Winners!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I was asked by Kerry and Cheryl to be a judge, which I am happy to do with so many great images being posted weekly! I find this forum totally inspiring! So without further ado as the saying goes.....my picks for the wee kly theme:Weather! I can't seem to fomat with bullets ( I just dropped my mouse), so here are the winners for this theme. First Place: Who Has Seen the Wind by Nancy Bell. Great tonal range and great drama! I would have preferred the wave at the top not being clipped, but it was still a strong enough image for me to capture first place. Great control and use of the Frac filter and the glass touch was perfect. Second Place: Wild Blue Yonder by Judy Howle. Beautiful colours, great framing, and great sense of depth. This image has a timeless quality to me. Third Place: Summer Cloud by Mitch Carucci. Part reality, part fantasy, I really got drawn into this one. I really enjoy your creativity Mitch. Congrats to all the winners, keep the wonderful photos coming:bg3:.


Here are links to the winning images:

First - Who Has Seen the Wind by Nancy Bell - http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/112356-Who-has-seen-the-wind

Second - Soaring Into the Heavens by Judy Howle - http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/112565-Soaring-into-the-Heavens

Third - Summer Cloud by Mitch Carucci - http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/112513-Summer-Cloud

[Kerry Perkins]

Congratulations Nance, Judy, and Mitch! I am also inspired by the images that are consistently posted in this forum.

Thank you Jackie for judging, we really appreciate your critical eye and artistic talent!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Congratulations, Nancy, on a great image! Congrats also to Judy who had quite a few nice entries and to Mitch. Thanks so much for judging, Jackie. We appreciate your time and your creative eye:S3:

[Judy Howle]

Thanks for judging Jackie! I'm happy to be among such outstanding company. This was a fun theme for me since I have so many sunset sky photos. Congrats to Nancy and Mitch.

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you, Jackie! I, too, would have preferred to have that top tip of the wave. Congrats to Judy & Mitch!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I don't seem to be able to edit my original post, besides having a computer glitch this morning, I also had a brain cramp. I meant to pick Soaring into the Heavens for second place by Judy. Put in the wrong title, but it was the right critique. Sorry for the confusion.

[Judy Howle]

No problem Jackie, I'm happy you liked it as it's one of my favorites. I spent a fair amount of time going through older "sunset" folders to locate the RAW file to work with!