Contest 44: Voting Page

Registered users may enter and vote on their favorite cactus picture!

Vote for your favorite, favorite pic!

Poll ended at Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:35 pm

Lair3514 - Echinopsis huascha
0
No votes
Dries - Lophophora williamsii
1
2%
Andy_CT - Escobaria organensis seedlings
15
28%
hob - Weingartia mairanana
4
8%
Ranger Dan - Opuntia fulgida, Organ Pipe NM
0
No votes
daiv - Tunilla erectoclada
1
2%
CactusJordi - Landscape near Laguna Chapala, BCN
3
6%
Harriet - Beach spikes
0
No votes
bruno - Echinocereus leucanthus
0
No votes
Tony - Echinocereus cinerascens
1
2%
Buck Hemenway - Hellskloof Pass in the Richtersveld
1
2%
StrUktO - cactus collection
0
No votes
Jens - Eriosyce spec. (aff. crispa)
0
No votes
jeffrey6115 - Trichocereus grandiflorus hybrid
1
2%
*Barracuda_47* - Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
7
13%
Ken Shaw - Mammillaria
0
No votes
Ralf - Chiricahua National Monument, AZ
1
2%
LuvDemCacti - Echinocereus subinermis
0
No votes
Peterthecactusguy - Thelocactus setispinus
0
No votes
hablu - Lobivia wrightiana var winteriana
8
15%
iann - Ariocarpus retusus
0
No votes
John C - Astrophytum asterias
1
2%
peterb - Echinocereus viridiflorus
0
No votes
Paracelsus - Aloe polyphylla proliferating
9
17%
 
Total votes: 53
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Contest 44: Voting Page

Post by CoronaCactus »

Outstanding photos everybody!
Thanks to everybody for participating.

Time to vote!

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Deadline for voting will be Thursday July 8, 2010

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Post by eekawill »

Man i wish i saw this for some reason i didnt get the notice about the new contest :( i have the perfect pic for this too oh well i keep meaning to put some of mine in but i always end up being so lazy!!!
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Post by John C »

Congrats Andy! Beautiful pics everyone!
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Post by Ralf »

Congrats Andy, Beautiful pic and a interesting perspective.
It wasn't easy to choose.
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Post by Peterthecactusguy »

Congrats Andy,
Beautiful picture and yeah I agree with Ralf, this one was hard to choose. both for what to enter and what to vote on. :roll:
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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Post by Arjen »

congratulations andy, a well deserved victory imo!
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Post by daiv »

Nice going Andy!
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Post by Andy_CT »

Thanks, it was indeed one of my favorite pictures

I like taking pictures of the plants after a night of drizzle. Its really hard to duplicate the water droplets on the spines without it.
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Post by hob »

well done Andy =D> :thumbright:
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:D CONGRATS Andy, it surely is a beautiful pic. :wink:
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Post by Tony »

Nice one Andy! 8)
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Post by peter »

Congrats Andy!
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Post by Lair3514 »

Yes, congratulations, Andy. A jewel of a picture!

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Congrats Andy! :D
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Post by CoronaCactus »

Great pic, Andy.
Congrats!
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