Any Given Sunday
by lkn4truth

Comment:
Excellent job on your first ribbon! Nothing ambiguous about this in-your-face take on the challenge :-)

Magpie
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Very nice one, Linda. The kicked-up spray of snow is the grace note that makes the image sing.

Exit the solar system. Comet McNaught. To return in 300,000 years.
by John White

Comment:
wow

Mountain Cloud Match
by lexopposite

Comment:
This is an extraordinary happening :-) Really good eye at work here! Congrats on top-10, and highest ranked non-matchstick entry.

Immersive Being
by craigester

Comment:
What a face... The challenge description specifically does NOT include fish and insects, I think to avoid being swamped with aquarium and macro shots, but this is clearly shot in the wild, and I hope you get away with it. It's an eerie, eerie image with the almost-human face, and the title does it justice. Good luck!

ETA: not so clearly shot in the wild, more probably shot in a major salt-water aquarium like Monterey Bay or Boston: my point was more, "not a home aquarium"...

Pride
by yanko

Comment:
Very nice. The way the face in the BG slowly swims up is sweet.

.:Spruce Grouse:.
by Alain

Comment:
Love the title. I've always been fascinated by Hughes' monster airplane :-)

Pelican coming in for a landing...
by RitaD

Comment:
Excellent! Pity about the gulls, but you take what you can get :-)

Swimming For Residents Only
by yakatme

Comment:
Oh, wowza! This is killer nice perspective, gorgeous shot!

Northern Cardinal
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Absolutely outstanding. One of the better jobs of controlling BG while still providing context that I've seen on a DPC bird shot.