Thank you so much for the honor of including Sprouted Bumbershoots among these amazing images.  It's always a thrill to be included in the LWITG collection.

Great choice! I love his depiction of the Florida Keys lifestyle and scenery.

Great choice!  She's one of my favorites. 

Thank you for the selection - it's an honor to be selected among these wonderful artists.

I think you need to fix the link on the Photo Gallery - it still loads this LWIG instead of current one.

As always, I'm flattered and honored that one of my images has been selected.  This week's gallery is so diverse in subject and presentation - such amazing artistry and creativity.  Congratulations to the other artists chose this week - and every week, of course.

As always, I am honored that one of my images was chosen for Last Week in the Gallery.  

Excellent discussion so far. I thought this would be the general trend - mostly we post because we feel like it; stellar shots and some that just move us in some way. 

I am honored by the selection - this collection has so many great images.  Congratulations to all.  

A wonderful choice, congratulations, Bill - it's well deserved.

I was thinking about this a little more last night.  I went back and looked at my gallery so far and what I think I see is the development of a "hey, look at this" mindset.  I got into photography to share what I saw with others; for instance during my time in the Navy I could bring back images of my travels to share with family and friends.  From there I just began shooting things that caught my eye - that I found interesting, scenic, or maybe just colorful or unusually lit. 
In the days of film we were always constrainted by the amount we could carry and then we had to wait to see the results until the film was processed.
In today's digital world those constraints have been abolished.  I think the ability to take an almost unlimited number of shots, see the results immediately and the ability to process and publish my images immediately were the factors that got me back into photography. 
I think now, my answer to my own question would have to involve whether or not the image is the best choice for the "hey, look at this" goal - will it cause a reaction in the viewer, express an emotion or even just show a wonderful scene. 

Some interesting perspectives so far.  And great insights.  I probably fall into the instinctive or "go with you gut" category tempered by the one image per day rule; although I don't seem to have time for even one a day recently.  If I can get two or three a week I'm happy.  I've been morphing into the digital mindset of shooting tons of images - kinda hard for a film guy - which means I seem to have a long waiting list of shots to go through and post. 

As always it's an honor to have one of my shots chosen for Last Week in the Gallery.  Congratulations to all artists who were selected. 

Like the others whose images were chosen I am honored.   Thank you very much to the selection committee and congratulations to all the artists honored this week. 

Yes, I know, I'm making a suggestion that it would be a nice feature.