Happy Earth Day! Thank you for all who sent us their photos for the Earth Day photo contest celebrating the sun. We had many amazing submissions and our judges had a very difficult time casting their votes for the winners. Alas, we tallied them up, and here is the Grand-Prize winner:

Vince Maes
http://flic.kr/p/9ucujC

The dramatic aspects of this photo taken at Pacific Grove, CA captured many of our judges, specifically the quality and colors of light reflected off the water, the sand and the clouds. Vince will receive an LED Under Cabinet Lighting Kit worth $260.

And now for all the winners:

First Runner-Up: Diane Reed
Second Runner-Up: Andrew Neal
Diane will receive a $50 coupon and Andrew will receive a $25 coupon. We will publish Diane and Andrew’s photos on Monday, April 25th!

10 Honorable Mentions will have their photos published on Tuesday, April 26th and will receive an Elemental LED flash drive: Diane Dew, Rob Fix, Esther Santos, Charlotte Parscal, Oliver Adria, David Kastner, Barsha Dahal, Shana Dysert, Greg Spickard and Che A Mathews Hale.

All winners were contacted via email. Thanks again to everyone who participated. We loved seeing how your camera captured natural light and how natural light captured you. Since it’s Earth Day, we hope you’ll do something good for the earth today, and go out and enjoy its beauty.