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That's it, the penultimate comp is now done and dusted, all bar the voting of course

Thumbnail page is HERE to quickly check you haven't missed any entries

As always a huge thank you to our sponsors for the prizes on offer HERE

The closing date for votes will be shown at the top of the poll and don't forget that all votes are public so no voting for yourself

Also if you have entered a picture then you are expected to vote, else all votes accrued by you will be disallowed

Important
The last forums update now allows guests to also vote and obviously this doesn't log a user name against the vote
For any other poll this wouldn't be an issue but as we don't allow forum members to vote for themselves in the competition then I'm having to treat the fact that guests can vote a little differently!
Therefore can I ask that if you are already a member of AVF to please log in before voting, to those who lurk on the forums and wish to vote then please feel free to register before voting, registration is free and you'll be joining an invaluable community

Any instances of guest voting will be removed, sorry

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It's coming P.

Unfortunately the forum software doesn't allow me to hide or lock the thread now whilst I'm on with it but give me 10

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OK we're up and running

[Pirate!!]

Ksten gets my scratch of approval this month. So many excellent entries and interpretations.

[Dave]

Had to be ksten for me too, excellent interpretation on the theme and fantastic composition.

[Garf]

Another great comp with some interesting and varied entries - a high standard this month, as always.

Liked a lot of the entries this month, but my favourites were:

Paulie-W
Dave W
ksten
iandrews
TOMATO1
Biscuit761

From that lot, I picked Keith's entry (ksten), although it must be said that for me it was almost neck a neck with TOMATO1's shot as well.

All great shots and well done to all that entered..

[lmaolmao]

some absolutely stunning stuff this month. was quite hard to pick just 1.

[Paulie-W]

Some super interpretations this time round

For me though it has to be ksten

Special mentions to:

Dave W
Pirate!!
TOMATO1

[T0MAT01]

Another for ksten here. A superb shot, with a very 'polished' look to it.

Honerable mentions to Pirate and Netronelson amongst quite a few high standard shots this month.

[electrolyte]

A great month with some really inventive shots. But as with most of the rest of you one shot stood head and shoulders above everything else and that was Keith (ksten)'s photo. I loved the Pixar-ness of it. Really lovely.

[SprocketRocket]

T0MAT01 for me this time .
There were some cracking shots this month, special mention must go to:

KSTEN - a fantastic shot well composed and executed and probably going to be this months winner, but just didn't really say flash to me (sorry).

Also Paluie W, electrolyte, iAndrews, and Biscuit.
oh and dClayton for making me laugh.

[vulkan75]

well I based my vote on basically what drew my eye on the thumbnail page.

It came down to a choice of two for me,bicuits fab firework shot and bods nostalgic flashback.

In the end I went for bods as its quite thought provoking(namely how easy weve got it today thanks to tech)and also a very clever play on words and the humourous bodette's part.

mentions for Dave w ksten and iandrews

[mucca_D]

Many good interpritations, some for me I felt were a bit way off, but its all good fun.

ksten has to get a mention, and as others have said. looks like it in for winner.

However for me the only one that said 'flash' first to me was bodoman.

[Biscuit761]

Went for Ksten as well, was a really well executed shot, liked several others especially Vulkan's orange, great shot.

Can not believe we went a whole month without one person wearing a brown trench coat and holding it open back to the camera

Couldn't persuade any of the girlies at work to take part

Bill

[jonnypb]

some of the links aren't working on the thumbnails. clicking on ksten and iandrews thumbnail it takes me to a free webs page

[Bob]

Originally Posted by jonnypb

some of the links aren't working on the thumbnails. clicking on ksten and iandrews thumbnail it takes me to a free webs page

same problem here

[jonnypb]

went for dave w in the end

ksten was a close 2nd and also like vulkens and iandrews shots which were more technically challenging but i liked the theme of dave w best

well done all that entered

[icemanonline]

Some really great shots in this comp......ksten was a cracker but I voted for dclayton cos it was a great shot IMO and it made me LMAO

well done the rest

icemanonline

[netronelson]

3 stand outs for me this month...

Ksten
Dave W
Psenior1

What was interesting in the end is how much effort everyone has gone to for this months comp, there's a lot of time in all those shots, so kudos to everyone (oh, and special mention to Iandrews, that takes some patience, though the others said flash in a more obvious way to me)...

Psenior1 gets my vote. i'll stick to my guns as i said at the start of the month that this is a top photo... great title, and i'm surprised it hasn't got more votes... Ksten will be a worthy winner, and DaveW great stuff too...

N.

[Artie Fufkin]

I voted for craigF1969's majestic firework shot but, crickey, it was a tough choice this month. All the entries were great and the ones that particularly worked for me and nearly got my vote were sprocketrocket, craig, ksten, iandrews and biscuit.

[ksten]

Great entries again this month and a nice variety of interpretations which is always fun to see.

My shortlist of favourites is:

Electrolyte
Netronelson
Dave W
Iandrews
Biscui671
Vulkan75

So not that short then!

Having slept on it I think it's come down to between Dave W and Iandrews for me. I love the effort that has obviously gone into the bursting bubble and the result is a cracker. My vote goes to Dave W though. The positioning of Master Chief's arm caught my eye from the start - a great idea, well executed.

Cheers.

[chrisw]

Some great entries again this month, and a much more challenging theme than I envisaged at the start. The stand out pics for me are:

Electrolyte
Dave W
Pirate!!
Dclayton
Biscuit761
Vulkan75

And my vote goes to Dave W, although it was a close run thing with Pirate's cool tripod photo.

Well done everyone for your efforts!

[psenior1]

Originally Posted by netronelson

3 stand outs for me this month...

Ksten
Dave W
Psenior1

What was interesting in the end is how much effort everyone has gone to for this months comp, there's a lot of time in all those shots, so kudos to everyone (oh, and special mention to Iandrews, that takes some patience, though the others said flash in a more obvious way to me)...

Psenior1 gets my vote. i'll stick to my guns as i said at the start of the month that this is a top photo... great title, and i'm surprised it hasn't got more votes... Ksten will be a worthy winner, and DaveW great stuff too...

N.

thanks for the vote and your comments!

Quite a hard subject this month but Ksten entry is the one for me, great shot!

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All thumbnail links should hopefully be correct now

[alfienoakes]

Some great entries this month and the choice was difficult as ever. I narrowed it down to two. I really really like ksten's entry, it's quite beautifully done, but it doesn't quite say "flash" enough to me.

So my vote goes to Dave W. Probably not as polished, but it's well executed and fits the theme slightly better for me.

[Liquid101]

Really annoyed I didn't get an entry in this month. Especially as it was my idea.

Lots of great entries - but I went for iandrews. Great idea, well executed.

[bodoman]

What a great month for photographs, excellent choice of theme Scott
Nice spread of voting which is a reflection of the effort and thought put into the varied entries this month, well done to all the entrants

Dclayton,s entry was great fun, loved it (i like fun entries)

I have been agonising between Ksten,s and Dave W entries both were bang on theme and very well photographed, top marks to both of you
But i only have one vote and in the end i decided on the
entry from Dave W

Finally heartfelt thanks to Goso, Ian, Mucca, Rizingstar and Vulkan for their votes, i an usually happy enough to get a few positive comments, but to get 5 votes is something special for me, thanks guys, you made an old man very happy.

A special thanks also to my model, mrs B, she is not into photography at all, but she shows a genuine interest in anything i do and is always there by my side, she is my best mate.

[electrolyte]

Congrats Keith - very well deserved. Looking forward to seeing what you've chosen for us next month!

Oh and thanks to julian_fraser and Silent-Bob - obviously men of impeccable taste

[vulkan75]

congrats keith.

And a big thanks for the votes

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Welldone Keith

Give me 10 and I'll have a tidy up and get the next one posted