sorry for the late posting, but I've been too busy and I couldn't sit down to post the winner...
I have to thank you all as so many good pictures were posted and it has been really difficult choose one as the winner!
Starting with Honorable Mentions:
![](https://pbase.com/image/152271420/medium.jpg)
Very nice progression here, very simmetrical. Maybe a strongest B&W conversion could improve and dramatize the picture...
![](https://pbase.com/image/163535673/medium.jpg)
This is a subject I would have shot me too...
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![](https://pbase.com/image/141887427/medium.jpg)
Love the way in which the pattern fades in the fog. I would have cropped it closer to the subject for giving it more strength (personal choice of course!)
![](https://pbase.com/image/151134627/medium.jpg)
Excellent shot in low light. Pattern is wonderful.
3rd Place:
![](https://pbase.com/image/158154572/medium.jpg)
Very nice picture. Well framed and composed. The repetition of red stripes is wonderful!
2nd Place:
![](https://pbase.com/image/163534677/medium.jpg)
Hypnotic!
1st Place:
![](https://pbase.com/image/117415511/medium.jpg)
What a place and what a shot!
Repetitions and patterns everywhere... Really a very nice pic.
Now is up to Pawel!
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a even better New Year!
E.