Been travelling, sorry for no pic and no wrap-up.
But since the voting period is on since 20:00 28.07:

I vote eson. Wow, what a find. The willowed moss(?) really drives the atmosphere home for me. Also the unusual near square cropped aspect ratio is complementing the subject imo. Well done.
Sapongas crisp macro and Pentonas awesome play with portrait orientation came very close for me.
Peter, robthebold, pichlo and Macros all nearly won me over by appealing to my taste buds