Judgment Day

Wes and I had a huge job in trying to pick a winner for this week's Photo Friday contest.  We loved seeing all of your animals! More than 100 photos were submitted of all manner of cats, dogs, birds, pigs, donkeys, and various reptilian types. We sorted through the best we could, looking for photos that were particularly well-done - good composition AND cute pet. We know that everyone loves their pets and thinks they are the cutest animals on the planet. This is as it should be.

If you are impatient to see the WINNER scroll down. It is listed last to build suspense!

 

Here's what we came up with, in many categories (in some cases flickr or the artist did something so that I couldn't copy or link or save or anything, so those photos are just linked):

BEST CAT PHOTO, double:

by La Sublime

Honorable Mention:
"Goes together like Idli & Sambar" by Art-Sweet (I had to google it, I admit)

BEST CAT PHOTO, single

Also by La Sublime!

Honorable Mentions:

By topsecretplans (we loved the story about George hunting/fearing chipmunks)

By kiles1670

By hopeandmegan

By splashandwally

ALSO "sleeper" by so_meow

BEST DOG PHOTO, Double

By tularoo (By the way - this was REALLY close to winning best overall - we LOVE them!!)

Honorable Mention:

By topsecretplans

BEST DOG PHOTO, Single

By The Muriels (yes, not techncally ONE dog, but still)

Honorable Mentions:

By beadinghippo

By splashandwally

By Temmerling

BEST BIRD PHOTO:

Also by La Sublime!

CUTEST NON-DOG/CAT/BIRD:

By jrustdc

Honorable Mention:

By artjax

BEST KISS-UP:

By Calliope1

And finally... THE WINNER:

By Mermaidgrrrl

We love the look on Karma the dog's face. And that kitten is just TOO cute. We felt this was an extremely expressive photo and loved how much of a story it told. We would like to know... are those feathers sticking out of Karma's mouth or maybe... a little bit of kitten?

CONGRATULATIONS, Mermaidgrrrl!