*Magical light*
by clauds

Comment:
You are right. the light has a magical quality in your superb photo. Well done. Among my top picks.

Peaceful Ice Berg
by ltuddenham001

Comment:
In a week I travel to Antarctica. I hope I see icebergs as lovely as this! You have done a splendid job capturing my platonic ideal of an iceberg. The contrast with the sky is very powerful. The forground (iceberg)/background(sky) tension adds interest to the photo. The light levels in the iceberg and what they reveal about the ice is fascinating. Well done! Among my top picks.

Flight
by jemison

Comment:
You have captured the morning light so perfectly here, I am stunned. The baloons are fine and do no harm. The sky is fine and does no harm. But the reality is that they are simply context for the bottom 2/3 of the image which is superb. Well done. Among my top picks.

Tower View
by holdingtime

Comment:
What a pleasant pastoral scene. Well composed and captured. Among my top picks.

Headband be Damned!!!
by jadkpics

Comment:
Holy static electricity, Batman! I love the wild hair. Everything else contributes in a supporting role. Focus, DOF, dynamic range of light are all very good. Well done. Among my top picks.

Seabird
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Possibly my favorite image of the challenge. It has great drama. It's a right-place-right-time photo. Very nice light levels. Good composition although the bird didn't fully understand the rule of thirds. I am not generally a fan of B&W (If God had intended us to shoot B&W, He wouldn't have invented Kodachrome!) but it works very well here. Well done!

Indo-Chinese
by Gaia

Comment:
To my eye, this is the "best of the cats." Well done. Good well balanced composition. Great color. Nice range of light levels. And you managed to catch a "regal" expression ... a sort-of "I never did mind the little things" expression. Great capture and presentation. Among my top picks.

The Calm Before the Storm
by buckwheat

Comment:
This setting (or one very nearly like it) has been photographed so often it has become cliched. Still, you've done a very nice job capturing this now-traditional setting in a way that makes me see it anew. The clouds in the distance and the light sky below them are dramatic. The reflections are virtually perfect. The composition has a nice balanced feel to it. Well done. Among my top picks.

Dark Rider
by egillbjarki

Comment:
I confess I am a motorcycle enthusiast. I was initially attracted to the thumbnail thinking this was a chopped bike. Seeing the full sized image, I liked even better applying this style to a bicycle (the prototypical symbol of innocense) juxtaposed with the tough guy "biker" image. Great idea and well executed. Among my top picks.

Mountain Bliss
by sz1_

Comment:
Beautiful setting beautifully captured. Among my top picks and arguably the best landscape in the challenge. Well done!