****SPRING Photo Contest ~ Final Round****

[countryjake]

Welcome to the Final Round of the annual SPRING Photo Contest!

I'd like to give a big Thank You to everyone who has participated, including all the DUers who submitted entries, and also those who voted, commented, and helped keep the preliminary rounds kicked.

The theme for this seasonal contest is anything related to Spring or whatever Spring has meant to each individual photographer.

This Final Round will run for 72 hours.

Viewer comments are welcome. Please show your appreciation for these finalists by voting and then giving this thread a rec and a kick!


NOTE: Skinner has authorized this contest to be run in GD.



Green Grass (and a Sunny Spot) for Green Eyes


Pacific Northwest Springtime


Nigella


Bleeding Hearts


Spring Rain


Rainy Season in Oaxaca


Morning Dew


Overlooking daffys

51 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Green Grass (and a Sunny Spot) for Green Eyes
	8 (16%)
	Pacific Northwest Springtime
	4 (8%)
	Nigella
	3 (6%)
	Bleeding Hearts
	7 (14%)
	Spring Rain
	4 (8%)
	Rainy Season in Oaxaca
	7 (14%)
	Morning Dew
	8 (16%)
	Overlooking daffys
	10 (20%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[lovemydog]

1. k & r baby,

k & r

[Mnemosyne]

2. And you want us to just pick one?! K&R nt

[bigwillq]

3. Great pics!

K and R!

[Chellee]

4. K & R

nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Using fullscreen (F 11) to view these is really rewarding, I find. n/t

[zeemike]

6. I found the choice difficult.

But that's a good thing.

[Solly Mack]

7. Thanks, countryjake!

Great job hosting!

Congrats to the finalists!!

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. All beautiful pics, all winners!

[alfredo]

9. spaghetti

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[NV Whino]

10. Kick

[Mira]

11. Kick

[Catbird]

12. Kick

[mnhtnbb]

13. Kick

[ManiacJoe]

14. kick

[countryjake]

15. kickety

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Kick!

[mnhtnbb]

17. Kick

[Curmudgeoness]

18. Kick. nt

[femmocrat]

19. K & R

Holy moly, I almost missed this!

[GoneOffShore]

20. Tough choices. Great shots.

[ailsagirl]

21. They're all so beautiful-- we have a lot of excellent photographers here on DU

[postatomic]

22. Meow

I didn't follow the last set of votes but I was a little taken back to see that cat in the finals. I've tried like hell to wrap my brain around the idea that this represents spring, but to each his/her own I guess. Who am I to question it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Cats like Spring.

[postatomic]

28. Got it

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

[countryjake]

32. Also, note the second part of the theme...

...whatever Spring has meant to each individual photographer.

Spring this year for a lot of people could have meant blowing snow and six-foot drifts, considering how bad the weather was in most of the East through much of the season. April was miserable for many. Floods, even. And that's just in the States.

Anyhow, the Final is decided by the votes of DUers, so there you have it.

[postatomic]

36. I saw that

Considered it before I made my comments, which stated that I couldn't wrap by brain around cats and spring. I also stated my resignation and reluctant acceptance that someone felt differently about it than I do.

As for the votes of DUers, it addresses the point I made in the photography group about voting. And this final voting addresses my other point. Voting for your own photo. Never understood that.

[mnhtnbb]

31. Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation,

renewal, regrowth.

The phenological or ecological definition of spring relates to biological indicators; the blossoming of a range of plant species, and the activities of animals, or the special smell of soil that has reached the temperature for micro flora to flourish.

Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_%28season%29

And finally, for an overload of spring kitty...

https://www.google.com/search?q=spring+kitty&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CCsQ7AlqFQoTCJ6u-vS3jMYCFYhPkgodgjMAkw&biw=1366&bih=631

[postatomic]

42. I understand what Spring is

You know, something that I hadn't considered, is that on that particular day with 'ol green eyes it really felt like Spring to you. If so, I get that.

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. kick

[alfredo]

24. Kicky

[ailsagirl]

25. kick

[shenmue]

26. Kittums wins

[countryjake]

29. kick

[annabanana]

30. kickpics!. . . . . .n/t

[a kennedy]

33. Kick.....all winners. eom

[a la izquierda]

34. Kick

[Mz Pip]

35. Kick

[lovemydog]

37. K & R for art!

[MerryBlooms]

38. rec & kick

[countryjake]

39. kickety kick

[a kennedy]

40. Kicking..... Eom

[countryjake]

41. Kick!

[alfredo]

43. Kick

[bluesbassman]

44. Kick!

[mnhtnbb]

45. Kick

[lovemydog]

46. Kick

for Sunday voters.

[mnhtnbb]

47. Kick

[Liberal_Dog]

48. K & R

[mnhtnbb]

49. kick for the late night hours

[countryjake]

50. Only three more hours left to vote!