Winner 17 February...

[Chris Hawkins]

...at last I get to choose Image of the Week. There have so many fantastic pictures posted, but to be honest two pictures blew me away in particular - so much so that I kept thinking about them when I was away from the Forum. I don't want to set a precedent of having more than one picture mentioned, but I have to take a bow to Karl's original Garlic Bulb macro - stunning image - IMHO as good as a photo can get.

But (sorry Karl) the picture that I would like to announce as winner is the Barn Owl by Dave Hutch. Which has everything - equipment mastery, knowledge of photography, timing and patience. Love it soooo much :-)

[kya]

Absolute superb image..I love it!!!

Congratulations on getting pic of week Dave..great choice Chris! :)

[David Worthington]

a great shot and a deserving winner.. congratulations Dave

[Stemmy]

One of the best - well done Dave

[dusktildawn]

Stunning shot Dave....Well deserved winner!!

[chaz]

Simply stunning, well done.:first:

[Di O]

:first: Stunning image, congrats!

[Mark D]

AWESOME!!!

Well done totally deserved

[BarryM]

excellent shot and updated on forums image of the week

[Dotty.c]

well deserved, beautiful image.

[Briddo]

A very worthy winner, congratulations.

[mand]

A fantastic pic. stunning. Well worth the potw..:first:

Great choice.:)

[karl-tkd]

This is a very very well deserved POTW.....it's very rare theat we see these wonderful animals.

Welldone for getting to the line before me....LOL

[Dave.Hutch]

Blimmin eck! :exit:

I'd have personally given it to Karl,for me his shot was absolutely faultless.
Thanks folks, its very kind of ya!
:thanks:

[Kevin Wilson]

Well done Dave, stunning wildlife photograph of my favourite bird of all time.

Kevin