Thank you very much, everyone! I greatly respect your vision, artistry and skill.

I cannot adequately convey how much I admire and appreciate photographs posted in this thread — including photos not listed among the winners and honorable mentions. (It appears that I'm limited to 10 attachments.)

Although I sometimes offer suggestions below, I'm not an expert.

Jessesdad — I agree that "a car aerial is about as mundane as it gets." And I share your appreciation of the blue-grey bokeh you achieved. Nice capture of reflection in the aerial's top. Good choice of aperture to achieve sharp focus for the aerial's top and pleasing blur below.

charliezap — Very pleasing mix of color in the ornament and less intense color in the foliage in the background. Also, I like the reflection of trees at upper left.

SpecialK — Your architectural image is well seen, composed and captured.

Tamia — Expert handling of texture and contrast in this memorable, busy image of "Weathered Discarded Plywood."

lukulele — The spectacular mountainous locale and the furry explorers are a nice combination.

scratch paddy — Excellent choice of aperture and focal point in this delightful, well-composed image of the ducks.

jmschrei — I appreciate your narrative with this very well-titled image ("Moment Between The Clouds and The Buildings"). I'm a big fan of your capture of the cloudy sky's softness. Power lines spoil some images for me, but not this image! Also, I often find natural or created flares and starbursts to be minuses. That's not true here.

Chatmerchant — I like the contrast with the black background and the shadow. I also like the similar color of the bowl and part of the wood, the black scuff marks on the wood, and the point of view. I respect your decision on proportion and cropping. I would have been tempted to crop from the bottom to a point slightly below the scuff mark at lower left.

Neville — I'm very glad you "settled for this humble wicker drawer." Your image is beautifully lit and cropped.

RollsUp —Thanks for showing me frozen seaweed for what I think is the first time. I like the colors and lighting.

rbefly — "Too SleepyTo Notice?" is a treasure. Presentation in black and white is an excellent choice here.

at update — Excellent composition and presentation of this well-titled image, "Sew What?".

slowpez — "Water Weeds" has a very pleasing combination of softness and crispness, green and shades of tan and brown.

Jools — The bubbles and tones are presented very well in "Soaking Forks." I'd enjoy seeing how you might choose to present spoons and knives.

NaClH20 — Thanks very much for your interesting and informative narrative about your capturing of the colors in "Here There Be Fairies." I wonder how many of our favorite photographs are our favorites because of elements we weren't expecting.

casil403 — Excellent presentation of the pergola, including the blue areas' increasing depth and width.

Bill 2849 — I like the backlit "hairs" on the stems and also the out-of-focus purple, yellow and green in the background.

Mareket — Thanks very much for including the ISO information with your image, "Boil." I haven't noticed such paving. I admire your capture of the textures.

fotogaffer — I like your choice of point of view and the presentation of "Candles" in black and white. It would be fun to see color versions of this image, too.

StephenHampshire — "Rust Stripe" perfectly embodies the theme "Lifting The Mundane." The small, red areas to the right of the stripe plus the various shades of blue and bluish-gray are important to my appreciation of the image.

K David — "Teapot, Though Neither Short Nor Stout" is superbly presented via point of view, lighting and choice of aperture. The teapot appears to float. I especially like:
• the narrow area of intense white where the spout emerges from the teapot's body,
• display of contour, and
• the elegance of the darkness and grey at and near the sputa's end.
If the image was mine, I probably would have tried darkening the background atop the teapot's center in an attempt to eliminate the grey, vertical line.

kain — "Getting Up There" is fun. I like your choice of black-and-white presentation.

mecrox — I like the fact that splashes of color appear — and lift from the mundane — in the background of "Rainy Day."
If the image was mine, I might have chosen to crop from the right, eliminating the man and everything else in the image's left portion. And I might also have desaturated or converted to black and white the colors which appear through the rectangular hole in the waste container (the red and the person to the left of that red area).

jacamar — I admire the presentation and tones of "Ranch Boot Closet." Very well seen. The dangling laces and cords are icing on the cake.

sealonsf — "Gina's Window" might be considered mundane. I call it art. Bravo!

vroom_skies — This image has a superb combination of depth, detail and tones. Composition is excellent. Again, bravo!

tessfully — "Hydro Wire At Sunrise" is another excellent example of lifting the mundane. When I first saw a small version of the image — and before I read the title — I thought someone stuck a drinking straw in a piece of lemon meringue pie.

mattb123 — Applause for this excellent image, with the superb texture. I'm having trouble figuring out what was mundane here — unless I use one of the "New Oxford American Dictionary" definitions: "of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one." Thanks very much for this information: "This snow was all covered in these hoar frost crystals which form when temps get low and it hasn't snowed for a few days. This will be come an avalanche hazard once buried under enough snow (weakly bonded layer). But for now it's pretty, sparkly, and good skiing!"

noelcmn — Among your photograph's pleasant features are the reflections in the metal bands and the refraction of the horizontal grout line.

First: K David — "Teapot, Though Neither Short Nor Stout." The mundane object is lifted literally and figuratively by the skilled photographer's presentation.

Second: casil403 (pergola)

Third: Neville (wicker drawer)

Some of my other favorite images are by:
Jools

jacamar

Tamia

sealonsf

StephenHampshire

mattb123

vroomskies

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Thanks very much, everyone, for your comments about the topic selection and my commenting and judging!
Stu (smf)

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