It began in October 2007 as a forum to showcase the talent of food photographers - mainly amateurs - in the blogosphere. We are commemorating CLICK’s first anniversary with a special edition this month.

SUPERCLICK: 2008

CLICK editions: 12

Total Entries: 1124

Showcased entries: 108

The “showcased” entries refer to those that feature each month in the roundups - winners, judges, and hosts. While the judges’ and hosts’ entries are usually not part of the competition, we thought this would be a good opportunity to let them join the fray.

Each of the 108 entries is a star in its own right. You can see all of them at the links at the bottom of the post. This month, we set out to pick the cream of the crop from this dazzling lineup. It was, by no means, an easy task.

Thank you, Cenk, Lara, Sabra, Nika and Nina, for your impeccable taste, fairness and efficiency.

** For the record Sabra, who faced the prospect of scoring her own entry (she was a winner last month), did not do so. We used the average of the other four judges’ scores to compute her final score.

In this special edition of CLICK, we would like to showcase each of the TOP TEN entries in each category in a separate post. We have four - Spectra, Concept, Delish and Host’s Pick.

This post highlights the winners of SPECTRA - i.e. the best overall captures of the last 12 editions.

How the scoring works:
Composition: Aesthetics and production values (20 points)
Craft: Technical merit (20 points)
Communication: Overall Impact (10 points)

In each category, each judge’s scores for all the contestants are normalised to an average minimum and maximum range. The contestant with the highest average normalised score is the winner.

Here are the winners of SUPERCLICK 2008: SPECTRA with the TOP TEN scores in each category. We have THREE winners.

THE BEST CAPTURE

first place

Steaming ~ Indian Food Rocks

Sony DSLR A100 with kit lens

second place

Last drop ~ Gopal Seshadrinathan

Leica Digilux

third place

Stand-Out and Live Strong ~ Tasty Palettes

Canon 40D

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Manisha, Gopal and Suganya

Your badge is here.

fourth place

Silk ~ Jugalbandi (Jai)

Canon 300d

fifth place

Chioggia beet and goat cheese tartlets ~ Cookbook Catchall

Nikon D700

sixth place

Tsunami in a martini glass ~ Indian Food Rocks

Sony DSLR A100

seventh place

Lemon reflected on droplet ~ The adventure of my cooking diary

Canon 40D

eighth place

Valencia Oranges ~ FotoCuisine

Canon 10D

ninth place

Hon-Shimeji mushrooms ~ Cooking from A to Z

Leica Digilux 3

tenth place

Rosemarie Pears ~ Jugalbandi (Bee)

Canon 300d

TO SEE ALL 108 ENTRIES

Go to each individual link for that month’s roundup.

CLICK: Eggs (October 2007)

CLICK: Noodles (November 2007)

CLICK: Nuts (December 2007)

CLICK: Liquid Comfort (January 2008)

CLICK: Flour (February 2008)

CLICK: Metal (March 2008)

CLICK: Au Naturel (April 2008)

CLICK: Beans and Lentils (May 2008)

CLICK: Yellow for Bri (June 2008)

CLICK: Coffee and Tea (July 2008)

CLICK: Citrus (August 2008)

CLICK: Crusts (September 2008)

PART II (CONCEPT - most original)

PART III (DELISH - most drool-worthy)

PART IV (HOST’S PICK)

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25 Comments

  1. Sunshinemom says:

    Congratulatiions on a successful anniversary of the event! I hope ‘Click’ continues to inspire and produce new foodies and food photographers for the next many many years! I was also happy to see some one I voted for up there:)

  2. Bharti says:

    Congrats to the winners, but oh! all the pictures are so amazing. Gorgeous.

  3. Nirmala says:

    Its an adorable event and I am learning so much from all the experts! Long live CLICK!

  4. jayasree says:

    Congratulations to all the winners. It’s indeed a visual treat to have them again.

  5. Manisha says:

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
    But wow! I am also speechless as I do cartwheels over here!
    I’ll be back when I can think coherently! Until then Yay! yay! yay!

  6. shankari says:

    Congratulations to all of you. Hats off to Jai & Bee for all your hard work in making this event happen every month.

  7. Cham says:

    Congrats to the winners, Pictures are just eye feasting :) Thank You J & B :)

  8. Anita says:

    Congratulations for a wonderfully successful event! Congratulations to all the winners too.

  9. Arundathi says:

    congratulations to everyone! very nice!

  10. Divya says:

    Congrats hosts and winners!

  11. Padmaja says:

    Congrats to the winners.. Each picture is a materpiece in its own way… Simply Superb… Well done judges, I am actually intrigued how you can judge? When I start looking one by one, its like wow, superb and amazing..
    You all did an incredible job!!!

  12. PG says:

    I love all of these pictures! wonderful! And a wonderful event! Thanks to Jai and Bee for sure! Congratulations to the winners!

  13. Purnima says:

    Wonderful selection! Congrats to all the participants n winners! Thankyou Jugalbandi for a wonderful n captivating blog event!

  14. sunita says:

    Those are some really great pictures…congrats to each and every one of you And thanks agin to bee and jai for organizing this event..it’s been such a learniung experience :-)

  15. indosungod says:

    Beautiful! I sit here and dream that one day I would be able to take pictures as beautiful as that.

  16. Happy Cook says:

    Congragulations to all the winners.

  17. anudivya says:

    Congratulations to all the winners. I went to some of their blogs to see the other pics. These guys are truly talented! Hats off!

  18. Alex says:

    I am blown away by the quality of these photos.

  19. Shweta says:

    Beautiful! Congratulations winners!

  20. Madhu says:

    Every pic is amazing,congrats to all winners.

  21. Uma says:

    Congratulations to all the winners! All the pics are gorgeous.

  22. Suganya says:

    Woohoo! Thank you very much. Congratulations to you both on Click turning one.

  23. cooldeep says:

    Congratulations all!

  24. mainfree says:

    very beautiful photo! Oranges is appetizing)

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