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JohnnyRingo

(18,633 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 04:54 AM Feb 2013

February Photo contest *FINALS*

Last edited Fri Feb 22, 2013, 05:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Thanks to all who voted their favorites among the 28 entries we received for the February contest. These are the ten finalists from those preliminaries.

All are such beautiful images, I'm sure choosing just one will be difficult, but your participation will be appreciated by all in the Photography Forum.

When registering your vote, please consider the theme as well as overall appeal and technical skill:

"I See Music"

...or as it was originally worded:

Music is all about us, it's everywhere we roam
We listen in our car, we play it loud at home

Golden glint of a horn and sunburst on a Fender
A bass drum looks beat and the oboe so slender

Music sleeps in a piano key waiting to be heard
It abounds in nature in the song of a bird

So pop off your lens cap and perk up your ear
Follow that tune and let us see what you hear


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On behalf of all those in the forum, I invite any interested DU photographers to stop in, look around, and perhaps consider an entry in the annual Winter contest scheduled to begin March 1st:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1036

This poll will run through Sunday night, February the 24th, and the winner will be announced Monday morning. Skinner has granted permission for this poll to be run in GD.


Thank you
JohnnyRingo

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The entries in computer generated random order:


#1: "...All I Have To Do Is Close My Eyes"

#2: "Home Brew"


#3: "Mom, Please Stay In Tune!"

#4: "Sound in Suspension"

#5: "Fur Elise"


#6: "Old School"


#7: "Echos of an Ancient Silence"

#8: "Birdsong in a Snowstorm"

#9: "National Guard Band"


#10: "Music of the Night"




47 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
"...All I Have To Do Is Close My Eyes"
12 (26%)
"Home Brew"
1 (2%)
"Mom, Please Stay In Tune!"
6 (13%)
"Sound in Suspension"
1 (2%)
"Fur Elise"
8 (17%)
"Old School"
2 (4%)
"Echos of an Ancient Silence"
3 (6%)
"Birdsong in a Snowstorm"
5 (11%)
"National Guard Band"
1 (2%)
"Music of the Night"
8 (17%)
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February Photo contest *FINALS* (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Feb 2013 OP
How cool. I got to be the first vote....,100% for "Music of the Night" "Echoes of an Ancient.... Rowdyboy Feb 2013 #1
gorgeous pictures Skittles Feb 2013 #2
I recommend this... handmade34 Feb 2013 #3
Kick! Heidi Feb 2013 #4
Kick Mira Feb 2013 #5
Great batch of photographs, (as usual) everyone! n/t Earth_First Feb 2013 #6
Beautiful beautiful pictures!. . . .n/t annabanana Feb 2013 #7
I *so* Delphinus Feb 2013 #8
Way to go, photographers Celebration Feb 2013 #9
K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #10
K&R One of our most special "batches" Mira Feb 2013 #11
Kick NV Whino Feb 2013 #12
kick Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #13
"Old School" is my choice, but all are wonderful. a kennedy Feb 2013 #14
Thank you oldandhappy Feb 2013 #15
So hard to choose just one siligut Feb 2013 #16
I *know* I'm not the only one that enjoys these so much!! Sheepshank Feb 2013 #17
All are wonderful! Sissyk Feb 2013 #18
k&r HappyMe Feb 2013 #19
K & R Liberal_Dog Feb 2013 #20
Kick Mira Feb 2013 #21
I could have picked any of them - they are all wonderful. SwissTony Feb 2013 #22
You are singing my song. I have a new favorite every Mira Feb 2013 #24
Melodious kick Solly Mack Feb 2013 #23
i hearby declare this thread kicked MichaelSoE Feb 2013 #25
K&R JohnnyRingo Feb 2013 #26
Kick Mira Feb 2013 #27
*kick* JohnnyRingo Feb 2013 #28
kick! n/t Earth_First Feb 2013 #29
Kick Bonhomme Richard Feb 2013 #30
Kick! JohnnyRingo Feb 2013 #31
kick-a-tune Solly Mack Feb 2013 #32
Evening Kick JohnnyRingo Feb 2013 #33
Kick Mira Feb 2013 #34
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #35
KNR alfredo Feb 2013 #36
Kick! Crepuscular Feb 2013 #37
I love to see these photo threads and want to vote for them all. Thank you DUers for continuing uppityperson Feb 2013 #38
Kick Mira Feb 2013 #39
Last day kick! JohnnyRingo Feb 2013 #40
kick barbtries Feb 2013 #41
Kick Tindalos Feb 2013 #42

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)
1. How cool. I got to be the first vote....,100% for "Music of the Night" "Echoes of an Ancient....
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 04:59 AM
Feb 2013

Silence" was a VERY close second.

Solly Mack

(90,767 posts)
10. K&R
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 10:19 AM
Feb 2013

Congratulations to the finalists! Wonderful photos!


Great job hosting, JohnnyRingo! Thank you for all you've done!

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
22. I could have picked any of them - they are all wonderful.
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 03:04 PM
Feb 2013

But I picked National Guard.

Ask me again in half an hour and I'd probably pick something else.

JohnnyRingo

(18,633 posts)
26. K&R
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 08:33 PM
Feb 2013

Though it looks like the public leans toward one entry in particular, I marvel in each of the finalists.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
38. I love to see these photo threads and want to vote for them all. Thank you DUers for continuing
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:18 PM
Feb 2013

to post your photos.

JohnnyRingo

(18,633 posts)
40. Last day kick!
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 05:01 PM
Feb 2013

Tomorrow is "pretend not to gloat day". hahahaha

Kidding aside, I agree with some posters here that it's nice to see such a fascinating myriad of pictures from DU's most talented once a month. It's a tradition that must continue.

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