WINNERS! - SPRING PHOTO CONTEST!

[Mz Pip]

And the winners of the Scenes of Spring photo contest are...



First Place
"Magical Mystical May" by MattSh.





Second Place
"Bee at Work" by ramapo





Third Place
"Southwest Renewal" by bluedigger





Hostess's Honorable Mention to the spectacular colors of

"A Promise of Apples" by Cassandra.



and the also spectacular absence of color

"April Showers" by MichaelSoE



Thanks to all who entered!

Mz Pip

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It was a wonderful contest, full of gorgeous pictures! Thank you, Mz Pip!

Congrats to all the winners!

[alsame]

2. Gorgeous photos. Congrats to all! nt

[In_The_Wind]

3. They were all great!

[riverbendviewgal]

4. all wonderful...the first prize reminded me of a song I learned in school

"I know a Green Cathedral"

http://aseekingspirit.blogspot.ca/2007/04/blog-post_10.htmlI

[ellenfl]

5. i just realized why the winner looks a little off to me. it's a mirror image,

not a straight photo. i wondered why the center had symmetrical images.

[The Wielding Truth]

25. Me, too. It should be called Mirror Image Pathway.

[aquart]

30. It's amazing. Looks like a totem of Indian gods

[Celebration]

6. Wonderful contest and winners!

Thanks Mz Pip.

Congratulations to all.

[Mira]

7. Congratulations to the Winners,

the finalists, and all participants. I thoroughly enjoyed the spring contest as I'm baking in the summer heat.
Congratulations especially to MattSh for a gutsy and beautifully created photograph.
The Summer seasonal contest is all yours.

[HappyMe]

8. Congrats to the winners.

Thank you to all for letting us see your lovely photos.

[snagglepuss]

9. Wow all my favs. That said everyone outdid themselves.

[alfredo]

10. Congrats to all

[wryter2000]

11. Amazing photos

Congrats to all.

[a kennedy]

12. Wonderful.....

and I even voted for two of the top 5! but all are winners in my book. edit to correct number.

[a kennedy]

13. Shoot Mira, don't see yours posted.....

sorry.....

[Mira]

19. Every now and then I win a little

more than I deserve.
Mine were the young sweet lovers.

[handmade34]

14. Congratulations to all!!

esp MattSh

[Solly Mack]

15. Congratulations MattSh, ramapo, and bluedigger!

Great job hosting, Mz Pip. Thank you for a job well done.

[justiceischeap]

16. Congrats all! nt

[Blue_In_AK]

17. Congrats to all

All great, but I'm very fond of April Showers.

[LostOne4Ever]

18. All of those are great! (nt)

[MichaelSoE]

20. tough choice again this month ... grats MattSh, ramapo, and bluedigger

a good job by all

[JohnnyRingo]

21. K&R!

Wonderful contest!
Thanx for hosting, Mz Pip.

Congrats to all.

[Rozlee]

22. Too awesome.

They're all great. I especially like April showers with it's blurred non-color background. What kind of color toning is that? Sepia? Gray? I'm not versed in photography, just know what pleases my eye.

[JimDandy]

23. The winning photo looks like the creature in Alien.

(white space is body and tree trunks are legs) Creeps me out every time I see this photo. Where's a Rorschach test when you need one?

[leftyladyfrommo]

24. We should start a card company

and use all of the wonderful photos that appear on these boards.

They are all stunning.

[Lugnut]

26. Congrats to the winners!

A huge thanks to all for sharing your art with us.

[Martak Sarno]

27. Just curious

As a newcomer to DU, was this photo contest for real photography or did it include the ability to use photoshop skills?

[Solly Mack]

28. We were allowed to use photo manipulation for this contest.

Any enhancement or manipulation we wanted to do...or not.

[Cassandra]

29. Thank you, Mz Pip!!!

And congrats to the winners!

[BainsBane]

31. All fantastic selections!

Great job, everyone!

[midnight]

32. That first photo is so beautiful it looks like architecture...