Point-n-Shoot
by littlemav

Comment:
Picking on poor defenseless balloons??? Here I was going to congratulate you on your HM until I read your tragic story.

Poooooor balloons.... :)

"Irony" - A Phonetic Definition
by Sterling87

Comment:
Love the concept and the execution -- it makes me wince every time I look at it!! Congrats on the yellow. ;)

Firearms
by gyaban

Comment:
You scared the crap out of me, Christophe!! You need a warning at the beginning of the story!!!!

Huge congrats!! I do remember the beginning of pregnancy, feeling so incredibly worn out, I didn't think I could move. Luckily it didn't last long, and the rest of the pregnancy was wonderful!! I'd skip the delivery part, though. Been there, done that twice, and it's not much fun. :)

The funny thing was, I thought of fire arms, too, and figured I couldn't do fire nearly as well as Christophe's fire stuff, so I'm not going there. :)

Congrats on everything!! When is she due?

Clockwork
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Awesome! Tremendous job finding a word, concept and executing it!

Milo being Milo!
by SaraR

Comment:
Awesome!!!!!

14Mar13
by herfotoman

Comment:
That's cool!

Standing Guard
by KMcC

Comment:
Thanks for pointing that out, Bear. I was wondering about that halo, as well. There's a little on the bottom of the stump reflection, too. (or the top of the stump, I guess, in the reflection. :)

Those halos can kill you in voting. It probably would have scored a point or two higher from me without it. :)

Standing Guard
by KMcC

Comment:
Love the lighting and tones on this one (and, of course, the snowy's are the best birds!!)

Nice capture and huge congrats on an honorable mention in a free atudy!! In your second challenge, that's huge!!

(heck, on your 100-700th challenge that's huge! :)

Welcome aboard!

Looking up to you
by Rgarcia

Comment:
Awesome!! Huge congrats on the blue and the hat!!

Glowing
by njsabs

Comment:
I normally don't care for pregnancy shots. And I don't know what I have against them, because it was so wonderful being pregnant.

Just saying that, since I don't know that I've ever rated one higher than a 6, just because they just don't work for me.

That being said: this one is truly fantastic! What incredible lighting and what an absolutely gorgeous shot!

I wish you'd come out to Virginia and teach me lighting. :)