December Photo Competition: Christmas OR 'December is the darkest month'

[alef]

I'll have go at counting, though the winner looks obvious...

 

[alef]

Well done, mort! Lovely photo, truly December is the darkest month.

23 mort - into the light
12 chorlton - dark hedges
9 Vintage Paw - a snowman in an artificial tree
8 Iemanja - December Fog

Added to the winners' gallery:
http://www.urban75.org/photos/comp/200712.html

 

[hiccup]

Congratulations mort

 

[e19896]

well done mort awsome image..

 

[Tank Girl]

balls, I forgot to vote.

congratulations mort, that was a stunning photo

 

[Sweet FA]

a stunning photo

and really spooky too

 

[mort]

Wow - thank you for your votes. I thought there were some wonderful photos this month.

Now the pressure is on to think of a theme for january

 

[alef]

Wow - thank you for your votes. I thought there were some wonderful photos this month.

Now the pressure is on to think of a theme for january

Two I've thought might be interesting are 'abstract' and 'green'. Here's the list of previous themes to check against:

2007
Christmas or December is the darkest month
Free
Juxtaposition
Humour
Texture
The Good Things in Life
The View From My Window
Transport
Delicate
Public Space
Blue
Copies of the Masters

2006
Curves
Foreign
Changes
September
Angles
Forbidden
Love
Self portrait
Wet!
Nightlife
Animals
Music

2005
Weather
All in the detail
This Sporting Life
Mischief
At Work
Still Life
Decay + Dereliction
Ego + Existence
Old Age
Communication
Hair
Solitude

2004
Fast Food
Shadow and Silhouette
Self-identity
Palimpsest
1 second handheld from the hip
Multiples
Portraits
Natural Patterns
The Camera Always Lies
Loud
Spin
Illness

2003
The Essence of Christmas
Decay
Colours of Autumn
Water
Simply Summer
Faces
Reflection
Abandoned
Open / Closed

2002
Manmade V. Natural structures

 

[sovietpop]

I also forgot to vote - I lost track of the days. Beautiful photo, well done.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I forgot to vote on this thread.

Mort's photo is excellent, but firky's dark stranger, chorlton's dark hedges and his manchester market, neon's cows, and valve's it's policy, are well worthy of mention.