Setting Sun
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
jejeeĆ¢„Ā¢ Had you pegged, eh? Congrats on 4th!

Power of Dreams
by LevT

Comment:
Very sweet and clean. Congrats on your blue.

One Toke Over the Line
by Bear_Music

Comment:
If you think THIS is cool you should have seen me THEN...

Flying over Glasgow
by Tallbloke

Comment:
It always astonishes me that so many people have a gut reaction of "BAD!" to a centered subject. That's just ridiculous. In this particular shot, we're dealing with frozen motion, for example, and frozen motion = stasis, and the centrally-placed subject underscores that stasis very nicely. Besides, she's NOT dead-on-center, she's shifted a tad left and down, and this is a very good thing; almost-but-not-quite centered can be quite powerful.

But then, anyone who looks at my work will realize I do a LOT of centering or near-centering, so I guess I'm "prejudiced", eh?

Fog on The Yosemite Valley
by TDCollins

Comment:
Outstanding :-) Such nice control of your shadow walues here.

P-i-P (a nod to jjbeguin's lovely duotones)
by Melethia

Comment:
Hey, nice finish here! I had this one in my top group :-)

Romance Intruded Upon
by espy2

Comment:
IMO you have destroyed a fascinating image with this heavy-handed border. I'm not wild about the color shift either. I look past all that and just look at these very strange relationships between bird & people and go "wow".

The General
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Nice finish John. I liked this very much and gave it one of my highest scores.

Winter storm
by vignir_m

Comment:
This is quite beautiful to my eye, and I'm glad you entered it. Based on personal experience, it's doomed to a mid-pack finish, but don't let that get you down :-)

Golden Swan
by Gauti

Comment:
Unfortunately, this is one of those that looks better in thumb than full-size. The reflections are just too danged blown-out, so the image seems unbalanced and a little garish. I realize all too well how difficult this is to get right, of course. I just wish with all my heart the most noticeable luminosity were in the feathers, not the sunglare. Regardless, nice capture and a 6 from me.