Overall Grand Prize 2013 - Anette Mossbacher

Congratulations Anette Mossbacher!! Your image "Good night sleep tight!" is the 2013 Grand Prize winner!!

Your deserving winning image has earned you a Lifetime Membership to BPN as well as a free one day instruction with Arthur Morris!!

This is also the first time that the overall winner on BPN has not been an avian subject...remember, "It ain't just birds!":S3:

Big congratulations Anette, well deserved, drinks are on you. :cheers:

Holy moly, thanks so much. I am honored that my sleepy "mammal" was "faster" than a flying "avian", yeeeeaaaahhhh :cheers: :5
Fantastic, thanks so much guys. I am very thankful to the BPN, with it's great moderators and fantastic members which I meet in the forums or even when I am somewhere on earth. Love it all the way.
Also must say a big thank you to Steve K., Rachel H. and Morkel E. for kicking my "behind" so often to get it right from start up.
The drinks will be on the house whenever I meet someone from BPN. :bg3: :w3

Artie, when you see this: When are you again in Europe? I take that free day for sure! :t3

Again thank you so much guys, guess I sleep tonight with a big smile on my face :S3:

Have a great eve

Ciao
Anette

Hi Anette - Huge congratulations from me too! Well done and deserved. I'm in for the drinks.

Rachel

Thanks so much Rachel, I do know that your are in for the drinks. :cheers:
Will bring an extra credit card along :t3

Have a great eve

Ciao

Anette

Hi, Anette, congratulations!!! An absolutely stunning image and so deserving of IOTY:cheers:

A well deserved win Annette. It is a beautiful image!
Gail

Beautiful image Anette, big congrats!

Congrats Annette a truly wonderful image.

What a beautiful image! Congratulations Anette!

Hi Anette, more congrats on achieving the over IOTY. Well deserved.

Cheryl, Gail, Jacky, Don, Jeannean and Stuart,

thanks so much for your kind words :bg3: I highly appreciate it for taking the time to leave your nice comments.

Have all fantastic weekend, for sure I do have one, opening a bottle :cheers:

Ciao Anette

Thoroughly well deserved Anette!! I expect big things from this image in some major competition this year! :5

Thanks a lot Morkel, we will see or hear, never know. :bg3:

have a great weekend

Ciao
Anette

A big congratulations Anette! An outstanding image and a well deserved win!

Huge congratulations! Well deserved!

Congratulations Anette on an amazing image and well deserved win!

Huge congratulations, Anette, on this over the top image and on your IOTY grand prize. The moment I saw this image, I knew it was a winner. I hope you are going to enter it in the BBC this year.

Hi Steve M. Diane, Randall and Marina,

thank you very much for your kind words. I am more than honored to have this image selected for the IOTY :bg3:

Marina, there are quite a number of images floating in the web with this sleepy head. I was not alone there! It will be entered in a few contests, the ones I do NOT loose the copyright and who knows what!
We will see :w3

Enjoy your weekends

Ciao
Anette

Congratulations Anette, Thats a very inspiring capture. I can imagine your heart was racing you first saw this, An amazing capture.