***The Top Three Winners of the May Photo Contest--I Can't Believe I Got This Shot!***

[CaliforniaPeggy]

The votes are in and tallied! Without further ado, here are the winning entries along with the photographers who took them:

In First Place! Photo by Nittersing.

First day meeting Dad. (At the zoo) I just happened to go to the zoo on the day they introduced Dad to his littles. I spent most of my day there.



In Second Place! Photo by George McGovern

Weird Light.



In Third Place! Photo by sinkingfeeling

The Front of My Swiss Train

[CTyankee]

1. Those were ones I chose, too!

What a beautiful array of photos, Peggy!

[SheltieLover]

2. Ty, Peggy & Congrats to winners & all those who entered

Every single one was a winner from where I'm sitting!

It's great to have you back, Peggy!

[George McGovern]

3. Peggy - The Weird Light was reflected from a beautiful sunset. Never happened again. Thanks, George

[BattleRow]

19. This was surrealistic.

Exquisite and exceptional.

Once in a lifetime,no doubt.

[George McGovern]

27. It was all that BattleRow. Thank You.

[BattleRow]

32. YVW

What a magnificent painting that photo would make,IMHO.

[Spazito]

4. Love them all...

but daddy and babies won my vote, it tugged at my heartstrings.

[brer cat]

5. Congrats to the winners. This was a great contet with

many great photos.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Congratulations to the winners for these fabulous shots!

[Nittersing]

7. Oh boy!!! Thanks everybody!!!

I can't get out to shoot anymore so I was pretty excited for a topic that I had some decent photos for. These were from 2005.

My entry was a crop from this shot... not entirely sure why I didn't use this one, but here it is.

Thanks again for the votes!

[stage left]

22. Great either way!

[hlthe2b]

24. I was wondering where the attentive, cautious mom was in the other one... Now I know!

[GiqueCee]

36. Did you say this was from a zoo?

I was surprised to see wild dogs in the same enclosure as the lions, if that is the case. Beautiful shot, though!

[Nittersing]

38. It's a great design by the zoo

The wild dogs are actually in a separate enclosure.

[a kennedy]

8. Wow, and triple wow......just wonderful.

Bravo to all who won, AND to all who entered.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Great!! Congratulations everyone! So thankful that you are...

Here with us to keep these wonderful contests going, CP.

Thank you. ❤️

[HAB911]

10. Congratulations everyone!

[DET]

11. Love Them All

But the Swiss train pic really captured my attention.

[LoisB]

12. Congratulations to all.

[Solly Mack]

13. Congrats all!

[Trueblue1968]

14. I love lions. I liked all the pictures.

[Permanut]

15. We're talking talent overload here.

Amazing.

[calimary]

16. LOVE these!

ALL of them, actually!

[Hope22]

17. Thank you to all who contributed!

These are beautiful!

[artemisia1]

18. Well done, all!!! /nt

[surfered]

20. Loved Weird Light.

[George McGovern]

28. Thanks surfered. It was weird for sure.

[BlueKota]

21. Great photos

Lions have always been my favorite animals since I saw the Born Free movie when I was little.

[hlthe2b]

23. Those are ALL AMAZING! So proud of you all and thanks for sharing them!

The little lion cubs give me a smile with Dad, for sue.

[Beringia]

25. Congrats

[Clouds Passing]

26. Excellent timing Nittersing! Sweet photo 😀

Love them all. George’s weird light is eerily beautiful. sinkingfeeling’s train is starkly frightening.

Congrats to all and to California Peggy wonderful hostessnesss.

[George McGovern]

33. Thank You Clouds Passing I'm pleased you liked the image. "Weird" didn't do it justice, but was all I could think of.

[Clouds Passing]

37. Alien? Surreal? Otherworldly?

Beautiful colors. Well framed.

[AltairIV]

29. Congratulations to the winners and......

to all who entered. This month was exceedingly tough as there were so many excellent submissions.

[GiqueCee]

30. The stonemasonry alone...

... in sinking feeling's entry is worth a prize all by itself! Making sure all those pillars and arches lined up was an engineering marvel.
And George's entry is spectacular. I always look forward to his photos of Shadow, Maddie, and Pete.
Nittersing's shot of the lions is priceless! The cubs are rightfully cautious around Dad; if he didn't know they were his own progeny, he might eye them as snacks.

[George McGovern]

34. Thank You GiqueCee. That most unusual light was the highlight of my day and many to come.

Shadow, Maddie and Pete say thanks too.

Shadow has loved to run her whole life. Still does.


Maddie and Pete would say Hi but they're too busy eating.

[GiqueCee]

35. Love these guys!

[JMCKUSICK]

31. Congrats to all of you!

[electric_blue68]

39. Congrats!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

40. Nice

[blogslug]

41. Congratulations!

Good job, everybody! 📷 ⭐

[Grumpy Old Guy]

42. Three great photos!

These were my three favorites.