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Uprinting contest results

First of all, we apologise for the delay in the announcement of the winners of the Uprinting contest - it took us longer than expected to sort the winners out! Anyway, without further delay, here are the chosen images (and the accompanying tips), which will win a pack of 100 Uprinting postcards each:

fuegoazul, from Ukraine, wrote:

"There are so many different postcards around the world – touristic and not so. Being in postcrossing for more than a year I often run into people that want something unique, something no one has. I was looking for such card and for such place for long now. Once my friend took me on a trip and said he is going to show me the tunnel I am gonna fall in love with. I couldn’t imagine that just 2 hours away from Lviv, Ukraine (my home town) I will see the secret gem I was looking everywhere for. I have traveled to almost all continents and this place in Klevan, Rivne, Ukraine is still the magic place I love to come back to and take my friends to. I took my German friend there and she called the tunnel – “Gateway to Narnia”. The tunnel is “officially” called – “The tunnel of Love” and I have seen it featured in 1 travel magazine, but nowhere else. I think this magic place should be seen at least on a postcard by many people. Even if you don’t have the chance to visit it, looking at the card is gonna take you to a fairytale."

And here is her photo:

fuegoazul

crucius, from Portugal, shared this place with us:

crucius

He wrote:

"This place is just magical. It's a small village in the centre of portugal, and there are only 6 inhabitants in it. The fact that you are able to see these 6 inhabitants and COUNT them on your way from the road to the mountain (to do a bit of mountain climbing) just makes it even more amazing. I took this photo of a recently modernised house (the windows are in aluminium instead of wood) not only because it's one of the 10 only houses in the village but also because it's abandoned. The mixture between the rock house, the mountain and the fog is just magical. Magical is the word. I would love to make this photo a postcard, not just because of the picture but also because i would think it would be an homage to this kind of villages, abandoned, lost, and yet so incredible."

And ichabodhides, in the UK, shared this photo:

ichabodhides

She wrote:

"Last year I discovered a wonderful little woodland area near to where I live. In April the ground was covered in bluebells and looked magical, like something out of a fairytale. My area is mostly very urban so little green spots like that are a real treat and great for relaxing."

Congratulations to our three winners and a big thank you to all the other participants - we had a lot of fun perusing your entries! And of course, our gratitude to Uprinting, who kindly sponsored this contest.


Posted by on 19 Aug, 2012
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42 comments so far

Delilac, Ukraine
Congratulations to all winners!
Tunnel of love is just awesome! I'm proud this place is in my country!
Posted by Delilac on 19 Aug, 2012


adelbethanny, Taiwan
congratulations to the winners!! beautiful places indeed!
Posted by adelbethanny on 19 Aug, 2012


ned44440, Ireland
Worthy winners. Love the bluebells in particular.
Posted by ned44440 on 19 Aug, 2012


MrsTaavi, Germany
Congrats to you all!! very nice pictures! :)
Posted by MrsTaavi on 19 Aug, 2012


Lagmar, Ukraine
Wonderful photos! Congratulations! :) Especially to fuegoazul as I am also from Ukraine and I know how nice the place at the picture is!
Posted by Lagmar on 19 Aug, 2012


islander61, Bahamas
Love them all :)
Posted by islander61 on 19 Aug, 2012


sacdalton, United States of America
Great choices!
Posted by sacdalton on 19 Aug, 2012


jebre07, Netherlands
GREAT! Congrats to you!
Posted by jebre07 on 19 Aug, 2012


ringwood, Canada
I would be thrilled to find all of these pictures-made-into-postcards sitting in my mailbox - top notch photography, and all three images are so evocative. Truly magical pictures. Congrats to the winners - well-deserved! :)
Posted by ringwood on 19 Aug, 2012


anesskina, United States of America
What a great selection! I'd love to add those postcards to my collection :)
Posted by anesskina on 19 Aug, 2012


lucymonty, United Kingdom
Wow! They're all great :-D I would so love to receive the 'tunnel of love' card!
Posted by lucymonty on 19 Aug, 2012


texasdreamer, United States of America
Really great photos--really shows the beauty and diversity of our world! Congrats to the winners--well deserved!
Posted by texasdreamer on 19 Aug, 2012


rosenbusch, Germany
great photos - congratulations...
Posted by rosenbusch on 19 Aug, 2012


Milkshakeheadache, Finland
O-M-G. The Tunnel of Love is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S. I can just imagine how it feels to walk through it... M-A-G-I-C-A-L.
I looooooove places like that. Ohhhh, I am so in love right now.
Posted by Milkshakeheadache on 19 Aug, 2012


fuegoazul, Ukraine
oh, thank you all for your comments. I am on cloud 9 right now, so happy to win and be able to promote my country in a way. And congrats to ichabodhides and crucius. I would love to swap our cards when we get them :)
And everyone who wants the tunnel, please write me and I will try to swap with you :)
Thanks to the organizers - this project is the best!
Posted by fuegoazul on 19 Aug, 2012


medusa242, United States of America
Wow, that winning photo is simply amazing!!!
Posted by medusa242 on 20 Aug, 2012


AnneMarrit, Netherlands
Very good choice, those will make very special cards! Gefeliciteerd!
Posted by AnneMarrit on 20 Aug, 2012


YiliLoh, Malaysia
wow! all the pictures are beautiful. Congrats to all the winners!!!
Posted by YiliLoh on 20 Aug, 2012


kugusch, Germany
Congratulations, all three of you!!!

Fuegoazul, the story was interesting, but the picture is unbelievable!!!!!!!!! I would LOVE to take you up on your offer, will write....
Posted by kugusch on 20 Aug, 2012


amit19, India
Congratualtions!! to all three of you. All the pictures are really great and they will make very beautiful cards!
Posted by amit19 on 20 Aug, 2012


Hotaru, Norway
Congrats to the winners!!! Indeed the pictures are really beautiful and representative of your world!! :) :)
Posted by Hotaru on 20 Aug, 2012


NishaJ, India
Congratulations to the winners!!! I fell in love with the green tunnel!
I wish I had participated in this. I also come across people who want something unique. Being a traveler I always click photos of my sojourns and recently I've started printing them as postcards. :)

Once again, congrats to all. And I wish I get that green tunnel. :)
Posted by NishaJ on 20 Aug, 2012


peacock, Russia
Many thanks to all organizers and participants who took part in this contest and shared with us the beauty and magic of their homelands.

My heartily congratulations to the winners!
Posted by peacock on 20 Aug, 2012


CJWalsh, United States of America
All three photos are beautiful. Congratulations to the winners.
Posted by CJWalsh on 20 Aug, 2012


thereshegoes, Sweden
Congratulations to the winners! They are all so pretty. The first one - wow! It really does look like a fairytale.
Posted by thereshegoes on 20 Aug, 2012


ichabodhides, United Kingdom
Awww, thank you so much for all the kind comments! The first picture is AMAZING! ..and yes, fuegoazul, I'd love to swap! :)
Posted by ichabodhides on 20 Aug, 2012


geminiscp, Portugal
awesome photos!!!! :love:
Posted by geminiscp on 20 Aug, 2012


kk12, United States of America
All three of them were amazing!
Posted by kk12 on 20 Aug, 2012


isagv, Germany
Great Pics! Thanks for sharing and congratulations. :)
Posted by isagv on 20 Aug, 2012


Mundoo, Australia
Congratulations to all the winners. Beautiful spots and stories to all of them.

Well done to all who entered.
Posted by Mundoo on 21 Aug, 2012


carolinechia, Malaysia
wow..i would love to get "the tunnel of Love" too! :) thats amazingly beautiful!:)
Posted by carolinechia on 21 Aug, 2012


tupaismum, Australia
Beautiful photos - love the bluebells, so reminds me of my time in England!
Posted by tupaismum on 21 Aug, 2012


edo, Spain
Fantastic images all 3!!! Congrats !
Posted by edo on 21 Aug, 2012


Luziaceleste, Brazil
Amazing places, amzing world we live, so full of nice surprises, and... amazing postcrossing! Congrats!
Posted by Luziaceleste on 21 Aug, 2012


Norway_girl, Norway
great photos! Congratulations to the winners!
The photo with the bluebells is just A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I love it!
Posted by Norway_girl on 21 Aug, 2012


martymarty, China
Oh, bluebells, I was amazed when I first saw them! Good choice! And the tunnel is just .... unbelievable, aaah. I would like to have it as a picture-wall paper.
Posted by martymarty on 21 Aug, 2012


Gogge1, Denmark
It's so great to make your own Postcards. I do it to. On that way you can send some unique cards that no one else can send out. I do love that. So I guess I will continue to produce own cards as well. For those who wish unique and special cards of course.
Posted by Gogge1 on 22 Aug, 2012


bodrumlu, Turkey
Congratulations!
Posted by bodrumlu on 22 Aug, 2012


alterego, Canada
Congratulations to all the winners. I need to learn how to print my photos as postcards, too! ;-)

I especially loved the Tunnel of Love but all three are unique and worthy of the praise and prizes!
Posted by alterego on 24 Aug, 2012


susandg, Philippines
Congratulations to the winners! I love The Tunnel! I can imagine myself walking through it. But I'd settle for a postcard of it. :-)
Posted by susandg on 26 Aug, 2012


nugget, United States of America
Congratulations! Awesome pictures!
Posted by nugget on 31 Aug, 2012


ebruyoldac, Turkey
Posted by ebruyoldac on 3 Sep, 2012



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