September photo competition - the final vote

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Forget X Factor...forget Celebrity Come Dancing...this is the vote that counts.

I went to Center Parcs recently and did some archery with Jnr. I never hit the bullseye, but all my arrows did land within a very close grouping. Apparently this is the sign of a truely great archer, according to the instructor. What he meant was it was easy to get lucky now and then, but only really talented people could be consistently quite good. All my three photos got 6 votes each, meaning they all just missed out. Do you see the link?

Anyway, because I don't bear a grudge (and because I forgot to cheat) these are the photos which scored more than six votes, and there are seven of them (because so many were tied at the end of the initial voting). As Shuggee always says:-

There can be only one winner

This competition was for photos taken during September 2006.

One photo will become the winner from the eight finalists below.

Voting will end at 12 noon on Tuesday October 31st.

Voting is as simple as simply clicking in the poll for your favourite picture, these are the photos that made it through to the final round (in alphabetical order). So, take your pick from:-

AFT 1

Essan 1

Leekay 2

Louby 1

Nick F 2

Rusynailer 3

Tugmistress 3

Wibs 2

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Allow me to set the ball rolling too with my nomination.

Wibs will be delighted to know that I'm a breast man, so her Robin gets my vote.

[Mad Murdoch]

my vote goes to russ.

great picture

kelly

[Andy Bown]

Nick F's pic gets my vote, it's symbolic of how serene Autumnal mornings should be .

[Louby]

Wibs gets my vote I have been trying to get a picture of a Robin myself the past few weeks and the little blitter wont stay still So well done wibbles.

[coldfingers]

tugmistress photo gets my vote

[Essan]

Wibs for me

[johnholmes]

what another brilliant set of photos

after much thought, I must have been back about 6 or 7 times to look again, Wibs 2 but brilliant all.

John

[flagpole]

Well, bearing in mind the photo is to represent September, my vote goes to Louby

[desperately seeking]

I dunno, for some reason I'm loathe to vote for it, but Wibs' robin gets my "click".

And I thought I had the cute vote down pat with my squirrels.

Oh well, back to the CCD sensor....

DS

[Osbourne One-Nil]

I dunno, for some reason I'm loathe to vote for it, but Wibs' robin gets my "click".

Did that come across how you meant it to?!

[pottyprof]

was a close choice between Louby and Wibs.. Wibs just had the edge.. sorry Louby..

All good photos though.. well done everyone..

[Osbourne One-Nil]

ATTENTION!

I put the wrong Rustynailer photo in the first post, so if anyone's voted, and they want to change their vote on seeing the correct photo, please let me know!

[Rustynailer]

Thank you for being so considerate and rectifying the problem so quick

[Turnedoutniceagain]

WIBS. Cheers for the new "Desktop"

[Steve_De4]

Nice DOF, nice colour, it's Wibs2 for me, too... too

[Wynn D Woo]

As a cheltenham town fan i have to go with the great picture of the robin!

[i luv snow]

Leekay2 for me... its an absolutely stunning pic and although i feel it is the better one, they are all fantastic- the beauty of it just nudges it ahead for me

[desperately seeking]

Did that come across how you meant it to?!

To be honest I don't know how it's supposed to come across... It's technically brilliant, incredibly cute and a d*mn good picture to boot but somewhere at the back of my mind, something is sniggering at me for voting for it - nothing personal against Wibs - I just have this nagging impression that I shouldn't vote for it. Possibly because I have this natural "anti-popular" sentiment that makes going for what (in my mind) is the best photo by a mile (no offense to any of the other fine efforts) wrankle with me for some reason. It's possibly the same thing that stops me from ever buying an iPod....

Hope that helps - it doesn't help me much!

DS

[Somerset Squall]

AFT 1 gets my vote, though all the pictures are stunning.

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

AFT 1 gets my vote, though all the pictures are stunning.

Thanks. I've a love/hate relationship with it. One minute I'm looking at something that's been run over with a jeep. At another I'm loving the mysterious, concealing darkness and the ducks that are paddling towards it in the gentle orange glowing light.

I didn't vote for my own because that wouldn't be proper but thanks to the five people so far who have voted for me. I'm chuffed! More please

[John Cox]

leekay or wibs. I cannot make up my mind.

leekay, what a briliant result at light structure.

Wibs, so opportunistic, it is unbelievable to get this opportunity and even better to get to take this shot.

[M'Lady]

Very difficult decision.

I voted for Louby in the end, because her picture just seems right for September.

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Had to go for Nick F for two reasons:

1) A nice reminder of what Autumn can be like

2) Nick is probably the most accurate of all in the comp, to be able to give me personal forecasts throughout the winter season, now that I have voted for him

Actually, all fantastic photos

[Beverley Lass]

All beautiful, quality photos but I've opted for Louby's

acorn just turning in colour. As Lady P said, so representative of

the month of September. With the drip of water too

it seems perfect for a weather site calendar :-)

Incidentally, apologies for my not choosing a selection of

5 this time, my comp. was out of action for a whole week

due to a nasty virus :-( And I had wanted to vote for OON

this time too ! Awww.

Cheers,

Beverley Lass x