Poll 3 *****March Photography Contest***** Theme: "A Photographer's favorite"
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Theme: "A PHOTOGRAPHER'S FAVORITE"
We who take photos sometimes end up with a shot we love and want to show off.
No rhyme or reason to it oftentimes, mostly it is just personal.
It may not fit into the theme of a contest, and we forget about it. So this month we dusted off our archives and pulled out a favorite to post for everybody to see and vote on.
We have 3 preliminary threads, as always. Please take the time to vote in all 3 of them. If the recommendations get to be numerous, I think the threads will come out to the front page, so please recommend and kick the threads.
Poll 1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022510372
Poll 2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022510391
We really appreciate your interest and participation, and we love having this opportunity to show off our passion/hobby/love as represented in our photographs.
The preliminaries will run for 3 days. The finals will start on the 21st and run for 3 days.
Then I'll announce the winners.
Skinner has authorized this contest to be run in GD.
I'm coming for you
Curtain
Holding Back the Mist
Dragonfly
San Diego at Night
My First Greenhouse and a TEN foot Tomatoe Tree
get closer
The Sunset Wave
"Breakwall"
"All there is"
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| I\'m coming for you | |
30 (48%) |
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| Curtain | |
9 (15%) |
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| Holding Back the Mist | |
5 (8%) |
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| Dragonfly | |
1 (2%) |
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| San Diego at Night | |
6 (10%) |
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| My First Greenhouse and a TEN foot Tomatoe Tree | |
0 (0%) |
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| get closer | |
2 (3%) |
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| The Sunset Wave | |
2 (3%) |
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| Breakwall | |
4 (6%) |
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| All there is | |
3 (5%) |
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A W E S O M E 
Some really, really good shots here. Very difficult to decide.
That is the reason I post them as they come in, in order to not influence anything and just allow them to fall as they may.
Once I used a random generator, and was accused of manipulating placement 
I think the only other way that is totally random and unimpeachable is to make a thread of each third photo etc.
I think we have glorious photos here, throughout.
Including yours 
(to those who don't know, and read this, I am the ONLY person who knows the names of the photographers. We don't often make a contest double blind to everybody except the host, but I thought it was worth the anonymity for the sake of people showing their hearts on their sleeves with what they LOVE)
(including owls), that Great Horned Owl picture is awe-inspiring! Whoever took that should submit it to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for their "All About Birds" website. My god, you can even see his tongue, mouth wide open!
Incredible photo!
Minus that owl picture, this panel would have been tough enough to choose which one to vote for...beautiful photography, all...but after a lifetime of birdwatching, my owl-spirit cannot help but soar along with whoever that mighty bird was looking at.
before it's too late to check all of these out and vote 