A big thanks to all of you for your 70 gorgeous entries for DMBLGIT May 2013 photo contest, and to our judges who have done such a fabulous job in selecting the winners! It was a lot of fun hosting this event. Here are the much awaited winners!

Overall First Place

Chickpea Soup by Sanja of Knjiški Moljac u špajzu

Judges say “This looks like it should be in a magazine!”

“Lovely colors!”

Overall Second Place

Orange Thyme Salad with Glazed Beets and Spiced Walnuts by Susan Powers of Rawmazing  

Overall Third Place

Tie between…

Oat wheat petit beurre with chocolate bar by Martina Toppi of  Trattoria da Martina

Judges say “Great light, nice movement. Yum!”

..and

Banana Bread With Flaxseed and Pumpkin Seed
Yulyan Parwati of Cooking With Love

Judges say “There is a lovely color contrast on this frame and the set up gives a bistro feeling”

“The colors are very nice, good complementary mix with the blue wall. I love the blurred art on the wall, too. ”

Winner Edibility

 Trifle with coffee, chocolate and vanilla custard by Sonia of L’Exquisit

Judges say “This is gorgeous, I love the subtle color combination and and composition”

“Love that I can see the vanilla bean flecks”

Winner Originality

 Orange Soaked Bundt Cake by Swapna of Swapna’s Cuisine

Judges say “The side high constrast lighting on this photo enhanced the beautiful edges of the bundt cake. Also the reflection of the half sliced orange creates a lovely mood to the whole frame”

Winner Aesthetics

Tie between..

 Iced Tea by Nusrat Azim Suborna of Eye Of The Beholder 

Judges say “I like the light in this image, it’s very clean and crisp. The DOF is spot on, too”

..and

Torcettini Cookies by Kavita of Life|Delicious

Judges say “A lovely presentation of these cookies!”

Host’s Award

This award is given to a photo that the host thinks is noteworthy and stands out.

 Cheesecake with strawberry sauce by Jasenka of Sweet Corner

Judges say “Just gorgeous!”

Congratulations winner!!

You can view all DMBLGIT May 2013 entries in this Picasa gallery

Do YOU want to host a future DMBLGIT?! Email Andrew for details!  arb(AT)andys-scribblings.co.uk

Have you entered DMBLGIT yet? If you haven’t, hurry and enter soon, today is the last day for submissions! Find out how to enter this photo contest in this post.

I am thrilled to introduce you to the judges of May DMBLGIT. They are all talented photographers, food bloggers and friends of mine. I can’t think of a better group of people to judge this contest!
Here we go..

Prerna Singh is a professional food photographer, recipe developer and the face behind the wildly popular Indian food blog Indian Simmer. She spent most of her childhood in a few small towns in central India – a time she fondly remembers for Rotis straight off the clay oven and mom’s cooking with produce plucked right from the farms. She went to business school in India to get an MBA and worked in the advertising industry for a few years. Seven years back she moved to the US and now lives with her husband and a naughty three year old daughter who keeps her on her toes. She loves traveling, exploring new cuisines and then trying them in her kitchen to later share them with the world.

She started her food blog in early 2010 as way to share the recipes she developed and was soon drawn to food photography as a medium to present her recipes. Since then her blog and recipes have been featured on some reputed food sites like Food Network, Refinery 29 and The Huffington Post. Indian Simmer was nominated as a Best Food Blog  finalist by Savuer magazine in 2011 as well as 2013 and her blog was also announced Best Of Web. Her first cookbook The Everything Indian Slow cooker Cookbook was recently launched in several countries including US, UK and India.

Michael Natkin is the author of the popular and award-winning vegetarian blog herbivoracious.com. His cookbook, Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes, was a 2013 James Beard Award finalist. He is known among foodies, vegetarians, and fellow bloggers for a modern, international style of meatless cooking. Michael never preaches; he simply believes that if you are going to eat even one meatless meal a week, it should be beautiful, delicious and satisfying. He’s also the CTO of ChefSteps.com, where he is working with much of the original creative team from Modernist Cuisine to create a free online cooking courses and community that will have you cooking better than you ever thought possible.

Nicole S. Young, a.k.a. “Nicolesy,” is a professional photographer and the author of several books and eBooks published through Peachpit Press and Craft & Vision. She specializes in food and stock images, but can also be spotted from time to time traveling the world to get in a good dose of travel and landscape photography.

You can find out more about Nicole on her website, http://nicolesy.com, as well as through social media sites such as Google+, Twitter, and Facebook

Kankana Saxena is a food enthusiast enjoying life in sunny California with her loving husband. Living life with a dream, making it enjoyable and savoring every moment of life is her mantra. She shares a glimpse of that in her blog ‘Playful Cooking’. It’s my humble journal where I share my culinary journey, travel stories and passion for photography. She grew up in a family where everybody loves food, everybody knows how to cook and when all gather together, there is always a lot to eat. Marrying a foodie made life more delicious.

Kankana’s passion for photography grew along the line. She enjoys every bit of it and believes that one can set the mood, tell a story and create a connection with good photography. She am a self-taught photographer trying to learn something new everyday.

If you haven’t entered DMBLGIT May 2013, hurry and enter now! Details here.

You can view all DMBLGIT May 2013 entries in this Picasa gallery

Do YOU want to host a future DMBLGIT?! Email Andrew for details!  arb(AT)andys-scribblings.co.uk

DMBLGIT May 2013 (Does My Blog Look Good in This) is being hosted right here on Veggie Belly! I am very excited to host this amazing food photo contest because I have enjoyed being both a DMBLGIT winner and a judge.

DMBLGIT was started by Andrew of Spittoon Extra several years ago, and this hugely popular food photography contest has been successfully doing its rounds on some wonderful blogs.

Submission rules
- One food or drink photo per person
- The photo must have been posted on your blog during the month of April 2013
- Photo must be text free
- The photo must be taken by you
- Photo must be 500 pixels wide

How to enter
- Email me your photo submission as an attachment to veggiebelly@gmail.com
- In your email, please include the following:

• Your name
• Your blogs name and URL
• Title/caption for your photo
• URL of the post where the photo appears
• What camera and lens you used

- Write DMBLGIT in the subject line of the email
- Send me your entry before May 20th 2013

By submitting a photo, you agree to your picture being redisplayed and altered in size on the hosts page and on the SpittooExtra DMBLGIT page.

Scoring
A panel of wonderful judges (look out for a future post introducing them!) will decide 6 winners based on the following criteria:

• One winner in the Aesthetics category
• One winner in the Edibility category
• One winner in the Originality category
• Three overall winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd places)

Apart from this, one photo that stands out, but wasn’t selected as a winning one by the judges will be chosen by me, the host.

Winners will be announced on May 31st

You can view all DMBLGIT May 2013 entries in this Picasa gallery

Do YOU want to host a future DMBLGIT?! Email Andrew for details!  arb(AT)andys-scribblings.co.uk