I have to say, I was REALLY torn between two of them, specifically, Marvilla's and sittingblue's, because I think out of all of them, those two best encompassed the Hudson River School idea. But, we can only vote for one, so I have to go with Marvilla, for the sheer complexity of the image and the incredible colors, materials, and overall design. It genuinely looks like a painting to me. Sittingblue's picture also has that same sort of charm to it, and that definitely would have been my second choice. I think Myske's image was in fact very beautiful, but it has a more photographic look to it. I think tradivoro's was awesome for several reasons, most notably the idea behind it. For that matter, I thought they were all very good, and the entries get better each month. :)