Slammin'
by karmat

Comment:
Interesting concept and perfect composition. Reminds me of a Randy Johnson fast ball! Just a little grain reduction and cloning out a couple of white spots and this image would be perfect.

Exhausted
by e301

Comment:
Excellent image. Very well composed, nice silhouette, the fire is not overexposed and the sky grain included in this image is perfect for this industrial shot. Great job.

Blazing Nebula
by marbo

Comment:
Very, very well done image of the Great Orion Nebula. Nice tracking. You are to be commended.

FireWater
by dan_pendleton

Comment:
Best of the burning glassware images and there are plenty of them. This should finish right near the top.

Premature Illumination
by casualguy

Comment:
Good clarity, nothing overexposed and composition is perfect. Simple concept plus good impementation equals one great image.

Detonation
by weaverc

Comment:
The smoke detail in this image is tremendous. This one should be a top finisher.

Gotta light?
by kiwiness

Comment:
High quality image; great capture of an igniting match. Clearly top three material.

Gas Lamp
by banmorn

Comment:
Lighting and composition is very good here. The digital "jaggies" at the top of the image are a bit of a distraction and hurt the overall quality of this fine photograph. Those digital artifacts can be smoothed out using about a 5 pixel brush with a blur tool in post processing. That would make the image even better than it already is.

Buck - An American Classic
by orussell

Comment:
I like this image a lot. It was one of my top three favorites in this strong challenge.

Nature's Texture
by Diana

Comment:
Interesting angle and background for this image.