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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,698 posts)
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 05:20 PM Mar 2021

***March Photo Contest: Winter*** Finals Thread

These ten photos have made it into the final round, and you get to decide who is the Best! Please vote for your favorite and feel free to leave comments. We love them!


Snowy River Colne


A Warm Spot on a Cold Day


Icy Art


Winter Fog at Sunrise


Grey on Grey


Winter on Shasta


2 am Winter Driveway


Silver Creek Preserve


Evening Snowfall


Squirrel!





102 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
Snowy River Colne
7 (7%)
A Warm Spot on a Cold Day
7 (7%)
Icy Art
15 (15%)
Winter Fog at Sunrise
12 (12%)
Grey on Grey
4 (4%)
Winter on Shasta
9 (9%)
2 am Winter Driveway
23 (23%)
Silver Creek Preserve
8 (8%)
Evening Snowfall
10 (10%)
Squirrel!
7 (7%)
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***March Photo Contest: Winter*** Finals Thread (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 OP
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2021 #1
wow Skittles Mar 2021 #2
K&R Zoonart Mar 2021 #3
These are gettig harder and harder to vote for. These photos are ALL amazing! Squinch Mar 2021 #4
Dayum! You mean I can only vote for one of these phantastic photos? Excellent job abqtommy Mar 2021 #5
beautiful! I'll come back to cast a vote, but I have to ponder on them awhile! hlthe2b Mar 2021 #6
These are all so beautiful! smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #7
Well done UpInArms Mar 2021 #8
Very nice. underpants Mar 2021 #9
Kicked and recommended. Thanks, CP! ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2021 #10
Impossible for me to choose. Duppers Mar 2021 #11
k&r Soph0571 Mar 2021 #12
Very nice Beringia Mar 2021 #13
Never seen a finer collection PlanetBev Mar 2021 #14
All of the photos are great MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author MustLoveBeagles Mar 2021 #16
Pretty difficult choices. All of these are very, very good - each in PatrickforB Mar 2021 #17
You all win. K? You just all win. planetc Mar 2021 #18
These photos are amazing JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #19
Another smashing lineup! BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #20
I love the ice icicles in the kitty cat photo, "A Warm Spot on a Cold Day" a kennedy Mar 2021 #21
Maybe it's time to do ranked choice voting... Enter stage left Mar 2021 #22
Ranked choice voting would be excellent for the early stages of these Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #44
It's always so hard to choose! They are all lovely photos. K&R crickets Mar 2021 #23
Ty, Peggy & All Entrants! SheltieLover Mar 2021 #24
K&R SMC22307 Mar 2021 #25
Kick mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #26
Great stuff. oasis Mar 2021 #27
kick lamp_shade Mar 2021 #28
Good morning kick. mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #29
Hardest.one.ever. lostnfound Mar 2021 #30
Kick. nt AKwannabe Mar 2021 #31
Mid-morning kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #32
Please vote! mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #33
K&R burrowowl Mar 2021 #34
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #35
Kick dmr Mar 2021 #36
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #37
Ok, ok, I changed my vote..........ah, no I didn't 😁 a kennedy Mar 2021 #38
Kicking again! mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #39
Lovely photos. Tracer Mar 2021 #40
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #41
What a selection! 👏 ... electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #42
Such tough choices this month! All are spectacular photos! Thanks, Peggy! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #43
Early morning kick, with a rec regarding viewing the photos... Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #45
Please vote! mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #46
Mid-day kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #47
Less than 26 hrs left to vote! Tom Kitten Mar 2021 #48
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #49
Another great batch. I've narrowed it down to 2, but I just cannot decide! Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #50
such great pictures i had a hard time deciding which to vote for. k&r n/t orleans Mar 2021 #51
***Nearly Final Kick! *** CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2021 #52
One last kick Tom Kitten Mar 2021 #53
Kick burrowowl Mar 2021 #54

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
5. Dayum! You mean I can only vote for one of these phantastic photos? Excellent job
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 05:40 PM
Mar 2021

all around and thanks to you, California Peggy!

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)
6. beautiful! I'll come back to cast a vote, but I have to ponder on them awhile!
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 06:03 PM
Mar 2021

Kudos to all. These definitely capture the season and all that evokes.

Duppers

(28,126 posts)
11. Impossible for me to choose.
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 06:46 PM
Mar 2021

A few contests have such marvelous entries that makes it impossible for me to choose.

This is an excellent example.
All these are brilliant.

👍

Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

PatrickforB

(14,587 posts)
17. Pretty difficult choices. All of these are very, very good - each in
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 07:08 PM
Mar 2021

its own way. Snowy River Colne was my favorite, just because I think the composition was brilliant. But every single one of these was amazing.

I love these threads! Beautiful art.

JohnnyRingo

(18,641 posts)
19. These photos are amazing
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 07:33 PM
Mar 2021

It's hard to believe how much talent we have here in DU.
I liked one of the underdogs.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
20. Another smashing lineup!
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 07:43 PM
Mar 2021

I just LOVE these Photo Contests! Congratulations and a hearty "WELL DONE" to everyone involved!

a kennedy

(29,706 posts)
21. I love the ice icicles in the kitty cat photo, "A Warm Spot on a Cold Day"
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 08:01 PM
Mar 2021

And that’s my favorite......LOVE IT, all photo are winners, BUT, I want A Warm Spot on a Cold Day to win, is that wrong??

Enter stage left

(3,398 posts)
22. Maybe it's time to do ranked choice voting...
Thu Mar 18, 2021, 08:02 PM
Mar 2021

I had a hell of a time deciding, and it looks like I'm not the only one.

That said, Thank you CaliforniaPeggy for posting these incredible photos.


Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
44. Ranked choice voting would be excellent for the early stages of these
Sat Mar 20, 2021, 04:40 AM
Mar 2021

contests, too. But I suspect it would be too much work for whoever is running them.

a kennedy

(29,706 posts)
38. Ok, ok, I changed my vote..........ah, no I didn't 😁
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 07:02 PM
Mar 2021

Would have but, I love the one I initially voted for........and AGAIN, they ARE ALL WINNERS.

electric_blue68

(14,933 posts)
42. What a selection! 👏 ...
Sat Mar 20, 2021, 12:04 AM
Mar 2021

not easy!

Finally choose "fog sunrise". You can just about see the upper parts of the trees contrasting with that vivid pink steak.

Mt Shasta - amazing ?lenticular clouds.

Evening Snowfall - lovely composed B&W

2am Driveway - the opening of a movie?

Snowy River - another beautiful B&W composition
with a surprise twist of upside-down

And Squirrel!

Rhiannon12866

(205,955 posts)
43. Such tough choices this month! All are spectacular photos! Thanks, Peggy!
Sat Mar 20, 2021, 02:13 AM
Mar 2021

And kudos to all of DU's talented photographers, I loved every single photo this month!

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
45. Early morning kick, with a rec regarding viewing the photos...
Sat Mar 20, 2021, 07:29 AM
Mar 2021

For each, right click or press & hold, then, "Open image in new tab," or "View image," depending on the browser.

Takes a little time, but I find it helps to see each photo on its own with a neutral background. Still hard, though, to choose just one pic as best!



Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
50. Another great batch. I've narrowed it down to 2, but I just cannot decide!
Sat Mar 20, 2021, 04:46 PM
Mar 2021

I thought last night I saw there were only 25 hours left, but it says 1 day, 36 minutes left, now, so I must have misread it before. I might have to flip a coin before tomorrow afternoon.

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