Follow Your Nose
by dixonp1

Comment:
A little soft for my taste, but the dramatic colors are wonderful. Excellent work. 8

The Grooming Habits of Hyacinth Macaws
by L1

Comment:
Beautiful birds, well-composed and presented. One of the better images in this group. 8

Bald Eagle
by tyt2000

Comment:
Stunning. One of the sharpest raptor shots I've seen. Composition is quite good, although a tighter, vertical crop might have had even more impact. Should make the top 10 easily. 9

Poker Face
by CorySmith

Comment:
An interesting animal captured with good sharpness and color. The expression is ho-hum and I might have cropped it a bit more off-centered, but the outstanding DOF and bokeh really make this shot (I smell an expensive lens at work). The result is almost three-dimensional, and that will make it stand out from most of the other entries.

Drool
by doctornick

Comment:
One of the best of the bunch. Composition, color, exposure, and focus are all very good. A less "bored" expression would have been nice, but that's kinda' hard to control. ;-)

Do you like my yellow ankle bracelet?
by coolhar

Comment:
An interesting subject with great color and sharpness. DOF and exposure are also quite good. You probably should have positioned the bird more to the right for a better composition. I don't often comment on titles, but with the popularity of those yellow plastic bracelets, "Livestrong" would have made a great title. ;-) 7

North American Nebula
by strangeghost

Comment:
Once again, a great shot. You're having WAYYY too much fun. I'd expect three minutes at ISO400 to result in a fair amount of grain on a 10D, so I'm curious to know how much of the shot is noise vs. stars. It also looks like you're getting a LOT of purple fringing with that lens (blue stars ain't THAT blue). Although it's not as wide, I suspect that your 70-200 wouldn't do that. You might also try a longer exposure at f/8.

Fireworks-1 07-04-05
by SJCarter

Comment:
This one is VERY nice. Pity we don't have fireworks all the time. This would've worked well in several past challenges (In the Beginning, Extreme Action, Abstract...).

Mount Rushmore 2005
by Sonifo

Comment:
Oooooooooooooh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaah! Beautiful!

Eruption
by Telehubbie

Comment:
Where was this hiding? Great shot for the challenge, but strange that I never saw it before. Love the intense color and rich contrast. As you suspected, a little more DOF might have made the difference between 9th and another patch o' color by your name. It's hard to feel sorry for a 6.5 though- congrats!