Thanks to everyone that entered the challenge. I was amazed at the quality of all of the entries. Now to the winner.

First Place: jacamar - I loved how the hues in the background matched the colors of the bird. The detail in the feathers helped push this into the winners circle.



Second Place: aaacb - The clearness of the water makes it look like the leaves are floating in air. The dark blue background really made the leaves pop with color.

IMGP4135 | _aaacb | Flickr

Third Place - Pelto - Surprise me you did. At first I thought these were jellyfish. The blue tone is very eye catching.

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/129-weekly-photo-challenges/...r-mushroom.jpg

HM - pacerr, Bruce Clark, and Kerrydown

Thanks again for the wonderful entries and I look forward to seeing what jacamar selects for his challenge.

Tim

[jacamar]

Thank you Tim, it's great to be selected from among such worthy entries. Congrats to the runners - up and the HMs. I will get a new challenge up and running shortly.

[Pelto]

Thank you adupdate for hosting, and the words.

[aaacb]

Thanks for hosting and picking my photo for the second place!

[noelcmn]

Congrats Jacamar, aaacb and Pelto- worthy winners. Not forgetting the HM's pacerr, Bruce Clark, and Kerrydown. And thanks to our host Atupdate for the challenge and the judging exercise.