Well this worked out well -- 35 submissions (not counting my own). Thanks to all of you who joined in, and I hope you had fun. Picking a winner has been tough, but here goes...
HMs to
Rohan for his series of flower portraits (especially the dark backgrounds),
RoseCat for her enigmatic yellow blaze in the woods, and
Jacosta for her misty beach scene.
Third goes to
bud66 for "2 trees" with its eye-catching bold colors and streaky ICM effect.
Second goes to
NickLeon, though I'm hard pressed to pick just one of his blur images. After much dithering, I'm going to give second to "I just missed the bus" (just edging out the two red jacket images), with its bright green and perfect motion blur.
First goes to
deepop. Although I could have chosen one of his beautiful flower blurs, the image that really jumped out is the Edward-Hopper-like "At the coffeehouse" where the simplification of the forms draws me in and sparks my imagination (as counterintuitive as that may seem).