Congratulations Michael Atkins! DSS #9 (Dusk or Dawn) Winning Photo!

[Greensquared]

Oh my goodness! I cannot believe how many awesome shots there were in this round. So hard to choose just ten! I really thought I had you guys stumped and was looking at low entry numbers up until the last couple of days. But, you all just totally rocked! :clap

Not surprisingly, PaulThomasMcKee and I agreed on just 3 of our selections, leaving a total of 17 for you guys to choose your winner from.

This is an open vote, all DGrin members are eligible to have their say. The poll closes 3 days from now, go go go!!!

In order of entry, the best Dusk or Dawn photos:

#04 – douglas - Multiple Points Of View
http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/387466539_8CwoB-L.jpg

#05 – SherwinJames – Heading Into The Night
http://sherwinjames.smugmug.com/photos/379804858_exo5C-L.jpg

#19 - JAG - Oats in the morning
http://jagcreations.smugmug.com/photos/383559357_YjgZD-XL.jpg

#22 - KevXman - The 6:47
http://photosbykevin.smugmug.com/photos/382871378_t6uZE-L-1.jpg

#28 - divamum - That ole' man river
http://lh3.ggpht.com/mezzomg/SOhQd9xXmuI/AAAAAAAABug/fLAraI2vb3E/s720/IMG_1138s.jpg

#29 - Grly - All Swung Out
http://grly.smugmug.com/photos/385655487_UZ3us-L.jpg

#35 - Ratty2austin - Enchanted Breakfast
http://ratty2austin.smugmug.com/photos/382694098_3ykev-L.jpg

#39 - peterst6906 - Home Time!
http://peterstacey.smugmug.com/photos/384575506_rVFrH-L.jpg

#45 – bch2300 – dusk storm
http://brianhart.smugmug.com/photos/385368147_95nUH-L-1.jpg

#51 – Tdcompton – Evening Prism
http://tdcompton.smugmug.com/photos/385766983_zkhqQ-L.jpg

#54 – CSwinton – Night Evaporates
http://cswinton.smugmug.com/photos/385863648_Dx7We-L.jpg

#55 - jwear - Getting Up
http://jwear.smugmug.com/photos/386392987_ksz3w-L.jpg

#59 - sbarge - Another day's end at Horsetooth Reservoir
http://dgrin.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25142&stc=1&d=1223136185

#62 – sherstone – Celestial Alignment
http://sherstone.smugmug.com/photos/386659716_gxxC6-XL-1.jpg

#67 - mactoll - Morning Dorys
http://mactoll.smugmug.com/photos/386944820_jACnz-L.jpg

#81 - Lars - Golden Harvest
http://larsphotos.smugmug.com/photos/385391583_guAcw-L.jpg

#84 – Michael Atkins – Evening Mist
http://atkinsphotography.smugmug.com/photos/387766276_HqpFj-L.jpg

[DoctorIt]

Another great round - congratulations to all the finalists and thanks to our judges :thumb

[Mike LeBlanc]

Wow....some great shots, congrats to everyone!!! :thumb

[douglas]

Congrats to all the finalist! What a great round, lots of interesting entries and fun to shoot. I took several shots of quite a few different scenes and changed my entry pretty much every time I got back from trying something different. It was a great round that got me out trying alot of different ideas!

[divamum]

Can't.... quite.... pull.... trigger....

Every time I think I've decided how to cast my vote I go back and look again and think, 'But I want THIS one to win too. And this one! And THIS one!"

I'm still so utterly gobsmacked and excited about having been included (and so tired from a day of travelling) that I'm going to wait until tomorrow to click my choice (assuming I can decide!) but geez - when all the entries are such stunning images ..... how are you supposed to choose just one?!

[richtersl]

I had a feeling that we were going to have a longer list than usual for voting. There were just way too many exceptional photos in this round. :bow

And, it's nice to see so many new faces. :D

[richtersl]

Congrats to all the finalist! What a great round, lots of interesting entries and fun to shoot. I took several shots of quite a few different scenes and changed my entry pretty much every time I got back from trying something different. It was a great round that got me out trying alot of different ideas!

:rofl I kept seeing your entry change. Looks like you chose wisely. :thumb

[The Curious Camel]

Congrats to all of you and of course to whomever the big winner is.

[Tentacion]

Wow pretty cool....

I had 9 of the winning photos selected in my Top Favs.


Peace,
Donna P.

[thebigsky]

Congrats to the finalists, extraordinarily high standard of entries and a very tough choice.

Charlie

[AaronNelson]

well this is one i wish we had multiple votes...i simply was torn between three shots!....but i managed to vote for one.

great job everyone...!!!

[Antonio Correia]

:cry I missed it :cry

In fact I am having some problems and couldn't get the time to shoot a decent picture.

I tried but what I got was not good enough.
Hope to be able to post next time.:D

There are here some great pictures but for me, only three deserve the vote.
But :rofl as we can vote only on one photo... I did vote on the best one.

Congratulations to all of the finalist and to the winner.:thumb

[idiom]

Congrats to all the finalists! Some stiff competition out there. :D

[ilbcnu]

Really tough to pick only one!! Good luck to all finalists- Great job!!:clap

[Tentacion]

Great Work everyone, I finally voted after giving all the entries alot of thought, as I had picked most of them in my favs. I went with Originality, Technicals, but what got me the most was the Best Interpretation of theme and that I could not be swayed to thinking it was any other time of day.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL....This round is a nail biter !!

[Greensquared]

A HUGE CONGRATS to Michael Atkins for winning Round #9 of the Dgrin Sharp Shooters Challenges! :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

http://atkinsphotography.smugmug.com/photos/387766276_HqpFj-L.jpg

The following shooters are now eligible to play in the upcoming DSS Mega-Challenge:

Michael Atkins
Ratty2austin
peterst6906
mactoll
bch2300
jwear

And here's the stats:

Place# – Photog - Title - #votes - %

1 – Michael Atkins – Evening Mist - 35 - 24.82
2 - Ratty2austin - Enchanted Breakfast - 17 - 12.06
3 - peterst6906 - Home Time! - 13 - 9.22
4 - mactoll - Morning Dorys - 11 - 7.80
5 - bch2300 – dusk storm - 8 - 5.67
5 - jwear - Getting Up - 8 - 5.67
6 - douglas - Multiple Points Of View - 7 - 4.96
6 – SherwinJames – Heading Into The Night - 7 - 4.96
6 – CSwinton – Night Evaporates - 7 - 4.96
7 - JAG - Oats in the morning - 6 - 4.26
8 – sherstone – Celestial Alignment - 4 - 2.84
9 - KevXman - The 6:47 - 3 - 2.13
9 - divamum - That ole' man river - 3 - 2.13
9 - Grly - All Swung Out - 3 - 2.13
9 – Tdcompton – Evening Prism - 3 - 2.13
9 - sbarge - Another day's end at Horsetooth Reservoir - 3 - 2.13
9 - Lars - Golden Harvest - 3 - 2.13

[JAG]

Superb shot! Congrates to all the runners up...this was a tough round!

[Michael Atkins]

WoW! I can't believe this actually happened! I am so honored to be in the company of such great photographers. Thank you to DGrin and SmugMug for keeping the challenges going. Thank you to all the people who keep these forums running. Giving us all a place to come, share and learn. Thank you to all the people who voted for my picture and participated in this challenge. Congratulations to Ratty2austin, peterst6906, mactoll, bch2300, jwear and all the other participants :bow :bow :bow :bow . Everyone's pictures were amazing!
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A special thanks to my wife Robyn and my daughter Ava for putting up with me and my photography! I love you both!<o:p></o:p>

[AaronNelson]

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congrats everyone!

[richtersl]

WoW! I can't believe this actually happened! I am so honored to be in the company of such great photographers. Thank you to DGrin and SmugMug for keeping the challenges going. Thank you to all the people who keep these forums running. Giving us all a place to come, share and learn. Thank you to all the people who voted for my picture and participated in this challenge. Congratulations to Ratty2austin, peterst6906, mactoll, bch2300, jwear and all the other participants :bow :bow :bow :bow . Everyone's pictures were amazing!
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A special thanks to my wife Robyn and my daughter Ava for putting up with me and my photography! I love you both!<o:p></o:p>

Ya done good, Michael! :clap It was an awesome shot!!!

Congrats to all the finalists!!!!

[DoctorIt]

I like that the winning shot wasn't a typical orange sunset :D :thumb


On a down note... only 141 voters. :dunno

[idiom]

Congrats Michael, and everybody who made top ten!

[peterst6906]

Congratulations Michael. Totally different take on the theme to many images with it being much colder and it works beautifully.

Regards,

Peter

[divamum]

Congratulations to all! :clap :clap:clap

I'm still flying high that I was included in the finalists - amazing entries and I am beyond honoured to have been in such company! :bow:bow

Thanks to dgrin and everybody involved for not only making this great opportunity within a great forum site available, but for being such a welcoming and encouraging community - I would never in a million years have considered submitting any entries if achambers and a couple of others hadn't gently prodded me into giving it a try.... and I'm so glad they did! :barb

BRAVI TUTTI! (which translates from the Italian as "congratulations everybody" and is what is traditionally said in opera houses around the globe after a particularly good performance)

[sherstone]

Congratulations Michael!

:clap

[Cameron]

Congrats Michael! Your photo was fabulous (and got my vote!) . Great round all!
:clap

[Art Scott]

congrats to all the finalists and A GREAT BIG "WAY TO GO" TO Michael Atkins:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:thumb:thumb:thu mb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb

[jeffmeyers]

Great photography, Michael. You had my vote. :thumb

[Travis]

Congrats Brotha'man!

[DaddyO]

Congrats Michael. Really excellent photo. :thumb

You were sure up against a lot of sweet photography.

[douglas]

Congrats Michael! Very well done!:clap :clap :clap

[WomanWithACamera]

Congrats Michael! Beautiful photo!!!:clap:clap:clap

[Michael Atkins]

Thank you all for your wonderful comments! It feels great!

[HumpreyCogay]

:clap:clap:clap Congrats Sir Michael for the Wonderful Photo...... You really deserve it...:clap:clap:clap

[ic4u]

Congratulations! Well deserved! Congrats to all the other finalists as well

[achambers]

Congrats Michael

[KevXman]

Congrats Michael. Well deserved.

[Grly]

Congratulations! :clap :barb

[shatch]

Michael, fantastic photo!! Congrats on a very well deserved win!

[jwear]

congrats a great win:thumb and thank you for picking my shot and for the votes to be in the top ten.That is very close to winning :ivar I am very proud of where I placed

[Karrie McD]

:bow :clap :clap :clap :bow