RESULTS ** Mini Challenge #771 ** Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Camera

Thanks again to all who participated! As set out in the rules blurb, Honorable Mentions were selected only from Exhibits; and Places only from Entries. Without further ado...

Honorable Mentions:

I liked the play of light on Elliotts' flower garden:



While I'm not normally a fan of anything involving cities, Jerry's reflecting cityscape seemed to create a quite peaceful foreground to the hubbub.



As did the view from Notbelonghere's kitchen window:



AbS's sleepy owl made me chuckle:



As usual, all of Kit's images were superb. This still life particularly so. Mrs. Digitcallous can decorate my house anytime :



Kahn's B&W work, as always, is simply superb. Each one was deserving of an HM and it was hard to pick which one I liked the best, so I just picked this one.



I think Nick10's excellent autumn cat may have won before, but it deserves an HM again. This is an image that I would frame and hang in my home.



Not sure I can explain why, but NickD's "Sisters" really spoke to me and had me looking at the image for quite a while.



3rd Place:

NickD's tropical-looking garden is a place I'd like to be right about now. Nice shot!



2nd Place:

I guess we need to call Nick10 "Catman" because his cat images are great! Love this one!



1st Place:

HowardV's scene of his home in the winter is nothing less than superb. Exactly the kind of image I was hoping to see and a very well-deserved 1st place.



Dishonorable Mentions:

This time there were actually two coveted dishonorable mentions .

David scored one for his entry of a "perdiz" that is actually a dusky grouse:



And, Elliott scored a DM for posting umpteen Exhibits. For judging purposes, I only counted the first 10, which is too bad because some of the later ones were very good.

Congrats to all - HM's, Places and, especially DM's! Hope you had fun during a wintery week.

Greg

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Thanks for a fun and well managed challenge Greg. I appreciate the place and the mention. Looking at the all the selected images - some really impressive quality on display. Kudos to all!.

Nick

Thanks Greg, great MC as always! Thanks for the HM

Congrats to places and HMs (en DMs :-D)

Thank you Greg for both the HM and the second place, I am honored to have my photos selected among so many much better photos that they are posted here You are right, “Autumn cat” has won 2 mini challenges so far and that’s why I put it as exhibit and not entry, although I love it pretty much myself

My congratulations to Howard, looking forward for the next challenge

Greg, thank you for hosting another wonderful MC! There were plenty of great photos to pick from, and all the HMs and Winners deserve their awards. Personally, I really appreciate your kind words.

Kit

Thanks, Greg - for a fine job as challenge host. And congrats to H.M.s and winners! I'll have a new challenge up, shortly.

Howard V

Thank you, Greg, for a fine, well-run challenge. Looks like participation is picking up. great theme.

Congrats to all the well-deserved HM's and winners.

I look forward to Howard's next challenge.

Thanks for the HM.

By the time I figured out what my exhibit would be, it was closed. Too much to do at work.

Congrats to the HM's and the Winners. I envy the DM's!

Aloha,

Val

Thanks Greg for the HM. Nice to see other exhibits and entries. Congrats to all HMs and places.

JB

Val Bueno said:

By the time I figured out what my exhibit would be, it was closed. Too much to do at work.

Congrats to the HM's and the Winners. I envy the DM's!

Aloha,

Val

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Sorry we missed out on your stuff, Val. It is always good.

Retirement is highly recommended. That way you don’t have pesky work getting in the way of fun.

Greg

Val Bueno said:

By the time I figured out what my exhibit would be, it was closed. Too much to do at work.

Congrats to the HM's and the Winners. I envy the DM's!

Aloha,

Val

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If you have any "inspiring" exhibits from that recent group you'd like to add to the new challenge, it's up!

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Thanks for a good theme, well run, and the honors both good and bad, congrats to others mentioned as well.