October challenge VOTE

[Sybille Reuter]

This is it, the final poll with 8 finalists chosen UNDER TORTURE from way too many way too good images (my "now that's the absolute best"-list was 25 of them, and I'm sorry for every image that didn't make it):

 

 

 

1) wiskerke's Oranje Dutchman 

 

 

 

2) cbimages' Clownfish 

 

 

 

3) Lars Madsen's Spooky Fruit 

 

 

 

4) The Blinking Eye's Sky on Fire 

 

 

 

5) Avpics' Colour Run 

 

 

 

6) Bryan's Pantone Mug 

 

 

 

7) NYCat's Deadvlei

 

 

 

😎 Betty La Rue's Unamused Eagle Owl 

 

 

 

Poll ends on the 7th!

Edited November 1, 2020 by Sybille Reuter

[NYCat]

Thanks so much for including my Namibia pic. Nice memories... though a long walk to get into that part of the desert... one dune after another! We'd get to the top and see another one ahead. It is a magical place.

 

Paulette

[Sybille Reuter]

15 minutes ago, NYCat said:

Thanks so much for including my Namibia pic. Nice memories... though a long walk to get into that part of the desert... one dune after another! We'd get to the top and see another one ahead. It is a magical place.

 

Paulette

 

It looks magical and Namibia was on my list for this year... 

 

Btw the 😎 for the owl picture was unvoluntary as you all probably guessed 🙃

Edited November 1, 2020 by Sybille Reuter

[wiskerke]

Thank you for including one of mine!

 

The owl unvoluntary? You mean the owl actually did a selfie?

Ah the emoji. 😎

 

wim

[LarsMadsen]

Thank you very much for selecting my image. 🙂

[Betty LaRue]

Quit nice to have one of mine selected. Thank you!

[MariaJ]

So many great ones to choose from, congrats to all the finalists!

[cbimages]

Many thanks for choosing one of mine, there were so many amazing images.

[Michael Ventura]

I think this challenge pulled in some excellent photos, I would not have wanted to cull them down to eight.  Congrats to those who made the short list!!

[Doc]

Congrats to the finalists!

 

Kumar

[Marianne]

Congrats to the finalists! Hard to choose just one!

[The Blinking Eye]

In shock. That was a profoundly amazing set of images to choose from. Thank you.

[Sybille Reuter]

8 hours ago, The Blinking Eye said:

In shock. 

 

It's 2020 and the sky is on fire, I had to. 😁

[The Blinking Eye]

4 minutes ago, Sybille Reuter said:

 

It's 2020 and the sky is on fire, I had to. 😁

 

It was an unforgettable, astonishing day, which I hope to never experience again.

[The Blinking Eye]

This feels like the USA presidential election. 🤣

[spacecadet]

32 minutes ago, The Blinking Eye said:

This feels like the USA presidential election. 🤣

You mean because we won't know the result for a month?.

[The Blinking Eye]

9 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

You mean because we won't know the result for a month?.

 

That and the fact that the polls were wrong. 😂

[MDM]

1 hour ago, The Blinking Eye said:

 

That and the fact that the polls were wrong. 😂

 

I also read some bigwig tweeted that the poles were wrong. I am not sure how he knew that 😀.

 

I voted for your picture actually. Incredible scene. I hope your lungs are ok. 

[The Blinking Eye]

8 hours ago, MDM said:

 

I also read some bigwig tweeted that the poles were wrong. I am not sure how he knew that 😀.

 

I voted for your picture actually. Incredible scene. I hope your lungs are ok. 

 

Thank you so much!!! I still can't believe that's what it looked like. On that day, I had this irrational terror that we would never see the sun again. It felt like the end. I will never take clean air and blue skies for granted now. But we are fine. It's a beautiful day.

[Sybille Reuter]

Last chance to vote everyone! 

 

Poll closes midnight Berlin time and unlike elsewhere we'll have our winner IMMEDIATELY 😬

Edited November 7, 2020 by Sybille Reuter

[Sybille Reuter]

That's it, we have a winner! Unlike elsewhere, it's a man with an orange face 😁

 

 

Happy to pass the torch on to @wiskerke!

 

Congratulations on the win 🎉 and thanks everyone else for all the great images (I said it before - I had 25 finalists really). 

 

🧡

[Sybille Reuter]

Looking forward to the new topic. Here are all the previous ones again:

 

2020

October - Orange 

September - Broken

August - Homemade or home grown 

July - Fire, water, earth and air

June - Green

May - Signs

April - Social Gathering

March - Fog and Mist

February - Sustainability

January - Irony

2019

December - Holiday Spirit

November - Empty

October - Attention to the Reflection (Urban) 
September - Faces
August - Climate
July - Children in Action
June - Remembrance, Honouring, Celebrating
May - The Thrill and Joy of Sport
April - Women's Role in Todays Society
March - Eating
February - What is Love?
January - 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

[wiskerke]

1 hour ago, Sybille Reuter said:

That's it, we have a winner! Unlike elsewhere, it's a man with an orange face 😁

 

 

Happy to pass the torch on to @wiskerke!

 

Congratulations on the win 🎉 and thanks everyone else for all the great images (I said it before - I had 25 finalists really). 

 

🧡

 

Thank you! 🍾🥂🙌

And all those who voted! 50!

And thank you for a very successful challenge. And all those great contributions. My personal choice was the Pantone mug, which I thought was the perfect answer.

But today I'm clearly very happy with my celebratory orange guy.

(And no re-counts! 😁)

 

Now let me think of a good one for the rest of the month.

 

wim

 

edit: and here is that new challenge.

Edited November 8, 2020 by wiskerke

[Allan Bell]

12 hours ago, wiskerke said:

 

Thank you! 🍾🥂🙌

And all those who voted! 50!

And thank you for a very successful challenge. And all those great contributions. My personal choice was the Pantone mug, which I thought was the perfect answer.

But today I'm clearly very happy with my celebratory orange guy.

(And no re-counts! 😁)

 

Now let me think of a good one for the rest of the month.

 

wim

 

edit: and here is that new challenge.

 

I was one of the others who voted Pantone mug. Wonder who the third was?  Care to own up?

 

Allan

 

[The Blinking Eye]

On 07/11/2020 at 15:38, wiskerke said:

 

Thank you! 🍾🥂🙌

And all those who voted! 50!

And thank you for a very successful challenge. And all those great contributions. My personal choice was the Pantone mug, which I thought was the perfect answer.

But today I'm clearly very happy with my celebratory orange guy.

(And no re-counts! 😁)

 

Now let me think of a good one for the rest of the month.

 

wim

 

edit: and here is that new challenge.

 

Congrats! As long as it's not the other orange guy, I'm good. That's fine. 😁😅