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mnhtnbb

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Mon May 29, 2017, 10:44 AM May 2017

****MAY Photo Contest--Preliminary Thread 2****

Last edited Mon May 29, 2017, 01:51 PM - Edit history (1)

I am stepping in to post the prelims for the MAY Photo Contest for Richard D who is on retreat with very limited access to internet.

Richard D set up the contest this way:

Topic: The Sacred Mystery

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.

It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity.

In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence -- as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature."

- Albert Einstein

The winner of the MAY contest will host the JULY contest (JUNE will be devoted to the SPRING Seasonal Contest)

Please vote in BOTH Preliminary threads. Thread 1 is here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029131143

Voting will remain open for 48 hours. The top 3 in each thread will advance to the Finals.

As always, the photographers appreciate your comments and your votes!


What Lay Beyond?




Windows by Chagall




End of the Road




Unbound




Tendrils




Filled with both Gratitude and Hope




Miracle Dirt - El Santuario de Chimayo - Lourdes of America




Ceremonial Mask




Flies is the answer you seek.




















19 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
What Lay Beyond?
6 (32%)
Windows by Chagall
1 (5%)
End of the Road
6 (32%)
Unbound
1 (5%)
Tendrils
1 (5%)
Filled with both Gratitude and Hope
1 (5%)
Miracle Dirt - El Santuario de Chimayo - Lourdes of America
0 (0%)
Ceremonial Mask
2 (11%)
Flies is the answer you seek.
1 (5%)
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****MAY Photo Contest--Preliminary Thread 2**** (Original Post) mnhtnbb May 2017 OP
To the top! hunter May 2017 #1
K&R blogslut May 2017 #2
Kickin' it to the top! Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2017 #3
Hard choice... sheshe2 May 2017 #4
Kicking a kennedy May 2017 #5
Kick mnhtnbb May 2017 #6
Hello, vote please....... a kennedy May 2017 #7
Yes, please do! mnhtnbb May 2017 #8
K&R SMC22307 May 2017 #9
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #10
Good morning kick! mnhtnbb May 2017 #11
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #12
Up mnhtnbb May 2017 #13
Kick mnhtnbb May 2017 #14
Please vote! mnhtnbb May 2017 #15
K&R JohnnyRingo May 2017 #16
All good. Maybe I'll enter next month. GoneOffShore May 2017 #17
Bump mnhtnbb May 2017 #18
I Like All Of Them nt JimGinPA May 2017 #19
Please vote! mnhtnbb May 2017 #20
kick Beringia May 2017 #21
Knr alfredo May 2017 #22
Covfefe--everyone else is sayin' it! mnhtnbb May 2017 #23
Not much time left to vote in the prelims! mnhtnbb May 2017 #24
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