***Winter Photo Contest Finals***

[CC]

We are down to the final 10 finalist of the Winter Photo contest. One of these will get the most votes making them the winner of the grand prize; hosting the Spring Contest on June 1st. Thank you to everyone that participated & voted. An extra ty to those that commented and kicked the thread. Voting will end in 72 hours. Good luck to all!

Note: Skinner has authorized this contest be run in GD.

Please feel free to comment and help keep this thread kicked! Oh and don't forget to Rec. it. TY!




Reflections on a Winter's Day






Copse






Frozen Birdbath Abstraction






Snow Puppy






Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain






My favorite place to meditate






Bridge in a Snow storm






Captured






A Mid-Winter's Transit






Winter Visitor






Please K&R.

69 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Reflections on a Winter's Day
	17 (25%)
	Copse
	5 (7%)
	Frozen Birdbath Abstraction
	9 (13%)
	Snow Puppy
	10 (14%)
	Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
	5 (7%)
	My favorite place to meditate
	4 (6%)
	Bridge in a Snow storm
	13 (19%)
	Captured
	2 (3%)
	A Mid-Winter's Transit
	4 (6%)
	Winter Visitor
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[WCGreen]

1. Kick

[Mira]

73. Kick

[Demo_Chris]

2. kick!

[TDale313]

3. They're all so great!

Thank you.

[Journeyman]

4. K&R . . .

[life long demo]

5. OMG it was so hard to choose. They are all great.

Wonderful selection, but them again each group was wonderful.

[orleans]

6. all beautiful n/t

[Skittles]

7. GO SNOW PUPPY!!!

*LOVE* that pic

[smirkymonkey]

68. Yes! I love Snow Puppy!

Soooooo Cute!

[Skittles]

69. I usually have such a hard time picking a favorite

but that one just "grabbed" me - something about the snow, the intelligent eyes, the "smile"

[barbtries]

8. copse

thank you

[UnrepentantLiberal]

9. k&r

[Tribalceltic]

10. Not fair to have two bridges in one contest K&R

[crazy homeless guy]

11. Copse! ...a lot of ideas are generated by that 'simple' photo.

[Blue_In_AK]

12. It's very "zen"

I think it's a great shot.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. kick

Too hard to choose just one...
but I did.

[lillypaddle]

14. Beautiful

all of them. Tough to choose just one.

[phylny]

15. Beautiful photographs and a kick! n/t

[Mnemosyne]

16. K&R!

[Solly Mack]

17. Congratulations to the finalists. Great job, CC!

K&R

[a kennedy]

18. All are beautiful.....only one winner though....

JMHO.....Reflections on a Winter's Day.....perfect.

[Mira]

19. Kick

[ramapo]

20. Difficult choice

All are great and there's something to love about each one.

[annabanana]

21. Wonderful contest . .thanks!. . . . . n/t

[LWolf]

22. They are all wonderful. nt

[NV Whino]

23. Kick

[annabanana]

24. kickPics!. . . .n/t

[Little Star]

25. It's just not fair to only be able to vote for one. They are all excellent! k&r

[midnight]

26. We have a budding ornithologist in the family so it's the winter visitor... Very sweet photo...

[Tindalos]

27. That was a difficult choice.

[Petrushka]

28. K & R

[siligut]

29. Not going to choose just yet

These are all amazing and all very different. I am going to look again, throughout the day before I decide.

[Mira]

30. Just don't forget.

I also think it's terribly difficult to chose!

[siligut]

31. It gives me an excuse to look at them again

They are very powerful and depending, give a sense of serenity, peace, introspection and/or unity.

[CherokeeDem]

32. All incredible photographs...

Very hard decision but I kept being drawn to 'Captured'...I have a thing for wrought iron and just love the graphic feel of the photo.

That said, there is not a bad photograph among these...the snow scenes, the snow doggie, love the composition of the bird bath photo...so hard to decide.

Great work, everyone...all winners.

[Celebration]

33. kick n/t

[alsame]

34. These are all gorgeous! nt

[alfredo]

35. KNR

[Whisp]

36. K&R, they are all beautiful. n/t

[malthaussen]

37. I love the stark beauty of snow and bare trees.

Makes it very difficult to choose among these pix.

-- Mal

[justiceischeap]

38. K&R nt

[Ivywoods55]

39. Stunningly beautiful!

I do not post often, I just come to read more often than not, but I had to say congratulations to all the photographers that took all of these beautiful pictures. I love each and every one, but my favorites are all the snowy winter scenes...they are stunningly beautiful, and remind me of the mountainous areas where I grew up in West Virginia! Thanks to all the people who took the time to send in these photos; too bad each and everyone cannot come in first place because to me all of them are winners!

[Mz Pip]

40. Afternoon kick

[Liberal_Dog]

41. K & R

[kdmorris]

42. K&R (all of them are so beautiful)

It was hard to decide on just one!

[CrispyQ]

43. Sooooo many good ones!

Kick!

[Sissyk]

44. Kick!

So very difficult to choose just one!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

45. Kick.

It was difficult to decide!

[alfredo]

46. Kick

[rrneck]

47. It was very hard to choose.

Fine work by everyone involved.

[Phentex]

48. These are all gorgeous...

But i really do want to live on sugar mountain!

[Mira]

49. Kick

[Laura PourMeADrink]

50. k

[ZombieHorde]

51. Kick. nt

[DevonRex]

52. I love CAPTURED.

I love the focus of it. And the haziness of the background. The contrast between the two. And the contrast in textures, the delicacy of the snow caught in the metal. This was my first place choice from the beginning.

There was another I liked for the color and circumstance that didn't make the finals. The one with bikes lying in the snow, with a red wooden warehouse in the background. The color contrast was gorgeous, as was the contrast in what the bikes brought to your imagination with what all that snow makes you think of. It's a pretty common scene in Colorado, where you can experience several seasons in a day. That photo was my second choice to win.

[JohnnyRingo]

53. K&R

Inspiring entries in a great contest.
Thanx CC.

[UtahLib]

54. A Mid Winter's Transit is ethereal. n/t

[ljm2002]

55. It was really, really hard to pick one this time...

...I loved every single one!

[Lugnut]

56. K&R! n/t

[oldandhappy]

57. All are beautiful

Thank you to all for these photos. Each one is a winner.

[Mira]

58. Kick

[Dalai_1]

59. Kick & R n/t

[Mz Pip]

60. Morning kick

[JohnnyRingo]

61. Kick!

...as they come down the home stretch.

Personally, I like the colors suspended in the ice of "Birdbath", but the competition is fierce in this one. From the bleak desolation depicted in "Copse" to the frozen wonder of "Reflections", these are some of the most beautiful representations of the season I can imagine.

Spending a long lifetime in NE Ohio, I consider myself something of an expert on what winter looks like. Well done DU!

[Blue_In_AK]

62. Kick

[CC]

63. Kick

[Solly Mack]

64. Punt

[Mira]

65. You make me laugh n/t

[Solly Mack]

67. :)

[Catbird]

66. All great pictures

[BainsBane]

70. Many beautiful choices

I'm voting for one I didn't select in the first round. I'm not sure if the order of the photos influences my decision or if it's because the one I voted for in that round isn't there now.

[Mz Pip]

71. Kick for the night owls!

[FreeState]

72. K&R n/t

[Mira]

74. Kick

[Blue_In_AK]

75. Kick

[CC]

76. Kick

[Blue_In_AK]

77. Kick

[alfredo]

78. A rapid forward movement of the leg.

[CC]

79. Voting is over and the winner's

thread is here.

Thank you to everyone that entered and that voted. Also to all you the kept the thread kicked.