Copied from Judge Val’s comment, with regard to this competition
“Pseu asked for ‘Sunlight and clouds’, and she got it in abundance. Each of the photographs posted in the first of this competition, are quite simply, beautiful, which has made my task as the first judge, very difficult indeed. Size wise, we’ve all struggled a bit, but with time and patience, we will conquer.
We can all take a bad photograph, that’s easy: taking a good photograph is the real test. But who says what a good photograph is. Yes it’s good to get the focus just right, it’s a good idea to get everything lined up to near perfection, but a really good photograph is the one that pleases, the one that pleases the photographer, as well as the person viewing it. A photograph is a moment in time, a moment never to be repeated.
I would like to say thank you to Pseu for starting this photography competition, it has all the makings of a real winner, and talking of winners….
I have studied each of the photographs over and over, and the one that has all the requirements for the competition, the one that stands out for me, is OZ #131
He came in at end, but what a stunner.
OZ, it’s simply beautiful, congratulations, you are a very worthy winner.
Congratulations to everyone else too, you are all close runners-up. I’m just pleased I didn’t have to enter this first one, the competition was too great.
Okay OZ, it’s over to you, what are you going to choose as the next theme?”
(Excuse me Val, for taking over, but I thought it better this had a separate post…. 🙂 )
Boadicea's Chariot 
No problem Pseu, I’m pleased you have posted this.
Gi’ us the pic, Nym! (Or Val!) 🙂
Here you are, the winning entry.
My only wish is that Oz had used his original image with the tree in the foreground. But hey, I’m nit picking, it’s a fantastic photograph.
Naughty Val. Having successfully learnt how to do it properly, you then went and posted OZ’s winning picture by cutting and pasting from the post editor, with a width of 434 – exactly what I told you not to do. But I corrected it for you. Sigh. 😥
Well, done OZ. Back to the naughty step for you Val. 🙂
Oh soddit Beasry, so sorry. I deliberately did it smaller for………. Oh what the hell, I buggered it. Sorry matey.
Val and Pseu – All I did was to crop the original photo to remove one of my out-of-focus lime trees. Everything else is as it was.
OZ
Bolleaux – Pseu.
Well done that Wolf! 🙂
Stunning image with or without the lime. Congratulations, OZ! 😉
Dem colours is gorgeous!
Congratulations, OZ!
It’s a pleasure to see your furry face on the home page. 🙂