[billybobsky]

I have a feeling that I may have made this challenge topic a bit too esoteric. That said, there were some very fine entries with a couple of photographs that really stood out.

First the runner up:

Bryson's maple/sky photograph. I think what gets me is the color contrasts between the sky and the cloud and the tree and the shadows even though, like most of the other photograph submissions, the subject was purely plants/photosynthesis.

And the winner:

Gargoyle's bbq picture. I don't know but for some reason I want to jump into the photograph, grab a fish off the grill and go walking into the valley below. While avoiding the subjects directly, this photograph captures both the recently respiring fish and green foliage almost invariably associated with photosynthesis. The puff of steam/smoke certainly adds to the aura and gives the photograph a feeling of action.