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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***SUMMER PHOTO CONTEST -- FINAL POLL***
These 10 photographs got the most votes of all 30 entries! It was challenging to decide, but you all decided!
This poll will run 72 hours and the DU Administrators have given us permission to run it here in GD.
Please vote for the photo that you feel meets the meaning of Summer, however you see it.
Colors of Summer on 6/20/2020
Summer rain
My pup fetching a stick in Kinzua Reservoir, Pennsylvania
Delicious Mango Sunset
Lake Michigan
Midnight Sun
Perfect ending to the day
Mom's African Daisy
Hummingbird Feeding from a Rose of Sharon
Warming her wings before flying to Mexico
81 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired | |
Colors of Summer on 6/20/2020 | |
7 (9%) |
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Summer Rain | |
0 (0%) |
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My pup fetching a stick in Kinzua Reservoir, Pennsylvania | |
4 (5%) |
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Delicious Mango Sunset | |
3 (4%) |
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Lake Michigan | |
9 (11%) |
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Midnight Sun | |
9 (11%) |
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Perfect ending to the day | |
5 (6%) |
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Mom's African Daisy | |
3 (4%) |
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Hummingbird Feeding from a Rose of Sharon | |
24 (30%) |
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Warming her wings before flying to Mexico | |
17 (21%) |
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Zoonart
(11,849 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)Yes, that is a female Monarch butterfly. ("her" is correct )
And yes that one surely means to fly to Mexico.
Thank you to all the photographers, but especially the fellow Monarch enthusiast.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)(pictures at link)
Males have a small black spot on the top surface of the hindwing. Females do not.
You can see the spot when the wings are open; sometimes it's faintly visible when the wings are closed, too.
Males also have slightly thinner wing veins.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)I could have voted for any of them.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)Coventina
(27,101 posts)because the geometry is so stunning!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)WOW! Such amazing talent our photographers have!
Really tough choice to pick just one.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)...every photo entered was a potential winner, and it was as hard as it ever is to choose one. In the end, I imagine them, each one in turn, hanging on my wall, and I choose which one I would want that to be.
Congratulations to all these photo enthusiasts - all those with the artist's eyes, the steady hands and the patience!
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)God luck to all entrants!
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)duhneece
(4,112 posts)Mango Sun was close runner up to Midnight Sun.
Rhiannon12866
(205,202 posts)Beautiful job, DU photographers!
trueblue2007
(17,205 posts)IcyPeas
(21,858 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,624 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)K and R!!
mindfulNJ
(2,367 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,566 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)lostnfound
(16,173 posts)crickets
(25,962 posts)Every time, it's almost impossible to choose. All of them are so beautiful!
mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)Niagara
(7,595 posts)It's always a difficult choice.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)Callalily
(14,889 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,382 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)Even though all these photos are good, I always try to stay faithful to the specified theme. In this group, only four could be identified with summer with little doubt, remembering many flowers can be hothouse grown in winter.
Thanks to all these great photographers who submitted their lovely work!.......
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)It is a stunning group.