Help me pick my contest entry....

F. Gordon rules apply.


Dodging drops.






Lightening lighting.

I am going to have to go with "dodging drops." It is magnificent, and a subject that has not been done, at all!

The lightning one is also beautiful, but there are already a couple of lightning pics in this contest.

I can see why you want our opinion...

These are both amazing and wonderful!

Thank you for the preview!

:blush: there is a history with me, birds and contest. regnaD kciN is probably the best at telling that one though Blue, Jeff and a few others would know too. :) If no one tells in the next couple days then I will.

No bird pics in this contest, and they add mystery, too. What are they looking at? So cute to have their heads turned in the same direction. It's double the fun when there are two birds interacting in the same pic.

Still, sans other lightning pics, I may have gone with that.

that feel next to them. lol Actually they were looking at it then checking the food/crowd situation below.

I actually had to walk off twice, unable to decide.
Sparing you the mental dialogue and my verbosity I chose number two.
There are so many things right with that photo that it will be seared in my mind always no matter what you decide to you.

The birds! Perfect. But for this subject: It's the second one for me.

you since I could not choose one of yours. :evilgrin:

What a choice. These are two completely different photographs in tone and emotion.

The birds are wonderful. The splash on the side, the look of aniticipation on their little faces as they look intently up and around. What a wonderful narrative this photo evokes.

The lightening is scary, ominous. Reminds me of the storms from my childhood in the mid-west. We'd see that cloud, the lightening, start counting the seconds before the clasp or thunder to see how close it was. Nothing good ever came out of those storms and there was plenty of clean-up to do the next day.

Playful versus perilous. Though choice.

I'm going to have to think on this a bit more.

Mz Pip

and had a lot of discards. Thank you.

The lightening is scary, ominous. Reminds me of the storms from my childhood in the mid-west. We'd see that cloud, the lightening, start counting the seconds before the clasp or thunder to see how close it was. Nothing good ever came out of those storms and there was plenty of clean-up to do the next day.
Maybe that is why I still count when it storms. Every single time. Leftover from my time in Kansas and Missouri. Least there are no tornado sirens here and never tornadoes like I remember from childhood.


I may have to go with the lightning just for the emotions it brought out. Depends on how the contest is filling up. I had to go digging and hate having to do that for contest.

is in better keeping with the theme of "Storm" since no storms have appeared here since the theme was annouced. Rain but not storms. Did have to change the title once Something Wicked This Way Comes entered my brain. Thanks to everyone that helped. :yourock:

but damn, that bird pic is amazing!