Tough one to judge, some really cool shots here. I forgot to include the time frame in the original description, should have been today at 11:59, sorry about that. It's actually a couple of hours later but I won't tell if you won't...
slowpez - Excellent shot, perfect example of the theme. I like the composition, some may think the trees are a distraction but I kinda think they add to the overall shot and accent the scene, as if they're standing watch over things.
sealonsf - Very good job of a tough lighting situation. You even managed to hide the light creating the blown out reflection in the pond, impossible to avoid the bright reflection I'm pretty sure.
Jools - I'm not a fan of fisheye lenses, most people tend to really over use them, and especially in situations where they don't really work. This is a fine example of a scene where it does work, plenty straight lines to give it a surreal look, I like the composition and the one swing seat in the foreground that is almost not distorted at all. Really good background for it too. Nice job.
Tamia - Great shot, what more can I say. Oh wow moment for sure.
scratchpaddy - Another great shot, the background in this one is amazing. I wanna sit on that bench and point a 28mm the other direction. Except that it would be right into the sun...if I had been there I would have never thought to get that bench in a shot.
atupdate - Yet another excellent shot, I think the perspective here is the best thing about it. The shadows and snowdrifts give it some very nice texture.
Bramela - Until I spotted the park benches I wondered what the...??? Looks like a great place to sit back on a bench and look for some Pigeons to feed.
Johan Holmgren - Another one with some really tough lighting to deal with. One the one hand if you expose so the sky is not blown out the foreground is a dark blur, expose to bring out the foreground and the sky gets blown out...this is probably the best compromise of the two. I didn't like it at first but the more I look the better I like the treeline against the sky and clouds.
charliezap - Excellent picture, great job of capturing this scene.
photolady - Nice scene, I have a friend who is a WWII vet, I can see him sitting on a bench telling war stories...really good picture of it, I think I would have included the top of the tree on the right though.
Alkazalsir - Another very good shot, makes you wonder where the kids went.
jmschrei - That's just a killer shot, no self respecting kid could pass that place up.
jheu02 - Just amazing. One of the best perspective shots I've seen in a while. The mist makes it really nice.
NaClH20 - The crooked sign does do a lot for this one, nice job. I liked it at first glance, before even reading your comments.
Neville - Another killer shot, the colors just jump off the screen, background is nice.
casil403 - Another very nice winter shot, I like the way it fades into a blur in the middle. And dogs would have been ok, I didn't say no animals, just no kids...then again a lot of kids these days are animals...
paulh - Another great shot, the walkway winding through the picture makes it very interesting.
Clou - One more killer winter scene, and another example of great use of perspective. Not a lot of people who live in warmer climates realize how hard it is to get a good exposure in snow scenes and without it winding up looking grey or blue...
noelcmn - You should have digitally removed your comment about the black spot in Clou's picture, I never noticed it till you blabbed...
Great job on that shot, another place no self respecting kid could pass up.
OK...can I pick 16 first place winners and a couple of honorable mentions?
As I said this is going to be a tough one, just about every one of these shots is excellent, you people have succeeded in making me wish I had never gotten myself into this...
So here goes...
Third place has to go to Jools for such a creative shot. Just because I don't like a fisheye lens doesn't mean it can't get a great shot if used well. And this one was used well.
Second place..is a tie between about 6 people...especially every one of the winter shots, but I think I have to go with a tie between scratchpaddy and Clou, never mind the errant black spot, that's still a killer shot.
And first place was the one that jumped out at me at first glance, jheu02 with that really nice perspective shot in the mist.
Honorable mentions - jmschrei, atupdate, Tamia, Neville and NaClH20.
I've been sitting here looking through these for an hour trying to decide, I could have listed a 3 way tie for everything...and a half dozen honorable mentions. Great job by everyone who participated, every one of these is a very good picture. Definitely a good group of wall hangers here...
And, Clou, your frigid amusement park shot was my favorite of the lot. I'm honored to share 2nd place with you.
Originally posted by Paleo Pete 
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