Congrats Tom on presenting an image worthy of any competition of this kind.

Congratulation Tom! A superb image, I had a sneaking suspicion it might win! Well done.

Congratulations Tom and the northumbrian a very close second.
Well done to everyone who entered they were all cracking shots.

Well done, a worthy winner

Well done Tom - a lovely picture.

I had a problem viewing the Slide Show - it took so long to bring up most of the pictures it went on to the next one before I could see them. And most of them were too large too see on my screen without scrolling. Eventually I had to cancel the slide show and view them individually.

Was this a problem with my computer only or.....?

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Excellent Tom and a realy beautiful pic. Congrats to all the other winners too. Regards.:)

Delia - I gave up on the slide show - as the pictures are uploaded through the month i'd looked at them as they were uploaded a few at a time. Before voting I went to the gallery and looked at all the thumbnails and clicked on those I wanted to see the big view of again. It seems much quicker to go through them that way even if you want to see them all again.

Thanks everyone for your kind words. It was a close call. There were many excellent shots in the competition, so I really am very fortunate with the final result. Heres to lots more learning and fun with photography in the days ahead :)

Whew! Thanks for that Greypoint - at least I know it wasn't just me then!:)

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Congratulations Tom :D
A wonderful photograph and a beautiful animal too!
Jo