It was a difficult challenge to elect the winners of the great "The Magical Time of the Year" Contest, hosted by the photomanipulation group majesticARTS (https://www.deviantart.com/majesticarts) and their (co-)founders CarmensArts (https://www.deviantart.com/carmensarts) and HILIF (https://www.deviantart.com/hilif).
22 beautiful photomanipulations entered this contest and casting the votes, the winners could be announced.
Many thanks to the independent judges for helping in choosing the winners: ErikShoemaker (https://www.deviantart.com/erikshoemaker), CathleenTarawhiti (https://www.deviantart.com/cathleentarawhiti) and ralfw666 (https://www.deviantart.com/ralfw666)
1st Place
~PendragonArts-GEA (https://www.deviantart.com/pendragonarts-gea) PendragonArts-GEA (https://www.deviantart.com/pendragonarts-gea)
with
Go North
Other works from their gallery:
2nd Place
:iconAramisdream: Aramisdream (https://www.deviantart.com/aramisdream)
with
Christmas Eve
Other works from their gallery:
3rd Place
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