** Comment thread for the Winter Photo Contest

[ManiacJoe]

Please put your pre-voting comments in this thread so that the submission thread stays clean.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well, I'm in.

I don't have any snowy photos, this being Southern CA, but the one I entered is a genuine holiday photo.



Thanks for getting this going right away, my dear ManiacJoe!

[ManiacJoe]

2. Good photo!

Pictures of fire in the dark are not easy to do well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Aw, thanks!

I'm sure I had the camera on the "auto no-flash" setting! This is a few years old and I really had little skill in that sort of thing. I did lighten it just a bit just now--just enough to make it clear what it is.

[Mira]

4. Thanks ManiacJoe - great start

since you put the asterisks and it's noticeable I don't think the threads need to be pinned. Very good of you to do this! Now I'll go and see what I can enter....

[ManiacJoe]

5. Ice. Cracked.

I like a good abstract!

Is this a frozen body of water, or just an unfortunate window?

[Mira]

7. A huge wine bottle froze

and cracked - the photo is of the frozen liquid with the glass peeled off. The sun played on the surface.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

9. Mira, that is such an awesome photo, it makes me not want to bother entering.

Lots of other good ones too, but yours is my fave so far.

[Mira]

10. Thank you.

There are some really wonderful others.

[mnhtnbb]

6. OK, I changed mine

just for some variety.

[Atman]

8. C'mon! What happened? Get those entries in!

We're way short on what should be a fun subject. Submissions seem to have stalled. Send 'em in, people!

[Mira]

11. Some gorgeous photos are entered!

We could surely use a few more. Maybe open it up for submitting a second photo?

[Mira]

12. I so have a favorite I adore

And it is not mine.

We surely can do better - please enter more photos. I’m holding one in abeyance in case you let us enter more than one, dear host.

[ManiacJoe]

13. Yes, let's open it to two entries per user.

Let the craziness begin!!!

[mindem]

14. Number two posted

I posted the second photo to get the ball rolling again.

[Mira]

15. Number 2 for me as well.

Come on folks, more entries please.

[a la izquierda]

16. Im going to try for a second...

But I can’t get the direct link on my Imgur app.

[mnhtnbb]

17. In for a second, too.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

18. Finally found the time to post my entry. Looks like we've got a good field now with

all the recent entries. So many good ones!

[Mira]

19. The entries, in my opinion,

are the single most gorgeous batch in a really long time. ManiacJoe, please hype them everywhere and when the threads roll I will help a lot to keep them kicked.
Beautiful photos. My favorite choice is now vacillating....

[ManiacJoe]

20. Lots of good entries! Two days left.

[ManiacJoe]

21. One day left.

I will stop the entries some time after midnight Thursday.
Any entry that beats me stays entered.

[a la izquierda]

22. Winter contest, first day of spring...

And it’s dumping snow here in WV.

[ManiacJoe]

23. Now you have no excuse for not submitting a photo!