***Summer Photo Contest Final Thread***. Voting is closed, but feel free to browse photos

[Callalily]

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Check for winners here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217159042

The photo contests theme is summer.

Please vote for the photo that you think depicts or speaks summer to you.

Feel free to comment, send accolades, praise, flattery and thanks! It's wonderful that we have so many participants in the photo contests. Lots of talented people here on DU!

Finals will be posted on Wednesday, Sept. 16

Waiting For A Bite


Poppies


Field of Flowers @ 9000ft.


Summertime Skies


Drought


Butterflies on Butterfly Weed


An August evening


Cornfield


Guardian of the Red Savina Habaneros


Summer Sundog

65 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Waiting For A Bite
	8 (12%)
	Poppies
	3 (5%)
	Field of Flowers @ 9000ft.
	6 (9%)
	Summertime Skies
	15 (23%)
	Drought
	2 (3%)
	Butterflies on Butterfly Weed
	5 (8%)
	An August evening
	4 (6%)
	Cornfield
	7 (11%)
	Guardian of the Red Savina Habaneros
	9 (14%)
	Summer Sundog
	6 (9%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[2naSalit]

1. K&R

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[niyad]

3. KNR

[SheltieLover]

4. K&R!

[lark]

5. K&R for the gorgeous photos from some very talented folks!!

[planetc]

6. I like all the ones with sky in them, and voted for one.

(While wanting to vote for several others)

[Biophilic]

7. Hard choice. I'm bookmarking this group. nt

[alfredo]

8. Knr

[llmart]

9. K&R

I voted for summertime skies because with all the light pollution we are forced to live with these days, I miss seeing skies like this.

All of the entries are magnificent!

[Mousetoescamper]

10. I need to sit with these for a while before voting.

The three that I picked in the preliminaries made the cut, but I want to reconsider all of the entries. Kudos to the finalists!

[AndyS]

13. Yeah and maybe have a cigarette after . . .

[Mousetoescamper]

16. After relaxing with my thoughts?

[Kali]

11. wow!!!!

these are gorgeous. corn and high elevation flowers say summer the most to me, going to go with the flowers just because I haven't been in high country in a long time to see that. all are so nice. poppies need to go in more contests because I really wanted to vote as such a great photo. VERY hard to choose without the summer instructions. still hard to choose!

[crickets]

12. So lovely, so hard to choose! K&R

[Callalily]

14. Kick!

[a kennedy]

15. Wow, wow, and just wow.

Spectacular.

[Mousetoescamper]

17. Drought is a discomfiting image.

Considering all of the other final entries, I notice that they (possibly with the exception of the sublime Summertime Skies) are images of living things and the water that makes life possible. My entry in the preliminaries was of an illuminated fountain show that took place in a region where there is an abundance of water (for now). Water enough to waste, it may seem.

The leaf looks brittle and prickly; it sits starkly against a black background, and in contrast to the vitality and bright colors of the other entries. The photographer’s skills are considerable, and a photo of lesser quality would not have had the same impact.

I don’t find Drought pleasant to behold. It's a reminder of the terror of our situation, which is why it got my vote.

[HappyCynic]

18. kick

[OhioBlue]

19. All great pics!

These are great! Congrats to all and thank you for sharing.

I voted for the "Waiting for a bite" as it said "summer" the most to me.

"The Guardian of the Red Savina Habeneros" is absolutely breathtaking.

I LOVE the composition of "An August Evening."

"Summertime Skies" is beautiful and peaceful.

They are all fantastic!

[HAB911]

20. Good morning America! Good day to vote!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. You reminded me.. my husband said I half woke up this

Morning and yelled out " good morning Vietnam" like Robin Williams. Don't know why.

Kick

[HAB911]

29. LOL! That is exactly what was in my mind

when I wrote it. Had I been in VN rather than Korea, that is what I would have written! too funny!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. Ah... Need a MASH quote :). Although that was filmed in Malibu?

[a kennedy]

21. Kicking.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Kick!

[2 Meow Momma]

23. Very hard to choose!! nt

[GoneOffShore]

24. Beautiful shots.

[Mira]

25. Strictly on immediate emotion: Poppies got my vote

I could not get over the way its beauty struck my core.
There are others in these finals that are beyond exquisite. But I was forced to go with my gut.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. I love it too. Especially once I learned it was taken

of the flowers that grew against an old basement wall. It looks like it's in aquarium!

[Callalily]

26. Kick for voting!

[crickets]

27. K&R for visibility.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. Kick yet again!

[Callalily]

32. Kick for the morning crowd