Thanks guys and thank you Will for such an interesting contest. I found the results very interesting. I think the judges looked at the photography very well. I was surprised to hear that this being a photo contest that judging the photo was taken as seriously as it was. I remember when I judged the last one, I thought my picks were going to be way off. I judged equally on tree and photography. I was surprised that in many cases my picks were the same.
I also find it ironic that the best tree was collected in NORTH AMERICA!
Congratulations to all those that entered. I was just happy to have been in such fine company. It never occured to me that I may have a tree that would even have been considered in the top thirty.
Cheers, Al
