Happy T(h)ree Friends
by fitz3000

Comment:
Unusual perspective and high-key treatment work to make this more interesting.

Go Ahead Pull My Finger
by Quigley

Comment:
That looks like one wacky event -- I hope it was suitable for kids in the audience.

Sunset Crossing
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
Stupendous moving capture -- I do a lot of shooting from the car, and this is about as good as it gets.

Neon Night
by briantammy

Comment:

Originally posted by jmritz: Love that blue radiating from beneath.

Yup -- I think the wacky White Balance/colors really add to the overall look.

Channel Islands
by Germaine

Comment:
A nice example of a "calm" sunset, instead of the more common dramatic variety featuring broken or turbulent clouds.

The colors and setting reminded me of a sunrise shot I took (on film) 16 years and a half a world away ...

A Quick Descent
by dahved

Comment:
Big bold color patches give it a great painterly look (Van Gogh, Gaugin?) -- this might have fared better in the Impressionism challenge, where I suspect people were more tolerant of blur.

Personally, I think I'd mask off and darken the background showing on the left side, especially the sky area, as it really tends to pull the eye towards the upper-left corner, in the opposite direction of your subject's motion. I think making it darker would reduce the effect.

Now I have to check and see if I don't have some blurry pictures of my kid on a slide ... ;-)

Nice work.

LA Sprawl
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by Kali: The effect doesn't seem to be as effective on this one. Maybe narrowing the gap for what's sharp and cropping out most of the sky would help...

Yeah, I've actually done that a bit compared to my first version, though I decided to leave the sky; I'll see if I can move the margin where the blur begins to just above the first building.

Tilt-shift miniature
by Kali

Comment:
It seems pretty effective to me. I've only tried this once in the past, but now this shot makes me wonder if this would work with some aerial photos I took last month.

Creative Block
by smurfguy

Comment:
It's even worse when I have to give a vote which will contribute to whopping my entry ... ;-(

Strive for the Stars to Land on the Clouds
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Very dynamic cloudscape -- I'd expect the plane to be bouncing around a lot.