Misty Morning
by ZorbaTheGeek

Comment:
Excellent... shame about the dust spots having to stay.. .but....

I'm too purple for my stem
by dfstevenson

Comment:
Nice Macro, perhaps the crop is a little too tight.

SAW
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Excellent. Well done on the Blue. Especially as gory entries can suffer a bit in voting.

Hot Streak
by TrynityRose

Comment:
excellent.

And the Rockets Red Glare...
by Cutter

Comment:
Can we see the original. I scrored this 10, sorry to see it DQed

Fight Club
by steinar

Comment:
Hi, I agree with the post challenge comments. You were robbed. Excellent photo.

Lick
by Pixelstate

Comment:
Hi All.... Thanks for the many kind words...
I'd like to say that I am a photographer with a talent for exceptional timing and a creative eye... but if I am I didn't really use it for this entry :-)

I was testing out my Bigma (50-500) and my cat happened to be sitting conveniently 20 yards away on a bench... I took a couple of shots from cover but was spotted... hence the pissed expression. (He really hates having a camera pointed at him and 80% of my shots turn out to be of the other end of him as he walks away!!)

One of three shots produced this entry and to be 100% honest it was only as I sat browsing through my weekend shots that I checked to see if I had a 'fit' to a challenge. I thought the mid-lick might qualify for stopped motion.

1/250, ISO 800, 500mm, Canon 5D, Sigma 50-500

Post Processing: RAW - Photoshop CS2 - Desaturate, Tone, Square Crop, Re-size, Sharpen and Save for Web.

Thanks Again...

Chris

*Neverland*
by Shermy

Comment:
Very nice. The color is excellent and the execution perfect.... This has a timeless quality but...
I'm not sure about the big boot on her foot... bare foot would have been better?

It looks like a deliberate statement given the quality of the photo, was it?

mighty aphrodite
by Skip

Comment:
Very good. excellent composition and exposure.

splash!
by I Enjoy Ham

Comment:
Good effort. I like the idea. The glass is slightly tilted which is a shame, also perhaps a shot from level with the rim might have worked better. Overall though really nicely done.