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Celebration

(15,812 posts)
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:24 PM Sep 2012

POLL: SEPTEMBER PHOTO CONTEST FINALS--ORANGE

The theme of this contest is Orange.

Contest will run for 72 hours, or exactly three days (Saturday, September22 at roughly 8:30PM central daylight).

Note: Skinner has authorized this contest be run in GD.

Please feel free to comment and help keep this thread kicked!

And, if you have time and inclination, peruse the photo websites of DUers.

Crossing Imogene


Time to Leave


The Sunset Show


I Have an Orange Crush on You


Rowing at Sunrise


Don’t Mess with Me


All That I Have


Venus Crossing the Sun


Early Arrival


Poppy



52 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
Crossing Imogene
4 (8%)
Time to Leave
8 (15%)
The Sunset Show
1 (2%)
I Have an Orange Crush on You
4 (8%)
Rowing at Sunrise
4 (8%)
Don't Mess With Me
5 (10%)
All That I Have
7 (13%)
Venus Crossing the Sun
5 (10%)
Early Arrival
6 (12%)
Poppy
8 (15%)
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POLL: SEPTEMBER PHOTO CONTEST FINALS--ORANGE (Original Post) Celebration Sep 2012 OP
All good photos. I voted for amerikat Sep 2012 #1
K & R Liberal_Dog Sep 2012 #2
Why isn't Boehner in there? mindwalker_i Sep 2012 #3
It would take a much bigger contest prize to get me that close to Boehner! bluedigger Sep 2012 #7
I'm glad I am the host for this contest Celebration Sep 2012 #4
K&R! To the top! Whoa_Nelly Sep 2012 #5
Every one is gorgeous!!! Beaverhausen Sep 2012 #6
K & R femmocrat Sep 2012 #8
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2012 #9
Kick NV Whino Sep 2012 #10
Got To Give It To The River Sep 2012 #11
K&R JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #12
Excellent! GoneOffShore Sep 2012 #13
kick n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #14
k&r HappyMe Sep 2012 #15
They are all beautiful.....but "all that I have" just moves me to tears..... a kennedy Sep 2012 #16
I agree, "all that I have", ... the way it is stated is deeply moving. meti57b Sep 2012 #37
. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #17
kick n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #18
kick ManiacJoe Sep 2012 #19
Oh Boy! bevb Sep 2012 #20
I would like to submit this one: Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #21
LOL.........n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #23
Beat me to it! Aerows Sep 2012 #34
Wish I could vote for it....lol nt rDigital Sep 2012 #46
Time to Leave is one of those once in a lifetime situations. alfredo Sep 2012 #22
sure, it is a great photo, but Celebration Sep 2012 #24
But we knew that was coming. alfredo Sep 2012 #35
I'm reserving my vote. JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #44
I get mine out of the way and move on. alfredo Sep 2012 #55
thank goodness Celebration Sep 2012 #58
All that and I missed it. JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #63
I noticed that!!! Celebration Sep 2012 #64
Yeah, we got to sit and watch the firefighters leave our burning house. No camera, though... mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #52
So it was been there done that. alfredo Sep 2012 #56
This should include Mitt Romney from the Univision interview. AtheistCrusader Sep 2012 #25
Boehner classic. I guess we'll be back to just him after November Bucky Sep 2012 #26
I haven't voted yet. I can't decide. Solly Mack Sep 2012 #27
All very spectacular, very hard to pick one. n/t Fla Dem Sep 2012 #28
K&R! countryjake Sep 2012 #29
ttt Blue_Tires Sep 2012 #30
Kick to break the tie! n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #31
Torn... SouthLouisianaWoman Sep 2012 #32
Kicking these amazing photos - one more gorgeous than the next. Mira Sep 2012 #33
kicking! n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #36
ReKick JohnnyRingo Sep 2012 #38
and the photos are so varied Celebration Sep 2012 #40
Kick Crepuscular Sep 2012 #39
kick n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #41
Kick Mira Sep 2012 #42
Kick! bluedigger Sep 2012 #43
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #45
Kick. ellisonz Sep 2012 #47
Kick to start off a beautiful weekend! n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #48
Kick! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #49
I love early arrival. There's just something special DevonRex Sep 2012 #50
A beautiful macro photo always gets me. bunnies Sep 2012 #51
K&R! ceile Sep 2012 #53
A tight race with 7 hours left! ManiacJoe Sep 2012 #54
a race to the finish line! n/t Celebration Sep 2012 #57
just about one hour left to vote Celebration Sep 2012 #59
Kickay Hutzpa Sep 2012 #60
Wow! All of them are great! It was hard to pick just one. N/t BeeBee Sep 2012 #61
agreed Celebration Sep 2012 #62

amerikat

(4,909 posts)
1. All good photos. I voted for
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:32 PM
Sep 2012

Time to Leave. Because this photographer is in the thick of the action, capturing the action.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
4. I'm glad I am the host for this contest
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:52 PM
Sep 2012

Because I have no idea how I would ever decide which one to vote for.

(Hosts generally don't vote unless there is a tie.)

The River

(2,615 posts)
11. Got To Give It To
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 11:07 PM
Sep 2012

the Bird that one doesn't mess with.

Photographing wildlife requires a lot of patience....and luck.
When your subject can flee so quickly you have to be ready.

I wonder if he's pissed at having a band around his left leg?

I would be...

a kennedy

(29,658 posts)
16. They are all beautiful.....but "all that I have" just moves me to tears.....
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 08:18 AM
Sep 2012
but they all could be number ones.

meti57b

(3,584 posts)
37. I agree, "all that I have", ... the way it is stated is deeply moving.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:40 PM
Sep 2012

The artist created a picture of the shopping cart and contents that is beautiful.

It is as if the owner sees beauty in the little bit that she has.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
24. sure, it is a great photo, but
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:43 PM
Sep 2012

how about Venus transiting the sun? I mean, that happens just a couple of times in a set once in 243 years. You don't really get a lot of photo ops of that.

There are lots of considerations in voting. All of the photos are worthy for different reasons.

That's why everyone has to make up their own minds what it is they are looking for in an orange photo!

Makes watching the voting interesting and fun.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
44. I'm reserving my vote.
Fri Sep 21, 2012, 10:23 PM
Sep 2012

I'm going to wait until the last minute and see if there's a close race.

I know as host you have the final vote, but I have a history of deciding razor thin elections. I'm from Ohio. ...Hahaha.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
64. I noticed that!!!
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 11:57 AM
Sep 2012

I was waiting for you to vote and it ended up a tie. So I had to do a long convoluted explanation of my tie break and why I missed the deadline on my tie break voting.

But, somehow, I find it in my heart to forgive you.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)
52. Yeah, we got to sit and watch the firefighters leave our burning house. No camera, though...
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:44 PM
Sep 2012

just me my pj's, hubby in his underwear at 4:30 a.m.

I voted for Venus transiting the sun.

Solly Mack

(90,765 posts)
27. I haven't voted yet. I can't decide.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:37 PM
Sep 2012

All have something about them.

From the majestic to the whimsical to the work/know-how and patience to the artsy to the just plain beautiful to the not something you see everyday.

I'm torn...and I'm seldom this torn.

32. Torn...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 05:45 PM
Sep 2012

...between "Crossing Imogene" and "Poppy" but ultimately went with "Crossing Imogene" because it's beautiful in a haunting way that "Poppy" isn't. But it was close.

"Crossing Imogene" reminds me of the Desktop pics that come automatically loaded with a new computer.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
50. I love early arrival. There's just something special
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 12:26 PM
Sep 2012

about it other than it being beautiful. It makes me want to know all about it. And be there. And feel it.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
59. just about one hour left to vote
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:26 PM
Sep 2012

Voting is supposed to automatically stop (per the settings) exactly 72 hours after I posted the poll.

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