My apologies for the late judging to everyone. I've been extremely busy, and actually I still am, so I will be brief for now, sorry for that. I was going to write more about them, but I don't have time now, and most of my points have been said by the other judges already anyway, so here goes:
TheGiantMidgit: I have to disagree with taikara on the positioning of the whales. I like the shape of the picture and the feeling that the whales are swimming across the clear, blue sky (instead of the clear, blue ocean). The picture's very well drawn, I'd never have the patience to make something like that in MSPaint.
swiss: A magnificent photo! You've done a great job adjusting the colors and such and the cropping (or something, I have no idea what the right word for "rajaus" is in English) of the picture is excellent. The only con I can think of is the text "Oceans", I'd somehow like the picture more as a mere landscape without the text. Or maybe it should have a more subtle font, color, size or something.
Quintopotere: LOL Gotta love the Monkey Island thing. Otherwise the picture is pretty simple and the pixelated Melee Island pier could blend in better, but Guybrush and Otis earned you an extra thumbs up.
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wendymaree: I completely agree with taikara on this one. Because I'd just end up saying everything she already wrote in different words, scroll up and read taikara's post on this. A beautiful picture, anyway.
It's a very hard decision as all the pictures are very different. We should've had different categories or something as photography and pixel art are two pretty different things. I'll still probably have to choose only one, so my vote goes to...
swiss
I know it doesn't have any effect on anything, but I'll just have to announce a very close runner-up, too:
TheGiantMidgit! It was very close, I almost ended up rolling a die to decide between you two.
Congratulations for the winner, and thanks to all who participated for the great pictures. Too bad we missed Pigggy's and moogle's entries, though.