And the results are in! (RMNP Fall Color Contest)

And the results are in! Thanks to everyone who participated the images this year were outstanding!

2010 Fall Color Contest

Thanks to everyone who voted for my image, "Autumn Oaks and Snags", as the winner of this year's contest. I'll be donating the $150 prize to my friend, Brody Young. Brody is a Utah State Parks Ranger here in Moab who was shot multiple times on Friday, Nov. 19, by Lance Arellano at the Poison Spider trailhead. Brody and I attended the police academy together and we've backed one another on dozens of traffic stops and contacts over the years. He's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Learn more about Brody and how you can make a donation at http://www.rangerbrody.org.

Congrats to the well-deserved winners and all participants in general. With images of this caliber, there really are no losers.

That's a noble move Bret, he's lucky to have a friend like you!

Thanks for your time and work on this too Jim!

Great job, y'all! This might've been the best collection ever.

Congratulations, folks! Beautiful and original work in the winner group.
Bret, I hope your friend recovers from his injuries.

Guy

Congrats all. Wonderful collection of work this year.

Congratulations to Bret, John, Dave, Jared and Todd for your fine images. It was certainly difficult to choose among the entries.

I enjoy participating in the fall contest year after year. This year the collection of images were especially good. Congratulations to the winners (and thanks to the moderators)!

Also, good thoughts to your friend, Bret. I have some special appreciation for the rangers and wardens who take risks to keep wilderness areas safe.

Congrats guys, good job Jim, and great gesture Bret.

Congratulations guys! Well deserved. And Bret,

Definitely a great gesture, Bret. I hope your buddy has a fully recovery. Sweet images all around and congrats to the winners.

Great collection this year, congrats to everyone especially the winners!

Congrats friends!! This year's collection was inspiring. Bret, your image still floors me. A great gesture with your proceeds as well.

Jim, any chance of putting names to the entries so we know who did what? In your spare time, of course

Done!

Congrats to all. I'm happy that Bret's winnings are going to a great cause!

Sweet! Thanks a lot Jim

Congrats guys!!! These certainly had my vote!!! Beautiful and creative!!!

Congratulations Guys! #'s 1 and 2 are right in order with my vote. The others are very deserving as well.

What an absolute honor this is. Thank you all very much!!
On a side note, I'm real glad to see that every image I voted for was chosen.
Thanks again, and especially to Jim C. for all of his effort in putting this together.

Congrats to the winners! Great images all around! Good of you to donate and provide the link, Bret. I hope Brody recovers.

It's nice to get a little recognition in such great company. HUGE thanks to Jim C. for doing an awesome job and congrats to such a talented group for an amazing body of work in a season almost completely void of clouds. And it's very cool of Bret to help Brody - we'll all be pulling for him to fully recover.

Congrats everyone.

I really enjoyed looking at all of this year's entries. Congrats to the winners and to everyone for such outstanding work!

Congrats to all entrants and especially to our winners. A wonderful collection of work.

Bill Brennan

Little late chiming in here, but big congrats to the worthy winners and the worthy non-winners. It was an amazing collection this year!

Bret, you're a kind and generous man!

After reading through these responses I realized I was a bit hasty w/ my initial post and neglected to comment on the extraordinary talent amassed here in this forum. Each year the images submitted to this contest get better and better, which is amazing considering how freakin' crazy cool they've been over the last couple of years. Congrats to the other winners and to all entrants for some seriously inspiring work!

I bet a calendar of the top 12 images would sell like hot cakes. Just sayin'.

Congratulations to the winners ! Really great collection of images here

I am very late here, been out of town w/out computer access. Incredible images and the winners deserve it! Bret, I've been following the story of ranger Brody and I hope for only the best for he and his family.

Congrats to all!