***APRIL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST: THE WINNERS!***

[Grumpy Old Guy]

Last edited Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)

It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the April 2025 Photography Contest here on Democratic Underground. The theme this month, chosen by ShazzieB, was “Aspirations! Aspirations are dreams, hopes, or ambitions to achieve a life goal. Synonyms: desire, hope, longing, yearning, wish, aim, ambition, dream.

First place goes to me, Grumpy Old Guy, for my photo “Finding Solitude,” an image of a lone horseman riding atop a mesa in the Navajo Tribal Park at Monument Valley.



Second place goes to HAB911 for their superb image “Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. 02/09/2022." Photos as good as this don’t just happen by accident. I encourage everyone to take a few minutes to read HAB911’s description of the great lengths they went to in order to capture this amazing image. You can find it in reply #39 in the contest thread. Here is a link to that thread. https://democraticunderground.com/100220263975



Third place goes to Kxs and their photo “Desire, hope, longing, yearning…aspiration.” To be honest, as I was running the contest I thought that this was going to be the winner. I voted for this one because I admired both the subject and the artistry of the black and white image.



It’s always fun to run the DU photo contests, even if it is time consuming and a little nerve wracking. Thanks to all who entered, and thanks to all who voted and took time to leave a comment. This was a challenging theme, and we had some great entries.

[blogslug]

1. Congratulations to all the winners!

🏆 📷 🏆

[FalloutShelter]

2. KnR

Congrats to the winners and all participants. What a beautiful set of photographs in this month’s competition.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Congrats to the winners and thank you, my dear Grumpy, for running a great contest!

Your winning photo is just superb! And the other two come up right behind yours!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

4. Thank you my dear Peggy!

Thank you for your kind words. It's always a pleasure running the contest, even if it is a little nerve wracking!

[Srkdqltr]

5. Wonderful photos 📸 📷

[Solly Mack]

6. Congrats all!

[SheltieLover]

7. Congrats to winners & all who entered their fabulous photos!

And thanks to host

[Grumpy Old Guy]

9. It was my pleasure!

[SheltieLover]

17. You have done a fabulous job of bringing us gorgeous photos!

Ty again!

[HAB911]

8. Congratulations to Grumpy and Kxs

Great contest!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

10. Thank you!

I enjoyed reading about the effort it took to capture your image.

[NCgayguy]

16. Your Photo was STUNNING!

So very glad you shared it! Congratulations!

[HAB911]

19. Thank you, glad you like it!

[Hope22]

11. Beautiful gallery!

Congratulations to these artists and thank you to everyone who enters a piece in the contest. We are all richer for your offerings!💗💗

[58Sunliner]

12. Congratulations to all who entered, they were all wonderful photos!

[iluvtennis]

13. Beautiful photos - congrats to all. n/t

[planetc]

14. In these perilous times, civilization fourishes anyway.

The losers were winners, the winners were superb, and not enough DUers look at these photos.

[NCgayguy]

15. Congratulations to All!

Dear Grumpy,

Not only are you talented and artistic but also very humble! I have a feeling, you are not really grumpy at all! Amazing Photo! Congratulations!

May You Be Healthy, Safe and Happy!
Reis

[Grumpy Old Guy]

18. Awww, thank you so much for the kind words.

My wife might disagree with you about the grumpiness.

I'm glad you enjoyed my photo. It's always been one of my favorites.

Ross
aka Grumpy Old Guy

[Callalily]

20. Congrats to all the winners.

Great photos - every one of them.

And thanks Grumpy Old Guy for the photo commentary. It is a nice touch.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

21. Thanks so much Callalily!