The results are in....

I am happy to announce that

clintnewsham is the winner of the 2008 Photographer of the Year.

on behalf of the Renderosity  Staff, I would like to offer our congratulations to Clint

I also have to congratulate danob  on a VERY close race.

This was decided by ONE VOTE !!!!  Seriously...ONE VOTE

The lead changed almost daily..it was a back and forth race right to the finish..

I also have to congratulate Meowgli on finishing third in the votes..

Finally, I have to thank YOU, the members of Renderosity.. for choosing the winner..

I also have to thank the administration of  Renderosity for allowing me to run with this idea...

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/index.php?view_results=968

Very well done Clint!  And to every one else, you are all winners in my eyes!

WOOHOO ! Congratulations Clint for this honour.  I am very glad on your behalf.  BRAVO !

wow, thanks everyone, im glad you liked my work enough to vote for it and a big thanks to the moderators who put my name forward in the first place.
i must admit that voting was difficult as everyone has wonderful gallerys,
congratulations to all.

all the very best,  Clint

Wonderful news! Congratulations Clint!!!

wow, well how close was that?! great result, congrats Clint and (my vote) Danny, and I'm soo honoured to be third, thank you whoever saw fit to vote for me =) and I agree with David, there wasn't a bad entry going.. very tricky to decide....

Congratulations to Clint and pipped me at the post again .. Thanks to all members who took the time to vote

I think the fact we had over 100 people vote was impressive !!

Every artist nominated got a few votes..

Bruce, that is a good turnout on the vote.  A one vote difference is not surprising considering the quality of photo work these two men demonstrate.  I imagine much came down to style preferences with some voters...it did with me.   Thanks for this opportunity.

Congrats to Clint and to the runners up... Tom.

Congrats Clint!. 
Due to time constraints, I was unable to vote....but I see now that it would have been a very difficult choice indeed...all entrants should be extremely proud of their accomplishments!

Time constraints?  We thought the 336 hours would give everybody time to vote.  Thank you to everyone that did vote.

Very cool!!! Congrats Clint, well deserved! And I'm glad to see this contest put in place and with the influx of such great talent I can only see the voting getting even more difficult!
Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!!!

@Fred255....Yes, 336 hours is sufficient....but the time coinstraints were on my end.  Haven't been around here much lately....

Congratulations to everyone. Ashame their can only be one winner. But awesome work Clint. I have always loved your work. ...Chris:)

Congrats Clint...a well deserved recognition of your talents.

Danny, you know you da man too!  ;')

Congratulations to the winner: Clint, well done! Your gallery is a feast and hard to beat in diversity and quality.

Also a slap on the back for Danny and Adam!

Congrats again Clint!!!! Well deserved my friend!!! Also well done to Danny and Adam!!!! You guys rock! :)

Wow congrats, Clint! You had an amazing gallary all year, well deserved. And congrats to danob and Meowgli for the close finishes! Well done everyone.