***APRIL PHOTO CONTEST FINALS: "BEAUTY IN BLACK AND WHITE"***

[Grumpy Old Guy]

Here are the ten photos that made the finals for the April photo contest. Please vote for the image you think best fits the theme “Beauty in black and white, anything and everything in black and white.” The theme was chosen by last month’s winner, George McGovern.

This poll will run for 72 hours, and then I will announce the winner and runner ups.

Please leave comments as we do love to hear what you think.

Enjoy!

Big Meadow and the Sawtooth Ridge



Angel, watch over me



A black and white era of sacked ruins



Moon and Bridge



Dogwood



Gone to Seed



Zen Reflections



Touched by Gods



Romance of a Rose



Mormon Row

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	Big Meadow and the Sawtooth Ridge
	12 (14%)
	Angel, watch over me
	6 (7%)
	A black and white era of sacked ruins
	8 (9%)
	Moon and Bridge
	15 (17%)
	Dogwood
	5 (6%)
	Gone to Seed
	14 (16%)
	Zen Reflections
	4 (5%)
	Touched by Gods
	11 (13%)
	Romance of a Rose
	8 (9%)
	Mormon Row
	3 (3%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[LakeArenal]

1. Please GOTV.

[a kennedy]

2. Love them all..........

[FalloutShelter]

3. K/R WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SET

Great job everybody. These are some really beautiful captures.

[Beaverhausen]

4. Very hard to choose

these are amazing!

[tblue37]

5. K&R for visibility. nt

[SheltieLover]

6. Kicking for visibility

[Solly Mack]

7. K&R

[planetc]

8. Is photography a form of telekinesis?

I feel instantly transported to each of the scenes photographed here.

[skylucy]

9. So many great photos!

[lucca18]

10. Love the photos!😍

[ChazII]

11. These decisions are becoming

more difficult.

[Pepsidog]

12. I look at each photo for a second and whichever one catches my attention gets my vote. If I see the

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vote totals, the photo leading at that point will sometimes sways my vote. I know it’s personal preference but I wonder how other people on DU choose which photo to give their vote. Knowing nothing about art, I recently read an art expert’s critique on The Mona Lisa and was blown away at everything the experts saw that meant nothing to me.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Yes, whatever grabs you. I think the bad part is that many, I don't know how many,

Are looking at these photos on their cell phones. I went to my computer and they looked incredibly different and amazingly better on a big screen.

My biggest question is why are they all different sizes? Seems unfair. Strikes me that a long time ago when I was entering we were told exactly what size to make the pics??

[Pepsidog]

29. Interesting. I'll try it because you are correct, always view on cell phone.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

46. Different aspect ratios

Choosing certain aspect ratios, (height and width), can be part of the creative process. Also, many people aren't even aware of which aspect ratio their cameras are set to.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Thank you. ❤

[2naSalit]

14. Hard choice!

[crosinski]

15. Love black and white photography!

Great job every one!

[femmedem]

16. All wonderful!

I have no idea which one I'm going to vote for because they all deserve to win.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

17. Please vote!

[PatrickforB]

18. Beautiful. All of them. Very hard to decide.

For me it was finally between the Romance of a Rose, the Angel, Moon and Bridge...but in the end I had to go with Touched by the Gods - it is such a strikingly beautiful photo.

[LakeArenal]

47. Thank you for voting for my picture. ❤️

[PatrickforB]

50. Both the value and the texture were amazing on this photo.

I love clouds anyway, and the way you captured them using the light value and texture was striking, and the rays at the bottom - wow. For me, the umbrella of rays evoked an otherworldly feeling, almost a sacred geometry.

You do good work.

[LakeArenal]

52. So, Emile asked to see this and thought you might like to see it. In color.

[PatrickforB]

53. I must confess that I like the color one better. I never have been a huge fan

of black and white. The texture is a bit more stark in the black and white photo, yes, and the rays show up better.

Ah, but there's something about the color indigo, nestled there in the gaps between clouds. The color photo is more gentle, somehow, more pleasing to the eye.

Thank you for letting me see it!

[JohnnyRingo]

19. K&R

They are all great, but one really stood out to me.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

20. Kickety kick kick!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Kick!

[Tom Kitten]

22. Boot!

Let's Vote!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. K & R

[LakeArenal]

48. Thank you for voting for my picture.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

25. Vote, vote, vote!

[Soph0571]

26. k&r

[smirkymonkey]

27. All such amazing photos!

Really talented people here. I chose the one that was most striking to me, but loved all of them.

[HAB911]

28. kicking for the weekend morning shift!

[BlueIdaho]

30. Congratulations to all these fine photographers!

Black and White is such a difficult medium.

[LakeArenal]

31. Please vote!!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

32. Kick, kick, kick!

[MuseRider]

33. This was one of the hardest choices

to make!

Outstanding photos, it was SO hard to choose.

Congratulations to all, well done.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

34. Kicking again.

[urbanhermit]

35. Kick

[mnhtnbb]

36. Kick!

[Emile]

37. Touched by Gods my favorite!

[LakeArenal]

49. Thank you for voting for my picture! ⭐️

[LakeArenal]

51. Here you go, thanks!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

38. Kickety kick kick!

[HappyCynic]

39. kick

[Tom Kitten]

40. Kick!

Kick again!

[HAB911]

41. kicking for the morning shift!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

42. Kick, kick, kick!

[mnhtnbb]

43. Kick!

[bif]

44. I look at each one a think about it hanging on a wall in my house

And which one would I not get tired of.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

45. Last chance to vote!

Voting closes in 30 minutes!