*** SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - WINNERS THREAD ***

[regnaD kciN]

(crossposted from GD)

It is with great pleasure that I announce the winner for the Spring Seasonal Photo Contest...

CC

...for Splish Splash Robin's first bath..



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Second place goes to...

Mz Pip

...for Mountain Meadow Spring.



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As we had a tie this month, third place honors go to...

alfredo

...for First Columbine.



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...and...

NV Whino

...for Mustard Time.



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This contest's "Host's Award" goes to Sagely Sage, by Richard D.



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And, in addition, a special "Creative Vision Award" goes to Untitled, by postatomic, for falling under the "I have no idea what this has to do with Spring, but it's a striking image regardless" category. ;-)



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The final standings:

1st: Splish Splash Robin's first bath. - CC
2nd: Mountain Meadow Spring - Mz Pip
3rd: (tie) First Columbine - alfredo and Mustard Time - NV Whino
5th: early morning swim - Saphire
6th: Spring Snail - handmade34
7th: Hungry for Spring - Behind the Aegis
8th: It's for you, Mom. - Myra
9th: Emerging Spring - Cassandra
10th: Spring...still working on it. - Sheepshank

Congratulations to all! :woohoo:

[Celebration]

1. Great contest!

Absolutely love the winners....Good job GD!

Happy Spring to everyone here.

[alfredo]

2. It was a fun contest. Congrats to CC.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Very nice photos to all who placed.

Congratulations to the winners!!

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[Saphire]

4. congratulations to the winners...these were great photos.

[Mira]

5. Congratulations to the finalists and the top vote getters. These were an inspiring

assembly of photos I enjoyed looking at all of them and "felt" the season of "Spring."
They made me happy. Thanks, Photographers.

[Sheepshank]

6. Beautiful . Congrats to our top 3 winners!!!!

[Cassandra]

7. Congrats to all...

for bringing us so many aspects of spring!

[Mz Pip]

8. I love the seasonal contests!

This one had some terific entries. Congrats to all who entered. (Now if we could just get some real Spring around here...)

[NV Whino]

9. Congrats to all

That robin is a winner, indeed.

[Mira]

10. You're right, it can't get to be more spring than that.

Except - maybe - the other top honors. :rofl:
I LOVE your Mustard field. It is simply perfect in its simplicity, the lines and the focus and color. I'm rhapsodic about that photo of yours, and it is a well deserved win.

[NV Whino]

11. Thanks, Mira

You have to hit the NV in early spring and soak up the mustard.

[JohnnyRingo]

12. Not to discount the other entries, but I love "Mountain Meadow Spring"

I think it's the extravaganza of color.
All are worthy though. Congrats to everyone.

[Mz Pip]

13. Thank you!

It's a pretty place, about 4500 ft and it's probably snowing there now. We've had a long drawn out winter in CA's higher elevations.

[Mira]

14. You know what! I realize as I read this I never told you just how pastoral that photo is to me.

A calendar with that in it - I can imagine it staying on that photo - and me ditching the rest. The colors, the segments of change, the utter calm beauty of it! A true winner.

[Bonhomme Richard]

15. Thanks to all for helping me..

become a better photographer.
This rank amateur appreciates it.

[bluedigger]

16. Congrats to all!

It was a really strong field for this contest, and I agreed with the front runners. Good job, everybody!

[Callalily]

17. Sending a big conrats to

EVERYONE! You are all winners in my book!

[HappyCynic]

18. Congrats CC!

And to all the other finalists. Fantastic photos all around.

[CC]

19. Well hell

and I almost threw that photo away. Mustard Time was one of my favorites though Mountain Meadow Spring was right up there. Both are better photos than the Robin's bath. I am partial to Columbine's and they are one of my first signs of spring except mine did not come back this year so this one pulled at heart strings. All the photos in the contest were great and everyone is a winner in my mind. Even with our laid back contest it still take courage to post that first photo. I do have to shout out my awe to tabatha for her Hummingbird building a nest, great photo. I am green with envy and wish I had a shot at getting one even close to that good.

Congrats everyone and guess that bird luck/curse(?)is still hanging around. regnaD kciN, great job hosting and TY for doing these seasonal contest (Blueraven too).:yourock:

[Mz Pip]

20. Congrats to you

Splish Splash made me smile. That Robin looked like he was having a blast, movin' and groovin!

[tabatha]

21. Congrats!

As soon as I saw your picture, I thought it was a winner - it had both fauna and flora spring.
The columbine was also a favorite.

Thanks for the shout out re the hummingbird.
I shot it while waiting for some people at a trailhead.
As I am always early, I had the time to creep up for a close shot.
It was fun to see it fly away, and come back again with different bits and pieces.
Here it is weaving, possibly spider web:

[Richard D]

22. Congratulations to all

A wonderful group of photos. Stunning images by all.