The winner of our #CreativityEveryDay competition is announced!

The results are in, and the judges have made their final decision.. Who will be the winner of a brand new Fujifilm X-T10 with XF18-55mm? Read on to find out..

As you may or may not know we ran a competition to win a brand new X-T10 with XF18-55mm kit which has just ended – 30th August 2015. Entry was easy, all the entrants needed to do was upload an image to their Instagram or Twitter account with the hashtags #creativityeveryday & #XT10comp that best fitted the ‘Creativity Every Day’ theme.

With over 10,000+ entries uploaded to Instagram & Twitter, choosing a winner was always going to be tough. But with our 11 dedicated judges both in-house and with the help of two X-Photographers (Chris Upton & Pete Bridgwood) we finally came to a decision. This decision was made final after several rounds of voting unveiling an overall victor.

And now to announce the winner… drum roll please…

It is with great pleasure that we can announce Benoît Thierard – @benthierard from France as our competition winner. Please give him a huge virtual round of applause for this stunning image!

We contacted Benoît to get his vision behind the shot.

L’effet papillon – Butterfly effect
With this picture, I wanted to mix two styles that I love: macro/proxy photography & portrait. To accentuate the magical side, I used a very shallow depth of field for a light & smooth bokeh. The shoot was carried out using only natural light. I have to thank the model Stephanie who immediately understood what I wanted.

The Finalists

We want to congratulate all of you who entered; we have seen so many beautiful and inspiring images throughout the entire competition. And as we had so many great entries, we wanted to highlight some of our favourites that were so very close to being the winners themselves. Please take a moment to like, favourite, share & comment on these other great entries too!

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