Freedom
by pearlseyes

Comment:
Wow! Congratulations, I just came back from a vacation and was excited to see this was yours. It was my top score hands down. Really glad to see you get the blue.

Alone
by pearlseyes

Comment:
I've been meaning to comment all week, and well finally made it around to it. what a wonderful shot! I had to look really hard at it to see if I could figure out where it was. Then I saw your location in your notes and realized why I couldn't figure it out.

'Hopper
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Pretty awesome score you ended up with. In any other challenge our two "hoppers" would be getting ribbons.

Distant Shoreline
by markwiley

Comment:
Such a fun photo, I'm glad this did well for you.

Own the road
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Glad this did so well for you! It really was a great shot!

Diner
by AllenP

Comment:
Very nice one of my favs. But how many people are giving you grief about the title?

Vampire
by kirbic

Comment:
I bet you are getting a ton of comments, really well done macro, but oh so gross!

My Fondest Memories Are Road Trips
by tanguera

Comment:
Well I just voted about an hour ago so I didn't have a chance to comment on my favorites. Your photo was in my top 5. Congrats on being just shy of top ten.

That is one mean right hook!
by Eagle40Fox2

Comment:
This was definitely one of my favorites of the challenge. Congrats on your first ribbon, and a blue at that.

Nighttime_3559edit
by bmm2055

Comment:
I think the scene has a lot of potential. But there a couple things you could do to make it even better. #1 as you already stated a tripod is a must, but I have done successful night shots propped on a car or a rock or just anything you can use to hold it steady for however many seconds you need it. On night shots I always use my remote or the timer just pressing the shutter button can cause an image to have blurr. Also you aperture is too large. I like to use an aperture of at least 6 and then leave the shutter open longer, also you ISO is fairly high, night photography is really noisy anyway, and a high ISO will make it even worse. I would try something more around 400 especially since you had the moon to help with light. The image also has blur that I don't think comes from camera shake I think it is from not being in focus. That may be partly due to the large aperture and partly due to the low light and not being able to find a focus. I would have used AF to focus on the moon then immediately switch to MF and recompose your shot including mountains without touching anything. Then you know you have a good focus point. I agree with the last comment about the road not adding interest. but if you crop it off then this picture would be out of balance. I think next time just compose your shot without the road in it.

All in all I think the scene has good potential for a re shoot. Good luck!