Theme: Light - Contest Winners

I had to seek some advice this week. Havent had a tougher decision yet!! There were lots of quality creations. I wish I could make more winners, but there can only be one. Here goes:

1st Place - Indranil Sircar with Lanterns

2nd Place - Cheryl Schlecta with Kaleidoscope Lattice

3rd Place - Mirenchu Fernandez with Seeking the Light

4th Place - Cindy Cone with Swan Spotlight

5th Place - Ramesh Adkoli with Light Bubbles

I have to give some Honorable Mentions here because I loved these so much. First of all to Cheryl Schlecta cause she had several I liked a lot. Christopher Miller had a couple too!! Kerry Perkins' Fresnel Lens was super. Indranil had another - Lotus Temple that I loved. Christopher Miller had two fantastic pieces!!!

I said this was tough. NOT KIDDING! I had four browsers open at the same time looking at different ones. You guys are tough! I'm glad I'm getting a couple weeks off. Have fun folks!! That's what it's all about!!!

Harold, Really great job judging this week! I know it's getting harder each week! Thankyou:)
Indranil, Great image and a very well deserved win!! Big Congratulations!!
Cheryl, Another really cool image-well done!Congrats!!
Mirenchu, Beautiful image!Congratulations!!
Cindy, Great image!Congratulations!!
Ramesh, Very interesting image!Congratulations!!
To everyone else a big Congratulations-This was a very fun week!!:D

Another big thanks to Harold for his careful and thoughtful review of the images presented.
I congratulate all the winners and participants who made valuable contributions to this weeks theme.
A job well done by all with many of us learning a bit more than we knew the week before.
Looking forward to this week!

Congrats to all winners and participants alike. Great show.

Big congrats to all the winners and participants! So many interesting and well-executed entries and it just keeps getting better. Big time thanks to you Harold - judging this group is not easy and we all appreciate your time and thougthful consideration.

Harold, thanks for taking the time to judge! And I know it must have been difficult this week with so many
amazing entries. Indranil - congratulations - it was my pick also! And congratulations to Mirenchu, Cindy
and Ramesh for their beauties:) The best part is how much information is shared and enjoyed by us all. And
it is FUN!!!

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Cheryl

Thanks so much for all your hard work with the judging, Harold. What a tough job! Congrats to all the winners, as well as participants. I agree with Cheryl - so much information and learning shared, as well as being fun.

Thank you Harold and congratulation to Cheryl, Miranchu, Cindy and Ramesh. Another great week of amazing images. I continue to learn from all the postings. Everyone is a winner here!

congrats all, some beautiful images this week

Thanks a lot for judging, Harold! Congrats to all the winners and participants!

Congrats to the winners and congrats to the judge, OOTB judging has got to be a challenge! Great images across the board.