Semifinalists 09, Round One
Here it is, the first round of semifinalists in the 2009 Mochimochi Photo Contest! John and I selected 20 photos from the more than 500 entries, and today we’re posting the first 10 (in no particular order, of course).
Starting now we need your help! We need to narrow down the 20 semifinalists to 10 finalists, and you can help us by telling us which of these are your favorites in the comments to this post.
For your consideration:
Slug and Snail Mobile by courtiala
Incredible idea and execution!
When there is no Yahtzee to play… by WyoLibrarian
Oh, Boos love Monopoly. They just add the word “cave” or “belfry” after all the real estate property names!
Disaster strikes the garden patch by wakegu4
I’m glad I’m not that carrot getting attacked by Hansigurumi’s crab. Super action shot!
Top Dog by kathrynivy.com
Better the top dog than the bottom dog, right? An unbelievably beautiful photo. (Anybody else want ice cream now?)
Circle of Bobs by Purple_Heather
Hmm, looks like the Bobs are conspiring…to do something cute!
Bear, Cat, Panda by -claudine-
Turns out all sorts of animals can come in stacking form. Nice mods!
On the Fence by Bitter-Sweet-
The baby colors are perfect for the Pundit Babies. These guys also appear to be moderates.
Snails Want to be Bullets Too by mariannes_stuff
Faster than a speeding snail! (And how in the world did she take this photo??)
Chicken Gang Leader by teekayknits
How I wish I could have been there for this photo shoot! Too fun.
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder
Next time you’re leaf peeping, maybe some of the leaves are peeping at you!
Congratulations to the photographers of these wonderful images!
Which of these photos do you LOVE? Don’t be shy—tell us in the comments! You can name as many of the photos in this post as you want. Soon we’ll post the next 10 semifinalists for you to comment on, then we’ll have the big final vote!
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about 2 years ago
Snails want to be bullets too
Disaster strikes the Garden Patch
Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
I love “Top Dog” and “Disaster strikes the Garden Patch”!
about 2 years ago
I think the slug and snail mobile is such a creative idea!! I love it! I also really like the batty bat pic…like they’re trying to capture the image of bats in their natural habitat. Very creative!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
On the Fence
Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader
Snails Want to Be Bullets Too
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
On the Fence
about 2 years ago
Top Dog
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Bear, Cat, Panda
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats (I love this photo!)
Snails Want to Be Bullets Too (How *did* she take that pic!? LoL)
Slug and Snail Mobile (Too clever, and very adorable!)
This was tough.. they are all so great!! But I decided to name my top 3 fav, otherwise I’d end up naming them all! XD
about 2 years ago
My favs
Batty Bats
Chicken Gang Leader
Snails Want to be Bullets Too
and Top Dog
but they all rock!
about 2 years ago
They really are fab photos. I love Snails want to be bullets too, batty bats and those yummy ice cream like stacked puppies
about 2 years ago
Disaster Strikes
Snails Want to Be Bullets Too
Such great photos!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats, Bear Cat Panda, Chicken Gang and the Top Dog are all my faves!
about 2 years ago
Ahhh these are all so awesome… but my favorites would have to be Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch, Batty Bats, and Snails Want to be Bullets Too.
about 2 years ago
I like the last three!
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader
Snails Want to Be Bullets Too
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
They’re all so great!
My very favorites are “Top Dog” and “Chicken Gang Leader”
about 2 years ago
I just love the Batty Bats, it’s such a great fall photo. Of course snails want to be bullets too is also amazing, how DID she take that photo?
about 2 years ago
They are all really good but here’s my list:
Chicken Gang Leader
Circle of Bobs
Top Dog
Disaster Strikes…
about 2 years ago
I vote for the Circle of Bobs, but I am a bit biassed – the brown and yellow bob is sitting on my mantelpiece as we speak… I’ll have to tell him he’s famous! Purple_Heather for the win!
about 2 years ago
For the “Snails Want to Be Bullets Too”
It I had to Guess she used fishing line to hold up the snail and then put the gun up to it to look like it was a bullet. With the right lighting conditions fishing line can look invisible!
Ok, I’m going to DIE of excitement! I can NOT wait any longer, did my photo make it to the semi finalists???????
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats, Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
My faves -
1 – Snails want to be bullets too
2 – Disaster strikes the garden patch
My admiration to all the knitters! They are all beautifully done – the idea behind the photos on these two just were the best.
about 2 years ago
snails want to be bullets too!
and
chicken gang leader!
about 2 years ago
I love the Snails as Bullets
about 2 years ago
I have to say, I liked many of the honorable mentions, but none of these really jump out at me. So, of these, I like the chicken gang the best.
about 2 years ago
Oh, they are all so great! Here’s my picks:
bats playing monopoly
Disaster Strikes
on the fence
about 2 years ago
Is it cheating to vote for myself?
Otherwise, my vote would got to the Slug and Snail Mobile. So cute!
about 2 years ago
Disaster Strikes and Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch
about 2 years ago
I like Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch and Snails Want to be Bullets Too.
about 2 years ago
when there’s no yahtzee to play
Batty Bats
Snails want to be bullets too
about 2 years ago
I like the circle of bobs and the garden patch diaster…
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Snails want to be bullets too
Top Dog
Those are my favorites, though they are all good!
about 2 years ago
In no particular order….
Batty Bats
Snails want to be Bullets too
Top Dog
about 2 years ago
Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch, i hope the rabbit gets away.
about 2 years ago
Snails Want to Be Bullets Too
and
Batty Bats are my favourites! Too cute!
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader! Look at how those hens cower behind that chick’s eminent authority, just waiting to hear the word go. (and it’s cute too.)
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder
Disaster strikes the garden patch by wakegu4
Snails Want to be Bullets Too by mariannes_stuff
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
My favorites are Chicken Gang Leader and Snails Want to be Bullets Too!
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader!!
and Batty Bats.
about 2 years ago
Top Dog
Snails Want to Be Bullets Too
On the Fence
about 2 years ago
Awe man.
Disaster strikes!
On the Fence
about 2 years ago
I love the disaster and the snail gun. I have to imagine she used photoshop for the snail!
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader by teekayknits
and
Top Dog by kathrynivy.com
So adorable!
about 2 years ago
OMG Anna, I LOVE the new banner on the blog! Mochimochi elf’s are so cute!
about 2 years ago
Top Dog
Batty Bats
Disaster Strikes
about 2 years ago
Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch
Snails Want to be Bullets Too
Chicken Gang Leader
Batty Bats
Yay for all these folks! So cool.
about 2 years ago
I love them all! But my favorites are…
Slug and Snail Mobile
Disaster Strikes
Snails Want to be Bullets
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Disaster strikes the garden patch is my favorite
about 2 years ago
I love Chicken Gang Leader, Chicken Gang Leader and Chicken Gang Leader. With honorable mention to Chicken Gang Leader.
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang leader, Batty Bats, and On the Fence!
about 2 years ago
my favorite-favorites:
Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch
Chicken Gang Leader
On the Fence
Top Dog
about 2 years ago
Can’t decide! Okay, in oreder from most favorite to not most favorite : On the Fence ; Bear, Cat, Panda, ; Circle of Bobs ;
Top Dog ; Disaster Strikes the garden Patch
I think! I don’t know! Hard choices!
about 2 years ago
Ooh and chicken gang leader! That ties with one of my choices!
about 2 years ago
Snail and Slug mobile too! Aaah I can’t decide!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder!! A perfect spooky autumn!
about 2 years ago
snail and slug mobile
snails want to be bullets
though all of them are great!!!
about 2 years ago
Can we vote for ourselves? lol
I Vote Batty Bats if we’re allowed
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder are awesome! The bats themselves are adorable, but the picture setting is the best!
about 2 years ago
Snails want to be bullets too
Circle of bobs
Chicken Gang leader
about 2 years ago
Loving the “Batty Bats” by DutchMoeder
about 2 years ago
It’s hard to pick favorites, but Batty Bats and Chicken Gang Leader really stand out.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats! I love them!!
Gun with Snail is pretty great too.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats just make me grin – love the critters AND the posing. BB all the way!
about 2 years ago
Absolutely loving Batty Bats by DutchMoeder – beautiful photo!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Snails want to be bullets
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
I vote Batty Bats too!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
I vote for Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Snails Want to be Bullets Too
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
batty bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats, so colorful! so Batty!
Top Dog does make me want ice cream, badly.
and the bullet snail one is very witty!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
and
Snails want to be Bullets Too.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Top Dog
about 2 years ago
I LOVE Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
I love Bear Cat Panda
and Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Bats!
about 2 years ago
I love Batty Bats and Top Dog. Too cute!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
The bats playing monopoly.
Snails want to be bullets.
Although they are all adorable…
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Top Dog
Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats, what a terrific photo!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Snails Want to be Bullets Too
Disaster strikes the garden patch
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Snails want to be bullets too
Chicken gang leader
about 2 years ago
batty bats
about 2 years ago
definitely the rainbow leaf bats!
the snail bullet is mighty cute too!
about 2 years ago
I’m just not loving any of these. I think “frozen in fear” from the honorable mentions is brilliant. I guess my fav of these is “Snails…bullets, too.”.
about 2 years ago
Woah… lotta comments… so…….
TOP DOG!!!!!!!! so cute…….
about 2 years ago
Batty bats!
Followed by Snails Want to Be bullets
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
I vote for the crab. Sarah Lindsey is a golden god.
about 2 years ago
Top Dog by kathrynivy.com is my favorite. As its one that I would definantly want to make. But, the snails want to be bullets too is very neat and orginal.
about 2 years ago
Batty bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Batty bats
about 2 years ago
Top three in order: Batty bats, circle of bobs and snails want to be bullets
They are all great.
about 2 years ago
batty bats!!!!!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder
about 2 years ago
These are all very cute! My favorites in this round are chicken gang, batty bats, snails…, too, and that sweet mobile.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder is my favorite
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder rocks!
about 2 years ago
ZOMG Batty Bats! SOoooooooooooo cute!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!!!
about 2 years ago
Bats are best!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!!
And Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Snails want to be bullets
Bobs
about 2 years ago
Chicken Gang Leader
about 2 years ago
Gotta love the batty bats! Faster than a speeding snail is a close second.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats and Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats are my fav!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats FTW!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats is great!
about 2 years ago
Batty bats
about 2 years ago
when there’s no yahtzee to play
batty bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats get my vote!!!
about 2 years ago
I Lurves the Bats! The dogs and the chicken are pretty cute too
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats and the snail gun one!
about 2 years ago
Batty bats!
about 2 years ago
wonderful photos – my top 2 are: batty bats and faster than a speeding snail
about 2 years ago
The chickens made me laugh.
about 2 years ago
I love batty bats – such a great photo!! I really like the creativity of disaster strikes in the garden patch and snails want to be bullets too – what an awesome selection!
about 2 years ago
I vote for Batty Bats!!! Very creative
about 2 years ago
That snail gun might be the best thing EVER INVENTED!!! it totally gets my vote! my second vote goes to Batty Bats, really fantastic composition and work! great job!
about 2 years ago
BATTY BATS!!
about 2 years ago
Snails want to be bullets too; Batty Bats; and Top Dog. They’re all so good, though! These three really stand out to me as awesome photos as well as totally adorable knitted creatures. Wow!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats ftw
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Chicken Gang Leader
Disaster Strikes the Garden Patch
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
They’re all so awesome, but if I had to pick a favorite or two I’d say:
Disaster strikes the garden patch
Top Dog
Snails Want to Be Bullets too.
about 2 years ago
“Batty Bats” by DutchMoeder
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats !
about 2 years ago
disaster strikes in the garden patch is EPIC!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats are Number Uno with me!
about 2 years ago
Batty bats. Halloween here I come!
about 2 years ago
Of course I have to go for Top Dog! I love me some cushy Malabrigo goodness.
about 2 years ago
i’m so honored that my chicken gang leader got selected as one of the semi-finalists. can i vote for it?
and i’ll vote for batty bats and snails want to be bullets too.
about 2 years ago
OMG! Baby Bats! Baby Bats! Baby Bats! Those are so amazingly cute!
I want to hang them from the ceiling in my children’s room!
about 2 years ago
I like the 3 dogs! And I also like the bats.
about 2 years ago
The Batty Bats are great, and the photography is wonderful!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!!!!!!
about 2 years ago
Snails Want to be Bullets Too
and
Batty Bats
(love the photographys skills on both)
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Bats and leaves, snail gun, and chicken gang (imagining them singing
‘Hard Knock Life’ a la Austin Powers…)
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats and Top Dog !
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
I vote for Top Dog
Batty Bats and
Snails Want to be Bullets, too.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats is just adorable. I also agree- how did that picture for Snails Want To Be Bullets Too work?!
about 2 years ago
wow – these are all great, and it’s a hard choice. i hovered over snails wanto be bullets too, and disaster in the garden patch, but i have to go for batty bats by dutchmoeder – LOVE them!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Chicken Gang Leaders
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats! Adorable and so cool looking hanging there in the tree.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
Garden Patch
about 2 years ago
“Batty Bats” by DutchMoeder
They are just too cute
about 2 years ago
The snails and slugs mobile is the best!!! Very cute, creative and functional as well.
about 2 years ago
Batty bats, and the Disaster Strikes!
about 2 years ago
Batty bats
about 2 years ago
Disaster strikes the Garden Patch
Snails want to be Bullets, too
about 2 years ago
Batty bats fer sure
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
How cute great minds working here
about 2 years ago
Absolutely Batty Bats
they’re awesome
about 2 years ago
I like Batty Bats, Snails want to be bullets too, and Top Dog!!
about 2 years ago
BATTY BATS! Oh they’re so cute!
And Snails Want To Be Bullets, Too. Bang-bang, Snaily!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
about 2 years ago
snails wants to be bullets too!
about 2 years ago
slug and snail mobile it’s just awesome very creative
about 2 years ago
Batty bats!!!!
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats
and Snails want to be bullets too
although they’re all brilliant!
about 2 years ago
Bear, Cat, Panda by -claudine-
Snails Want to be Bullets Too by mariannes_stuff
Batty Bats by DutchMoeder
about 2 years ago
Ooh, thank you for including my Circle Of Bobs – does that count as a vote ;P
From the others, I love “Snails Want to Be Bullets Too”, fab phot, and so funny.
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!!! To cute:)
about 2 years ago
Batty Bats!
about 2 years ago
BATTY BATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about 2 years ago
Are we still voting? Because I absolutely LOVE Chicken Gang Leader.
about 2 years ago
“Circle of Bobs” and “Snails Want to be Bullets Too” are my favs!
about 2 years ago
Circle of Bobs by Purple_Heather
Batty bats
Top dogs
about 2 years ago
Circle of Bobs
about 2 years ago
they are all very cute, but my faves are:
Bear, cat, panda
Snails want to be bullets too
Batty bats
about 2 years ago
Batty bats!!!
about 2 years ago
What a great group of photos! All of them brought a smile to my face.
Good luck contestants!