After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 7th Runner-Up (Tied for 8th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is nrshapiro with his photograph Garden of Eden!!!

• A $100 Gift Certificate courtesy of PhotoBook Press
• A $100 Gift Certificate courtesy of Mpix
• A copy of Enhancer Home Deluxe courtesy of AKVIS
• A 1-year Power Account courtesy of SmugMug
• A camera bag courtesy of Daymen and Lowepro
• A Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership and 5 PhotographyCorner Pens courtesy of PhotographyCorner

You can congratulate Neil here in the 7th Runner-Up Award Thread as well as by posting a comment on the photograph here in the Corner Galleries.