May Photo Contest Final vote thread

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

There are 9 photos for you to vote on to determine if they best represent the theme of "Leading Lines"

There has been confusion and a few hiccups along the way. All courtesy of your humble host, no applause please

I rechecked the rules and broke one (contest shall be 30 photos unless voted on.....). We didn't have time to do that correctly, in my opinion, so I opted for 33. I apologize for the mayhem it caused.


This voting round will determine who gets to pick the theme for the June contest as well as wear the crown of "Winning Photo Taker" . I'm kidding, there is no crown.

So without further ado, here are the 9.

Mods- this poll is allowed in GD per DU.

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An entrant to this contest, by submitting a photograph, is giving permission for that photograph to be copied to Demopedia or to a linked Gallery and included in a DU Calendar that will display the photographs entered for this contest for the purpose of publicizing future contests and/or commemorating current and past contests. The entrant retains all other rights to the photograph being submitted. Neither Demopedia and/or a linked Gallery may use any photograph submitted for any purpose other than to display the photograph being submitted by the entrant, and neither gains any real or implied ownership rights to the photograph.

#1- Floating Feather


#2- The evening flight of the Hummingbird


#3- The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland


#4- Vortex


#5- The Silver Bridge


#6- Smiling while smelling the Sun


#7- Leafy Canopy


#8- Surprising Find at Biltmore House in Asheville


#9- Great Blue Heron

120 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Floating Feather
	13 (11%)
	The evening flight of the Hummingbird
	12 (10%)
	The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland
	22 (18%)
	Vortex
	32 (27%)
	The Silver Bridge
	12 (10%)
	Smiling while smelling the Sun
	6 (5%)
	Leafy Canopy
	6 (5%)
	Surprising Find at Biltmore House in Asheville
	10 (8%)
	Great Blue Heron
	7 (6%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Great photos, all!

[rurallib]

2. kicky

[Walleye]

3. Thank you for doing this despite the frustration. Good job

[littlemissmartypants]

4. ❤️

[a kennedy]

5. Got a favorite. Although ALL entrants were wonderful.......

You’re the best DU.

[True Dough]

6. Damn it!

Take "King" Charles' crown. The winner of this photo contest is just as deserving of wearing it.

[pandr32]

7. Big kick.

[mvd]

8. That hummingbird is so majestic

The dog picture is also really cute. Great job to all!

[1WorldHope]

9. I thought reach one was incredible. I almost didn't want to vote

Because others would be left out. But I went with my first reaction to each picture. What a gift. 🤟

[niyad]

10. how could one possibly choose?? They are all superb.

Thank you for persevering!

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Yikes this is tough! I could vote for every one of these! Felt the same way about the prelims!

We have some incredibly talented photographers here on DU

[TheBlackAdder]

12. While The Dark Hedges is pleasing, I chose Vortex for the uncomfortable duende it helps to emote.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Kick!

[MerryBlooms]

14. Every contest is so difficult.

My final vote lways comes down to pure selfish reasoning. What would I buy to hang on my wall? This round? The hummingbird. We are hummingbird central. We have feeders and baths. Every day is a hummingbird Nat. Geo. Film with my tea. I see our Annas feed and bathe, the Rufus will be here soon. Constant entertainment.

We also have a woodpecker colony. The interaction between them, the Jay's and squirrels is something else!

We live next to a greenway, which is recovering from the Almeda fire. We now have deer, turkey and geese, right out our front deck. I have So many horrible pictures of magnificent creatures! Lol

I have also altered a clowdrer of 11 Russian Blue cats. The mom and dad are definitely life mates. There are other males that also survived the fire, but she only mated with her other Russian. Her mate has fire damage on his face, but my goodness, he's a bulldog of a cat. His tail is busted in 2 places, you wouldn't believe what his ears and face look like. But since I trapped and got him neutered, he sleeps on the big heated bed on my porch now. 🥰 I'm making progress with them all, and hopefully we'll get forever homes for some.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

15. Kick!

Please Vote!

[Solly Mack]

16. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Kick!

[Hortensis]

18. Thanks to all who contributed. Voting is rather like

going to Ben & Jerry's -- which we almost never do -- and being forced to choose one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. What happened to Greenhouse? Had enough preliminary

votes to get in finals????

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

23. 3 photos were tied for third place

so I didn't include them in the final voting. I believe Greenhouse was one of them.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Sorry just trying to understand. Third place? You mean

Out of all the photos, when it came to the 10th slot in finals, three photos had 28 votes? So all three were dropped?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

26. ummmmm no.

The three that were tied were from a different thread. And were not included in the final 10. I suppose, now that I think about it, I could have added Greenhouse as a 10th photo but............ you know. I didn't. For no particular reason. I was feeling that I should get the poll up and keep the contest moving so I didn't put a lot of thought into my decision. Apologies to the Greenhouse photographer.

[Diamond_Dog]

20. Kick!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

21. Kick!

Please vote!

[HAB911]

22. Morning Kick!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

24. Kick!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. Kick!

[2naSalit]

28. Nice group of pictures!

[edhopper]

29. Kick

voting ends at 8:00 EDT.