Impact!
by AFViper

Comment:
Must be even harder to not capture a drop!

Water
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Some pretty wild reflections you captured there!

Blowin' in the Wind
by Rooster

Comment:
Looks like you may have been panning -- very nice action capture has a dynamic feel.

Focus On Happiness
by labuds

Comment:
Cool idea to reverse the background.

The right note
by rhipster

Comment:
I hope this isn't a subtle commentary on the challenge topic ....

Jinxed
by orussell

Comment:
I was just looking for my Scabble set a few minutes ago ... I'd have used the horizontal word (diner) in the title to reinforce in the voters' minds the shallowness of focus. I just hope I don't jinx your entry!

a corking idea!
by MikeO

Comment:
How you must have suffered in assembling your composition.

Behind the Eight Ball...
by txphotogirl

Comment:
To complete the analogy, and emphasize the sharpness/focus on the 8-ball, I'd put just a bit of the cue-ball in the (left?) foreground, out of focus.

KooKooKoKaKaKaKaKa - Kookaburra
by mrblobby

Comment:
I find the transition from bird to background to be a little too sharp, and makes it look almost artificial. The difference in the focus (feathers vs. background) is enough to make it pop out for me. I like the technique of the subject breaking into the frame, but I'm not completely sure I actually like that and the tilting here. But given that's the look you wanted, it's well-done!

Jade Plant
by Cam

Comment:
I always thought it odd that they bloom in Winter.