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As usual a number of great images make for a difficult time selecting winners. Thank you all for taking the time to enter this contest, and congratulations to the winners and HMs!
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Honorable Mentions, in no particular order:
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Erich Mangl's "Bee"
luxun54's "Oregon Day III"
Walter O. Koenig's "June 26"
Allen Hart's "The Milky Way"
Nick Vivian's "Droplets"
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Sandi Whitteker's "JuneBug"
Another superb image from one of Pbase's masters! Lovely image Sandi!
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Brad Claypole's Pollen Collector
Brad this is a great image of the bee hard at work,
very nice framing and detail as well as good use of bokeh.
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Walter O. Koenig's "Alien Flowers"
This image is wonderful in so many ways!
The great color contrast, textures and composition
of this photograph really makes this the winning shot for me.
Congratulations Walter you are the winner!