Elements Village Member's Choice IOW 1-14-08

[christellf]

I would like to thank Dale for tagging me this week to judge. It was a lot harder than it looks to actually only pick a handful. There is so much awesome talent from the forum members here. Everyone’s creations are so unique. I chose the ones that I kept going back to this last week looking over & over them….Most just evoked peace & tranquility…Thanks to everyone & keep updating your galleries…
Christell

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/13pqvcdeFst906oEmulNPpos8k0Y0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13pqvcdeFst906oEmulNPpos8k0Y0)
Zeria:Woolrich Barn (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1784&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=5/)
I loved the way the white barn & brick color stood out against the colorful landscape. Very Eye-catching.

Dales: Summer Retreat (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1700&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=5/)
This is so peaceful looking. Makes me want to be there overlooking the lake. You had so many nice creation effects this week I had a hard time deciding.

Tnjewels:Julie Crockett Park Horses (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1807&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=5/)
The technique you used here really made the horses & landscape stand out…Unique effect. I loved it.

Fdlite-Dane:Watercolor flowers (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1751&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=5/)
I love your watercolor tutorial & these flowers caught my eye. The new background technique really brings the flowers out.

Selawela:Sela- Gymnastics collage (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1754&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=5/)
Your layout and photography of this sport is just awesome. Love the journaling & the flag in background blended in perfectly to fit the theme.


This is my IOW choice for this week:
kellyLynne: Quiet Countryside Barn (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1742&catid=newimages&cutoffdate=5/)
I love everything about this photo. So peaceful & serene. The color tones lend to the peacefulness of the photo. This is just so beautiful. You submitted some great photos this week it was hard to choose. Street of Gold was another of my favorite of yours.

[JulieM]

Christell, you made some great choices. They are all terrific images. Congratulations to all the winners...

[Joe M]

Great group of images. One of the best groups I've seen since visiting the site.

[nkeevers]

Great images! Congratulations everyone!

[dales]

Christell, super job. It is so hard to make the choices we have to make. I am honored in having one of my pictures picked & know that it is no more deserving than most all the others that were submitted this week.

[Jerrilyn]

Christell, your choices were right on target. Congratulations to all the winners. You are all so talented!

[Jancy]

Congrats to all the winners!
Great choices Christell - you did a fantastic job on choosing, they are all wonderful.

[selawela]

Thank you, Christell, for choosing Michael's gymnastics collage in this week's IOW...it's an honor to have my creation included with such great images!

Congrats to all!

[efarnstrom]

The choices were hard to make from this week's selections. There were so many great submissions that it is hard to leave any out.

Thanks for doing such a great job!

[Diana]

Christell, What a great bunch of picks. They all deserve recognition. Congratulations to all.

Diana

[Zeria]

WOW ....... Thank you, Christell.

What a surprise --- with so many terrific photos posted in the gallery , it is truly a honor to have one of mine included in the IOW.

And thanks to everyone for the nice comments.

Congratulations to all.:)

[Wendy]

What great choices !! :)

Wrndy

[NMarti]

Wonderful choices Christell!

[fdlite]

Thanks Christell for picking the watercolor flowers.

Dane (fdlite)

[kellyLynne]

wow, sniff sniff, never ceases to amaze me...and it must be divine intervention, but just bout every time i start to loose confidence this group somehow lifts me back up. Thanks sooooooooo much, and all of this weeks images are so awesome, everyone here has so much talent its rediculous.

[lisabee]

super choices Christell, congrats to all, :)

Lisa

[billz]

Christell - your choices are great and I really liked the presenation piece with the stamps! Congratulations to all of the winners!

Bill