First Throw
by soccerdad

Comment:
Why do some members question these type of shots? It is a waste of time and effort. Very well done...on the money craftmanship. Bumping up.

Broken Bat
by eckoe

Comment:
This is one of those once in a lifetime captures. Bumping up.

When water get stuck in the middle...
by Jinjit

Comment:
Hey, this is just too good to be true. Very nice and unique. Bumping up.

Dawn Patrol
by crabappl3

Comment:
A winning comp with great colors and a good sky as the backdrop. Bumping up.

Dawn Patrol
by Falc

Comment:
Magical colors with great span of distance and view. very good capture. Bumping up.

Condor 23. Still here . . .
by KaDi

Comment:
Hey, this is very impressive stopped motion. Great position and wonderful and breathtaking background. Very good craftmanship. Bumping up.

Where there's Smoke...
by atsxus

Comment:
From the critique club:
First: this is a very good composition but because of the effect it falls into the abstract class. The how of this remains a mystery. The looker searches to no avail. Forgetting the smoke challenge, the image is strong. bring it into the challenge and it suffers from the ambiguity of what else accompanies the smoke. It turns into a riddle, but the viewer is not able to discern the answer.

On the left I think I see a candle of about 4 or 5 inch width. yet this is wrong because the smoke appears to emanates before this. Then, the smoke itself. Again, it looks like some shield with a hole and a tear like highlighted bottom, where the smoke is entering or is it exiting?

This is only my reflection. Others will have other issues. So again, you have a very artistic, abstract image in a challenge where the viewer wants to see smoke in its many ramifications, and they will allow smke to be abstract and dominate, but they will hold your feet to the fire because the other components instead of adding mystery added the unsolvable dilemma. If this were an abstract challenge, your mark would be ever so higher. Despite all this, I like it exactly as presented because it holds that hidden element.

make her purr
by mizz_kt_bug

Comment:
Very sweet and lazy.

"You won't feel a thing........."
by 2thDoc

Comment:
Ouch..ouch..ouch. Too painful for words. Bumping up to the next pain level.

You know you wanna touch it...
by toad32

Comment:
Yes, very tempting. I would have tilted the first just a hair to add more tension..but it is okay, I have an imagination. Very cool concept. Bumping up.