White as snow: February 2025 friendly photo contest (page 4 of 5)

Kate, photo 2... 3 points Fifty shades of white (with just a hint of gray).

Rouquine38, photo 3... 2 points The whiteness of wings above the darkness.

Elhine, photo 1... 1 point A dazzling white.

The choice wasn’t easy, but here’s my vote:

3 points for photo 1 by Dolma 2 points for photo 2 by Kate 1 point for photo 3 by Rouquine38

3 crystals for Dolma_1 (Normandy) 2 steps for Nilsou_2 (China) 1 hall for Rouquine_3 (New York) (Hope Attila, who’s no fool, can figure it out) 😉

Rouquine38 photo 2: 3 points. I loved it right away!

Dolma photo 1: 2 points It’s so bright! And I really like the leaning trunks that suggest movement.

Nilsou photo 2: 1 point The wall... sorry... The Great Wall looks almost like a construction set or a sandcastle in the snow. I’m intrigued by the detail of the stone joints.

My votes

3 Points for Dolma - Photo 1: When winter dresses in frost 2 Points: UnaMilanese - Photo 1: Engadine in January 1 Point for Solene40 - Photo 1: View of Al Ayjah in the Sultanate of Oman

Hi everyone,

After going through the photos I liked, I picked the ones that inspire travel the most.

Gaura, photo 1, 3 points. I’d already voted for this one when it was posted in the other thread. An amazing temple and lovely movement in the sky and water. Perfectly fits the theme.

Herodotos, photo 1, 2 points A street scene just the way I love them—it wouldn’t have worked as well for me without that person adding life and meaning to the shot.

Ragamuffin, photo 2, 1 point I like the scene more than the photo itself. They say in group shots, at least one person should look at the photographer. Well done—two goats played along!

I really liked Dolma’s photo 1, but it’s too bad the little red bench that would’ve made it stronger got cut off. Rouquine’s photo 1 suffers from the missing skier ;), her photo 3 with its perfect alignment, and Herodotos’s lively photo 2

Hello everyone, here’s the vote from the Thai jury, even though the concept of snow is pretty foreign to us.

We kept our selection focused on how well the photos matched the theme.

3 points for Dolma’s photo #1

No need to argue—when I saw it, I just knew it would be my top pick. When a photo looks like a painting, that’s usually a sign the magic worked.

2 points for Rouquine38’s photo #1

When snow looks like whipped cream dusted with powdered sugar, you know the dessert—er, the photo—is a success.

1 point for Nilsou’s photo #2

The shot looks even more real than reality itself. I wonder if a slightly lower angle would’ve made it even better…

Congrats to all the participants!

Before the ballot box fills up, I’ll drop in my vote:

Gaura 3 🙂🙂🙂

Nilsou 2 🙂🙂

Kate 1 🙂

I had a tough time deciding on this third spot (UnaMilanese 3, Dolma 1, Raga 2, Rouquine 38 3, and Kate 2 were also in the running!)

Since a choice had to be made, I prioritized photos that had the most white to stay as close to the theme as possible.

3 points : Dolma - Photo 1 - The frost-covered trees of Normandy As soon as I saw this photo, I was like "wow," it’s spot-on for the theme. It’s a photo I would’ve loved to take 😉 but I didn’t know it could get that cold in Normandy 😮.

2 points: Kate - Photo 2 - The rooftops of Istanbul and its white cat. Gorgeous shades of white... you had to find that white cat, right place, right time 😉

1 point: Gaura - Photo 1 - The White Temple of Chiang Rai in Thailand. It must be impressive to see. I would’ve just framed it a little tighter to highlight the white even more.

I also really liked Dolma’s mille-feuille, Montagnard’s white Buddha, Girardinpho’s Iceland in winter, and Solène’s Sultanate of Oman.

Hello,

Nilsou 2: 3 points Ragamuffin 2: 2 points Solene40 1: 1 point

I’m rushing to vote: 3 points: Rouquine38 photo 1 for the well-captured atmosphere—snow, mist, sun... which is rare even in our mountains 2 points Elhine photo1—a simple image that perfectly symbolizes Morocco 1 point Nilson photo2—amazing Great Wall of China I hesitated with Kate 1 and her cotton candy net, Herodotos 1...

Last few hours to vote!

Tomorrow at 14:01, it’ll be too late...

Hi everyone,

Here’s my vote for the contest:

3 points for photo No. 3 by Rouquine38

2 points for photo No. 1 by Dolma

1 point for photo No. 3 by Attila

PS: Thanks to Herodotos for shining a light on my "100 Chinese" photo album 😉

Good thing I sorted my emails, Agnès—otherwise I’d have been too late! 😅

So here’s my vote: 3 points to Unamilese 1 2 points to Gaura 1 1 point to Doma 1

Have a great day, everyone

Dolma: photo 1: 3 points Gaura: photo 3: 2 points Nilsou: photo 1: 1 point

Too bad about Unamilanese’s *colbacs* that were in the discussion—her photo is really nice!

Hi there,

I forgot VF again...

Last minute: Dolma #1 *** Rouquine38 #1 ** Herodotos #1 * ... all white!

🙂

29 minutes...

The vote is over. Results tonight! 😛

Drumroll please...

And the winners are...