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regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 04:36 AM Feb 2014

*** FEBRUARY PHOTO CONTEST - RESULTS ***

This month had to rank as one of the greatest runaways in DU Photo Contest history, as the very first photo submitted for the contest jumped out to an enormous lead in both its preliminary round and the finals, and never looked back, more than doubling the votes of the second-place finisher. (And, to be honest, the first moment I saw it pop up in the submission thread, I knew it was the all-but-sure winner.)

Anyway, it is with great pleasure that I announce the winner for February's Photo Contest...

[font size = 6 color="blue"]Solly Mack[/font]

...for True Colors.






Second place goes to...

[font size = 6 color="red"]teamster633[/font]

...for Bad Moon Rising.






Third place honors go to...

[font size = 6 color="purple"]Mz Pip[/font]

...for Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger.






The Host's Awards (two of them this time, just because I said so -- and, as the host, I get to make the rules!) go to "Me And My Shadow" Ted Lewis, by justiceischeap...






...and to Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season), by intheflow...






...while a Special Topical Award goes to Sunflower (Lenny Kravitz), by mnhtnbb for combining both of the top-two topics in this month's initial poll: "...based on a song" and "Graffiti."






The final standings:

1st: True Colors - Solly Mack
2nd: Bad Moon Rising - teamster633
3rd: Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Pete Seeger - Mz Pip
4th: A Lion in the Winter - Xipe Totec
5th: Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles - edbermac
6th: "Daddy's Hands" Holly Dunn - handmade34
7th: Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season) - intheflow
8th: Old Man River ~ William Warfield - Scuba
9th: California Dreamin'---Mamas and the Papas - Curmudgeoness
10th: Sunflower (Lenny Kravitz) - mnhtnbb


Congratulations to all!

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*** FEBRUARY PHOTO CONTEST - RESULTS *** (Original Post) regnaD kciN Feb 2014 OP
Solly smoked the competition! edbermac Feb 2014 #1
I really enjoyed the theme, LWolf Feb 2014 #2
Woohoo, just the way it should line up. a kennedy Feb 2014 #3
Thanks for the "Host's Award"! justiceischeap Feb 2014 #4
Congrats to teamster633 and Mz Pip! And to all the finalists!! Great photos all! Solly Mack Feb 2014 #5
Congratulations for wonderful winning photos Mira Feb 2014 #6
Fabulous! n/t FourScore Feb 2014 #7
Congrats to all the winners! mnhtnbb Feb 2014 #8
Thanks for my Special Topical Award mnhtnbb Feb 2014 #9

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
3. Woohoo, just the way it should line up.
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 09:22 AM
Feb 2014

Solly Mack, you sure got the knack. Congratulations to all the winners.....

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
5. Congrats to teamster633 and Mz Pip! And to all the finalists!! Great photos all!
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 10:13 AM
Feb 2014

regnaD kciN: Thank you! for all your work and for a great job hosting!


Thank you to everyone for your comments! Much appreciated!


K&R



Mira

(22,378 posts)
6. Congratulations for wonderful winning photos
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 10:27 AM
Feb 2014

the finalists, and also to all the ones who entered.
SollyMack - Teamster633 - MzPip

Special Thanks to Solly Mack for the thread: "How I did it!" I wish I had the link handy (will go look and insert)

Thank you regnaD kciN - smooth and perfect running of the contest!


(had to give up on looking for Solly Mack's thread, it's not in her journal)

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
9. Thanks for my Special Topical Award
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 10:43 AM
Feb 2014


I just couldn't resist entering the sunflower. Love the song...and lo and behold, I had
the photo from the morning I spent taking shots of all the graffiti on the walls lining
the channel of the Danube that runs through Vienna.
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