RESULTS: Mini Challenge #308 Let it Snow!

lkbart

Thanks to everyone for playing! This wasn’t supposed to be as hard as snowy landscapes, but so many great shots. And so many different and unexpected photos, very awesome!

My notes:
@sarasphotos - You started this mini off wonderfully! Love the focus & detail in the each of your shots, as well as the composition - very artistic & outstanding set (and a great cold brew)!
@JAG - Gorgeous shots of snow at the Grand Canyon, nice bokeh in the snowy evergreen, & love the full on snow portrait!
@Cavalier - Cute snowy frogs, & love the snow flying around your sweet puppers!
@grandmaR - The one that really catches my eye is the last one - Snowed in bikes - it draws me in, well balanced, historic.
@DavidRGillespie - Really like your presentation - first a nice theme titled shot, then a great artistic shot of a cool old snow covered plow, and then this fantastic Hummingbird, sitting in the snow?!? Wow, so unexpected! I did look them up - & totally agree with your vote! Such beautiful detail in the feathers, great focus, and that touch of back light to make the feathers stand out, awesome!
@pegelli - Another wow and also unexpected - not necessarily my favorite subject, but great focus & detail on the Lofoton fish heads, and a gorgeous shot of the berries covered in snow.
@Lab_Tested - Love the puppers’ faces covered in snow - especially Molly, pretty eyes, and the backyard expedition duo is a hoot!
@sapphire73 - Gorgeous colors in the Witch Hazel - great back lighting; the icicles are so interesting - much easier to see in the close-up, have never seen that before! And love the elk!

Hms: @saphhire73 - Witch Hazel in winter; @Lab_Tested - Molly; @GrandmaR - Snowed in bikes; @Cavalier - Buddy & Ollie; @JAG - Snow Angel

Special HM/2nd runner up to @sarasphotos for the set: Roses at Bishop’s Garden, the bird on a branch and that amazing Winter fungi! (And a drink to boot!)

I think I chose the winners based on shock & awe:
Runner up: @pegelli - Drying fish heads on the Lofoten

Winner: @DavidRGillespie - Hummingbird in Snow

Congratulations David! Looking forward to your next challenge!

JAG

Thanks for a great challenge Lillian and for your comments on each of the entries, as well as the HM. Congrats to the runner ups @pegelli and @sarasphotos . A big kudos to @DavidRGillespie for the win! Now to see what you can come up with!

pegelli

Thanks for all the comments and the fine challenge Lillian, it again brought out plenty of very nice photo's. It's always interesting to see how everybody approaches the challenge brief. And thanks for the runner-up status of my fish-head photo, I can see why it is not your favourite subject but you can be fortunate that photo's don't transfer any of the smell around there

Congrats to all the HM's and runners-up and of course especially to David for winning this mini, you can feel the cold from the scene and how the hummingbird is blowing up its feathers to increase the insulation, well deserved!

Cavalier

Congratulations @DavidRGillespie for a wonderful and very pleasing shot! Fun Mini Lillian!

DavidRGillespie

Thanks Lillian for the win, and congratulations to @sarasphotos for the HM and @pegelli for the runner-up. This was a great mini, with great images from everyone. I will put my thinking cap on and have a new mini posted soon

sarasphotos

Congrats to @DavidRGillespie for the win and to @pegelli for the 2nd place and thanks so much @lkbart for the HM and for taking the time to make extensive comments. It was a great mini!

grandmaR

This was a fun mini. I did not have many photos that fitted the challenge (it isn't snowing yet around here). The historic bicycle photo was taken in front of the house I lived in for three years 1956-1959) when I was in college in northern Ohio. The building is gone now. Congratulations to the winners. Looking forward to the next one.