The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 competition is now over and the winner has been selected. In the final 712 Wikimedians voted, of which 74 voted for the winner, Horses on Bianditz mountain. With 71 votes Fire breathing takes the second place. The third place is for Steam locomotives in the roundhouse with 46 votes.
Imagen del año : 2008
# 1 – 74 votes in Round 2;
Category - Other animals #1 – 260 votes in Round 1;
Caballos en la montaña Bianditz. Detrás de ellos puede observarse la montaña Aiako Harria, parte de los Pirineos, en Guipúzcoa, España
Credit: Mikel Ortega Edited by Richard Bartz. .
# 2 – 71 votes in Round 2;
Category - People and human activities #1 – 225 votes in Round 1;
Un tragafuegos del grupo Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band durante una exhibición en Chassepierre, Bélgica.
Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
# 3 – 46 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #1 – 170 votes in Round 1;
Locomotoras de vapor de la Chicago & Northwestern Railway en un depósito en Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos en 1942.
Credit: Jack Delano (photograph) Durova (restoration) .
Rayos crepusculares en el Parque Golden Gate, en San Francisco, Estados Unidos.
Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
# 5 – 35 votes in Round 2;
Category - Panoramas #3 – 153 votes in Round 1;
Vista nocturna del distrito central de Hong Kong, desde la Cumbre Victoria.
Credit: Wikimedian Base64.
# 6 – 30 votes in Round 2;
Category - Panoramas #2 – 169 votes in Round 1;
Vista nocturna de la ciudad de París, Francia desde la Torre Montparnasse.
Credit: Wikimedian Benh LIEU SONG.
# 7 – 27 votes in Round 2;
Category - Non-photographic art and historic maps #1 – 98 votes in Round 1;
Drawing of a revealing figure Sythatia with typical elements from manga and anime to illustrate the term ecchi.
Credit: Wikimedian Niabot.
# 8 – 19 votes in Round 2;
Category - Other animals #3 – 143 votes in Round 1;
Un ejemplar de tortuga verde (Chelonia mydas) y su reflejo.
Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
# 8 – 19 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #2 – 142 votes in Round 1;
Animated Gif of a Cicada (Tibicen sp.) Molting. Taken by T. Nathan Mundhenk, in Centerville, Ohio USA July 30 2007. Each frame taken at 1 minute intervals. 30 minute gap in middle while cicada rested. The Cicada takes about 2 hours to complete the process.
Credit: Wikimedian T. Nathan Mundhenk Edited by CarolSpears.
# 8 – 19 votes in Round 2;
Category - People and human activities #2 – 129 votes in Round 1;
Madre migrante, foto de Dorothea Lange. Muestra a los desposeídos cosechadores de arvejas de California, centrándose en Florence Owens Thompson, de 32 años, madre de 7 hijos, en Nipomo, California (marzo de 1936).
Credit: Dorothy Lange (photograph) Durova (restoration) .
# 9 – 18 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #8 – 72 votes in Round 1;
Un insecto (Rhagio scolopaceus).
Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.
# 10 – 17 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #4 – 155 votes in Round 1;
Interior de la Ópera Garnier, en París, Francia.
Credit: Wikimedian Eric Pouhier Edited by Rainer Zenz, Niabot.
# 10 – 17 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #7 – 133 votes in Round 1;
Presa Gordon, en Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia.
Credit: Wikimedian Noodle snacks.
# 11 – 15 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #3 – 161 votes in Round 1;
This image of an ice wall and the ocean floor at Explorer's Cover, New Harbor, McMurdo Sound is adjacent to remote-controlled photographic equipment. An underwater camera is connected by cable to onshore facilities, which upload images to the Internet via radio signals.
Category - Objects and outer space #1 – 173 votes in Round 1;
Una pompa de jabón.
Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova Edited by Alvesgaspar.
# 14 – 12 votes in Round 2;
Category - Objects and outer space #4 – 106 votes in Round 1;
La Galaxia Remolino (también conocida como Objeto Messier 51, Messier 51, M51 o NGC 5194), clásica galaxia espiral localizada en la constelación Canes Venatici (los perros cazadores o los lebreles).
Credit: NASA and European Space Agency.
# 14 – 12 votes in Round 2;
Category - Other animals #2 – 150 votes in Round 1;
Un pez mandarín (Synchiropus splendidus) en un acuario de la ciudad de Lieja, Bélgica.
Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
# 15 – 11 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #2 – 168 votes in Round 1;
Un ejemplar de herrerillo común (Parus caeruleus).
Credit: Wikimedian Luc Viatour.
# 18 – 8 votes in Round 2;
Category - Plants and fungi #4 – 81 votes in Round 1;
Siluetas de dos alerces comunes (Larix decidua) en los Alpes de Siusi, Trentino-Alto Adigio, Italia.
Credit: Wikimedian Llorenzi.
# 18 – 8 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #1 – 171 votes in Round 1;
Micrografía electrónica de barrido de Aceria anthocoptes.
el pie de foto original dice: "El rojizo ácaro (Aceria anthocoptes), un potencial agente de control biológico de la mala hierba Cirsium arvense. Ampliada 1,400X. (LTSEM) Placa nº26873. Cortesía de Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU."
Credit: Erbe, Pooley.
# 19 – 6 votes in Round 2;
Category - Other animals #4 – 132 votes in Round 1;
Un sapo (Litoria chloris) originario del este de Australia.
Credit: Wikimedian LiquidGhoul Edited by Muhammad .
# 19 – 6 votes in Round 2;
Category - Panoramas #1 – 181 votes in Round 1;
Blasting of a chimney at the former Henninger brewery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Sachsenhausen.
Una proyección en 3D de un hipercubo tetradimensional, haciendo una rotación simple sobre un plano que corta la figura desde el frente-izquierda hasta atrás-derecha y de arriba hacia abajo.
Credit: Wikimedian JasonHise.
# 21 – 4 votes in Round 2;
Category - Panoramas #4 – 153 votes in Round 1;
A multi segment panoramic image of the London skyline from the Bermondsey banks of the Thames. Taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 70-200mm f/2.8L lens.
Category - Non-photographic art and historic maps #2 – 90 votes in Round 1;
Estudio anatómico del feto en el útero, por Leonardo da Vinci (hacia 1510-1513, pluma sobre tiza roja, 30,5 cm. × 20 cm.).
Credit: Luc Viatour (Author: Leonardo da Vinci).
# 23 – 2 votes in Round 2;
Category - Objects and outer space #2 – 127 votes in Round 1;
The tall ship Irving Johnson lies hard aground, only yards from shore, near the entrance to Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California, March 2005.
Credit: Mike Brodey Edited by Massimo Catarinella.
# 23 – 2 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #5 – 91 votes in Round 1;
"Platycryptus undatus". A 9 millimeter-long female jumping spider found in Newport News, Virginia. The lens setup utilized was a Nikon 50mm f/1.4D reverse mounted on a Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G . 13 images of variable focus were captured and composited in CombineZM, a focus stacking program.
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