Anyone who's followed the thread on this year's ChopCult Photo Contest might empathize with me when I say it: selecting these top-ten finalists from the nearly 200 entries received wasn't easy. After Billdozer and I weighed our 20 or so initial favorites against the judging criteria one last time, these are the ten photographers whose images best captured the spirit of today's modern rider, in our opinion. If you disagree with some or all of our choices, please feel free to start your own photo contest in the main forum. It's not as easy some of you think.

To cast your vote for the grand prize winners, please go to the polling thread here.

When you visit the polling thread, simply check the box next to your favorite photographer and let the automagical software calculate the winners—no comments required. On December 1 we'll post the three images in another news feature and ship the three grand prize packages to each winner.

Thanks again to these generous sponsors for donating prizes for this contest:

No School Choppers

Lowbrow Customs

Old-Stf Motorcycles

Pangea Speed

Biltwell Inc.

 And of course, thanks to the nearly 200 CC readers who submitted images for the contest.

Photographer: AsianTony (all shooters are ID'ed by their ChopCult profile names)

11Bravo

Cro

DanisDead

JohnnyRebel6

Kevinphan

Kylefromcanton

Onesickrace

Rockinryan

Troyt