goo
by jmritz

Comment:
Wow! Wish I had looked at this challenge now. This is sizzlin' good stuff. A panty-sniffer about to stick up a liquor store: now that is magic. I'd have been a 10 for sure and stuck my ugly big thumb on your head. Had I only done so, you could have finished 29th! Just imagine that.

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by Zigomar

Comment:
Fizzzzz! A real photograph! Love your stuff, Zig.

Love Is The Stick You Throw
by jagar

Comment:
Rare to see something like this in the ribbons. Well done the voters & well done you!

The Beginning of The End
by nickyb

Comment:
Hey Nicky, this is pretty cool. I'll give you $0.33 for it, ok? Haha ... all right, you win; a dollar.

Seriously, you have what many of your 'betters' from that stupid forum thread don't, and I do not mean youth. You have exceptional talent, judgement and good taste. I'll expect to see your name on many things outside of DPC in the future.

vita
by odriew

Comment:
Gorgeous photograph. 10 & thank you. And the heavily spangled Order of the Thumb.

Blue moon...
by Giles

Comment:
This is transcendent.

tran·scen·dent
adj.
1. Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.
2. Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception

There's just no other word for it. Transcendent.
10, thank you, and the Order of the Thumb (sorry; it's compulsory in this case).

Sleepless under the Stars
by rosaamman

Comment:
Just a terrific picture! Great vision, lighting, photographic choices, and post-processing restraint. 10, thank you, and may I sprinkle you lightly with an Order of the Thumb?

shall we dance, said the lizzard to the ant
by daisydavid

Comment:
Beyond beautiful. The best, loveliest botanical picture ever at DPC. I usually don't care if my own top choices are treated shabbily by the voters, but I truly hope that this one gets a high finish so that it is seen by as many people as possible, to show them how wonderful (literally wonderful) a picture of flowers can be!
10 from me, and thank you, plus I will swap you your superfluous 'z' for a bright & shiny Order of the Thumb.

the Ledge
by cutout

Comment:
Fascinating. Great illustration of how to find beauty and interest in the most unpropitious of places. Photographically, it's fabulous – a meticulous drawing sketched with a camera. 10, thank you, and please accept an Order of the Thumb.

When Pigs Fly
by pmichaud

Comment:
Best picture of Pigs in Flight ever! Superb job by you, and pretty impressive by the pigs as well (I'm assuming from the tight formation that this was done with captive, trained stunt pigs and not in the wild? Is it the Thunderpigs?) 8 & thank you.