Great entries and a very hard choice.
HMs in no particular order:
Markus:

Robin:

Jeff:

luxun:

Walter:

The third and second place, maybe I am biased, the photos are from the two countries close to my heart: Australia and Poland:
3rd place:
Any photo of the Sydney Opera House is a good photo, it is such a magnificent building, but David's photos are better than average:

2nd place:
St. Nepomuk Shrine, a lovely place in regional Poland that Jola keeps visiting over and over again (Jola has an entire gallery dedicated to this place):

1st place:
A clear winner for me, three great images by Hugh that work so well as a sequence. I feel that they offer a window into the world of child-like imagination.
