We have a winner for the May's FREE PHOTO CONTEST! Theme: Something that Starts with an A

Woo hoo!

The Judges have spoken!

We have a winner for the FREE MONTHLY Amateur PHOTOGRAPHER's CONTEST for MAY 2011.

The theme was:

SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH AN A

We got some interesting entries, and it was such fun to see what people entered.

If you didn't get a chance to see the blogpost of all the entries, 

just click HERE.

Now, 

without any further delay....

HERE IS YOUR WINNER:

Congratulations TES!!!

It is a stunning Amaryllis photo!!!

Special mentions also go to:

--Heather for her Architecture photo

--Sharon for her volcano photo

--and--

--Jacob for his "colorless" classroom photo (The judges said it was very original for the A theme!)

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Once again, I really, really want to thank those that enter, month after month, faithfully--all of the photos are so unique and wonderful. 

And, I want to thank all the new people that entered too.  I encourage you all to keep entering a photo every month. 

It is a great exercise for any photographer to get a theme and then go out and find a photo.  Sometimes, when you are looking for a  themed photo, you can find photos of many other things right next to the one you take for a contest.  Some wonderful photos you never would have found without going out on the theme exercise!

It stretches your creative muscles, which is a GOOD THING!!!

My judges always say it is a near-impossible job to pick only one winner and many times I have to go to a 4th or 5th judge to get a final decision.

Also, I want to encourage new readers/Followers to enter your photo. You don't have to be a seasoned photographer..just try!  It is such fun to see everyone's interpretation to the monthly themes!

This month the theme is:

CIRCLES

Enter your photo to me, no later than midnight on June 30, 2011,

following 

THESE RULES.

You don't have to be a Blogger to enter.