...and theWINNER is...

[handmade34]

(in the December Photo Contest)... CONGRATULATIONS!! :applause:

1st Place:
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White On Black: tabatha




2nd Place:
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30 Degrees and Wet: snowshadow




3rd Place:
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Surf’s Up: Celebration





4th Place: Paws To Reflect: Horse with no Name


5th Place: Snow Garden: hippywife


6th Place: Juxtaposition: ohheckyeah


Tied in 7th and 8th Place: Honeysuckle In Rain: WannaJumpMyScooter and Dreaming of the Tropics: Swampguana


Tied in 9th and 10th Place: White; Past Tense: Mz Pip and Exposed By the Melt: alfredo


:applause:


and honorable mention (from host) to

White Hat; Robb

a very good photo...


thanks to ALL who entered :thumbsup: :applause:

[Celebration]

1. and what a fantastic winning shot!

I feel honored having my photo on the same page as tabatha's, much less the same thread.

Congrats to the other winners, finalists and contestants.

Fun contest--Thanks handmade34.

[Mira]

2. Congratulations to Tabatha and Snowshadow and Celebration ! ! !

Wonderful winners all. I am looking forward to getting to know Tabatha a little better since she is now on the hook for the next contest. I sincerely congratulate Snowshadow for winning the award we all wish to win. All honor and no work.
And Celebration - you are one of my favorites for your consistency in being encouraging, participating, and for your ever wondrous photos - I am so glad to see you win. It is very deserved.

It was a great contest.
I bet the GD folks who vote have no idea how much work, sweat and worry we put into our submissions, and also how much fun we have internally when we put on the monthly contests.

Thumbs up to all of us.

[handmade34]

3. Congratulations!!!

what fun!!

[NV Whino]

4. Congratulations to all!

[Mz Pip]

5. congratulations!

Wonderful photos winners!

[Saphire]

6. congratulations to the winners!! and thank you handmade34 for a great contest.

[alfredo]

7. Tabatha's image blew me away. Great job.

[tabatha]

8. I am feeling a little stunned.....

and humbled. I'll write a longer post tonight, because I have a bunch of work to do right now (grrr has to be done today.)

I added the Photography group to my list of forums a long time ago, but did not participate except for enjoying and voting in all of the previous competitions - and was always impressed by the photos. One of my favorite things on DU.

Thanks! and well done to everyone else whose photos are just great. :toast: :applause:

[handmade34]

11. you need not be too humbled...

with an exquisite photo entered and recognition received... I am sure I speak for others as well when I say it is well deserved...
;)

[snowshadow]

9. Congratulations Tabatha

Great picture and the same goes to all the other participants.

[handmade34]

10. 2nd place is always the best!

snowshadow, your photo was delightful and you get to enjoy the rewards without the work next month!!

[handmade34]

12. now, maybe I can find some time

to get out with my camera... :toast:

(thanks to all for patience with my erratic schedule)

[Richard D]

13. Congratulations to all

Great great photo from Tabatha. I saw that and my jaw dropped.
Other shots are great as well, but Tabatha, wow.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. What a spectacular shot, tabatha!!!

This was a fun contest, and challenging to the host as well as to the entrants.

Congrats to all!!!

[tabatha]

15. Merry Christmas and a Photoriffic 2011

I PM'ed handmade34 about what I should be doing for the next month, and she replied with some very useful information. Thanks, handmade34 (what a great name).

I guess sometime after Christmas, I'll start with suggestions for the next theme.

Thanks for the congratulations. And here is my Christmas "card" for 2010:


Bigcone Douglas-Fir, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, growing somewhere in the San Rafael Mountains, Southern California.