just looking
by mitalapo

Comment:
Yes there is glass in the picture, but it's not really a photo OF glass but more like shooting THROUGH glass... which technically every photo in this challenge did.

the ships have sailed
by Neat

Comment:
Neat, Neat

Solitude
by lei_73

Comment:
Awesome color on the water... nice contrast. Good work!

blue water world
by grahamgator

Comment:
Lovely shot... great deep blue... color that is. Congrats

Feeling a bit low...
by vawendy

Comment:
Nice work, the ribbon is bonus.

Eleventh-Hour
by MeMex2

Comment:
DidMC!

F Stop
by giantmike

Comment:
DidMC!

Sodium - Element 11
by emoons

Comment:
DidMC

11 rules
by Bellavet

Comment:
DidMC -- congrats

a gentle SHOUT gone silent
by klkitchens

Comment:
Since I'm no longer a member of the site, I cannot add these details to the image during (or after) voting, so I'm left to do it in a comment.

Thanks to everyone who got the image and understood, though as the 5s (and lower) rolled in, I think some didn't get it (or there were technical flaws).

Description: Shez always had to type in ALL CAPS so she could see clearly what she was typing. I thought of the CapsLock key on the keyboard and it seemed appropriate to rename it ShezLock in her honor. Since text was allowed to be part of the entry, this was a no-brainer. I knew what I wanted to do from the beginning and it turned out just as expected. I covered the lettering on my keyboard with electrical tape (which is still on the keyboard as I type this) and then recognizing the font, I added back the text to honor her memory.

ALL CAPS in the internet is considered SHOUTING (except when used for emphasis of a single word or phrase), but Shez was never shouting at all and people accepted it and loved her gentle spirit... so a play on that became the title.

I am awed to have gotten 18 comments during voting. That may be a record for me.

Since my year-long subscription was up, I let the Shez Tribute be my last entry on the site. As it stands at 11:10pm (50 minutes before rollover - I have no update button either), it's at a 6.2276. With the high scores reported, this will end up somewhere in the middle of the pack, not a top 10 or 20 even I'm sure. But I am very grateful to those who got it and didn't feel it was insulting to her in any way (as it was not intended to be).

Enjoyed my past year back here for the most part. Got my first two ribbons, two sevens, and a top five to boot.

Finally, just to make sure we don't have a repeat of the "For Dallas" fiasco, this image MAY NOT be used in any compilation of the entries or distributed in any way without express permission from me.

Thanks everyone for the support and understanding.

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After results (WOW! it ended up at 6.0917 for 43rd place in the voting... people reported a rash of low votes in the last hour, so it was no shocker it dropped)