sheetal_RS is a fantastic exercise of taking a selfie (usually a no-no in my books when it comes to whether we should upload those kind of photos on Google Maps) and making it appropriate for Google Maps! It simply shows you the type of fun/photo opportunities that you can have at Johnson’s Farm!

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the #CommunityPhotoChallenge Award! I think that they are well deserved and awesome! And for all you readers here I hope that the next time you take a photo and mindlessly upload them to Google Maps, just pause a moment to consider whether you can capture a better shot or even if the shot is necessary to be added to Google Maps! As I always say, quality over quantity! Maybe, make that your goal for 2021!

You can watch the Closing Ceremony video below and re-live the excitement of the Awards as they are are announced together with the amazing winners!

To know more about another #CommunityLive2020 Awards winners, check out the following posts:

system · December 22, 2020, 5:19pm

Hi @AdrianLunsong Thanks For Sharing

LuigiZ · December 22, 2020, 8:24pm

Hi @AdrianLunsong ,

indeed amazing breath taking photos, congratulations to the winners and to everybody else who joined the #CommunityPhotoChallenge.

lajnhart · December 22, 2020, 9:53pm

I feel truly honoured that my photo received such a recognition. Thank you all so much!

Of course congratulations also to @FlavioDA and @Sheetal_RS for amazing shots.

raffaele_guidolin · December 23, 2020, 7:01am

Congrats to the winners

FlavioDA · December 23, 2020, 3:01pm

Thank you

AbdullahAM · December 23, 2020, 5:42pm

It’s a great initiative indeed @AdrianLunsong

Congratulations to the all winner’s @FlavioDA , @lajnhart and @Sheetal_RS

JonBekkevoll · December 23, 2020, 6:03pm

@AdrianLunsong Gratulerer til vinnerne. Meget høy kvalitet på bidragene. En god jobb av juryen som valgte ut disse godbitene.

FlavioDA · December 23, 2020, 7:18pm

Thank you @AbdullahAM

Sheetal_RS · December 23, 2020, 10:10pm

Thank you so much @AdrianLunsong . I’m so honored to be chosen among the winners for this challenge. This is incredibly encouraging for me to continue with quality contributions and keep improving.

Big congratulations to my fellow winners here, @lajnhart & @FlavioDA !

Also, I couldn’t attend the Awards segment of Community Live 2020. Any chance the recorded session will be shared with the wider audience?

FlavioDA · December 24, 2020, 9:39am

Thank you @Sheetal_RS , congratulations to you too and also to @lajnhart

Niv1234 · December 24, 2020, 1:33pm

@AdrianLunsong Hey

beautiful photos ! well done @FlavioDA @lajnhart

FlavioDA · December 24, 2020, 1:54pm

Thank you @Niv1234

nkwetche · December 24, 2020, 2:44pm

Hi @AdrianLunsong

Great selection

Those pictures are very beautiful

Theenan · December 26, 2020, 5:38am

@AdrianLunsong

My winter possible.

Is it is in my village

Paalappampatty, udumalpet, Tamil nadu, India.

surjeetshyamal · December 28, 2020, 2:12pm

Very nice

toanit · December 29, 2020, 1:56pm

wow

AdrianLunsong · January 2, 2021, 1:32pm

@FlavioDA, @lajnhart and @Sheetal_RSI’ll update the post with the closing ceremony video so that you can watch it!! Thanks so much for participating!!

lephuongweb · January 4, 2021, 6:04pm

Thank you for photo

Sheetal_RS · January 4, 2021, 10:51pm

Thanks so much @AdrianLunsong !