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.
Commons:Grafika roku 2008
# 1 – 74 votes in Round 2;
Category - Other animals #1 – 260 votes in Round 1;
Konie na górze Bianditz w Pirenejach. W tle widoczny szczyt Aiako Harria.
Credit: Mikel Ortega Edited by Richard Bartz. .
# 2 – 71 votes in Round 2;
Category - People and human activities #1 – 225 votes in Round 1;
Promienie słoneczne nad jeziorem Stow, w parku Golden Gate, San Francisco.
Credit: Wikimedian Mila Zinkova.
# 5 – 35 votes in Round 2;
Category - Panoramas #3 – 153 votes in Round 1;
Nocna panorama Hongkongu widziana z drogi na wzgórze Wiktorii.
Credit: Wikimedian Base64.
# 6 – 30 votes in Round 2;
Category - Panoramas #2 – 169 votes in Round 1;
Paryż o zmierzchu. Widok z Wieży Montparnasse (wys. 210 m).
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;
Żółw zielony (Chelonia mydas) i jego całkowite wewnętrzne odbicie.
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;
Zdjęcie trzydziestodwuletniej kobiety zajmującej się zbieraniem grochu, matki siedmiorga dzieci. Kalifornia, USA, lata 30. XX wieku.
Credit: Dorothea Lange.
# 9 – 18 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #8 – 72 votes in Round 1;
Kobyliczka pniowa (Rhagio scolopaceus)
Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.
# 10 – 17 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #4 – 155 votes in Round 1;
Foyer w gmachu opery Garnier w Paryżu.
Credit: Wikimedian Eric Pouhier Edited by Rainer Zenz, Niabot.
# 10 – 17 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #7 – 133 votes in Round 1;
Gordon Dam, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Credit: Wikimedian Noodle snacks.
# 11 – 15 votes in Round 2;
Category - Constructions #3 – 161 votes in Round 1;
Pożar w Massueville w prowincji Quebec w Kanadzie.
Arching fountain of a Pahoehoe approximately 10 m high issuing from the western end of the 0740 vents, a series of spatter cones 170 m long, south of Pu‘u Kahaualea. Episodes 2 and 3 were characterized by spatter and cinder cones, such as Pu‘u Halulu, which was 60 m high by episode 3.
Credit: J.D. Griggs Edited by Mbz1.
# 12 – 14 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #4 – 123 votes in Round 1;
Powiększenie głowy muchówki (sekcja Schizophora, podsekcja Calyptratae).
Credit: Wikimedian Richard Bartz.
# 13 – 13 votes in Round 2;
Category - People and human activities #3 – 127 votes in Round 1;
A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center (Text by U.S. Navy)
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 - Plants and fungi #4 – 81 votes in Round 1;
Modrzewie europejskie (Larix decidua) o zmierzchu w Dolomitach w Południowym Tyrolu we Włoszech, w pobliżu masywu Sassolungo
Credit: Wikimedian Llorenzi.
# 18 – 8 votes in Round 2;
Category - Arthropods #1 – 171 votes in Round 1;
Electron scan micrography of Aceria anthocoptes.
Original caption reads: "The Rust Mite (Aceria anthocoptes), a potential biological control agent of the weed, Canada Thistle. Magnified 1,400X. (LTSEM) Plate #26873. Courtesy, Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU."
Credit: Erbe, Pooley.
# 19 – 6 votes in Round 2;
Category - Other animals #4 – 132 votes in Round 1;
Rzekotka Litoria chloris występująca we wschodniej Australii.
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.
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;
Studium nad płodem autorstwa Leonarda da Vinci (1510-1513).
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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