Hi all, thank you very much for participating in the contest.
These are my selected pictures, starting with the HMs, in no particular order:
Markus, with this great composition and a nice and contrasty B&W:
The Ellisons with this nice sunstar
Maaike and these green stars. Be careful with laser lights hitting the camera sensor btw
Chris and this very interesting composition
3rd Place
Great capture Walter, the flag stand out of this image of the two vessels. Well timed too.
2nd Place
Beautiful image of this Allium John, well framed and with very nice colors
1st Place
And the winner is Jim with this magnificent view of the Milky Way. If only I could view it in original size on my screen...Anyway, is up to you Jim