Any runners-up for your entry?

[Celebration]

If you have some, I would love to see some either in this thread or in a separate thread of that you start. Here are a couple of mine--

Ducks 'n Ripples


Reflected Recreation Rentals


(Bet you guys are tired of my paddleboat photos!)

[Mira]

1. Awesome idea about the "rejects"and I am not tired of blue

paddle boat photos, or any others. Don't remember any. Love that shot.
I would beg for it as a present if I could enter.
:rofl:

And the ducks, along with the water, PERFECT for the contest.
You had a time choosing, I can tell.

[Celebration]

2. not tired of blue paddleboats?

Maybe I have mostly had the yellow ones as backdrops. :) They are lined up just so, yellow on one side and blue on the other. If the water is still, I am always looking at a new angle.

I haven't had any trouble picking my entries lately. I just decided to pick the one I like best, and not be concerned about the voting. I guess I could still be undecided, but that hasn't happened in awhile.

But I do love this theme, and everybody should have several to choose among, and would love to see more than just the entries.

[Mira]

3. Lately, two thoughts go through my mind when I enter a picture

The first thought, as I make the choice which to me is often excruciating
(because the photos are my current babies, and I want to be fair),
is the question of: "Can I let this go and be done with it and feel good about it?"

The second is: "I'm imagining this declared the winner. Is it a worthy,winning photo?"

After that it's "send" and off it goes.

Frankly, I think I'm going into a phase of not being pre-occupied with wanting to win. You get over it, I think.
But I was very interested in winning for the first year. Now I'm in year two.

:rofl:

[Mz Pip]

4. Overture in Orchid

I do like this one, and might use it anyway. It's kind of different. I'm in the narrowing down process right now and hope to post something before the day is done.

[Mira]

9. A huge WOW from me on that one. It's startlingly different and a real grabber.n/t

[Celebration]

13. this is amazing

and very cool. Maybe I would vote for it ;)

[Saphire]

5. sunglasses

this was a tough one...I had several, but I think this was my 2nd choice. But you know, the more I look at it.....

[Mira]

7. This is a fabulous one. Your mission arches are doubly fabulous.

FWIT
(is that "for what it's worth"?)

[Saphire]

12. Thanks, Mira. I sometimes can't believe how much fun I have with

my camera. It's a shame that I got started so late, but c'est la vie, no?

[Mira]

16. My entire life I have taken photo after photo where ever I went.

Other than bothering the family, and chronicling the goings on in general I did not know what to do with the results until I came here and found a place to pester new people.

You all have been very good to me.
Though I know how you feel, let me remind you it's never too late.

[Celebration]

14. Fun, fun, fun

Much better than my multiple cheap surfboards.

Love all the reflections in these.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. No runners-up for me!

I felt lucky to have the one I entered!

It's not something I normally look for...

:hi:

[Mira]

8. I already said it, but your bird and the beach are simply sweet and memorable.

I think it is a powerful entry among what looks to me like a whole spectrum of great work so far.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Aw, thanks...

I'm blushing!

I agree about the field so far...a great spectrum!

[Saphire]

11. the blue boats and overture in orchid.....I love both of these.

[Celebration]

15. there is just something about

those second choices

:rofl:

[HarveyDarkey]

17. A couple I was considering

another from Memorial Day



& this

[Celebration]

20. Love the flags

Looks like small town Fourth of July! Really Americana.

[HarveyDarkey]

26. Well it is a small town, but Memorial Day

[Cassandra]

18. This was the other one I was thinking of.

Some of the chandeliers at Grand Central Station; the bottom one being a reflection of the third.

Love those paddleboats!!


There's also this one. I'm not sure for what other occasion this would be appropriate. Maybe we should ask Glenn Beck.

[Celebration]

19. Those hands are a bit

Creepy. But they are pretty cool, too. Weird.

I like the chandeliers.

[Mira]

21. Laughing loud.

Not about the light fixtures - but such a visual of Sieg Heil ad nauseam is simply unprecedented.

Your choice was stellar IMO.

[Cassandra]

23. The hands are glove forms...

in the window of Fishes Eddy, a store that sells restaurant china and other stuff like the hands.

[priller]

22. Yeah, I had several to choose from

[Cassandra]

24. Love the birds...

and it's nice that they put sweaters on concrete columns. I'm sure they get cold at night..... wait, what is that?

[Celebration]

29. I agree, that is weird!

Some of the things we see here!!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

25. I thought of this one

but the one with the clouds came up first in my PhotoBucket. I do like this shot, though.

[NV Whino]

27. Here's my runner up

In the end I liked the more complex photo.

[Mira]

28. Schema Things number one reminded me of this one

It's one I might consider seriously if I could enter.
His number two potential I can't duplicate because I don't know how.
It's the only reason, too.

[Sheepshank]

30. my number 2 and 3

Watergate building in DC. I just wished I hadn't cut off the peak of the building. As it turns out I used a difference DC shot. The one I chose seems so simple in it's complexity.



and I also considered this train station.



both of which I have posted here in the past, but not in a contest

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31. I had 3 alternates

[HappyCynic]

32. Here's my #2