Flying Shamu
by boyd2000

Comment:
Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll have to start commenting also. Now I recall from my previous June side-challenge that was the most time consuming part.

I did not get wet because we were well above the "Soak Zone" and over 100 feet from the whale in this shot. I have lots of other pictures. I had it in sports mode here, which allowed me to take 3 shots per second. In this sequence I have the whale coming out of the water, in the air, and re-entering the water. I'll try to upload more to my portfolio tonight.

muckpond I agree it should have been longer for the longer whale. In fact it almost looks like the picture was shrunk horizontally with the whale's position. I just did a very rough crop of a small portion of the picture (due to no telephoto lens) and wished later I had cropped out the standing person.

Holy Mosque of Madinah
by alyami

Comment:
I was wondering if you were the same photographer who submitted this and I see you are. This one is much improved in quality from the other one. Excellent picture and well deserved ribbon. Would you please submit your settings? It looks like a short exposure in twilight that is very sharp, which are very hard to get all of (fast, bright, sharp; pick two).

Expectations
by LeeD

Comment:
Good S-curve, but not very sharp. Daring shot.

Hairpin corners
by KHolt

Comment:
Lombard street on steroids! Great shot. 8

Balloon flight in the Sunset
by merheim

Comment:
Nice scene, but I'm not sure where the S-curve is, the ballon, the distant grass, the clouds?

I Thought I Saw A Puddy Cat
by bobgaither

Comment:
I think I just saw a set of photos from here last week. If they were yours I think the face-on shots would be better.

Fall Colour on a Misty Mountain
by david_c

Comment:
Really beautiful fall colors. I wish the background hill had similar foliage rather than the two strips.

No Focus
by hammersam

Comment:
Good double-entendre.

All Creatures Great and Small
by ArpeggioAngel

Comment:
Back 2 pictures I saw one very similar. Beautiful on this one also. Another 8.

"The butterfly is a flying flower, the flower a tethered butterfly."
by whatdewuc

Comment:
Just beautiful! 8