Theme Winners - Macro, extreme closeups

[Christopher Miller]

First Place - Mum - Anita Bower
Love the beautiful softness and color of this macro shot. Very well done, Anita!

Second Place- Russian Olive - Gary Ellwein
Nice diagonal composition, and I love the varied gray tones and textured BG. Well done, Gary!

Third Place - Murex - Mitch Carucci
Great texture, color, and lighting on this shell. Well done, Mitch!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Congratulations Anita, Gary, and Mitch. Great to see you trying a new technique Mitch! Christopher thanks again.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Congratulations, Anita! It is a beautiful macro. Congrats also to Gary and Mitch - I liked both of them a lot. Thanks for taking time to judge, Christopher

[Anita Bower]

Thanks, Christopher, for judging. Congratulations to winners, and, to all who posted for the theme.

[Nancy Bell]

Congrats Anita with your signature soft focus flowers! Congrats to Gary & Mitch! Thanks Christopher for judging.

[Paul Lagasi]

Congrats to Anita, Gary and Mitch...lovely entries, thanks for judging Christopher

[gary ellwein]

Well done Anita and Mitch. Thanks to Christopher for judging.