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CaliforniaPeggy

(156,894 posts)
Tue May 12, 2026, 04:22 PM Tuesday

***Here at last are the 10 photos that made it into the Final Thread! Now you get to choose the best of them!***

Here they are:

Floating away.



First day meeting Dad.




40MPH Dive for Dinner



The Front of My Swiss Train




Joseph Robinette Biden Jr 2/9/2023



Spring storm



Squirrel!! Whee!


Pleasant Sunset


Vase near a sunny window.


Weird Light.


















282 votes, 0 passes | Time left: 1 days, 6 hours, 21 minutes
Floating away.
12 (4%)
First day meeting Dad.
63 (22%)
40MPH Dive for Dinner
23 (8%)
The Front of My Swiss Train
30 (11%)
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr 2/9/2023
14 (5%)
Spring storm
20 (7%)
Squirrel!! Whee!
23 (8%)
Pleasant Sunset
13 (5%)
Vase near a sunny window.
25 (9%)
Weird Light.
59 (21%)
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***Here at last are the 10 photos that made it into the Final Thread! Now you get to choose the best of them!*** (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Tuesday OP
Wow. Tough decision. Every entry is fabulous Raven123 Tuesday #1
So true! Geesh, it's tough. nt allegorical oracle Tuesday #26
Great pics all! FalloutShelter Tuesday #2
Kick Diamond_Dog Tuesday #3
K&R MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #4
All of them are Winners. no_hypocrisy Tuesday #5
Yep. THIS. calimary Tuesday #33
All fantastic photos! Jim__ Tuesday #6
Wow!! EarthAbides Tuesday #7
Great photos!. brer cat Tuesday #8
All of these are amazing! Spazito Tuesday #9
Before I choose... + in the interest of fairness... Will you please remind me of the topic??? ultralite001 Tuesday #10
Sorry for the omission! Here it is: CaliforniaPeggy Tuesday #12
Thank you... ultralite001 Tuesday #13
Thank you for providing these fabulous photos. Every one is a allegorical oracle Tuesday #32
They are all amazing! MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #11
Tough decision Mystery To Me Tuesday #14
you know, I gotta Question popsdenver Tuesday #15
good question! HAB911 Tuesday #23
An ATC friend, who handles AFONE fairly often popsdenver Tuesday #35
oh yeah HAB911 Yesterday #43
These were all so amazing!nt Trueblue Texan Tuesday #16
President Biden cause I miss him & VP Harris irisblue Tuesday #17
"VASE" Is 100% "Accidental Renaissance" Quality!..... ColoringFool Tuesday #18
Thanks Peggy.. Permanut Tuesday #19
This is the first time I couldn't decide who to vote for! femmedem Tuesday #20
Every single entry is a winner. sheshe2 Tuesday #21
Man, this is hard Joinfortmill Tuesday #22
Really tough to pick, really great photos, thank you. JMCKUSICK Tuesday #24
K&R Solly Mack Tuesday #25
How can one possibly choose??? niyad Tuesday #27
Thank you California Peggy for hosting this contest. Congratulations to all the entrants. Clouds Passing Tuesday #28
Yes -- thank you. All the photos are marvelous. nt allegorical oracle Tuesday #31
OMGosh that male lion is utterly magnificent. nt allegorical oracle Tuesday #29
Kickity Kick Kick! George McGovern Tuesday #30
Kick, kick, Kick! Grumpy Old Guy Tuesday #34
I picked one but i loved them all Srkdqltr Tuesday #36
They are all so good, - RB77 Tuesday #37
Tough choice! SheltieLover Tuesday #38
Can't we at least get to choose 6 or 5 or 3????? a kennedy Tuesday #39
They're all spectacular! yardwork Tuesday #40
KICK KICK George McGovern Tuesday #41
Kicker Kick Kick It George McGovern Yesterday #42
r&k Excellent 🥰 MerryBlooms Yesterday #44
Keeping this visible...... a kennedy 21 hrs ago #45
kick! blogslug 21 hrs ago #46
Kick urbanhermit 19 hrs ago #47
Kick George McGovern 11 hrs ago #48
Good morning kick! HAB911 3 hrs ago #49

ultralite001

(2,659 posts)
10. Before I choose... + in the interest of fairness... Will you please remind me of the topic???
Tue May 12, 2026, 05:32 PM
Tuesday

Something about this being a lucky shot???

They are all so amazing, I want to choose wisely...


Thank you so much...

popsdenver

(2,585 posts)
15. you know, I gotta Question
Tue May 12, 2026, 05:43 PM
Tuesday

about the Biden Photo........the Photographer has to be a pilot in the fighter escort to have been able to get that close to an airborne AF-One...........

popsdenver

(2,585 posts)
35. An ATC friend, who handles AFONE fairly often
Tue May 12, 2026, 07:55 PM
Tuesday

tells me that the airports it takes off from and lands at, has a 30 mile NOFLY radius by any aircraft, and they have to maintain a 30 mile wide zone, along the entire flight path......Some have said that AFOne doesn't have a fighter escort, which is bull....there are 6? fighters that surround the plane during any flight..........
Can you imagine, with all the U.S. airliners, foreign aircraft and cargo planes in the air, in those areas, just having to circle around outside the "zone" and what it costs them in additional time and fuel??????????? PLUS the added stress on Air Traffic Controllers and the military/Coast Guard?

HAB911

(10,578 posts)
43. oh yeah
Wed May 13, 2026, 07:08 AM
Yesterday

I've tracked several flights closely, all into/out of Tampa and there is also a fake AF1 decoy(at least on adsb) that accompanies it to within miles of landing, quite confusing to me on the first flight I tracked, lol. It pretty well shuts down everything around it for sure. My best can be seen here:
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/SPECIAL-SLIDESHOW-AF1/n-NL4xhJ

I love taking photos like this one and have extensively sought out locations near flight paths into/out of Tampa where they have to bank to line up to the runways, and where I can hang out without being arrested. See my best of that type of photo here:
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/SPECIAL-SLIDESHOW/n-P57Kks

See all my plane photos here: https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/60-YEAR-JOURNEY-IN-PHOTOGRAPHY/A-LITTLE-BIT-OF-EVERYTHING/PLANESPOTTING

Thanks for your interest!

ColoringFool

(1,036 posts)
18. "VASE" Is 100% "Accidental Renaissance" Quality!.....
Tue May 12, 2026, 05:50 PM
Tuesday

"Accidental Renaissance":

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femmedem

(8,564 posts)
20. This is the first time I couldn't decide who to vote for!
Tue May 12, 2026, 05:56 PM
Tuesday

They are all so good that I couldn't even whittle it down to my favorite nine, much less my favorite one.

Kudos to all!

Clouds Passing

(8,170 posts)
28. Thank you California Peggy for hosting this contest. Congratulations to all the entrants.
Tue May 12, 2026, 06:46 PM
Tuesday

Good luck to the finalists. Hard to choose.

I hope you're healing well CP.

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