Kudos and Ditto to what you said kirisute: "its a contest....the rules are and have been always plainly stated on the website....and to besmirch the honour of those judging is by me reckoning beyond reproach.....alot of hard work and alot of time has gone into the contest and its design and prizes.... personally i salute everone who entered and especially those who sit upon the judge panel! good luck all....its not the winning that counts..." Truly good words and to the point at hand. Everyone worked hard and submitted their pictures with an understanding of what the rules were. To go back after the fact and try to smear the rules and judges is in poor taste and belittles what the contest was all about to begin with. The contest is good exposure and experience to those like myself, who may never have participated in something like this.