Black Mamba by Pistos has been selected as this week's Image of the Week!

With crisp, details the artist has balanced the textures of the snake against the details of the background. A lovely array of earthtones and variated lighting create an image that has a lot of interest without being overpowering or losing the focal point of the Black Mamba. Now, if you'll pardon us, we just need to go make sure our anti-venom kit is up to date...

Honorable Mention this week goes to Candle Sprite by bfrank. A relatively simple design that nonetheless fills the space of the canvas in an evocative manner.
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Nominations are now open for all images uploaded between 12 am (0000 hours) EST on 12/09 (Bowl In The Light) to 11:59 pm (23:59 hours) EST on 12/15 (_/| Designs by Iris 49 |\_). Nominations will remain open until 8 pm (2000 hours) EST on 12/17.

To nominate a maximum of 2 images, either post your nominations here or PM myself, Mimi, or Piner.

On Thurs 12/19, this thread will (hopefully) be updated with the image selected as the standout of the week!

Images that have previously been selected as the Image of the Week have been tagged and can be viewed as a group by clicking here.

Hi Cat, here are my nominations of outstanding images for this week.

Touch of Frost, Starglow

Mike, 0930_23

My nominations this week are:

Great Blue Heron by Casechaser

Cat Camp #5 by tigger3

Hi all - sorry, I have dropped the ball here and unfortunately cannot pick it back up today. By EOD on Monday, I will have it back on track. John, thanks so much for posting nominations for the current week's images!

As you may have noticed... I was overly optimistic about that Monday thing. This week's has been posted, working on the next week's now!