'Twas a bright DPChristmas, and all through the site ---------- (Konador)
not a photo was blurring, not even at night. ---------- (Telehubbie)
The settings were checked in the cameras with care ---------- (muckpond)
in hopes that blue ribbons soon would be theirs. ---------- (alanfreed)
While images nestled all snug in their cards, ---------- (albright1)
(filling up 50 Gig drives wasn’t hard!) ---------- (magnetic9999)
a punked-out Achoo, and Larus in drag, ---------- (Judi)
had just settled in to the forums to brag ---------- (james_so)
when out from the ether arose a new challenge ---------- (Manic)
to which DPCers all charged in a phalange. ---------- (levyj413)
What devious plot had Langdon and Drew ---------- (Langdon)
cooked up to befuddle the DPC crew? ---------- (drewmedia)
When Judi first saw it, she flung off her clothes, ---------- (fotomann_forever)
DrAchoo glued a bug to his nose, ---------- (DrAchoo)
recalcitrant members paid up their fees ---------- (Krystle)
while Leroy just smiled and pulled out the cheese. ---------- (lkn4truth)
Librodo threw open his closet of scarves, ---------- (raish)
Icelandic landscapes were shipped in from Mars, ---------- (Chiqui)
all to prepare for this wonder of wonders, ---------- (dassilem)
this challenge that plowed other challenges under: ---------- (DeniseBernadette)
“This week, ‘tis the season to give all you can, ---------- (GeneralE)
don’t shoot Low Key, Without Subject, or Zen, ---------- (sabphoto)
give us eye candy, nothing outré, ---------- (Nobody)
up the Wow Factor and blow us away!” ---------- (lentil)
As the midnight ride of a nation’s dawn, ---------- (sfalice)
or the message that ran from far Marathon, ---------- (Kita)
these glorious words flew o’er the globe, ---------- (KaDi)
a gospel to gladden the grumpiest Job. ---------- (Di)
All the great heroes would throw their lots in, ---------- (ursula)
the whispers began right away: “Who would win?” ---------- (Beetle)
Competition was fierce, the payoff was huge, ---------- (ivaldovi)
to be Best of the Best, to o’ertop the deluge! ---------- (love)
A thousand pictures… two thousand were entered, ---------- (sher9204)
beautiful wind-blown models off centered, ---------- (MattO)
utterly fanatic photography nerds ---------- (metatate)
put shiny baubles directly on thirds ---------- (jenesis)
with alien bees and silver reflectors ---------- (Ware3927)
lighting the treasures of jewel collectors. ---------- (snowflakejen)
Young Arnit spiraled construction paper ---------- (Mambe)
so many times it curled like a vapor, ---------- (plamprec)
and speaking of vapor, food dyes were poured ---------- (JuliBoc)
in water as clear as a Nordic fjord. ---------- (silverfoxx Cattails paraded ‘neath cloud hieroglyphs ---------- (roba)
as Bear_Music waited for just the right skiff. ---------- (Bear_Music)
After what seemed like an infinite time lapse ---------- (Kavey)
the turnover hit like fierce thunderclaps, ---------- (cryingdragon)
it shook DP Challenge down to its core, ---------- (skewsme)
none could believe the highest high score. ---------- (quiet_observation)
The picture stood bare, like an old piece of wood, ---------- (Art Roflmao)
exposing its texture and feeling, it stood ---------- (Snek)
like a beacon of presence burst forth from the wrapping ---------- (RayEthier)
whose glitter had faded, its energy sapping. ---------- (jmsetzler)
Where content was king, form had o’erthrown. ---------- (Louis)
With beauty skin deep, the blue found the bone. ---------- (L2)
Jjbeguin had shown them the light, ---------- (posthumous)
“Chiaroscuro to all, and to all black and white!” ---------- (kirbic)
This my friends, is utterly awesome. It is indeed refreshing to note that peoples from all over the globe can indeed get together and share precious moments.
Rest assured that I will indeed record this, and keep it as a souvenir of the wonderful peoples I encountered on this site.
Well my friend, I heard it and so did my very dear friend Beetle, and we both loved hearing your voice again, as it brought back a flood of very warm memories.
