Vote for the January 2019 Challenge

[wiskerke]

Pleas cast your vote for the January 2019 Challenge - Happy New

 

DRWMFB - MariaJ - Happy traditional Chinese New Year in Vancouver

 

J03C99 - Sally - Happy stepgrandson jumping on the beach with new carbon Turbo Brace

 

G17X5H - TeeCee - Happy baby Lar Gibbon wrapped in fake fur to keep him warm

 

FN9XPB - NYCat - Happy Grizzly Bear Spring Cub in Lake Clark National Park

 

R38PW5 - gvallee -  Happy endangered Mareeba Unadorned Rock Wallaby joey in his/her mother's pouch

 

P9429T - orest -  Happy new Eranthis Winter Aconite flower in early spring sunlight

 

A536DR - Michael Ventura - Happy boy with his happy baby goat

 

E7JNK3 - LarsMadsen - Happy new entomologist girl holding a Green Rose Chafer

 

 

Many thanks to everybody who competed, great quality!

My shortlist here.

 

Voting ends at midnight on February 5th.

Midnight = Alamy time = the time set on the poll form. No idea which time that is. My system time? Greenwich Mean? Probably GMT.

 

wim

 

Edited February 1, 2019 by wiskerke

[Matt Ashmore]

Great pictures!

[Michael Ventura]

Thanks Wim for picking one of mine! Really great photos all around, so honored to be among them!!

 

Michael

[wiskerke]

All great pictures indeed! I'm hoping for a close race!

 

wim

[Cecile Marion]

Super photos, making it very difficult to pick just one!

[NYCat]

All these images make me happy! Thanks for including my upside down bear cub.

 

Paulette

[gvallee]

What a surprise, I'm in! Thank you Wim.

[TeeCee]

Thank you so much for choosing one of mine Wim - delighted to be in such fine company!

Tony

[MariaJ]

Thanks Wim, I'm honoured to have one of mine included in the shortlist.  Also thanks for the topic, they all make me smile .

[Sally]

10 hours ago, MariaJ said:

Thanks Wim, I'm honoured to have one of mine included in the shortlist.  Also thanks for the topic, they all make me smile .

Ditto. Many thanks.

[Doc]

Good pictures as always - congratulations to the finalists!

Kumar

[wiskerke]

So far a close race indeed!

Somehow only poor Orest's Winter Aconite is still lagging.

 

wim

[LarsMadsen]

Thank you very much for including my picture. I am honored to be amongst the finalist images.

[wiskerke]

A little over one day left to vote!

Still a very close race where just a couple of votes can make all the difference.

Poll closes on Tuesday 05/02/19 at 23:59.

- Alamy Poll Time which may well be GMT. ;-)

 

wim

 

[Marianne]

Some great choices. 

[wiskerke]

Voting closes tonight!

 

wim

[wiskerke]

The poll has been closed.

 

Aaand we have a winner!

Congratulations Michael!

The happy boy with his happy baby goat is a worthy winner.

Thank you all for taking part with great images and thank you all for voting!

 

So over to Michael.

 

wim

 

 

Here's a reminder of what we have had before:

(pity there's no pm any more)

 

Januari - Happy New!

 

2018

December - Converging Lines
November - The City
October - You Wear It Well
September - Think Local
August - NEWS
July - FUN
June - National parks scenery (pure nature)
May - Twilight
April - In or On the Water
March - Without leaving the house (or garden)
February - Winter Activities
January -  Music

 

2017

December - Taste
November - Iconic
October - Failure
September - Critters
August - On The Beach
July - Street Art
June - Festivals
May - Transport
April - Proverbs and sayings
March - Urban Wildlife
February - Urban Landscape
January - Friendship and Friends

 

2016

December - Behind
November - Trees
October - River
September - Our Native Land
August - Digital Manipulation
July - Pedal Power
June - Help
May - Worm's eye view
April - City
March - Joy of Travel
February - The Blue Hour
January  -  Silhouettes and Shadows

 

2015

December - Motion
November - Solitary
October - The Decisive Moment
September - Concept
August - Travel Magazine cover
July - Skyline
June - Environmentally Friendly
May - Communication
April - Little
March - The Good Life
February - I don't know why I like it..
January - Informal Portrait of a Stranger

 

2014

December - Festivities
November - Autumn Colour (Color)
October - Shoot Local
September - Music
August - Bridges
July - My Favourite Place
June - Perspective
May - Rules
April - Abstract/Minimalism
March - Health
February - The Unusual / The Weird / The Lucky Shot
January - Sunset

 

2013

December - Peace
November - Cold
October - Harmony
September - Triumphant
August - Taking it easy
July - Heat
June - Night
May - Excess
April - In the Air

 

A Magical Moment
Alone
Forgotten

 

 

 

[Michael Ventura]

Wow, thank you Wim! I have to be honest, I didn’t think my photo stood a chance against so many great ones. I love participating in this informal contest every month but I am honored just to make the short list, if I do.  And Wim, thanks for the list of previous challenge themes, very helpful!

 

I will think about subject, tonight, for this month’s challenge and post it tomorrow.

 

Michael

 

 

[NYCat]

Congratulations, Michael. You see, you could indeed beat the cute baby animals!

 

Paulette

[wiskerke]

2 minutes ago, NYCat said:

Congratulations, Michael. You see, you could indeed beat the cute baby animals!

 

Paulette

 

With another cute baby animal. Plus a cute little boy. Huge bonus for the goat's smile of course!

 

wim

[Colin Woods]

Gulp! Was it really 6 years ago that Philippe started these monthly challenges. 

[wiskerke]

9 minutes ago, Colin Woods said:

Gulp! Was it really 6 years ago that Philippe started these monthly challenges. 

 

And you had a win for each year ;-)

 

wim

[Michael Ventura]

Wim, you amaze me with the stats that you keep or correlate! My accountant is not even as good!

[wiskerke]

On 2/6/2019 at 02:16, Michael Ventura said:

Wim, you amaze me with the stats that you keep or correlate! My accountant is not even as good!

 

Yes yes, including this one, you had 4 wins ;-)

 

-Thank you, but undeserved.

Actually I'm close to innumerate so I do have to keep records of lots of things. Also I don't like doing stuff twice. Which usually hits me when I do something for the third or fourth time ;-)

 

wim

 

Edited February 7, 2019 by wiskerke

[MariaJ]

Congratulations Michael!    And Wim, thanks for the details on all the previous competitions, wow!

 

Maria