APRIL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - ROUND 3

[regnaD kciN]

The subject for this month's contest is

MAKING CONNECTIONS (JUXTAPOSITION) - An image that combines two very different things in a way that creates a connection between them.

The top two finishers in each round will advance to the finals, along with the next four highest vote-getters overall.

The preliminary round will run until 6:00 P.M. P.D.T. on April 22nd.

The additional preliminary rounds can be found here and here.

1. The Mighty Oak



2. Divided We Stand



3. American Icons



4. Birds of a Feather



5. The bird and the rose



6. Alpha and Omega



7. Suddenly homeless



8. Walkway to the Sea

[In_The_Wind]

1. .

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[gordontron]

2. 7 is amazing

that's my vote

[MissHoneychurch]

3. Great pics everyone!!

[regnaD kciN]

4. Kick

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[F.Gordon]

5. And one more

Kick...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Outstanding work, everybody!

[MissHoneychurch]

7. kick

[bigwillq]

8. Nice pics!

Great job to all! :bounce:

[blondeatlast]

9. D&K--again, just remarkable work, DU. Thanks! nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. Again, these are all just fantastic!

:kick:

[ps1074]

11. Awesome

Great pics everyone. Just voted...

[JeffR]

12. Kick

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[Whoa_Nelly]

13. Kick

To keep this on page one :)

[Immad2]

14. Kick

[NV Whino]

15. kick

[ralps]

16. Kick

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[intheflow]

17. Kudos to all the photographers.

Nice work! :applause:

[Immad2]

18. Kick

[Mr. McD]

19. Kick

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Kick

[JeffR]

21. Kick

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[fishwax]

22. kick

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[Ms. Toad]

23. Kick

[Cobalt Violet]

24. kick

[intheflow]

25. So I don't understand why

the three rounds have different numbers of total votes. As I post this,

Thread 1 has 100 votes.
Thread 2 has 103 votes.
Thread 3 has 94 votes.

:shrug:

[Mr. McD]

26. KICK

[JeffR]

27. Kick

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[Pool Hall Ace]

28. Kick

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[China_cat]

29. kick

[intheflow]

30. It's been a couple hours. Time to kick it again.

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[Immad2]

31. Kick

[F.Gordon]

32. Up again. Please vote

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[F.Gordon]

33. Nudge

[JeffR]

34. mornin' kick

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[Immad2]

35. Kick

[Catchawave]

36. Beautiful !

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[Catchawave]

42. Kick

[usedtobesick]

37. another great group of photo's...

way to go everyone!

[The Sushi Bandit]

38. Where are the Good pictures??

Honestly... none of them are even good...maybe fair

[F.Gordon]

41. Prohibited by the Rules

snip....

Article VII. No photograph may be entered in the Contest that can be deemed, implied, or referenced by The Sushi Bandit as being good. The Host/Hostess can reject any contest photograph entry that they feel would not be deemed, implied, or referenced as being fair, poor, or horrible by The Sushi Bandit.

:hi:

[Immad2]

39. kick

[Immad2]

40. kick

[Blue_In_AK]

43. Kick

[CC]

44. kick

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[regnaD kciN]

45. Preliminary voting is CLOSED

I'll post the finals A.S.A.P.

[Ediacara]

46. Locking

per the OP's request.