Rodger in Edmonton

Congratulations to Wam for The winning Teddy and to all the entries, there were many fine shots here.

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Thanks Nick, got him with 2 Ninja Turtles at the thrift store for $2 , used a string of Christmas lights hanging on my chair for the Discotheque lighting, the ball joints allow pretty complex ...

One is voting for rank not votes per se, so 5 Pintos will never equal a Mercedes, 5 ugly flowers will never equal a pretty one .

Congratulations on your winning entry, it is a deserving and beautiful image.

IMHO this is a very strong image with very, very well thought out composition and great pop .

Maybe hosts have to recalculate the votes after the automated system does it and declare a " real winner " after tossing all the 0.5 ers or after the Challenge is over - ask them to confirm their ...

A ver nice st D. The Belle of the Ball for me is the Purple Leaf Sand Cherry shots with  # 7 as the favorite. Is it wild ?  - it looks beautiful -  the stark contrast with the other foliage is superb.

Try poking around with a twig to get him to face the camera. They look photogenic

# 6 is my Gold Medalist - perfect lighting and the tones are out of a gardening book. Silver to # 3 very attractive palette fitting for August. Bronze # 1 Lovely set.

That sounds reasonable - it is tougher sledding with fewer points on the curve, the vote tallies are very low for most - how about mandatory voting for all entries? just like an HTML form ...

Sure t but what % of rogue Challenge entrants would you say use a VPN FOB vs " regular Joe cheating with phony names" - surely it's the vast minority and most take the easiest path to their ...

I stand corrected , but wouldn't 99 % of fraudsters be average Joes using their hardware and not familiar with any method of doing X,,Y Z on accessing proxies? If I stopped 100 people on the ...

If they use IPs - sooner or later they will run out of hardware.

Following up on the Major's comments, having the tablet and pen ready for touch ups is a big help too. Not sure why but I have seen PS do complex palm trees better than more simple objects, I ...

Is that you under there in a homemade protective wasp mask T Bird? Where have you been?

As other distinguished colleagues note, It depends on if it is a stationary or non stationary target. If there is any chance of getting skunked on the target - a bug that can fly off, or winds AF, ...

Placed 13^th in the challenge. Superhero toy photography

Congratulations on this win with a superb shot of a feathered friend !