And The Winner Is....

[handmade34]

"Heartland" by Mz Pip




2nd Place:

"Blue" by alfredo



3rd Place: by justiceischeap

"Dead But Not Dead"

...a tough contest, played well by all participants... thank you all!!!

...now, you know the drill Mz Pip

Congratulations all.....



All of the delightful photos identified.........


"Ripples on Superior" The Velveteen Ocelot

"Tears of the Arizona" CC

"The Long Unwinding Road" Hoppy

"Rain On The Lens" Whoa_Nelly

"Christmas Eve, 2013" Dyedinthewoolliberal

"There's Light At The End" Mira

"Blue Horizon" mnhtnbb

"Beach Grass" NV Whino

"It Went That a Way" 2naSalit

"Warmer Days on the Connecticut Shore" LauraPourMeADrink

"River's Edge" teamster633

"Lotus Mama" Turborama

"Seagulls In The Bahamas" OriginalGeek

"Hollyhock" Curmudgeoness

"Waves Of Ice" Blue_In_AK

"The Christmas Day Moon" CaliforniaPeggy

"Winter Beach" betsuni

"Daisy" RoccoR5955

"Wine Country Sunset" BuddhaGirl

"Hostile Brothers in Berlin" GermanWatcher

"Misty Cliffside" F4lconF16

"Zen" ohheckyeah

"Pods" Solly Mack

"untitled" Hoppy


(note: I inadvertently put two- may I add, very nice- photos by Hoppy into the contest which may have skewed the results a bit and I apologize to all... and unfortunately I had to disqualify one of them... so glad that my errors weren't much more egregious than that )

[pinboy3niner]

1. Congratulations to all!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Good I didn't vote for Hillary and Ted Cruz didn't win.

congratz to all

[Hoppy]

3. There was a question, where was the location of "The Long Unwinding Road."

It was in southern New Jersey at the Edwin R. Forsythe Wildlife Preserve, 10 miles north of Atlantic City. The other untitled photo was from Sandy Hook, N.J.

I will probably catch hell from other N.J. residents for pointing out that N.J. does have innumerable scenic landscapes, from the Skylands, to the beach, to Horse Country, Wine Trail and to the marsh lands.

Pointing out N.J. nature scenes, brings tourists and traffic. We would rather keep the image of N.J. as that of the smelly turnpike that is the brunt of jokes on late night tv.

[handmade34]

8. yes...

I just did work in New Jersey, last December in Camden County, and we discovered many delightful places...

[bigwillq]

4. Congrats all!

[handmade34]

5. A hearty congratulations to "Heartland"

an excellent example of minimalism and very nostalgic for me...

[alfredo]

6. Congrats to Mz Pip!

[handmade34]

7. and to you...

as we all know, 2nd continues to be the desired position in the Photography Group

[alfredo]

17. Yeah, I'm pleased as punch. Mz Pip's photo was the best,

and deserved the win. I knew from day one that was the winner. It had that bleak dust bowl feel about it. It could have been a drooled over hidden jewel of a six figure painting shown at Antique Roadshow.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Congrats to the winners!

A beautiful contest.

[Mz Pip]

10. Congrats to second and third place!

Coming in second is always my goal!


Thanks to Handmade34 for running this challenge. And thanks to all who liked my photo. This was pretty unexpected! I love minimalism in photography. In a world of images that often are more representative of chaos and sensory overload, I find minimalism soothing to the eye and soul.

Mz Pip

[Arugula Latte]

11. Wow. "Heartland" looks like an Andrew Wyeth painting.

Gorgeous.

[handmade34]

12. ok...

where is Helga? she must be over by the shed, lying down...


...just kidding, but I did have the pleasure years ago to enjoy an exhibition of Wyeth's Helga paintings!

[Arugula Latte]

13. I saw that exhibition, too. I think it came around when I lived in Washington DC, years ago.

Could have been San Francisco, too. Anyway, it was great to see all those paintings en masse.

I always wondered what Mrs. Wyeth really thought about the whole thing. It was kind of bizarre!

[Mira]

15. LOL

she's hiding out braiding her hair.
I, too, am a fan of the Helga paintings.

[sabrina 1]

14. Beautiful photos, congratulations to the winners and all the others who competed with their

beautiful photos.

:photos:

[Mira]

16. Hearty Congratulations to the Winners

and all the entrants.
It was a beautiful contest, and wonderfully run by Handmade34.
Just how did you find all the encouraging photos throughout. I'm impressed.
Onward and upward to March - MzPip - I simply groove on your photo. It completely encompasses the theme and gives me a catch in the heart.

[jen63]

18. Beautiful Mz Pip and congratulations!

and congratulations to all the runners up. I wish I had such talent. They are all stunning!

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. Congrats to all!

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Wonderful photo, Mz Pip

My choice. And congratulations to the other winners and all the photographers. Best group on DU.

[Solly Mack]

21. Congratulations Mz Pip!!! & alfredo & justiceischeap!!!

Beautiful photo!

Congrats to all the finalists!

Thank you to the host - handmade34 - for a job nicely done!!!


To the Photography Group

[Curmudgeoness]

22. Congratulations, Mz Pip and everyone.

This was such a tough contest with so many great photos.

[KMOD]

23. Congrats to Mz Pip

They were all beautiful as usual.

Thank you all for sharing your talent with us.

[BuddhaGirl]

24. Congrats to all!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Great job Handmade34 ! Outstanding Photos -- congrats !

[2naSalit]

26. Congrats to all

it was a nice collection of images.

[2naSalit]

27. Thank You, handmade34

for putting this together and doing all that "screen time" for this.

[Beringia]

28. congrats

[malaise]

29. Truly lovely

DU sure has talented folks