#$#$#$ The voters have spoken and we have a winner! #$#$#$

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

The results of the May 2023 Photo Contest and the theme of Leading Lines reveals the winner to be:

#1- Vortex by Mousetoescamper


#2- The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland by edhopper


#3- Floating Feather by MichaelSoE



Congratulations to all participants in the contest. Because Mousetoescamper won, they get to choose the theme for next month's contest.

Once more, for those in the back, I apologize for the confusion and mayhem during the initial round of voting. It was totally my doing and I accept responsibility for it.

[2naSalit]

1. Nice!

[Diamond_Dog]

2. Congratulations, Mousetoescamper!

[Mousetoescamper]

15. Thanks, Diamond_Dog!

[niyad]

3. So difficult to choose. All are supremely worthy. Well done, all.

And not to worry about the glitches. Such things do happen, and the problems were resolved.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

4. Congratulations!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Congrats to the winners! ♥

You might want to cross-post this to GD. After all, those were the voters who did the choosing!

[brer cat]

6. Congratulations to the winners.

All of the entries were wonderful for this contest.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. All beautiful. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing. nt

[PatrickforB]

8. These are breathtaking, each in its own wonderful way! n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

9. ❤️

[calimary]

10. Wow! LOVE these!

[edhopper]

11. Second place!!!

Thanks all who voted for me. And congratulations to mouse for the win.

I like this, all the pride that goes with winning, none of the responsibility to come up with a new contest.

[Mousetoescamper]

16. Congratulations, edhopper!

During preliminaries I showed your entry to a friend and predicted you'd take first place. I've a pretty good record of predicting which photos will reach the finals in our contests but never have much confidence in my own entries. Yours and MichaelSoE's entries are splendid photos, which is why I voted for them in the preliminaries.

Thank for the congrats!

[edhopper]

19. Thanks Mousetoe

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

17. Yes!

Second place is the best place for these contests!

[blogslug]

12. Congratulations to the winners!

So many really cool photos this time around.

[HAB911]

13. Congratulations to all!!

[Mousetoescamper]

14. Thanks for my first first!

I had second thoughts about Vortex placing, much less taking first place, and was glad when second submissions opened. Thanks to everyone who voted for Vortex and to those who voted for my second submission, Greenhouse, in the preliminaries!

Congratulations to edhopper and MichaelSoE! The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland and Floating Feather are splendid photos, which is why I voted for them in the preliminaries.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

20. Congratulations!

[Mousetoescamper]

21. Thanks, Grumpy!

[WalkerinSC]

18. Great winners and great pics by everyone

[EarthboneArt]

22. Contest was a lot of fun ,Thank you every one.