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Winner Weekly Challenge #160-Schrooms
Posted By: slowpez, 03-13-2011, 08:28 AM

This one was too difficult to judge. I had so many winners at one point that I almost had to just let you all share the win. I do want to thank all of you who participated; it is your fault I had such a hard time judging.
Anyhow, for what it is worth here are my comments on each entry with the winners noted at the end.

Tamia: a veritable mountain of schrooms with drops of water to dress them like jewels. The lower right seemed a little dark on my monitor but a good effort anyhow.

Bramela (Bruce): your cups runneth over and you captured a lovely, lazy, backwards "C" that kept the eye traveling through the frame.

jheu: your little babies were so nice. The shallow Dof made this one a standout for me.

Arjay: the orange, yellow and greens made this one. All the flies indicate that it must have come with an awful odor to compliment its beauty.

Manel: I really liked the simplicity of color and texture you captured here. The hint of light was an added bonus.

jmschrei (Joe): your schroom clings to the tree like an umbrella. The blue of the sky sets off the gray tones.

ramseybuckeye (Tom); you found a lonely little one among lots of amazing green moss. Good eye.

photolady (Mar): a huge clump that looks almost good enough to eat. The yellow looks a little oversaturated on my monitor but a worthy effort.

Voytech: these reminded me of a line of lady's hats for some reason. Your managed to capture the texture of the wood and the B&W suited them nicely. I only wish that the focus had been more on the schrooms though.

NaClH2O (Salty): snowy schrooms, I don't think I have ever seen them in those conditions. Nice capture.

Casil (Lisa): love the colors and lines you captured. The shadow under the log in the left corner bothers me some but the schroom looks like a beautiful skirt for a woodland creature.

geauxpez: the partially eaten remnant makes you wonder if it was sampled and found wanting. The subtle pinkish/red and lovely background make this one.

sealonsf: another beautiful B&W. The DOF kept the emphasis on the highlighted schroom while providing a beautiful blurred background. Maybe a touch more contrast but what's not to like.

noelcmn: glad you resisted the urge to eat these beauties. You managed to capture them without completely blowing out the highlight on the smaller one. Difficult to do.

xjjohnno: now that's a mess of schrooms we can all sit down and enjoy. I longed to see a big white one in one of the thirds of the frame to set them off however.

Honorable Mention: Arjay


3rd Place: Manel


2ond place: sealonsf


1st Place: jheu

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03-13-2011, 08:46 AM   #2
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Congratulations John, sealonsf, Manel and Arjay. Thanks to Susan for the challenge and for judging.

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Well done John, sealonsf, Manel and Arja! Nice challenge you put together Susan, and an excellent job of judging.
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Thanks Susan for an interesting creative theme and for judging. Sometimes I'm almost leery of entering for fear that I'll win and have to judge the next week, but if I do have a shot that fits I almost always enter. Judging is hard but it stretches me.
Congratulations to John and all the other winners. Some very nice and creative shots.

NaCl(now off to lunch and a shroom and sausage pizza!)H2O

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This was a super contest, Susan -- thanks for the great theme. It was fun to see everyone's entries. Congrats to John, sealonsf, Manel and Arjay. Well done.
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Congrats to all winners! Thanks for judging and comments Susan.
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Wow! Totally unexpected. Congrats to the other winners and entrants. Wonderful selection of fungi. Now I need to go thru the list and try to pick out a new topic.

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Wow -- real beauties here. Congrats to all!
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Congratulations to all, especially to the other winners, jheu, sealonsf and Arjay.

Thanks to Susan for judging and comment.
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