May Photo Contest ***FINALS***

[bluedigger]

Poll question: May Photo Contest ***FINALS***

The May Photo Contest theme is "Scene at a National Historic Register Site".

The contest will run until 6PM PST, Thursday, 4/21/09.

Please feel free to comment below, everyone!

http://www.preservationnation.org/take-action/preservation-month/">May is National Preservation Month!

NOTE TO MODS: Skinner has authorized this contest to be run in GD.



2 Bridges

Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, New York City, New York


Edge of the Western World

South Point, Hawaii


Stairways to heaven

Uspensky Cave Monastery, Crimea, Ukraine


Winter at Pueblo Bonito

Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico


Shiloh, Tennessee

Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee


Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington


Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel - Ninilchik, Alaska

Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Chapel, Ninilchik, Alaska


Bale Grist Mill

Bale Grist Mill, Napa Valley, CA


Sunken Road aka "Bloody Lane"

Antietam National Battlefield, Virginia


American Indian Residence on Mesa-" City in the Sky "

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico

[yodermon]

1. Vote & Rec!

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Now THAT was a difficult decision, but I went w/Two Bridges

The composition really put it over the top.

Outstanding photos, one and all.

[babylonsister]

3. Rec'd! These photos rock! Really beautiful. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. #5 for the Greatest Page!

Great pics...VERY difficult choice...

[No Passaran]

5. I vote for New World/Jamestown at Dusk

j/k

I'll go with Stairways to Heaven

[Arctic Dave]

6. I had to go with the pueblo. It looks like a crazy art deco cartoon face.

Too cool.

[FlyingSquirrel]

7. I don't know which one I like the most, but I have to vote for Pike Place Market

'cause I'm a native Seattleite.

:patriot:

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. And to think they were actually going to tear it down some time back.

I do miss the Market..nothing quite like it.
It used to be a Sunday morning routine...fresh bread, the paper, fish or crab for dinner menu,
coffee, some of Ivar's thick goopy chowder.
sigh....

[comrade snarky]

8. Vote, Rec, Rinse and Repeat

[MissHoneychurch]

9. European morning kick

:kick:

[CTyankee]

11. Hey, MissHoneychurch, are you in Florence?

I wondered, cuz of your name...

[MissHoneychurch]

12. No

but I love the book and movie.

I will visit Florence in August though :)

[CTyankee]

13. Agosto, whew!

I will be in Florence next April with some buddies on an art intensive that I am designing.

The book and the movie (the old one, not the TV remake) was sheer joy. I recently saw the movie again just to watch the superb acting, cinematography and use of Puccini's "La Rondine" aria.

Where do you stay when you are there?

[MissHoneychurch]

14. I will join

my mom and her bf who booked an apartment near Pisa. We will make a day trip to Florence.

I have to watch the movie again. I think I am able to be a prompter in case they forget their words :rofl:

[Mira]

15. I just googled around and you are talking about

"A room with a view" with Maggie Smith?

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Yes

:)

Miss Honeychurch is the main character in the book by E.M. Forster (and in the movie of course - played by Helena Bonham-Carter)

[CTyankee]

16. I will be taking day trips when I am in Florence also.

I'm actually following some itineraries laid out in a book called "Art for Travelers." It details the fabulous Renaissance art you can find in towns in Tuscany. I am one of those (like Miss Honeychurch) who get "Stendahlismo" in Florence and anyplace where the art is overpowering, e.g. the Borghese in Rome where I damn near fainted in front of the Bernini sculptures...

[MissHoneychurch]

18. I can't wait

to see the "David" by Michelangelo again :bounce:

[CTyankee]

19. I flew to L.A. last October to see the Bernini busts at the Getty. Had to see "Costanza."

I despaired of seeing her at the Bargello, but then I found a buddy who wants to go to Florence, so I guess I'll see her again in April.

[MissHoneychurch]

20. That is a beautiful bust

I admit I never seen it before.

[CTyankee]

24. Have you seen Simon Schama's "Power of Art" TV series? He has a whole segment on

Bernini and how Costanza came to be one of his most famous works. It's on youtube.

Of course, you'll get a chance to see her at the Bargello when you go to Florence in August...

[MissHoneychurch]

35. Thanks for the tip

I will definitely check it out on youtube

[Mira]

10. United States morning kick :)

[Celebration]

21. Beautiful Photos

k and r.........

[NV Whino]

22. This contest sucks

I want to vote for all of them.

[CrispyQ]

23. Outstanding talent!

Hard to pick!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

k&r

[ManiacJoe]

25. Some hard choices this time.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. kick

[intheflow]

28. Kicking for a fabulous collectoin of photos!

:kick:

[MrSlayer]

29. I went with "Edge of the Western World" but it was a difficult choice.

They are all very nice pictures.

[tekisui]

30. knr!~

[bluedigger]

31. Kick!

I just realized I forgot to change Antietam to it's proper location, Maryland...again!:blush: :banghead: :rofl:

:kick:

[Mira]

32. Kick

[CC]

33. Late night kick.

[alfredo]

34. kick

[Callalily]

36. Always a difficult

decision. We have such talented people here.

Thanks bluedigger for all of your hard work.

[bluedigger]

42. You're welcome Callalily!

It has been a lot of fun, and I am very proud of the quality of the entries!

[hootinholler]

37. Antietam Battlefield is in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Not Va.

-Hoot

[CC]

39. LOL

See post #31. :)


Though I really thought more people would correct it and sooner than they have.

[Mz Pip]

38. Back to the top!

:kick:

[Mira]

40. Kick ! As I scroll down I am just blown away at the diversity

and how beautiful they are.

[Mz Pip]

41. Kick

:kick:

[Mira]

43. Kicking

[JeffR]

44. Time I got my lazy ass around here for a kick.

Thanks to all the photographers for sharing these places with us.

Great work on everyone's part.

:applause:

[bluedigger]

45. Kick for the night owls!

Less than 24 hours left now! Vote early and vote often!:kick: :patriot:

[Mira]

46. Kicked to start the last day

[Mz Pip]

47. Kick!

:kick:

[Mira]

48. Kick -

[bluedigger]

49. Final hour to vote!

Soon, oh so soon, my burden will be lifted!:bounce:

[Mira]

50. LOL - on that lifted burden - did we say nervous?

[bluedigger]

51. No sense being nervous now, Mira!

You're screwn for sure! Congratulations! :applause::applause::applause::applause:

Winners thread is http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=280&topic_id=55547&mesg_id=55547">here!