And Now... without further adoo...

... selected from the thousands of entries received ...

THE WINNERS ARE


FIRST PLACE:
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This fantastic image of a fork, entitled Scraping the Shadows, was submitted by Aeoliane.

When I first saw this image, I was floored!
While I didn't have any expectations on what people would come up with, which was kind of the whole point of the theme, I didn't expect anything like this!

Kudos to Aeoliane for a job well done!
She wins a 1 year deviantART subscription


SECOND PLACE:
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This great image of a vase, reflected in a TV screen, entitled Behind the Screen by Mischx, was equally unexpected

At first, this image threw me a bit, but when I realized it was a reflection, I thought: what a great treatment of a wonderfully mundane subject!

Congratulations to Mischx for this fun interpretation of something so common that you could find it even in the farthest reaches of the universe! LOL

She wins a 6 month deviantART subscription!


THIRD PLACE:
ah... ummm.... nobody

Sorry to say ... I only received 2 submissions! LOL
So ... to all of you who thought you might submit something, but didn't ... you should have!!! LOL


I know some of you wanted to enter, but couldn't for various reasons... so, next time, I'll try to make it easier ...

Thanks to everyone who entered or commented ...
... it was fun!




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UPDATE #2
Last day to send me your entry, in case you lost track of the date...

AND ... apologies for not being around much ... have been very busy with my Wife & Daughter visiting from Japan & all the photo shoots & post prod...

I have 1200 deviations in my devWatch & I promise I'll get to them all soon !!!!!



UPDATE
I've decided to up the stakes:
• First Place: 12 month dA subscription
• Second Place: 6 month dA subscription
• Third Place: 3 month dA subscription

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How about a little fun?
How about a contest???
You can win 6 months dA subscription!!!


Contest Theme: A New Look At The Familiar.
• Start with any familiar or mundane object, person, place, thing... whatever... as long as it's something so commonplace in your life that you don't give it a second thought.
• Open your mind & give it a fresh, new look, perspective, interpretation...
• If your subject is a person, it better not be your Mother, or shame on you for treating her like that!

Judging:
• Judged by >>ME<< according to whatever criteria my twisted, warped mind feels like ... LOL
• Any attempt to butter me up with fabulous comments & +Fav's on my deviations will be futile ... but you can try!!!


Eligibility:
• This contest is open to any of my dA watchers ... or how else would you know about it? LOL
• I suppose you could +devWatch me just to enter... if you really wanted to

How to enter:
• Send me a note with subject "Contest Entry" and a link to the deviation you wish to enter (preferably a thumbnail).
• Entries must be received before midnight on July 31st (my time GMT -5).
• All entries will be featured in a journal after the 31st closing date, for a brief feedback period where you can genuinely give me your 2-cents, or simply attempt to influence my decision in your favor.


Additional Rules/Requirements:
• 1 deviation per entry & 1 entry per deviant.
• Deviation has to be your own.
• Deviation must be a digital photograph taken after the date of this journal entry. Whatever you want to do with it post is up to you, but leave the EXIF data intact.


So... have fun & I sure hope someone sends an entry!!! LOL

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