Hummingbird Moth
by MaryO

Comment:
Looks like a flying crawdad.

this entry is NOT a photo so please demand a validation and hopefully the SC will DQ it
by charliebaker

Comment:
Sorry, Charlie. This totally connected with my quirky sense of humor and I'll have to give it an oxymoronic high vote.

Urban Renewal
by codauber

Comment:
Looks extremely soft and grainy, I'm afraid. Maybe a severe crop at high ISO and/or an image from a point & shoot. It's an interesting building with some nice period architecture. I think it deserves a revisit at some time to see what else you can get from the subject.

deadly alive
by rodi

Comment:
Deadly? Must be a letter from the Internal Revenue Service.

Weapon of Peace
by HarveyG

Comment:
Makes perfect sense to me. The subject of the SAAB Gripen, and the light on it looks familiar to me, so I am guessing this is an entry from Magnum_za. Sky looks a wee touch grainy, it could have used a little noise reduction on the blues, but under basic rules, you may not have been able to do that without killing the sharp details elsewhere.

(Insert Clever Title Here)
by Danger_Weasel

Comment:
Hi, Teddy. (No vote, comment only)

The Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Very cool. We are getting a similar bridge in Dallas that is under construction now. I plan to make good use of it for challenges.

Tower bridge
by bp2010

Comment:
Seems a bit soft, perhaps due to a severe crop? There is also a tilt to the tower that I think could have been corrected. I realize this would have tilted the roadway, but if the roadway were sloping upwards, I think that would look more natural than the tower tilted.

Green wheat at dusk
by miked00d

Comment:
I think the main problem I am seeing with this shot is the backlighting. It causes the subject to be washed out and the sky is blown with no detail. There is also some visual clutter at the bottom of the frame that doesn't do much for the scene. In better light, from a different perspective, I think this could be very interesting.

Parliament
by Leenie

Comment:
A nice sharp and detailed shot, but the cut-off framing of the image is not working for me. Backing off on the zoom a bit might have worked better for my own preferences.