Please vote for your favorite image from the "Wide and Close" assignment for the "People's Choice" award. The objective of this assignment was to encourage participants to get as close as possible to the "near" element in their compositions in order to emphasize the perception of depth in the scene. I recommended using their widest angle lens to compose their images, and getting as close as possible to the "near" element in the scene while still keeping the farthest objects in the scene within the depth of field for the selected lens and aperture.
To vote for an image, simply select the image title in the "poll" attached at the top of this thread, and click "submit vote."
NOTE: You need to be logged in to see the voting options. Voting will end at midnight, Mountain Time (GMT-07:00) on Sunday, 16 August 2009.

My garden inside a bubble

My garden inside a bubble 2

Yankee Boy Basin

Botanica

One Step At A Time

Are We There Yet?

Stairway To Heaven

Windmill Sunrise

Early Morning at the pond
Viewers are encouraged to respond to this thread describing
why you like a particular image, or think it was particularly successful at meeting the guidelines of the assignment.
Thank you to everyone that participated in the "Wide and Close" assignment.
Keith