Weekly Challenge #103 - "Broken" - Winners!

[ll_coffee_lP]

Lots of great entries this week! A big thank you to all of you who participated.

I thought I'd judge this one a bit different than the other's. I hope that's OK.

Without further delay....let's get to it:

Award for Best Presumed Story to Go Along With the Picture:
NaClH20 (aka Salty)


Dammit Award:
xjjohnno


Whimsy Award:
Daacon


Captain Obvious Award:
AOski


What the Heck is THAT Award:
seacapt


Kick Ass Post Processing Award:
K McCall


Best Perspective Award:
Ovim


Alcohol Abuse Award:
Venturi


Runner Up Award:
Ash


And the winner is.....

ceericks


I chose this one as this challenge's winner for a few reasons.
1.) I like the literal translation of "broken" with the broken tombstone
2.) I like the implied translation of the person being dead, and how this is juxtaposed in the broken stone
3.) Grave sites signify to me the loss of loved ones, now broken families, the breaking of ties to the person who is gone, and the spirit breaking free.
4.) I like how the stones now have a broken line.
5.) It's a great photo!

Congrats to the winner ceericks, and thanks to everyone else for playing. I hope you had as much fun joining in as I did seeing what everyone came up with.

With that....I shall turn it over to ceericks for our next challenge!

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[AOski]

Hooray! Great pics, folks...

You may now all refer to me as "Capt", by the way...

[Oldschool]

coffee,
Great judging job! Congrats to all the winners!

[K McCall]

Ahhhh, so THAT'S how you judge! Thanks for showing us how it's done. That was informative and entertaining!

And a big congrats to ceericks!

[ll_coffee_lP]

Hmmmm...not really. Normally it's judged much like you did in the last challenge (i.e. pick the top three that you liked and give feedback to them and some honourable mentions). I figured I would change it up a bit in how it was presented back to everyone - that is all. Same dinner, different plate.

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[seacapt]

Well the different plate lightened it up. Thanks for the mention and congrats to Ceericks.
The answer to the what the heck is that question; Seagulls pick up clams , scallops , conchs and yes occasionally sea urchins then fly them up and drop them on hard ground to break them open. THAT was one of the unfortunate gull victims. Or maybe it's a real life Alien vs. Predetor insident.

[ll_coffee_lP]

That's pretty cool and resourceful of them. I've never seen a sea urchin before - they are ugly. I'm just sayin'...

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[ceericks]

Wow! What a surpise! Thanks ll_coffee_lP for selecting my photo as the winner.
Congrats to all who entered a photo as well.

This is a great way to start my Friday

Corey

[gawan]

Ceericks, congrats for deserved win!

Congrats all others, great entries! Well done with award classification, Coffee!

[brecklundin]

well done ceericks. Very strong shot which fit the theme very well and in multiple ways. I see the broken headstone but also the broken lives lying in their graves. Just very nice story telling in a well executed shot.

[NaClH2O]

Thanks coffee for the judging. I enjoyed the novel approach. Very nice. Congrats to ceericks and all the other winners.
To seacapt:
Didn't know that seagull did that for sea urchins too. But then again there are precious few up here in Long Island Sound. BTW, DO NOT!!! taunt seagulls by taking your Dad's new car and parking it over a just broken clam/mussel. It frustrates them no end and they eventually figure out the perfect revenge...drop a nice heavy clam from about 200 ft on to the roof of the car!

NaCl(try figuring out how to explain that to your massively pissed off father)H2O

[Venturi]

Congrats to Ceericks on the win and a great shot.

And thanks to Coffee for hosting/judging and the colorful awards.

[daacon]

Good job on switching up the judging - congrats to all and especially the winning entry by Ceericks