Conchiglie al nero di seppia
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
OMG . this is a real feast for the eyes .!!.
its the sort of image that blows me away and that i would love to have taken ..
trouble is i'm a soft focus sorta girl .. lol .. i should get more adventurous .. ;)
the shot is perfection and the edit is magic ..
congrats on the blue .. totally deserved it .. :)

ROMP
by tate

Comment:
BRILLIANT .. such a wonderful sense of action .. and fun ..
hopefully will do really well ..
i'm not voting yet . :)

Winter Run
by MaryO

Comment:
totally a ribbon .. not voting yet .. :)

Papa Can You Feed Me?!
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:
another stunning bird photo ..
and congratulations on the great place in the challenge ..
once again i'm loving your dof ..
and the 20,000 .. i thought i took a heap .. but 20,000 is up there ..
also on my mirrorless camera it has an excellent option called pro/capture .. which means you focus on a spot pressing the shutter half way down .. and when a moment happens that you want to capture and click the shutter it records 30 frames BEFORE you hit the shutter button .. you can select how many frames you want to record as well .. its amazing ..
what isnt amazing is going thru the photos after .. so many .. and with the tiniest differences .. so you have to look at each one carefully because in one an eye might be in focus and in another one taken 15 frames after it might be out of focus .. the things we do . eh . !! .. ;)

Natalya
by ytshuva

Comment:
this is stunning ..
the voting on this challenge was extremely ruthless ..
if something didnt hit the voters in face in less than a second as being from above they hit a 1, 2, 3 or 4 ..
also they made assumptions that what they saw wasnt from above ..
not a nice thing to do here .. or in life ..
it happened to me too ... and i was totally above ..
oh well .. this bad reception will be a memory soon .
one thing i want to add .. is i'm sure the woman in the pic was blown away ..
this is art .. :)

Different perspective
by MargaretNet

Comment:
i loved this .. i'm so sorry you got slaughtered .
we can commiserate together ..
i feel mine was seen as not from above .. but i was standing right above the little beetle looking down at him ..
its a shame that ppl make assumptions and vote accordingly .. <3

Backyard Birdfeeder - A Motion Study
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:
many congratulations on the ribbon ..
and i'm very impressed with your focusing abilities .. getting action shots in focus is something i find very difficult .. seems like you have nailed it .. :)

and really .. dont go the self-loathing rout .. or is it route .. i feel it was warranted as its a great image .. this one and your previous one too .. and looks like you didnt get penalized for it either .. winning on both counts .. :)

Birdbath Shenanigans!
by roz

Comment:

Originally posted by Lydia: This is so fabulous,Roz! Everything is perfect... down to the water drips!

the droplets were really coming off the flying birds ... i was lucky that the background for the birdbath was sorta similar to where the birds were flyng above it ..
and thankyou Lydia ... :)

Son of Man's House
René Magritte
by Lydia

Comment:
and ps . not looking forward to uploading the 12+ that went into my birdbath shenanigans and noting down my editing steps ..
bet you'll have a heap too .. ;)

Son of Man's House
René Magritte
by Lydia

Comment:
i've been busy mowing and stuff .. but took a very quick look just after rollover to see where i came ..
i also had a very quick look at yours .. i was on my phone btw .. but as a thumb .. even on my phone .. it drew me in .. so of course i opened it .. and my first reaction was magritte .. not even seeing your title .
you are so creative and imaginative with your images ..
and yeah .. the vote of 2 ... shame there are ppl around who dont appreciate something wonderful when it hits them in the face ... i would hazard a wild guess that their lives mirror their approach to voting in this site .. seeing negative when there's so much to see that's wonderful if they open their eyes ..
anyway .. i think at this point i should CONGRATULATE you . !!!! ..
i feel quite honoured to share the 'podium' with you .. xx