***Winners of the September Photo Contest: Summer***

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Here at last, the winners! The top two frequently swapped places as the votes came in! But now, the votes are cast and here we are.

In First Place: Under the Stars by urbanhermit:




In Second Place: A Swing, and a Miss: by Walleye:




In Third Place: Summertime Blues by Mousetoescamper:




Congrats to these winners! And thank you to all who entered, and voted, and kept the thread kicked!

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Congratulations to the winners! Well done!

[Walleye]

2. Congratulations to urbanhermit, that is a magnificent photo

[soldierant]

24. My uncke used ti love taking photos of

the Firefall in Yosemite (yeah, I'm old) After much trial and error he learned that in order to catch any background he had to use a tripod, take an exposure in twilight, and then come back to it and expose it again for the Firefall itself. I don't know whether urban hermit did that, but I am reminded of it.

Tour photo on the other hand required catching the exact exposure at the exact moment. I honerstly don't know which is more difficult - both are wat beyond me. Congrats

[urbanhermit]

31. Thanks

When you posted your photo I knew that we'd be neck and neck. Congratulations on your beautiful shot.

[SheltieLover]

3. Congrats to winners & all!

Ty, Peggy, for hosting!

[Deuxcents]

4. Congratulations to the winners and to all our talented photographers. I have so many favorites 🤗

[FalloutShelter]

5. Congrats to everyone who took part.

Congrats winners.
Thanks Peggy for hosting.

[George McGovern]

6. WELL DONE WINNERS!! HOORAY CALIFORNIAPEGGY MAKING IT ALL WORK!!

[brer cat]

7. Congratulations to the winners! They were all outstanding shots.

[berniesandersmittens]

8. Congrats to the winners! They were all awesome

And thank you Photography Group for bringing us some joy and beauty.

[Solly Mack]

9. Congrats all!

[Mousetoescamper]

10. Congratulations, urbanhermit and Walleye! Your entries depict summer spectacularly

[urbanhermit]

32. Thank you.

Congratulations for your winning shot. It was a great contest.

[sheshe2]

11. Well done one and all!

[senseandsensibility]

12. Wow! All very impressive in their own ways!

Congrats to the winners and everyone who participated!

[MorbidButterflyTat]

13. Breathtaking

Beautiful!

[AltairIV]

14. Congratulations to all!

This was an exceptionally strong month, there were so many excellent photos submitted.

[ChazII]

15. Congratulations to everyone!

I am happy that one of my favorites came in second place.

[58Sunliner]

16. Kudos and congrats to all who participated!

[bluestarone]

17. Congrats to ALL!

TY CakiforniaPeggy.

[MLAA]

18. Congrats to urbanhermit, Walleye and mousescamper!

[blogslug]

19. Congratulations!

📷 🏆 💐

[a kennedy]

20. Yeehaaaa!!!!! Congratulations to all who entered AND especially to the fantastic winners.

Am just so proud you all have the photography gift, and thank you for sharing here at DU.

[murielm99]

21. Any one of these could have taken first place.

I am impressed.

[niyad]

22. Congratulations all!!

[LoisB]

23. Congratulations to the winners and all those who submitted such wonderful photographs.

[Boomerproud]

25. The 2 nature photos were stunning and the little boy playing baseball

Fit the theme perfectly. Congrats to all. Now I'm sorry to see summer go.

[HAB911]

26. Three winners for sure!

[democrank]

27. So many talented photographers here.

Congratulations one and all…..simply terrific. Thank you.

[mountain grammy]

28. I love that kid!! And all of them!

Congratulations! Nice work!

[Eko]

29. Congrats to the winners! Awesome pics!

[Callalily]

30. Congrats to the winners. All lovely photos.

And a big thank you Peggy for hosting the contest, and to all of the entrants.

The contest is one of the highlights on DU. Calming and beautiful.

[Trueblue1968]

33. Pretty!!!!!!! In lap