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Thank you for all of the beautiful entries!

Honorable mentions:

Markus' Purple Haze - very nice scene, great mood


Gill's Lily used B&W very well


Allagill: The tulips are beauties, but I especially admired the striped pattern of stems and hyacinths (?) in the lower background ... well seen!

3rd Place:

In Marcel's photo, the central part of the image is powerful, but I found the radial pattern of spines in the outer part of the frame compelling; great use of depth of field!

2nd Place:

Arnie called this "waiting for some sunshine," and you can almost feel the bloom ready to burst

And 1st place, Walter's beautiful, perfect Water Lily! Over to you, Walter...

Congratulations Walter, superb photo. Thank you for second place.

Congratulations Walter. What a beautiful photograph of this water lily.
Congratulations to all winners & HM and all participants.
Nice to see so many entries. A great contest.

John de Freitas

Beautiful winning shot Walter !! So many lovely flowers - very happy to get an HM - thanks.

Many thanks for choosing my image. There were so many great submissions for this topic. Congratulations to all who participated. I will start the next S&T Competition tomorrow morning.
Best Regards,
Walter

Congratulations to all.