Dive
by SJCarter

Comment:
Oh yeah baby! I like this one! Very nice catch. I know you're going to hate hearing this...but ;^) should have used this one for the challenge IMO. He-he.

Smile and keep having fun!

Enjoying the Fresh Autumn Air
by Rebecca

Comment:
Adorable cat, and a nice photo as well. I like the leaves on the deck. There are a ton of stock photos out there with cats, but this one would probably do well if you could get it accepted.

Take care.

stand on it
by Skip

Comment:

Originally posted by glad2badad: I like the perspective you have here. Fun to look at. Looks like you could have gone up a notch or two yet on shutter speed to totally freeze the action. B/W was a good decision to keep the viewer on topic. Good luck in the challenge.

Hey Skip - Congrats on a nice finish with this image. Many times after a challenge I'll go back thru some of the comments I made and see what others said to kind of get an idea if I was on track, etc... I'm scratching my head a bit as to why I said a higher shutter speed could have been used. I think I had 'Stopped Motion' on the brain at the time. The way you've shown just a little blur actually helps convey the action in this shot. Looks like you had fun getting it also (as usual). ;^)

Anyway - Smile and keep having fun!
Barry

Caught mid-sentence -- News conference in front of City Hall
by bfbaggins

Comment:
Hmmm...pushing it a bit here on meeting the challenge. Stopped motion is where? Even if you sell the challenge theme to viewers you are going to take some hits for not having the image level horizontally. JMO of course. Hope it does well for you.

Frosen Fire
by Gunnsi

Comment:
It's so hard to portray fire as being in a stopped motion state. It probably is, but since there aren't any hard edges it's kind of hard to tell. Hope that makes sense. Nice job of getting the correct exposure. Good luck in the challenge.

Bubbles
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
These are stopped on the rise? Are these outdoors? If outdoors, how come the sky is green? This was a tricky one to attempt. Looks like you needed a little higher shutter speed to totally stop the motion, especially the bottom third area. Great idea. Good luck.

Beating the Heat!
by susi

Comment:
Wonderful processing job on this. Has an oldtime feel to it. Looks like the noise reduction was a little strong, but hard to tell with water. So, if I can't really tell for sure...good job! ;^) The background on this works great. Good luck in the challenge.

UH OH!
by Qart

Comment:
Ok. How'd you do that? ;^) This is fun to look at. Appears that motion has been stopped - hard to tell without anything to use for context. Nonetheless, you should do well with this. Good luck.

Sixth Chukker
by Germaine

Comment:
Looks like a fun event to take photos at. Pretty good job overall of stopping the motion, the horse especially. The rider looks a little blurred, but not bad. Compositionally I think this image would have more impact if there was less space on the left and more on the right.

Sailing
by skewsme

Comment:
Nice color, very sharp - perhaps a bit overdone on the noise reduction. Good job of capturing stopped motion. Love the purple in the bg. Good luck.