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CaliforniaPeggy

(155,152 posts) Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:10 PM Saturday

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Winners of the September Photo Contest: Summer

Here at last, the winners! The top two frequently swapped places as the votes came in! But now, the votes are cast and here we are.

In First Place: Under the Stars by urbanhermit:

In Second Place: A Swing, and a Miss: by Walleye:

In Third Place: Summertime Blues by Mousetoescamper:

Congrats to these winners! And thank you to all who entered, and voted, and kept the thread kicked!

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***Winners of the September Photo Contest: Summer*** (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Saturday OP

Congratulations to the winners! Well done! Diamond_Dog Saturday #1

Congratulations to urbanhermit, that is a magnificent photo Walleye Saturday #2

My uncke used ti love taking photos of soldierant Saturday #24

Thanks urbanhermit 19 hrs ago #31

Congrats to winners & all! SheltieLover Saturday #3

Congratulations to the winners and to all our talented photographers. I have so many favorites 🤗 Deuxcents Saturday #4

Congrats to everyone who took part. FalloutShelter Saturday #5

WELL DONE WINNERS!! HOORAY CALIFORNIAPEGGY MAKING IT ALL WORK!! George McGovern Saturday #6

Congratulations to the winners! They were all outstanding shots. brer cat Saturday #7

Congrats to the winners! They were all awesome berniesandersmittens Saturday #8

Congrats all! Solly Mack Saturday #9

Congratulations, urbanhermit and Walleye! Your entries depict summer spectacularly Mousetoescamper Saturday #10

Thank you. urbanhermit 19 hrs ago #32

Well done one and all! sheshe2 Saturday #11

Wow! All very impressive in their own ways! senseandsensibility Saturday #12

Breathtaking MorbidButterflyTat Saturday #13

Congratulations to all! AltairIV Saturday #14

Congratulations to everyone! ChazII Saturday #15

Kudos and congrats to all who participated! 58Sunliner Saturday #16

Congrats to ALL! bluestarone Saturday #17

Congrats to urbanhermit, Walleye and mousescamper! MLAA Saturday #18

Congratulations! blogslug Saturday #19

Yeehaaaa!!!!! Congratulations to all who entered AND especially to the fantastic winners. a kennedy Saturday #20

Any one of these could have taken first place. murielm99 Saturday #21

Congratulations all!! niyad Saturday #22

Congratulations to the winners and all those who submitted such wonderful photographs. LoisB Saturday #23

The 2 nature photos were stunning and the little boy playing baseball Boomerproud Saturday #25

Three winners for sure! HAB911 Saturday #26

So many talented photographers here. democrank Saturday #27

I love that kid!! And all of them! mountain grammy Saturday #28

Congrats to the winners! Awesome pics! Eko Saturday #29

Congrats to the winners. All lovely photos. Callalily Yesterday #30

Pretty!!!!!!! In lap Trueblue1968 11 hrs ago #33

Diamond_Dog

(38,531 posts)

1. Congratulations to the winners! Well done!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:12 PM

Saturday

Walleye

(42,535 posts)

2. Congratulations to urbanhermit, that is a magnificent photo

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:14 PM

Saturday

soldierant

(8,947 posts)

24. My uncke used ti love taking photos of

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:30 PM

Saturday

the Firefall in Yosemite (yeah, I'm old) After much trial and error he learned that in order to catch any background he had to use a tripod, take an exposure in twilight, and then come back to it and expose it again for the Firefall itself. I don't know whether urban hermit did that, but I am reminded of it.

Tour photo on the other hand required catching the exact exposure at the exact moment. I honerstly don't know which is more difficult - both are wat beyond me. Congrats

urbanhermit

(824 posts)

31. Thanks

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:09 PM

19 hrs ago

When you posted your photo I knew that we'd be neck and neck. Congratulations on your beautiful shot.

SheltieLover

(73,738 posts)

3. Congrats to winners & all!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:18 PM

Saturday

Ty, Peggy, for hosting!

Deuxcents

(24,076 posts)

4. Congratulations to the winners and to all our talented photographers. I have so many favorites 🤗

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:21 PM

Saturday

FalloutShelter

(13,807 posts)

5. Congrats to everyone who took part.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:32 PM

Saturday

Congrats winners.
Thanks Peggy for hosting.

George McGovern

(9,453 posts)

6. WELL DONE WINNERS!! HOORAY CALIFORNIAPEGGY MAKING IT ALL WORK!!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:44 PM

Saturday

brer cat

(27,122 posts)

7. Congratulations to the winners! They were all outstanding shots.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:44 PM

Saturday

berniesandersmittens

(12,565 posts)

8. Congrats to the winners! They were all awesome

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:47 PM

Saturday

And thank you Photography Group for bringing us some joy and beauty.

Solly Mack

(95,737 posts)

9. Congrats all!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 04:50 PM

Saturday

Mousetoescamper

(6,712 posts)

10. Congratulations, urbanhermit and Walleye! Your entries depict summer spectacularly

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:11 PM

Saturday

urbanhermit

(824 posts)

32. Thank you.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #10)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:11 PM

19 hrs ago

Congratulations for your winning shot. It was a great contest.

sheshe2

(93,861 posts)

11. Well done one and all!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:12 PM

Saturday

senseandsensibility

(23,887 posts)

12. Wow! All very impressive in their own ways!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:19 PM

Saturday

Congrats to the winners and everyone who participated!

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,689 posts)

13. Breathtaking

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:25 PM

Saturday

Beautiful!

AltairIV

(961 posts)

14. Congratulations to all!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:25 PM

Saturday

This was an exceptionally strong month, there were so many excellent photos submitted.

ChazII

(6,446 posts)

15. Congratulations to everyone!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:27 PM

Saturday

I am happy that one of my favorites came in second place.

58Sunliner

(6,088 posts)

16. Kudos and congrats to all who participated!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:43 PM

Saturday

bluestarone

(20,333 posts)

17. Congrats to ALL!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:50 PM

Saturday

TY CakiforniaPeggy.

MLAA

(19,502 posts)

18. Congrats to urbanhermit, Walleye and mousescamper!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:50 PM

Saturday

blogslug

(39,011 posts)

19. Congratulations!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:10 PM

Saturday

📷 🏆 💐

a kennedy

(34,442 posts)

20. Yeehaaaa!!!!! Congratulations to all who entered AND especially to the fantastic winners.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:16 PM

Saturday

Am just so proud you all have the photography gift, and thank you for sharing here at DU.

murielm99

(32,347 posts)

21. Any one of these could have taken first place.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:18 PM

Saturday

I am impressed.

niyad

(127,357 posts)

22. Congratulations all!!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:23 PM

Saturday

LoisB

(11,648 posts)

23. Congratulations to the winners and all those who submitted such wonderful photographs.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:29 PM

Saturday

Boomerproud

(8,959 posts)

25. The 2 nature photos were stunning and the little boy playing baseball

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:52 PM

Saturday

Fit the theme perfectly. Congrats to all. Now I'm sorry to see summer go.

HAB911

(9,842 posts)

26. Three winners for sure!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:55 PM

Saturday

democrank

(11,790 posts)

27. So many talented photographers here.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 06:57 PM

Saturday

Congratulations one and all…..simply terrific. Thank you.

mountain grammy

(28,216 posts)

28. I love that kid!! And all of them!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 07:02 PM

Saturday

Congratulations! Nice work!

Eko

(9,688 posts)

29. Congrats to the winners! Awesome pics!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:53 PM

Saturday

Callalily

(15,247 posts)

30. Congrats to the winners. All lovely photos.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:45 AM

Yesterday

And a big thank you Peggy for hosting the contest, and to all of the entrants.

The contest is one of the highlights on DU. Calming and beautiful.

Trueblue1968

(18,770 posts)

33. Pretty!!!!!!! In lap

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:19 AM

11 hrs ago

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