Cetacean
by vawendy

Comment:
Great result! Just ahead of me! Next time I'll get you! :-)

Cat Conundrums
by Judi

Comment:
Great cat portrait! Really Nice!

Corridor
by jagar

Comment:
Wonderful image! Got an 8 from me. Love it.

My Backyard
by ThingFish

Comment:
Nice finish! I really like the contrast between the vertical walls and the flowing river. Really nice. Congratulations on top 5!

Home Is Wherever You Hang Your Washing
by jagar

Comment:
Wow. Superb image! You're getting a favorite.
At least you don't have to worry about validation :-)

the passage of
by posthumous

Comment:
Got a 9 from me. The sense of motion here is wonderful. Motion is abstracted from time.
Should have scored better. But I don't think you mind that too much :-)

1861-2011 The more things change, the more they stay the same
by Rmac

Comment:
I'm quite surprised this came last of the top ten. I thought this would ribbon. Certainly a HM.
Great image though. Love it!

Decay of 1927
by geinafets

Comment:
Know this would do well! Congrats. So float to top ten! We'll get there next time!

Caged
by Nadine_Vb

Comment:
Very nice idea. I like this a lot. I didn't vote in this challenge, but might have given it an 8 or 9 I'd say.

Koshka
by hahn23

Comment:

Originally posted by hahn23: The commenters who noted the narrow DOF would be the first to complain about the lack of bokeh in the background... if the DOF was deeper.

I reckon had the DOF been wider you could have blurred the background artificially in PP legally (I did it in an entry of mine in an advanced challenge recently and my image was validated). That'd leave the tiger in good focus and the background happily boring :-)
Just a thought. Nice image. I love tigers. They're not afraid of water like lions, so they're masters of the land! I sort of see what tanguera meant about hugging them. Apparently you can train them into submission by flicking drops water from your fingers in their face from a young age. I don't know if I believe that or not, but if you could manage it while hugging them you might get away with it :-)