***SUMMER PHOTO CONTEST -- FINAL POLL***

[CaliforniaPeggy]

These 10 photographs got the most votes of all 30 entries! It was challenging to decide, but you all decided!

This poll will run 72 hours and the DU Administrators have given us permission to run it here in GD.

Please vote for the photo that you feel meets the meaning of Summer, however you see it.

Colors of Summer on 6/20/2020


Summer rain


My pup fetching a stick in Kinzua Reservoir, Pennsylvania


Delicious Mango Sunset


Lake Michigan


Midnight Sun


Perfect ending to the day


Mom's African Daisy


Hummingbird Feeding from a Rose of Sharon


Warming her wings before flying to Mexico

81 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Colors of Summer on 6/20/2020
	7 (9%)
	Summer Rain
	0 (0%)
	My pup fetching a stick in Kinzua Reservoir, Pennsylvania
	4 (5%)
	Delicious Mango Sunset
	3 (4%)
	Lake Michigan
	9 (11%)
	Midnight Sun
	9 (11%)
	Perfect ending to the day
	5 (6%)
	Mom's African Daisy
	3 (4%)
	Hummingbird Feeding from a Rose of Sharon
	24 (30%)
	Warming her wings before flying to Mexico
	17 (21%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Zoonart]

1. Thank you Peggy.

[MH1]

2. They're all beautiful, but I want to give a special shout out to the last one.

Yes, that is a female Monarch butterfly. ("her" is correct )

And yes that one surely means to fly to Mexico.

Thank you to all the photographers, but especially the fellow Monarch enthusiast.

[a kennedy]

5. How do you know she's female??? Absolutely beautiful.

[MH1]

6. Thick veins and absent dot

https://journeynorth.org/tm/monarch/id_male_female.html

(pictures at link)

Male or Female?

Males have a small black spot on the top surface of the hindwing. Females do not.

You can see the spot when the wings are open; sometimes it's faintly visible when the wings are closed, too.

Males also have slightly thinner wing veins.

[JimGinPA]

3. This Was A Very Tough One

I could have voted for any of them.

[a kennedy]

4. and as usual, it's so darn hard to choose.....they are ALL beautiful and winners.

[Beringia]

7. kick

[Coventina]

8. They are all beautiful. I had to vote for "Mom's African Daisy"

because the geometry is so stunning!

[SheltieLover]

9. TY, Peggy & All

WOW! Such amazing talent our photographers have!

Really tough choice to pick just one.

[Solly Mack]

10. K&R

[BobTheSubgenius]

11. As has been said, and said again...

...every photo entered was a potential winner, and it was as hard as it ever is to choose one. In the end, I imagine them, each one in turn, hanging on my wall, and I choose which one I would want that to be.

Congratulations to all these photo enthusiasts - all those with the artist's eyes, the steady hands and the patience!

[2naSalit]

12. Beautiful pictures!

God luck to all entrants!

[Shrike47]

13. These are all great. It was very hard to choose just one.

[SMC22307]

14. K&R

[duhneece]

15. Beautiful beautiful

Mango Sun was close runner up to Midnight Sun.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. K&R! This may be the toughest one yet! I love them all!

Beautiful job, DU photographers!

[trueblue2007]

23. you all took beautidl pictures

[IcyPeas]

17. kickety kick

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Kick!

[JohnnyRingo]

20. K&R

[mnhtnbb]

21. Kick!

[7wo7rees]

22. Thanks to all....these are all stellar!!

K and R!!

[mindfulNJ]

24. KICK

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

25. kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Kick!

[lostnfound]

27. I can't even choose one. Too beautiful. Nt

[crickets]

28. Thanks Peggy, and to all of the talented photographers.

Every time, it's almost impossible to choose. All of them are so beautiful!

[mnhtnbb]

29. Kick

[Niagara]

30. Every single photo is a winner.

It's always a difficult choice.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Late Night Kick!

[montana_hazeleyes]

33. K&R

[mnhtnbb]

34. Good morning kick.

[Callalily]

35. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Kick!

[mnhtnbb]

37. Kicking for the end of summer

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. Kicking it for the last day coming up!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

40. Thank you for running this contest, Peggy.

Even though all these photos are good, I always try to stay faithful to the specified theme. In this group, only four could be identified with summer with little doubt, remembering many flowers can be hothouse grown in winter.

Thanks to all these great photographers who submitted their lovely work!.......

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. I wanted to help the group, and it was my pleasure!

It is a stunning group.

[mnhtnbb]

42. Last day to vote!

[oasis]

43. K and R.

[urbanhermit]

44. Kicking for the first day of fall

[mnhtnbb]

45. Last chance for Summer!