***WINNERS of the WINTER Seasonal Photo Contest***

[mnhtnbb]

We seem to have had some communication/wifi/travel issues during this contest. In place of our original host, a la izquierda, I will post the Winners of the WINTER Seasonal Photo Contest.


In 1st place--and the HOST for the SPRING Seasonal Photo Contest which will be held in June--


Baby It's Cold Outside by UpInArms




In 2nd place

Montana Mornings by Maru Kitteh



In 3rd place

Searching for dinner by urbanhermit




The other finalists were


Fence shadows in the snow by edhopper

Lenten Roses: Winter's Promise of Spring by mnhtnbb

Long Beach after the Snow by edhopper

No gardening today! by Callalily

The Dragon's Mouth by mindem

The Mill Pond by mindem

Winter Moon by mnhtnbb

[Kurt V.]

1. Congratulations upinarms and everyone. great photos

[Zoonart]

2. Congrats!

Very nice work, winners.

[LisaM]

3. It's too bad everyone couldn't win....

these were some beautiful photos.

[Soph0571]

4. Applause, Applause, Applause

All GREAT picci's

Very worthy winner

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Congrats to the winners!

It was a beautiful contest. The photos were fantastic and fit the theme perfectly!

[Beringia]

6. Kick

[Scarsdale]

7. Very talented photographers.

Beautiful photos. I do not envy the judges, what a terrible decision to have to make, when all of them are so very good. Congratulations to the winners, and also to everyone else for taking such beautiful photos.

[Mira]

9. We all are the judges

the voting brings the consequences, there is no electoral college, and no gerrymandering

[Irishxs]

8. All are awesome!!👏👏👏👏👏

[CrispyQ]

10. I don't know how I missed the runoffs, but wow, love the winning photo!

[Mira]

11. UrbanHermit and UpInArms

please tell a little about where and how you got those glorious, funny, perfect shots. And Maru Kitteh the Montana Mornings photograph makes me want to put on my traveling shoes, but in late spring and early summer. All of these are the best of the best, and I loved them from the onset of submissions.

[UpInArms]

16. Hi, mira

I hope I answered you in my post

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11932361

[Mira]

29. I now saw it, thanks for directing me

WONDERFUL to know a bit more and to feel the love you have.

[urbanhermit]

21. Yellowstone

My wife's birthday falls near MLK day and we've gone to Yellowstone NP to celebrate her birthday a couple of times. I got a number of great shots of the park and it truly is a different experience in the winter with no crowds vs. the summer with too many people. When we first entered the park there was a herd of bison covered in snow but I didn't get any good shots. I made some adjustments to my camera at lunch and when we were on our way out of the park, came upon another herd and I got shots that weren't so blurry.

I would like to know where in MT Maru Kitteh's photo was shot?

[Maru Kitteh]

23. St. Mary campground in Glacier National Park. Here is somebody else's photo

taken from the same campground posted on tripadvisor.



This is a panorama from the same morning but there's just so much resolution loss with a limit of 1027 pixels



Here is Wild Goose Island (much) later that same morning (could use a little editing too)

[urbanhermit]

25. Awesome

I have stood in the same spot and taken pictures. I didn't recognize it with the clouds. I loved your shot, congratulations on second place.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. Congrats to you! When I saw your bison I thought "Well, there's the winner."

Have you been to the National Bison Range on the Flathead Indian Reservation by Charlo?

[urbanhermit]

32. I had to look it up

I've driven by it but didn't know it was there. Next time we head that way, I'll have to make sure to check it out.

[Mira]

30. This last one made me gasp out loud.

OH WOW.
You could not ever had arranged it any better. A photo never to forget Thanks for it.

[Maru Kitteh]

26. Not pictured in my photo Mira . . . our kayaks. That photo was taken May 13th, 0525am 2016.

You can find yourself under a blanket of snow quite unexpectedly at any time in Glacier National Park.

It can be over 100F in the sun in July/August. Even then, you'd better have some cold-weather gear packed, and never rule out a bit of snow.

[a kennedy]

12. Can not get over the talent and beauty of all the winners, really, of all then entrants.....

Congratulations to all who entered the contest, and especially to the winners. Ya make me so proud, DU has the best photographers on the interwebs.......

[Mira]

31. We also have a devoted group of followers

which is headed by you.

[a kennedy]

36. You're the best Mira.....

[montana_hazeleyes]

13. They are all fabulous.

Always hard to choose! Thank you.

[alfredo]

14. Great contest.

[UpInArms]

15. Oh my goodness! Thank you ... all of you!

I am so humbled .... and shocked ... by winning ... there were so many awesome photographs ....

And ... then ... you picked mine .... (blush) ....

This is a photo of my beautiful old (22 years now) half Arabian/half quarter horse mare ... her name is Freckles ... and she is delightful and loved ... and ... that day was full of frost ... and ... well ... if i’m cold, she must be, also ... so coat time ...

Then ... it become a part of my “million dollar view” because ... that is what I can look out and see in rural northwest Missouri....

my beautiful girl and the peace of my home ...

Thank you all for thinking us worthy

uia

[Phentex]

17. So pretty!

all of them were great

[edhopper]

18. Congratulations UpinArms

and thanks to those who voted for my pics.

[Solly Mack]

19. Congrats winners!

Great job!

Thank you, mnhtnbb!!!

[spanone]

20. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[Callalily]

22. Congratulations UpinArms!

Your photo is just fabulous.

There were so many wonderful photos in this contest! It was truly difficult to vote for just one.

I believe this contest makes us better photographers, not only for the challenge, but viewing the works of others is not only inspiring but also a learning experience.

[oasis]

24. Excellent work people!

[trueblue2007]

27. wonderful pictures

[Rhiannon12866]

33. K&R! All of the photos were just spectacular!

This was the toughest contest yet! Congratulations to all of DU's talented photographers!

[OnlinePoker]

34. Why would I be able to see two of the images but not the others?

I see the 2nd and 3rd place but the first has a broken image icon.

[mnhtnbb]

35. I am seeing all the photos

[BlueFlorida]

37. Beautiful photos

Congratulations to all