Something Pink - Winners

[Indranil Sircar]

Cheryl will post the winners here :cheers:

[Cheryl Slechta]

What a lot of nice entries! And so many different "takes" on the theme. This was one of the hardest weeks I've judged because of the variety.

1st - Variation of a Silhouette (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/94185-Variation-of-a-Silhouette) - Steve Adkins. I just loved the panels with the different variations of pink and contrasting colors. Very OOTB thinking and execution. Nice work, Steve:S3:

2nd - Lotus Glow (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/94696-Lotus-Glow) - Judy Howle. This was my favorite of your lotus images, Judy. I really liked the effect.

3rd - Bird's Eye Primrose Fractalius (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/94236-Bird-s-Eye-Primrose-Fractalius) - Andrew McLachlan. I loved the fact that this showed the "essence" of a primrose. Beautiful color combination.

4th - Trichocereus Flying Saucer and Bee (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/94236-Bird-s-Eye-Primrose-Fractalius) - Gus Hallgren. Gus, I thought PB was perfect for this gorgeous flower.

5th (tie) - Lake Cuyamaca (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/94389-Lake-Cuyamaca) - Brendan Dozier. The colors were beautiful and I thought the Topaz effect was really nice.

Kaleidoscope Rose (http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php/94703-Kaleidoscope-Roses)- Maureen Allen. The rose and black treatment gave this a "retro" look that I liked.

Thanks, everyone.:S3: There were a lot of "winning" images that I left out.

[John Storjohann]

Congratulations to all for their fine work, and congratulations to Steve...beautiful compilation of images and processing! I can only imagine that Cheryl had a tough time making her decisions...and thank you to Cheryl for her work!

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Cheryl and congrats to everyone! There were many outstanding theme images this time around so I'm sure Cheryl had a hard time narrowing it down.

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent selection, Cheryl. Thank you for judging and your time!

Congratulations Steve for the win and an unique OOTB composition! Congratulations to Judy, Andrew, Gus, Brendan and Maureen for some outstanding contributions this week!

[denise ippolito]

Cheryl, Thank you for judging this week!
Steve, A very creative, original piece of art. Congratulations.
Everyone else did a great job too- congrats to all!!

[Anita Bower]

Congratulations to all!!

[Steve Adkins]

Congratulations Judy, Andrew, Gus, Brendan and Maureen! Thanks for judging, Cheryl.

[Maureen Allen]

Lots of beautiful images for this theme! Congratulations to all. Thanks for judging, Cheryl.

[Paul Lagasi]

Congrats to all, winner, entrants, judges....

[Brendan Dozier]

Congratulations Steve and everyone!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks for judging Cheryl.

Way to go Steve, big congrats. Wonderful images by all!