Motionless
by rheard

Comment:
even though the ball is still, the lines on the sand and the precarious placement of the ball atop the slope give this a VERY kinetic feeling, not a feeling of rest. I like the shot and am giving it a 7, but it's not calm.

Bull's-eye
by kostia

Comment:
The background is grainy because it's the back of a presswood serving tray. That's just what it looks like. For those who took issue with the title, the red area (50 points) is the "cork," and the term "bull's-eye" refers both to the cork (or "double bull") and the green area (25 points), the "single bull." So I didn't make a mistake with the titling or the aim. It landed in the green, a bull's-eye.

Freedom of speech
by kostia

Comment:
I'm sorry that my score suffered for the glare from the plastic book jackets. I didn't take them off because I wanted it to be 100% clear that these are library books. You can go to the free public library anywhere and get books that not so long ago you may not have been allowed to read. Many are ones that kids in many schools across the country are still not allowed to read. That's the real freedom I was communicating here. The button was purchased at a bookstore in Denver, but it is available from //www.asja.org/store/button.php for only a dollar.

We Are Stardust; We Are Golden.
by space amoeba

Comment:
and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden

Can I Play Too?
by vonautsch

Comment:
one of my top two in the challenge. both the action of the sport and the emotion of the little brother on the sidelines are here in force.

Off The Lip
by ScottK

Comment:
less "artsy" than a couple of the other surfing shots, but *definitely* more fun. I like this a lot.

Into the Unknown
by Koriyama

Comment:
great lighting by itself, and the motion on the pawn adds the action. the best chess shot in the challenge.

Alone With Nature
by bruster54

Comment:
would like to see this from a slightly different angle, so that the fishing pole isn't blocked by/meeting with the tree branches. if it were just her and the rock and the water it would be a better composition.

Airheads Playing Volleyball
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
the aftereffect really doesn't add anything to this. it would have been a neat volleyball shot without it, especially with the ball on top of the net like that. but now it's just strange.

Barrel Racing
by pjgarner

Comment:
wow, a real sense of motion and strength here. seeing the horse balanced like this, where he could obviously only have been for a split second, and the cloud of dust, brings a definite urgency to the shot. I think I might like to see it from the front but the action is definitely there.