The sky burned with fury as the sun slid away for the final time
by Giles

Comment:
It's a very nice image Giles. Probably with a slightly different composition (not tilted and with the road more visible) you could get an even better result.

Staring at the sun
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:

Originally posted by h2: Congrats on the HM, Alessandro, good work. Seems like a bit of symbolism overload to me, though :)

LOL!

Thanks for your comment :D

Rio de Janeiro... after the pole shift
by hahn23

Comment:
I love all these curves in this image Richard - great landscape!

Within the silk of sunrise
by skewsme

Comment:
Very cool image - stunning colors! It could have been even better without the area with the blown highlights.

Dreams of Flight II
by JulietNN

Comment:
This shows how it's not a matter of expert or non-expert images, but only of good works.

Congrats on the red!

In The Final Sunset, Mayan Descendants Set Forth For Horizons Yet Unknown
by h2

Comment:
I liked this one and I was sure it could get a good result. Congrats on your yellow Oliver!

Message edited by author 2012-12-21 03:33:56.

Christmas Training
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:

Originally posted by dtremain: Why focus on the negative? You got 42 votes above 6, and 14 above 7. Personally, I think the Grinch stopped by just to vote on your shot. There wasn't enough context for me to really understand the text, which kind-of left it unresolved. Great concept and well executed. (and no, I am not the Grinch, or one of his minions).

Thanks for the comment :)

I was not focusing on the low votes, I was trying to analyze the voting pattern. When I get so many low votes most of the times the image is not so good in terms of quality or it's DNMC. Assuming that this is not DNMC I thought that people, not seeing something like 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy holidays' could have penalized the image. Not complaining, just understanding :)

When It Rains, It Really Pours
by Neat

Comment:
Wonderful BW. The water really works here! IMO it deserves a Top 5.

Witchcraft
by kasaba

Comment:
Nice idea but the light is quite off

"Way down like a tidal wave" (Way Down)
by DrAchoo

Comment:
OMG, that wave is scary! Nice capture :)