***July Photo Contest WINNERS***

[urbanhermit]

Congratulations to Soph0571 for the winning photo Pint anyone? (London)


There was a tie for second place so congratulations to Adsos Letter for Vineyard flowers and Solly Mack for Back of Beyond II: Where the wild things are






We also had a tie for third place. Congratulations to Elleng for From my front porch and mnhtnbb for Emerald Isle, North Carolina: Dawn






Thanks for the pictures from our other finalists.

Callalily for Morning Row
a la izquierda for Kinderdijk, my soon-to-be-home
CaliforniaPeggy for Where There Is Water, There Is Life...
teamster633 for Cheshire Railroad Stone Arch Bridge

Thanks for all who submitted images.

[GemDigger]

1. All were incredible eye candy.

Thanks for sharing.

[Soph0571]

5. *waves*

You good love? You will have to enter the next comp!

[GemDigger]

6. Good here except I need a lot of pints.

A lot and I don't drink so a lot would do the trick. and I will sit in one of the pictures, watch the gorgeous sunset and have the backyard squirrel come chatter with me while I smell the flowers. I haven't figured out how to post pictures yet so it might take me months.....

[Soph0571]

7. Oh it is easy - I thought it was hard to start to

Go to somewhere like imgur - upload your picture - then open the picture in a new tab and copy and paste the URL - and bingo!!!
Himself is in the hospital (again) so I certainly need several drinks..... hic!

[GemDigger]

13. I wish you could see the face I am making

I am not technically inclined and that sounds complicated. Well wishes and a hello going his way.

[snacker]

2. They are all so lovely!

Congratulations to all of our talented photographers!

[a kennedy]

3. Yippie......I voted for three of the winners!!!

oooops, sorry this isn’t about me. And seriously.....they are all winners and suitable for framing. Such talent we have here on DU.

[Soph0571]

4. Oh my goodness!!!

Tis a very pretty pub on Kensington Church Street that looked very attractive in the sunshine when I walked past it the day I posted it

Now I am going to need another member of the group to talk me through hosting the next comp! Thanks in advance

[urbanhermit]

12. I can help

This was the first one I've ever hosted. It's not as daunting as it seems.

[Soph0571]

14. Thank you

I would really appreciate that

[mnhtnbb]

17. There is a thread which is quite helpful for first time hosts

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103649550


And I've always found it helpful to just take a look at a previous contest's threads--from Submissions and Comments (posted in Photography Group) to the Preliminary, Finals, and Winners threads posted in GD.

[Soph0571]

18. Thank you very much for the link

[oasis]

8. All great pix.

[northoftheborder]

9. Absolutely winners, all!

Please tell me, if it's not a "special photographer's secret" how you got the squirrel photo? Had to have been with a zoom lens, but it is so crystal clear, looks as though he was looking straight into the camera at close range! Amazing!

[Solly Mack]

10. I did use a telephoto lens. He was maybe 10 feet away. Not far at all.

He was staring right at me, watching me. His desire to feed was greater than his fear.

Besides, I'm so short, most animals think they can take me in 2 falls out of 3.

My dogs think that way, anyway. So did my cats.

Thanks!

[Solly Mack]

11. Congrats Soph0571, Adsos Letter, Elleng & mnhtnbb!

[Soph0571]

15. Thanks and please call me Soph!

[mnhtnbb]

16. Congratulations to Soph0571, Adsos Letter, Solly Mack and elleng!

So many wonderful photos in the contest.

Hurray to you, urbanhermit, for hosting your very first contest!

[alfredo]

19. Congrats to the winners

[Mira]

20. Heartfelt congratulations to all the winners

Especially to the squirrel. I fell in love with it right away, for good, and for real.
What a fabulous bunch of photographs! Thanks all. I’m so glad you let me hang out with you. I’m grateful for every single entry.

[alfredo]

21. Congrats to all