~~~Winter Photo Contest Winners~~~

[CC]

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We have out winners of the Winter Photo Contest.

In first place and the Grand Prize Winner of Spring Contest hosting duties is Mz Pip with the beautiful Reflections on a Winter's Day.





And in second Mira with the unique Frozen Birdbath Abstraction.





And last but not least in third place is Pharaoh with the wonderful Bridge in a Snow storm.




A heartfelt thank you to all our contestants, without you there would not be a photo contest to distract us all from the news of the day for a few minutes. All of you are winners in my book. I am not going to do a host choice because well there are just too many favorites for me to chose one. Get busy taking spring photos for the next seasonal contest and watch for the monthly contest beginning soon.




BTW I really miss the you rock smiley.

Adding because of a request....The rest of them. Not all of us list the order of all the photos but will since it was requested. To see them you can go here.

4th - alfredo Copse

5th - Blue_In_AK Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain

6th - talkingmime Snow Puppy

7th - ConcernedCanuk My favorite place to meditate

8th - Solly Mack Winter Visitor

9th - CC Captured

10th - Earth_First A Mid-Winter's Transit

[life long demo]

1. Thank you, all the pictures were winners to me

They take you to another place, another time. Congratulations.

[Skittles]

2. to me, SNOW PUPPY was the big winner

aw heck yes they were all gorgeous

[KittyWampus]

25. that was clearly head and tails above the others

The expression on his puppy face…

WHO"S A GOOD BOY!

[Skittles]

27. LOL

awwwww - reminds me of the posts on The Rainbow Bridge - filled with glowing tributes to pets who have passed on - many of them quite lengthy and detailed - yet the one that has always stayed in my mind was a guy who posted about his dog and it simply said, "You were a GOOD GIRL."

[Katashi_itto]

3. I hope you have more contests!

Really beautiful stuff!

[secondwind]

4. I agree... they are all amazing! Must have been very hard to choose the winner.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. Well done, but I have a question.

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There were 10 finalists -

Is it possible, or proper to let us know how the other 7 finalists rated?

OH - special congratulations to Mz Pip

long before the finalists were even selected I set your picture as my wallpaper/desktop

CC

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. they have listed all in past months. personally it was embarrassing to be

listed 10th out of 10. hahaha

[ConcernedCanuk]

17. I wouldn't be embarrased - ya made the FINALS!

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The contests usually have about 30 entries

so tenth ain't too shabby methinks!

[CC]

20. Added them.

No way was I trying it when I did the original thread. They used to not do more the the top three but then a few people started listing them all. I would go with letting each host decide on how much more risk of making a mistake they want to take. lol That is the hardest part of hosting, the worry about messing up. Oh we used to have ribbons to post too but as the contest grew that fell by the wayside.

[harmonicon]

6. WHERE THE FUCK IS SNOW PUPPY?!?!

I want a recount.

(nice pictures, everyone else... puppy-less pictures, but nice)

[CC]

21. Wasn't the pup just

adorable. And entered by a newcomer to both the group and DU. Great job for a 1st timer.

My guess is people tended to vote toward the photos that had a Zen feel to them. Just a guess but they do have that feel imho.

[harmonicon]

23. I have to admit to knowing basically nothing about photography.

In actuality, I defer to the group. Thinking about this, I've probably taken fewer photographs in my lifetime than some photographers take in a day. That said, I like puppies, and I think it was a really nice picture, and did really evoke ideas I have about winter.

[CC]

29. Photography is like all art

what the viewer gets from it partly depends on what they bring to it.

[Skittles]

28. SNOW PUPPY RULES!!

[ConcernedCanuk]

30. "6th - talkingmime Snow Puppy" - CC updated the original post

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Interesting

your post was #6

puppy came in #6

[harmonicon]

31. "Interesting," or all part of an elaborate setup?! (nt)

[Solly Mack]

7. Congratulations Mz Pip! Mira & Pharaoh!

And to all the finalists!!


Thank you, CC!

[a kennedy]

9. All my favorites indeed.....

congrats to the winners and all who entered the contest. I really enjoy the photo contests and admire the talent here on DU.

[alfredo]

10. Congrats to the winners!

[Earth_First]

11. Kudos to the winners!

Thanks to CC for hosting the seasonal contest!

Here's to looking ahead to the March contest' "Photographer's Favorite"

[CTyankee]

12. I'm really happy as Bridge in a Snow Storm was my favorite...mostly because of its

Monet-like quality...the graceful arch of the little bridge means so much in this photo...

[annabanana]

13. Lovely! (Beautiful pictures, all.) . .n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Thanks to all the winners braving the cold to bring us these lovely pics!

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I had to put a sweater on just to browse the entries!

[Mz Pip]

15. Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who liked my photo. It was taken in Yosemite where I do believe it is impossible to take a bad photo.

I love winter because we don't have if here. I have to make a special trip to see snow.

All the photos were beautiful IMHO.

[Mira]

16. Congratulations to Mz Pip and Pharaoh for

2 memorable spectacular winter images. The entire contest was filled with some of the most wonderful photographs, one right after the other. I had a new favorite every time I looked.
The group rose to new heights with these entries.
I'm proud to be a part of it.

[CrispyQ]

18. Outstanding talent!

[Celebration]

19. Congrats to Mz Pip, Mira, and Pharoah

Our voters certainly have been doing well. I love all of these, and am so proud of our three winter winners.

CC, thank you for a great contest!

[Rowdyboy]

22. Congratulations to everyone but especially the top three...I had a very hard time choosing among

them. Good work!

[KittyWampus]

24. Congrats… but I liked the Snow Puppy pix the best :-)

[CherokeeDem]

26. Congrats to all the winners...

and to all the photographers...all the entries were terrific!

[bluedigger]

32. Some very cool photos!