Leaking Life
by westford

Comment:
I love this image and thought for sure it would take the Blue. Well done.

Grabbing Dinner
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:
After garnering 5 Reds in a Free Study with scores above 7, including my personal best last month, let's just say that this Blue was utterly unexpected.

Permission to Land
by MeMex2

Comment:
Dropping in on my way back out to let Jane know just how proud I am of her accomplishment. I had a bunch of goals here before I left and the only one I never got was winning a Free Study (though I notice that the people who managed to relegate me to 2nd multiple times didn't enter - but this ain't about me. And hey, I DID win the unofficial yearly crown so... LOL). Regardless, having been a part of this adventure with Jane it's a pure testimony to "It's not the tool, it's the craftsman", and Jane is an Amish beachgoers magnet, which is a surefire recipe for amazing shots.

This is the epitome of street photography meets beach/bird photography and I love the heck out of it. It deserves to be celebrated and you all did just that. Congrats, Jane!!

Seals On The Beach
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:

Originally posted by posthumous: Originally posted by JakeKurdsjuk: Originally posted by NikonJeb: Sorta cancels out that whole ridiculous diatribe, huh? Congrats on your blue. I guess you truly understand the concept of a challenge now. And again, my diatribe had nothing to do with the specifics of the challenge and everything to do with how those specifics would impact participation, and in turn how that limited participation would impact scoring. That you saw it as ridiculous means that you truly didn't bother to read it. I hope you truly understand the concept of a fact-based argument now. so your argument was about participation. so a "fact" is an incorrect prediction. Got it.

Or perhaps I was just the right kind of negative force people needed to get off their butts and prove me wrong, in which case potential problem averted. Got it?

Message edited by author 2018-09-25 05:32:56.

Seals On The Beach
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:

Originally posted by NikonJeb: Sorta cancels out that whole ridiculous diatribe, huh? Congrats on your blue. I guess you truly understand the concept of a challenge now.

And again, my diatribe had nothing to do with the specifics of the challenge and everything to do with how those specifics would impact participation, and in turn how that limited participation would impact scoring. That you saw it as ridiculous means that you truly didn't bother to read it. I hope you truly understand the concept of a fact-based argument now.

Bull-y
by LevT

Comment:
I almost didn't vote on this one for several reasons, none of them political. Mainly because while I appreciate your "animal" interpretation I was looking at this from the standpoint in which it was laid out and that caused me to knock points from anything that was constructed (I've seen others have said the same) and not an actual animal (which we could certainly debate). Still a brilliant assemblage.

Loch Ness Karela
by ecmguy

Comment:
So the world knows, this is what Rob does when he decides to go for the Brown. :)

Still love it. Congrats on the TT.

Cannibals
by vawendy

Comment:
Would have been my top choice if I hadn't dinged you a point for a lack of an "animal". Really creative and deserving of the front page though. Congrats.

Manatee
by Lydia

Comment:
My favorite in the challenge. Well done on the HM!!

Yellow Crookneck Squacker Squad
by grahamgator

Comment:
So glad this did this well, Mary Ann. Gotta love a soggy gourd. Congratulations!!