Winners of the first 'Love The Clouds' Contest!

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Hello Steemians!

What a week it has been! I am happy to say that the #LoveTheClouds contest was a full success!

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I didn't count all of your entries, but there must have been over 80 that participated! And yes, I looked at each and every picture and tried to leave a comment as well :) The pictures were breathtaking... All of you can truely call yourselves cloud lovers :)

We raised 9.13 SBD with this post. And I am also adding 3 SBD from the series To Change The World You Must Change Within. All of the SBD from this series will go into the prize pool as well!

The prize pool therefore is 12.13 SBD

First place: 6.065 SBD

Second place: 3.639 SBD

Third place: 2.426 SBD

So who has won?

It was truly difficult to choose only three pictures from all of the entries. I really mean that... I looked at the pictures, then looked at them again... So if you aren't in the top three picks, it is not because your picture was bad. I would be happy to see your entry for the second contest!

But because it was so hard to choose only three winners, I want to ask you again if we should leave the current model or change it so that we have more winners. So I am proposing two models:

3 winners and a split of 50%, 30%, and 20%
5 winners and a split of each 20%

So let me know in a comment here which model you prefer!

Without further ado, here are the winners in no specific order!

👍Congratulations to all of you! 👍

So now you get to decide who will get 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!

Let me know by leaving a comment here and tag your favorite picture! Also don't forget to tell me if you like the 3 winner or 5 winner model :)

The time window for choosing your favorite picture ends in 2 days, on February 20th. After this the second #LoveTheClouds contest will start with a new post :)

And finally, one of my favorite songs to brighten up your day in case it needs some brightening up!

Keep on Steemin' and see you in the next post!

Congratulations to the winners. Stunning shots from all!

And thank you to our host @tobetada

Keep up the great work everyone :)

Your shot was just amazing as well... thank you for promoting the contest @samstonehill <3

First: Congratulations to the winners :) All three pics are beautiful....but I like the #lovetheclouds pic from @art-meetup most. Thanks to @tobetada for this great contest :)

thanks for the input @migratorybird and participating in the contest :)

Congratulations to winners.
I like the second one by @voyagesofcarla2 as it seems more real and less edited.
Thanks for the contest, I did participate in it. Hope to see more like this soon.

Thank you! Appreciate that :) Indeed the sky put on such a beautiful show, the pictures didn't need much editing at all! Thanks for noticing!

Thank you so much for the second place! I'm very flattered and happy to be one of the winners of this first contest. Looking forward to see what the next ones will bring!

Congrats to the other winners and good luck to everyone for the future ones! :)

You are very much welcome :)

However, this post should actually be an opportunity to vote for the first, second, and third places :)

Aah, apologies! I missed the "in no particularl order bit" and misinterpreted the post. Thanks for that!

Good luck to the other finalists! :)

Thank you! This was a big surprise for me. ☺
Really flattered to see my photo amog first 3 ones!
Have a winderful week. ☺

Amazing shots that made it to the finals! Congratulations to all of you. :)

I vote for @voyagesofcarla2's photo. Amazing!