Nostalgia -- HAF Photo Challenge Poll

[Recusant]

I think that the majority of these photos are more personal evocations of nostalgia, which seems about right to me. Nostalgia can be a very personal feeling.

Thank you very much to all who submitted photos. Please PM me ASAP if I've missed any entries, or otherwise made a mistake in setting this poll.

Members may vote for up to six entries and can change their votes. Voting will close in about two weeks.

1. Lark



2. hermes2015



3. xSilverPhinx



4. jumbojak



5. Bad Penny II



6. Tank



7. Recusant



8. Lark



9. hermes2015



10. xSilverPhinx



11. jumbojak



12. Bad Penny II



13. Tank



14. Recusant



15. Lark



16. hermes2015



17. xSilverPhinx



18. jumbojak



19. Bad Penny II



20. Tank



21. Recusant



22. Lark



23. hermes2015



24. Bad Penny II



25. Tank



26. Recusant



27. Lark



28. Bad Penny II



29. Tank



30. Recusant

[Magdalena]

^ Wow! 

[xSilverPhinx]

them all! I like seeing the kinds of things that evoke such emotions in people.

[Icarus]

I am pleased to be associated with people who have sensitivities of this sort.  Thank you all.

[hermes2015]

This must be one of the best collections ever, with some excellent photos.

[Sandra Craft]

This must be one of the best collections ever, with some excellent photos.

Agreed.  I'm going to have to walk away and think about this a bit before voting.  By the way, I know #1 is a drawing of a sheep wearing a wool sweater, but my brain keeps saying "easter egg".

[Tom62]

Wow, a lot of private and personal memories in this collection. Hard to make a choice.

[Bad Penny II]

This would be better if the REM album wasn't obscured.

You would say that.

[Recusant]

Voting will close soon, so those who still haven't voted should get in. 

[xSilverPhinx]

Hmm...seems we have a tie! Interesting...

[Tank]

Hmm...seems we have a tie! Interesting...

I think next time it's 2 pics and 4 votes. We're getting a case of choice overload.

[Recusant]

For the first time ever, the HAF Photo Challenge has resulted in a three-way tie. Let joy be unbounded! 

Congratulations to Lark and xSilverPhinx, whose teddy bears and sweet dog netted four votes each. My derelict boat on Loch Ness also managed four votes. Second win in a row for xSilverPhinx! Between the three of us, I think we'll manage to come up with a good theme for the next iteration.

Many thanks once again to all who contributed to this delectable selection of images, and to all who voted in the poll. Cheers!

[Lark]

Photo  no: 1   This is an acryl, not a sheep in a wooly jumper.  It is a breed invented and drawn by my grandson aged 8.  He has children of his own now.

Photo no: 8   Moon over the sea, St. Augustine, Florida.

Photo no: 15   Collection of animal friends of Jeremy Fisher, gathered together to welcome him back from being a geocaching travel bug. He was actually returned by post from Germany by a very kind geocacher there, because I wanted him back, and I didn't think he would make it without her special help. He was meant to get back to England by travelling from cache to cache, but it seemed like he would never get out of Germany.

Photo no: 22   Ted is very old--I've had him since I was five, and you don't want to know how long ago that was! Bok is only 30, and came from South Africa, but they have been together ever since.

Photo no: 27   Stooks seen near Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, Ireland, about seven years ago. At one time, all the harvest fields in the UK, Ireland, and all over the world looked like this. Much more picturesque, but hard work.

[hermes2015]

That was an exciting end that shows how good the entries were this time. Congratulations to all you guys.

[Recusant]

#7 Shows a fine summer's day in Virginia. I thought it painterly, but perhaps too reminiscent of Wyeth. 

#14 As mentioned, shows a derelict boat on Loch Ness. This was taken during my first visit to the UK while travelling with a dear friend many years ago.

#21 Is a portrait of a Border Terrier friend of mine with whom I spent many happy hours on lengthy walks.

#26 A dog-walking photo, this time with a wonderful Shetland Sheepdog.

#30 A view of Eilean Donan Castle taken during the same trip as the Loch Ness photo above. Photos of Eilean Donan Castle are a cliche in the genre of photos of Scotland, but that's because it's so damn photogenic!