***JUNE/SPRING Seasonal Photo Contest FINALS***

[mnhtnbb]

Here are the TEN FINALISTS--in alphabetical order--from our three preliminary threads for our JUNE/SPRING Seasonal Photo Contest.

Please VOTE for the one which you feels best rises to the challenge of capturing the elements of the season of SPRING.

FINALS will run for 72 hours.


April at the rookery




Common Buttonbush




Fields of Gold




First Butterfly in the Garden




Flower Market, Rouen, France




Incoming storm




Maui Blue




Ms Katy Did.




Pollen, the good kind!




Some privacy, please.

23 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	April at the rookery
	4 (17%)
	Common Buttonbush
	2 (9%)
	Fields of Gold
	1 (4%)
	First Butterfly in the Garden
	4 (17%)
	Flower Market, Rouen, France
	0 (0%)
	Incoming storm
	10 (43%)
	Maui Blue
	0 (0%)
	Ms Katy Did.
	1 (4%)
	Pollen, the good kind!
	1 (4%)
	Some privacy, please.
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[leftyladyfrommo]

1. How do we choose? They are all wonderful. nt

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[planetc]

3. Okay. I voted for all of them. So sue me!

[Scrivener7]

4. Wow! Every single one is beautiful!

[2naSalit]

5. Can I pick them all?

Each one is worthy of first place!

It's almost wrong to chose just one.

[ChazII]

6. As usual a difficult choice

since we can only select one.

[a kennedy]

7. Just exceptional photos......

[brer cat]

8. A really tough decision to just chose one.

K&R

[niyad]

9. All of the above.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Incredibly beautiful group of photos! ♥

[imaginary girl]

11. So many good ones! Wish I had more votes!

[crickets]

12. Gorgeous photos - wish I could choose them all. K&R

[Beringia]

13. Kick

[urbanhermit]

14. Kick

[IcyPeas]

15. so unfair to only be able to choose one. 😉❤️

there are some beauts in this batch.

[mnhtnbb]

16. Kick!

[crosinski]

17. Gosh hard to pick just one!

[mnhtnbb]

18. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Kick!

[alfredo]

20. Knr

[ManiacJoe]

21. kick

[mnhtnbb]

22. Please vote!

[mnhtnbb]

23. Kick!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

24. Kickety kick kick!

[Ziggysmom]

25. Big Kick. SO hard to choose just one!

[crickets]

26. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Kick!

[mnhtnbb]

28. Kick!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

29. Kick, kick, kick!

[Trueblue1968]

30. so pretty !!!!!!!!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

31. K&R for DU's talented photographers! These may be the toughest choices yet!

[LAS14]

32. kick

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Kick!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

34. Still time to vote!

[mnhtnbb]

35. Kick

[tblue37]

36. K&R for visibility. nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. K&R

[electric_blue68]

38. I wonder why (though it's a slow burn striking photo) people chose...

"incoming storm" photo as "representative" of Spring/June?

Sure for the temperate part if the USA -
"April showers bring May flowers" trope but when I think of Spring - it's greening trees, opening masses of flowers, lovely warmer, blue skies (w/wo clouds), more people strolling about again etc

Respectfully, I don't get it.

For me I was trying to pick between the egret/heron, orange flower field (California poppies?), and the butterfly on the flowers.

I'd have picked the earlier Flowering Yucca one .
Why?
Looking upwards (in joy - Spring has returned!!!) flowering, lit by (returning longer) sunlight against a beautiful sky, and it's array of leaves below look like arms opened wide in joy!

In my (not so 😄 ) humble opinion (in this case 😄 )