Sandy ocean floor full of life
by Gaia

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Bahia Honda is one of my fav places. This is an excellent shot of the ray and his environment. Gotta love that clear water and sunshine.

Wild Maestro!
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Comment by silverfoxx:
brilliant!

2016 Olympic site hopeful
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Comment by Teafran:
Not quite a technical success as the image appears to be less than sharp, crisp and detailed. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image but of less than universal appeal. The image has a "cropped" feel to it that doesn't help - almost as if something isnt' quite right - the image is slightly tilted down towards the right which creates that impression.

CHICAGO
by Gaia

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Thank you. I was expecting another shot of D.C. or Toronto!

CHICAGO
by Gaia

Comment by raish:
Heh. Neat with the ready-added text.

CHICAGO
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Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful

CHICAGO
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Comment by brittanyvictoriaa:
The shot of the city is beautiful! It makes a very nice postcard.

CHICAGO
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Comment by michaelmonn:
i wish you couldve gotten a different angle

CHICAGO
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Comment by Teafran:
After seeing a number of these very similar images from Sydney to Seattle to Hong Kong to Malaysia, you get a little jaded and tired trying to treat each one as unique and giving the entries the respect they deserve. Then there is this - its similar, yet different in detail. The Chicago 2016 theme is a good one and it works well. It might have helped to put Chicago 2016 somewhere in the image or in a border along the bottom, but the image works as it is - very well composed, no a single highlight blow out, nice mix of tone and shades of tones - is a great one. Well done.

CHICAGO
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Comment by jdixonsd:
Nice shot but a little to much sky IMO.