***JUNE PHOTO CONTEST: COMMENTS THREAD***

[Grumpy Old Guy]

Here is the comments thread for the June Photo contest. Please DO NOT POST COMMENTS in the submissions thread.

Here is a link to the submission thread: https://democraticunderground.com/1036132077

Enjoy!

Grumpy Old Guy

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thank you, dear Grumpy!

Your owl photos made it more than worth the wait.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

2. Thanks dear Peggy.

I'll post some here later today.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Looking forward to seeing them!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I'm in with a recently-taken photo from a farmer's market.

I like the colorful array the flowers make, plus their unusual shape.

We'll see what the folks in GD think!

[Callalily]

8. That's a great photo Peggy!

[HAB911]

11. I think yours is the one

to try to beat! Nice!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Awww, my dear HAB911!

That's very kind of you, but there are many worthy candidates!

We shall see.

[mnhtnbb]

5. I have to give a kudos to the search function of DU

because I wasn't really crazy about any of the Spring photos I took this year. So, I went looking through my files. Found the photo I finally submitted, but, I couldn't remember whether I might have used it in a previous Spring contest. Big no-no. So, using the DU search function I was able to find the Submissions threads for the Spring contests since I'd taken the photo. April Showers may be an old photo, but it's never been in a Spring contest!

I mention this in case anyone else finds themself in a similar situation. It is fun--and useful--to be able to search previous entries in our contests.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

6. I'm in!

I may change it later.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I'd keep it if I were you! It's glorious. nt

[Callalily]

9. Took my entry the other day in my backyard.

We plant for the pollinators and hummingbirds!

[2naSalit]

10. I'm in!

Don't know how I missed the last few. I was busy but I didn't think I was that busy.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

13. I changed my entry.

I remembered that I entered a similar shot a year or two ago. It didn't do well.

Also, the competition is getting stiff this month.

[niyad]

14. Every month, the submissions are amazing, and these are truly outstanding.

[Ms. Toad]

15. Mine is one of a robin series from eggs to empty nest.

Not terribly artistic, since the robin didn't cooperate and build her nest in a photogenic spot . . . it was in a waist-high light right outside the law school a few years ago. On the other hand, if she had built it somewhere else, I wouldn't have been able to document the entire egg to empty nest.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Your photo is amazing and dramatic, my dear Ms. Toad! I love it. nt

[Ms. Toad]

17. Thank you!

[Duncan Grant]

18. Perfect example of photo meeting theme.

Awesome capture, Ms. Toad. Thanks for submitting!

[Ms. Toad]

19. Thanks! n/t

[Walleye]

20. I put in the hardworking momma hummer sitting on her nest

I watched her build that nest, flying back and forth with little bits of leaves for camouflage and cobwebs for flexibility. She hatched two eggs which fledged from that nest later. It was a deep shadow pretty much most of the day, but I would get about 15 minutes of sunlight on it sometimes.

[Tom Kitten]

21. I'm in

I entered a shot I took of my garden yesterday. I wasn't really satisfied so I switched to one I took earlier today. I've got a lot of daisies this year!

[JohnnyRingo]

22. Stellar entries! I don't want to be fussy, but.....

Those black birds with the iridescent purple are called Grackles. Not Crackles.
They chase everything away on my feeder until they're done eating.