I'm going to agree with all here. LOL I do wish I never entered this contest. I didn't realize it would be so insane and it's actually more disgoraging than anything else. I did other contests where it was judged by judges and I didn't mind losing at all because I knew the contest was fare. But this way it makes you feel sort of disgoraged and bad about things. I wish I could pull my two images out. All this fuss isn't even worth it. I'd rather post them for my own pleasure. I'm lucky though I didn't spend weeks and weeks on my images. I don't even think I desrever to win anything. But there are others that have put a lot of time and it really shows in their images. They play fare and don't ask their friends or family to vote for them. I think they are the ones who are hurt in this community vote. Emerald spider is right though about feeling proud of the image. I think we all should feel proud if we did our best. You can't lose in that respect. It's the popularity contest that really hurts. The image I voted for I honestly thought out before I voted. I had about 20 images that I really loved. I wish I was rich because I'd give them all a prize myself. LOL Well, this is the last time I enter something like this. There's to much fuss and baggage with this sort of contest. That's my two cents and I'm sticking with it. :P Cheer up. At least next time we can avoid a contest like this and sit blissfully happy with our images and viewing our gallerys. Maria LOLOL

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