Woophy News Woophy latest news, updates and announcements en-us Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Cucumber time http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/
Summertime is called ‘Cucumber time’ in The Netherlands, meaning a period in which there is not so much news. Therefore we combined the July and August newsletter in one letter. However we are giving away four Woophy T-shirts in this Newsletter. For everybody who also wants to own a Woophy T-shirt and wants to support Woophy at the same time we are now offering them via Ebay. See our shop here . Enjoy the summer, and we are very curious to see the pictures you made during your holiday]]> Woophy Day in Kampen http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Woophy wants to congratulate Joop van Dijk with the organisation of this years Woophy Day in Kampen. We hope you all have a good time and we are looking forward to the pictures. Below the program as posted by Joop on the forum.

Program: (English, don’t mind the mistakes)

10.00-10.30 welcome
10.30-13.00 city walk (north side) visit old shipyard
13.00-14.30 Lunch (Coffee/thee sandwiches)
beamer presentation Woophy photographers

14.30-17.00 citywalk (south side) optional: visit coffeestore/cigar factory, city/expo former synagogue, Bovenkerk (the biggest one of the many churches in Kampen), Koornmarkt gate. If we pass a pub or terrace we don’t neglect it
18.00-20.00 Chinese buffet
beamer presentation

20.00-....?? coffee, end Woophy day programme, feel free to stay or leave....

In the evening hours there will be a pop-concert: tribute night to Joe Cocker, Eagles, Beach Boys (tribute bands, not the real ones on a place near the river side).

Adres gebouw de Regenboog
Broederweg 32
8261 GT Kampen
Tel 038-3316654

More info in the forum ]]> July and August T-shirts for Virginia, Ambrosis and Luis Borges Alves. http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Thank you all for you votes and for being patient for so long. In the last two months we received recommendations from Riet van Vliet, la rafale, Jan Hemels, Geoffrey McElwaine, Svjetlana, Trudy Tuinstra, Filipa Azul, Ronaldo, Leonor67, Walther, Ray 9, Javier, Jackfre, SJS, Dolo, Božidar, Laura C, Miguel, Christina C, Camille, Liz, Lali, Christian, Catkiller, Hai, Alain, Vidar S, Joop. And the clear winner is Virginia, congratulations. Since we had two runner-ups we decided to give them both a T-shirt.

So Virginia, Kambrosis and Luis Borges Alves congratulations with the Woophy T-shirt.

Virginia 8

Kambrosis 5
Luis Borges Alves 5

Jan Hemels 4
Phoenix Rising 4

Trudy Tuinstra 2
Klaas 2

Lali
Portofeliz
Maria Condinho
Nuno Branco
Jackfre
Ana Helena
Bozidar
Camille
NC spies
Aiso
Martin de Rijk
Geert Geenen
Packer
BAI]]> Jauhien Sasnou and www.sergioleitao.com Members of the Month July and August http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/
Jauhien Sasnou


Sergio Leitao

Congratulations Jauhien Sasnou and Sergio Leitao. Thank you for sharing your pictures from Belarus, The United States and Portugal. A Woophy T-shirt is comming in your direction.]]> Woophy gems (II) http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/
This month a selection of pictures from:

Georgia


Hong Kong


Iran


Japan


Korea (North)


Libanon



In the next newsletter another selection of gems]]> Geir, Aline and Ruud~ win New Unofficial Contest http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200 New Unofficial Contest http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ New Unofficial Contest, most beautiful picture of the month June 2008.

There were 82 participants in the contest who uploaded a picture.
The poster is hit for about 1760 times.
There were 213 valid vote’s count.
There were 12 pictures left for the second round.

This time Sergio Leitao joined us in the jury. Thanks to Sergio for helping us with all the work. Lali let us know that she couldn’t take part in the jury what we respect.
It was a hard decisions to select the most beautiful 3 pictures out of that 12. This month we had 12 pictures that are going on to round two. The votes were that close to each other that there were more pictures with the same rates.
In our opinion every single picture has something but we had to choose 3.

So here are the winners.



The first place goes to Geir Kristiansen. Congratulations Geir, you receive a Woophy icon.



The first thing that comes to our mind when we saw this photo is “We now believe in love at first sight”,
This is a magnificent mountain/lake landscape. The stillness of the lake gives us a typical quiet atmosphere of a high mountain, and also a little bit of mystery, enhanced by dramatic dark clouds.
But in our opinion what really makes the photo is the color’s contrast between the almost b&w scenery and the pastel colors of the island, attracting our eyes to those very beautiful houses that seems to invites us to a rest after the ascent.
Also the reflections of the houses in the lake are great, and those rocks on the right, complementing an almost perfect composition.
This is an excellent photo, many congratulation’s Geir, your work is absolutely amazing.

More pictures of Geir Kristiansen can be found here.




On the second place the picture of Aline:



The portrait of this Lady makes us wonder about what she is admiring. The glance and her dreamy face let us guess that she is regard something that is not from this world, an angel?
Technically a beautiful, well-composed picture, the sharpness lies perfectly on the sparkling green eyes. The feather throws a gorgeous shade over the eyes. The background disappears in the blurrily. Simply ravishing!

More pictures of Aline can be found here.




On the third place we selected the picture of Ruud~



Ruud shows us a very beautiful typical old Dutch street. We thought it must be one of the most beautiful streets of Leiden. We love the street of its beautiful Cobblestones which are rarely seen these days. The nice lantern in the front perfectly fits’ the old street and it look big in this shot which is very nice.
Typical also are the bicycles against the walls of the houses, typical Dutch.
Their aren’t any cars or people in the street what is very uncommon but very nice.
The lights on the walls are nice and warm as even are the colors, in our opinion a street shot with a good subject and a nice warm atmosphere.

More pictures of Ruud~ can be found here.


We also wanna congratulate the members who made it to the last round:
Vicl, Kambrosis, A. Miguel Oliveira, 1LOP, Jono, Malice, Drora, Jackfre and Christian C



Next month we will elect the most beautiful picture of July 2008. It will start at the 5th of August
Geir Kristiansen will be invited for the jury round. We hope you all take part the next month in the New Unofficial Contest most beautiful picture of July 2008.

You can also find the winners in the forum and congratulate them here.


With kind regards,

Sergio, Karin and Oscar]]> Lali and Sergio Leitao win Unofficial Contest http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 New Unofficial Contest http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/
In this article we present you with the winners of the contest for the most beautiful picture of May 2008. Two winners this month!


May 2008







First winner: The title Most Beautiful Picture of May 2008 goes to picture 531726 by Lali. Congratulations, Lali. We have recommended you for a Woophy icon.











Second winner: The title Most Beautiful Picture of March 2008 equally goes to picture 519464 by Sergio Leitao. Kudos to you, Sergio. You too will be awarded a winner's icon.

















Click here to congratulate the winners and to see more pictures that scored high in the contest. You'll find a splendid collection of pictures there.


To see all the entries to the May’08 contest click here. The contest is now closed, but you can still add your own most beautiful picture of May to the topic.


Greetings from the Unofficial Contest,

Oscar_ and Ruud~]]> New Unofficial Contest http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200 New Unofficial Contest http://woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Most beautiful picture of June 2008


Dear Woophy members,


As you members maybe already noticed the New Unofficial Contest started the Most Beautiful picture of June 2008. We are very proud to present you this New Unofficial Contest and we invite you all to take part in the contest.

To take part in the NUC click here.

For suggestions and questions you can click here.

We wish you all good luck in the contest !


New Unofficial Contest

Karin and Oscar]]>