The Commons Picture of the Year competition for 2007 has reached its final round, which closes on January 24. The 28 finalists can be seen below:

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  Antelope Canyon
  Credit: Lucas Löffler
  License: PD
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  Australasian Pipit
  Credit: benjamint444
  License: GFDL
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  Braunvieh cattle
  Credit: Daniel Schwen
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5, GFDL
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  Breaking wave, Plogoff
  Credit: Henri Camus
  License: CC-BY-SA 1.0
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  Broadway Tower
  Credit: Newton2
  License: CC-BY 2.5
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  Brown bear
  Credit: Malene Thyssen
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5, GFDL
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  Colored pencils
  Credit: Michael Maggs
  License: CC-BY-SA 3.0
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  Colosseum
  Credit: Diliff
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5
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  Culex mosquitoes
  Credit: James Gathany
  License: CC-BY 2.5
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  Dactylopterus volitans
  Credit: Beckmannjan
  License: GFDL
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  Dew
  Credit: Luc Viatour
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5/2.0/1.0, GFDL
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  Egeskov Castle
  Credit: Malene Thyssen
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5, GFDL
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  Equisetum pratense
  Credit: Luc Viatour
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5/2.0/1.0, GFDL
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  Firefighter
  Credit: Kathrine McDowell
  License: PD
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  Foucault pendulum
  Credit: DemonDeLuxe
  License: GFDL
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  Fulmer Falls
  Credit: Derek Ramsey
  License: GFDL-1.2
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  Giza pyramid complex
  Credit: Ricardo Liberato
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.0
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  Green turtle
  Credit: Mila Zinkova
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5/2.0/1.0, GFDL
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  Klöntalersee
  Credit: Ikiwaner
  License: GFDL
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  New York City
  Credit: Paulo Barcellos Jr.
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.0
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  Old book bindings
  Credit: Tom Murphy VII
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.0, GFDL
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  Palace of Westminster
  Credit: Diliff
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5
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  Red squirrel
  Credit: Ray eye
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.0-DE
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  Rotterdam Blitz memorial
  Credit: Y.S. Groen
  License: CC-BY 2.5, GFDL
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  Salt
  Credit: Luca Galuzzi
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5
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  Swedish Rally
  Credit: Christopher Batt
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.0
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  Terrace rice fields
  Credit: Jialiang Gao
  License: CC-BY-SA 3.0/2.5/2.0/1.0, GFDL
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  Whale shark
  Credit: Zac Wolf
  License: CC-BY-SA 2.5

This year is the first that the voting is taking place outside the Commons; custom software was written by Bryan, allowing the vote to be held on the Wikimedia Toolserver. Voting via the Wikimedia Toolserver avoids edit conflicts, and allows users to make all their choices much more quickly. Information about the voting method and how to get a voting token is at Commons:Picture of the Year/2007/Voting. Results will not be made public until the end of voting, at which time the entire database of all votes (without the names of the individual users who made each vote) will be released for public inspection.