***JUNE PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS!**

[Mz Pip]

The winners of the June Photo Contest Motion are:



1st Place - Morning Breeze by MindfulNJ








2nd Place - Playtime in the Park by mnhtnbb








3rd Place - Watch... by California Peggy




Thanks to all who entered!

Mz Pip

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Congrats to MindfulNJ and mnhtnbb on their top winning photos!

I am thrilled to have come in in third place!

It was a great contest, full of incredible photos.

[auntpurl]

4. I voted for your photo!

It is beautiful.

The winner is a stunner!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thank you so much, my dear auntpurl! I truly appreciate it!

I loved the winner too.

[mrmpa]

6. Way to go.........

way to make us loungers proud.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. That was very sweet of you, my dear mrmpa...

[passiveporcupine]

11. I was torn...I almost voted for yours

The lighting and motion is really stunning in your photo. You deserve congratulations too, for a perfect shot!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Oh thank you, my dear passiveporcupine!

It was funny the way that photo happened.

There was a big storm out at sea, and the waves coming in to our beach were enormous, up to the top of our Pier. So the city closed the Pier since there was a safety risk.

So what did we do? Everybody trooped down beneath the Pier to watch the waves, which was much more dangerous. I thought the view from underneath was amazing and I took many photos.

Thank you for your kind words!

[passiveporcupine]

13. Yes, it did look like rough seas.

When I lived in Colorado we got tornado warnings every now and then, and of course everyone came out to stand in the street and stare at the sky.

We didn't usually get them, and it wasn't as risky as if it was tornado alley, but still...

[NBachers]

15. Which pier is that, Peggy? I live near the Pacifica Pier, and we had a rough patch this season.

I think everyone along the coast went out to look at the big waves this year. Quite a sight, weren't they?

Nice light coming through the pier supports, by the way.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. That's the Manhattan Beach Pier.

This is actually a picture from 2007, December!

The waves were amazing, for sure.

Thanks for noticing the light! It was purely coincidental........a lucky shot!

[irisblue]

2. great photos all, but I do have a weakness for playing gogs

[Rhiannon12866]

3. K&R and congratulations to all of DU's awesome photographers!!!

[alfredo]

7. Congrats to the winners. The 1st place winner is incredible.

[sheshe2]

9. Congrats to all!

Awesome photos.

[a kennedy]

10. Woohoo.......that Morning Breeze.....just spoke to me......all of them are winners.....

great contest, and congratulations to all. Love all the folks that have the talent to enter these wonderful contests.

[NBachers]

14. You're all winners, in my book!

[phylny]

16. Congratulations to the winners,

and all the entries - beautiful!

[mnhtnbb]

18. Congratulations to MindfulNJ and California Peggy!

This was a challenging assignment. Capturing motion--without just being a blurred out of focus shot--is tough.

There were some really wonderful entries in this contest!

I happened to get lucky one morning when I was walking my dog to the White Point Gardens in Charleston and there
were several dogs chasing each other at the off-leash park. I can't let Snowy off leash because she's a runner, but
she happily sat by my side while I snapped away and managed to get the Playtime at the Park shot.

Thanks for an interesting contest, Mz Pip!

Here was Snowy (on the right) greeting that white Lab on the left in the Playtime photo:

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[mindfulNJ]

19. Thank you!!!!!!

Thank you everyone for voting for my photo...I am very grateful! This photo was taken on Block Island RI, one of my favorite places in the world. We rented this amazing, rustic beach house a few summers ago. The first morning I got up early and opened the French doors out to the deck. They had these curtains hung over the doors, I guess to keep insects out, and they just started blowing in the wind. It was so beautiful I grabbed my camera. This shot really captures how I feel about that place...just magical!❤️ Congrats to all the other winners...beautiful work!

[ailsagirl]

25. Isn't it great when you can preserve a view forever in a camera?

For me, photos never reflect the beauty of what I am seeing.

Congratulations!!

[Solly Mack]

20. Congrats to MindfulNJ !! mnhtnbb & California Peggy!

Thanks, Mz Pip !

[trueblue2007]

21. lovely pictures.

[brer cat]

22. Great photos!

K&R

[bigwillq]

23. Congrats to all!

K and R

[CrispyQ]

24. Congrats to all!

[ailsagirl]

26. Kudos to the winners and all contestants!!

Very difficult to choose.

[hunter]

27. The DU photography contests are always wonderful!

[Mira]

28. Spectacular winners. Number one is wholly deserved

and one of the most runaway winners ever. A photo I will never forget. I'm extremely fond of the other winners, a contest with not many entries but excellent photographs.
This was fun, and congratulations to the winners, the finalists and all who entered.

[mindfulNJ]

29. Thank you