~~~The September Photo Contest Finals.~~~

[CC]

The Photography Group would like to thank everyone who participated in the Preliminary Round.
The Contest Theme is "Tree or Trees".

The top ten photos from the preliminary round are:

Phantom in the Mist



Mountain View



Before the storm



Nature's Reflection



Sunset Cypress



Spring Reflections



Peaceful



Glory Before the Fall, 2004



Twisted



Sole Searching

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Kick!

:kick:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Kick

[MissHoneychurch]

3. Another Kick

[TahitiNut]

4. >click

[WildEyedLiberal]

5. Spring Reflections isn't showing up

:shrug:

Just thought someone ought to know so it's not at an unfair disadvantage.

[CC]

6. Hmmmm, weird. It shows

here and has the link. I ask others in the group to check. Maybe the host site wa down for a bit?
Let me know if it shows for you.

[WildEyedLiberal]

7. OK, I can see it now

How odd - before it was one of those red x's. Hmm.

All the pictures are very beautiful, it was hard choosing just one!

[CC]

9. Glad you can see it now.

The hosting site that the pic is on may of been down for a little bit.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Is showing up every time here.

Are you using Firefox? Mozilla?

Kick for such beautiful photos! To me, each one is a keeper! :applause:

[rasputin1952]

10. I just wanted to say WOW! What talent we have on DU!!!!!

:D

[intheflow]

11. All the finalists are excellent!

But I'm so confused why MY favorite isn't winning! :crazy:

What is wrong with you Lounge Lizards you don't have my great taste?? :silly:

[Catbird]

12. It's hard to pick.

This afternoon I am going to actually look at some trees. It's so easy to just take them for granted.

[regnaD kciN]

13. Time for a...

... :kick: !

[AirmensMom]

14. Kick.

:kick:

[bigwillq]

15. Voted

Good job everyone! :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Another mighty kick!

[CC]

17. Kick

[NV Whino]

18. kick

[momophile]

19. Looks like we could have a close one!

:kick:

[MissHoneychurch]

20. Late night kick

:kick:

[insane_cratic_gal]

21. Wake Up Coffee Kick

:kick:

[Immad2]

22. Kick

:kick:

[CC]

23. Lunch kick

[Cobalt Violet]

24. Time for an afternoon kick with my tea.

:kick::donut:

[Eurobabe]

25. Kick!

[JeffR]

26. Up!

:kick:

[Road Scholar]

27. Nice. Kick.

:kick:

[sandnsea]

28. Spectacular!!!

You guys really outdid yourselves. Tough tough choice. You can almost smell the storm in the air with "Before the Storm". "Peaceful" makes you just want to grab a picnic and head to the woods. "Sole Searching" has such a surreal feel to it, insists that you stop and think - about something. The rest fill the canvas perfectly, beautiful pieces. Love them all!

[MissHoneychurch]

29. Back to the top

[intheflow]

30. Time for another wake up coffee kick.

Mit Schaumgummiring, as MissHoneychurch would say. :donut:

[Immad2]

31. Kick

:kick:

[JeffR]

32. Kick!

:kick:

[Whoa_Nelly]

33. Kicking back to page one!

:kick:

[Eurobabe]

34. back to page 1

[Cobalt Violet]

35. Kick.

[spindrifter]

36. These are fantastic photos!

Thanks for sharing them.

[CC]

37. A bedtime kick.

[MissHoneychurch]

38. Kick

:kick:

[qanda]

39. kick

[CC]

40. kick

[Placebo]

41. bump

:patriot:

[insane_cratic_gal]

42. Goodnight kick

:bounce: ing it all the way to the top

[CC]

43. The end of the contest is closing in, so get

your vote in before it is too late.

[gristy]

44. All so wonderful

Phantom is very unique, but the scale of Mountain View puts it ahead, IMO.
Mountain View, with Phantom a very, very close second.

[JeffR]

45. Kick!

Voting ends Saturday!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[insane_cratic_gal]

46. kick

[Cobalt Violet]

47. Kick.

[JeffR]

48. Kick!

:kick:

[Eurobabe]

49. kick!

[Immad2]

50. Kick

:kick:

[JeffR]

51. Kick! Last chance to vote

I think...

[alfredo]

52. kick

[regnaD kciN]

53. Let me make one thing perfectly clear...

...if you don't vote soon, you won't have this thread to :kick: around anymore!

;-)

[CC]

54. That's it, voting has ended.

Congrats to all that entered the contest. Everyone is a winner because this was one beautiful set of photos and they had the bravery to to put their photos up for all to vote on.
Will post the winners soon.

[regnaD kciN]

55. The September Contest has just become the October Contest...

...for DUers on the east coast!

;-)