Holy freakin'...!

Okay, there are just too many good shots this week. Many of you think NoeL's is best hands-down, but personally I think it's a close call between 3 entries.
Dragonboy:I see you've toned down your colors, and your layout is even better. This shot looks great.

Where did those trees come from?... I don't think I've seen them before, but they look very nice. The mountains don't look quite as good as the rest of the shot, but overall it's a very well-done shot
Dorian:A standard BS shot... Not bad, but not terribly exciting. Hey, is that my tileset you're using?
Mr. Z:You may think our monitors are not set bright enough for ZC, but you have to take into account that ZC is set against a black background when you have it on fullscreen, and SOTW is set against a very light green background. Also, my brightness is at max.

Yeah, my monitor sucks, but y'know there's no shame in touching up your shot by raising the brightness before submitting it... As it stands I see almost nothing.
NoeL:All I can say is, I hope this custom boss is as cool to fight as it is to look at. Don't skimp on the custom boss work, because dang, does that raise expectations.

The boss is perfect, and so are the walls... I never have been fond of the floors from this dungeon set, but I guess in the end it deserves my vote.
Shoelace:This is Pure used well enough to look as good as even Link's Birthday. Keep it up.

This temple looks really appealing. Not quite a SOTW winner against this stiff competition, though. But great job nonetheless.
Skateboarder:Very cool use of SD3; it's looking just great. Your use of cave tiles is perfect, but there's not much else going on in this screen. Not saying it'll look bad in quest, but as plith tells me so often, so shots are great in their own right but not good SOTW competitors.

I guess it's true sometimes.
As stated, my vote goes to NoeL. I usually don't like being a sheep, but I have to go with the majority here.

My second choice would be Dragonboy's, and my third would be Shoelace's.