AND THE WINNER OF
THE LITTLE OLD WIDDER WOMAN'S
FIRST ANNUAL
"REFLECTIONS CONTEST" IS........


DRUM ROLL

"CRANES"
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
NAOMI JAMES
wwww.bellycrawl.com

AND

"MIRROR IMAGE"
TIED FOR
FIRST PLACE
Photographed by
Dean Lawson, Fairbanks Alaska
CONGRATULATIONS!

The below panel of unbiased judges decided the winning
REFLECTION photo:

FOLLOWING THE ABOVE FIRST PLACE WINNING REFLECTIONS
IN ORDER OF VOTES:
2nd Place:
"Mother and Son In Canoe"
Dean Lawson photograph
tied with
"Memorial Reflection"
Jill Harwell photograph

3rd Place:
Three Way Tie
"A Feathered Landscape"
Vicki Williams photograph
"Hawaii Pond Reflection"
Betty Ekmanian photograph
"Hi Ya, Watch It .. I'm a Black Belt"
Child  photograph

HONORABLE MENTION:
"CLOUDS"
Monica Lawson photograph

"SUN REFLECTING ON CALM WATER"
Jill Harwell photograph

"A CANDLE A CROSS TIME"
Monica Lawson photograph

These three final reflections amazed me with
a dynamic view of clouds reflected in a pond,
 the brilliance of the sun
spilling over the calm ocean shore,
and a candle, almost at the end of its brilliance,
 reflected in a mirror.
Thank you.
I'll never again take for granted
the beauty of a Reflection
or the
companionship of
my Shadow.
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End of Reflections Contest
Aug. 12, 2011
To view all submissions
see posted photos below.
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REFLECTIONS

REFLECTIONS

                        REFLECTIONS

                        REFLECTIONS

Me 

Myself                 

                            and I

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OFFICIAL ENTRIES:

"CRANES"  

FIRST PLACE WINNER 

SUBMITTED BY 

NAOMI JAMES

Original Photograph by

Photo Artist

Naomi James

This beautiful Reflection Photograph hangs in my house.

The first time I saw it on Naomi's webpage

http://www.bellycrawl.com/

I saw the thin dark line separating the Crane from her Reflection.

Tears formed and I wondered why I would cry seeing something so beautiful.

I was the Crane .... the thin dark line beneath "her" separated me from Eldon at  his death ....

yet his reflection touches me and everything about my

slow drifting journey across the pond ...

which is my life.

Thank you, Naomi, for capturing this breathtaking image

"Reflection"

of me and Grandpa.

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"Mirror Image"

"A Candle A Cross Time"

"A Feathered Landscape"

"Clouds"

"Sun Reflection On Calm Water"

"Mother And Son In Canoe"

"Memorial Reflection"

"Hawaiian Pond Reflection"

                   Thank you for all the beautiful and inspiring glimpses into the views in your lives.