CP Photo Contest 17 - BELONGING - Vote now!!

[Cowperson]

Theme for this photo contest is "BELONGING."

I like themes that are general enough that anyone can enter - you all have pictures of this category - but which require some thought and aren't necessarily obvious.

I saw the BELONGING theme in another contest and some entries included a herd of animals, children walking hand in hand, a lone surfer heading to the water, chilling out with friends, posing for a goofy championship shot like the 89 Flames . . . . . a sense of belonging.

The weather sucks so lets cheer ourselves up.

Round one voting is open until 10:00pm on May 11, two weeks from today, then finalists will be presented for a final vote.

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Rules:
All photos must be no larger than 800x600 (or something close)
Please post only 1 photo per post (make a new post for new pics)
Post as many photos as you like, just keep it on topic
Vote by clicking the "Thanks" button at the bottom of the post
You may vote for 3 finalists.
Once the challenge leader (winner from previous challenge) chooses when to end the voting, he/she will change the thread title to explain when voting ends.
Once voting for the finalists is over, the challenge leader will tally up the votes and post (in 3 separate posts) the finalists.
Challenge leader again changes thread title to say when voting ends
Then, everyone comes back and votes on those 3 finalists.
You are only allowed 1 vote in the finals, so choose wisely
Winner of the challenge will start a new challenge thread and copy/paste these rules in the original post for consistency.
Don't be too specific with the theme nor too general. Try and get a theme that people can contribute to. Don't pick the red african ant of Kenya as a theme... nobody will post. Likewise, don't make the theme "stuff on earth"
Have fun.

Cowperson

[Cowperson]

Communing inside the Vatican . . . . .

http://www.goldentales.ca/DSC00767-edit1.jpg

Cowperson

[Cowperson]

Old love in older places . . . . . near Castel Sant Angelo, Rome

http://www.goldentales.ca/P1280681-edit1.jpg

Cowperson

[Tron_fdc]

Well, I'm not entirely sure if this qualifies or not, but yeah. A lot of my shots are snow themed, and I guess you can say me and my friends "belong" there......seeing as we're always in it.

Contemplating a line:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m120/mattirving/rob12.jpg?t=1240842800

[Tron_fdc]

Riding the line...

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m120/mattirving/rob18.jpg?t=1240842921

[Kev]

I'm assuming they have to be your photos?

[Cowperson]

I'm assuming they have to be your photos?

Yes, they have to be your photo's.

I'd be surprised if everyone didn't have at least one shot of folks joking around, slapping each other on the back, going for a walk, communing with nature, on a team somewhere, etc, etc, . . . . .

Another one . . . .

http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_0881-edit1.jpg

Cowperson

[kipperiggy]

Sharing a moment on the beach:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/03disney04/IMG_2573.jpg

[kobafett]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3207560869_78684d7ab6.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinloganphoto/3207560869/)

[chid]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3512/3466090742_cea10c6a35.jpg

[4X4]

Maylong camping a few years ago:


http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z178/mydogmoxie/maylong2004_5.jpg

[4X4]

I doubt this pic will get any votes but I'll post it anyways. The theme is 'belonging'. This is a pic I took when me and my two co-workers were lounging by our "rooftop pool" one hot morning in Rome. The pool may not have been the best one out there, but pools definitely belong in Rome in the summer.

Both chid and rockstar should remember Lorenzo, my business partner; Lucia, the brazilian girl we traded room and board (plus a modest salary) for cleaning; and our hostel mascot Leo... Sucha gooda boyyyy

As you can see, like a true Italian, Lorenzo refuses to wear shorts. And Lucia is abiding by the "When in Rome, do as the Romans" and already hitting the wine.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z178/mydogmoxie/AR003202.jpg

[kobafett]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2835489200_5f598f951b_o.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinloganphoto/2835489200/)

[Dion]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2qsoyfl.jpg

[Cowperson]

Not sure if it even qualifies for my own theme but a funny moment at my house yesterday evening, two-footed Polly and Miss Deer contemplate the improbability they both belong to the same Animal Kingdom . . . . .

http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_4477-edit1.jpg

Cowperson

[4X4]

Well, I'm surprised that the other pic got a couple of votes. I'm going to post another, but not for voting consideration. I'm posting this pic just to make sure that lest anyone think that Rome is merely an ugly, treeless, urban wasteland, there are indeed trees and gardens in my favorite city in the world.
This pic is (obviously) from the same rooftop, but from a different angle.
The lady in the pic is Claudia. The biology teacher from Munster, Germany that travels anytime her schedule permits her to do so, and speaks 6 (yes, six) languages. IIRC, German, Spanish, Italian, English, Russian, and French. With a strong comprehension of Portugese to boot (verified by Lucia).
Sorry to clutter up the thread, I'm also posting this because I often go back and look through these threads and I would be slightly ashamed to post just the one pic with all the ugly antennas and mechanical boxes and not justify it with a pic of the gorgeous side of Roma.
Those of you with a sharp eye and a knowledge of Rome will recognize the Palatino in the background, beside Claudia's face and above her delicious bottle of Stella.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z178/mydogmoxie/AR002402.jpg

[BlackEleven]

How about does not belong? Because monochrome kitty clearly does not belong in the uber-colourful La Boca in Buenos Aries.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1204/1353649434_844b6f482b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelsonro/1353649434/)

[BlackEleven]

A couple ladies on the floating islands in Lake Titicaca. They all wear brightly coloured clothes like the two in the picture. And they build the islands themselves with the reeds.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1296053623_2c72e5396b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelsonro/1296053623/)

[BlackEleven]

Christmas time in Quebec City. Everyone's going to the bakery for cakes and pastries.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/410436619_ae97d9ac0c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nelsonro/410436619/)

[JohnnyB]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z91/agmakosz/P1030205.jpg

I'm torn with this image. We could say it doesn't belong anywhere, and that it really doesn't seem to belong in a small town in Taiwan. On the other hand, we could also say that if it belongs anywhere it belongs just where it is, in a small East Asian town with no black people.

[JohnnyB]

Another of the 'does not belong' type:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z91/agmakosz/P1090496copy.jpg

[JohnnyB]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z91/agmakosz/P1100038.jpg

[JohnnyB]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z91/agmakosz/P1090805copy.jpg

[Cowperson]

Sitting in the field with a dog, watching the day pass you by . . . . .

http://www.goldentales.ca/16150130-edit1.jpg

Cowperson

[FlamesKickAss]

this is when i first adopted jake

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/bkamper/DSC00131.jpg

[FlamesKickAss]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/bkamper/DSC01918-1.jpg

[FlamesKickAss]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/bkamper/DSC01589.jpg

[FlamesKickAss]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/bkamper/DSC01555.jpg

[redforever]

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh30/flameforever/WHITETAILDOEHERFAWNS2007-1.jpg

[4X4]

Hope you don't mind, Johnny... I'm stealing your turtle orgy to use as an avatar for awhile.

[Cowperson]

Bump . . . . . I hope you're all out taking swell mother's day shots as entries for this contest ends Monday at 10 p.m. Calgary time. Please vote for those you'd like to be finalists.

Cowperson

[FurnaceFace]

She was hoping their "belonging" might be a little closer...

http://www.stadevene.com/contest/lion049.jpg

[Phanuthier]

my attempt at being artistic, for "does not belong"

http://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo296/ecflau/broken.jpg?t=1241982936

[SebC]

my attempt at being artistic, for "does not belong"What is that?

[kobafett]

Leaves belong on my tree. Seems I've been waiting a long time for spring.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3517250866_563ee5af21.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinloganphoto/3517250866/)

[kobafett]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3556/3517250656_d6ce8b484a.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinloganphoto/3517250656/)

[Cowperson]

We are now entering the second and final round of voting. Please vote for your favourite between now and Sunday evening by using the Thanks buttom. Winner gets to pick the theme of the next round.

First finalist is Johnny B with this shot:

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z91/agmakosz/P1100038.jpg

[Cowperson]

Second Finalist is Cowperson

http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_0881-edit1.jpg

[Cowperson]

Third Finalist is Kobafett

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2835489200_5f598f951b_o.jpg

[Cowperson]

Fourth finalist is Cowperson

http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_4477-edit1.jpg

[JohnnyB]

Fourth finalist is Cowperson

http://www.goldentales.ca/CSC_4477-edit1.jpg

The more I've looked at this picture the more I've enjoyed it. There's definitely some introspective humour involved in a cat and a deer staring at each other, while a human looks at them and takes a picture.

I'm not so sure how belonging fits in, other than we're all so interested in the difference of others, but I do like it.

[Cowperson]

Looks like Cowperson is the winner of contest 17. New topic coming up shortly or in the morning.

Thanks for the votes.

The more I've looked at this picture the more I've enjoyed it. There's definitely some introspective humour involved in a cat and a deer staring at each other, while a human looks at them and takes a picture.

There are a few versions of the same scene but a close second had the cat sitting up straighter, ears forward and looking directly at the deer with eye contact more obvious than the version above. In that sense, preferable to the one above. However, the deer in that one has half of one ear obscured by the drape . . . . I went for both ears and more balance with the cat and deer still in contact.

The cats and deer, I think, know each other quite well even though the humans might find it a novelty. Deer are close by our house most nights and the cats, of course, are nocturnal.

Cowperson