The finalists in the Illuminate Yaletown Photo Contest have been chosen and you are encourage to vote for your favorites in each of the categories below.

Illuminate Yaletown is a free winter festival that takes place in Vancouver, BC and the 2009 event was a great success with more than 30,000 people attending. The Yaletown Business Improvement Association hosted a photo contest on Flickr and 200 photographers signed up to the group and submitted more thasn 1500 photgraphs for consideration. We narrowed these down to the 50 finalists that you see in the categories below.

The Categories:

1) Best In Show

2) The Yapzi

3) Most Original Photo

4) Best Uploads

5) Best Interactive Photo

6) Best Photo Using Elements of Design

7) Best Digital Art Photo

8 ) Best Long Exposure Photo

9) Best Yaletown Photo

10) Best Building or Business Photo