for better or worse the finalists for the grant

The theme will be water as source of life
and an instrument of healing.
or some such high falutin verbiage
I wish I could include more but the rules
are
the rulez.

final bunch of new collection

in no particular order here they are.

part 2 some are similar but all made first cut.

here is the next bunch trying to find balance and theme
a few more tomorrow. Thanks

taking suggestions another attempt at finding photos for the grant.

a lot of these are of water in one form or another...
but not this one.

I think the theme will be something to do with water

Thanks for your comments

I, of course, am still confused.
I need to work on it some more but have been reducing words
enlarging fonts,
and am considering using other photos.

More will be revealed.

The final bunch

I have to remember this is a totally different medium
the ones I select will be shown large on a
screen four at a time (in a row)
for a very shot time - in the first round(s)
at some point they will read the description of the first one in each set.

Some of these, like the one above, have text below the image.
I don't know if this makes a difference
or if it is good or bad.
but it may be a sign of too much text.
In the one below I think I will remove the belief in yourself line.

below - too cute?

a number of people have pointed this one out
as one they like when reading the book
- from projection. But it is wordy compaired to the others

Another bunch of candidates note: my comments (if any) refer to photo below them.

First, thank you, and
do not feel you need produce a coherent response.
These photos as always can be enlarged by clicking on them

This one, though a snapshot
and taken with a lesser camera, is working its way up the list
though it may have too many words.

the one below is probably too wordy
can take out some text

Not a "pretty" picture - but message is direct

this one may not work so well out of context.

though I love this one
and it really applies I think it may be
too complicated and would detract from initial
viewing which is going to be very fast.

This one comes from one of the final
more up-beat sections of a book
if included it will come towards the end