showers clearing my a$$
by MichaelC

Comment:
Very cool aspects in the image ... the wirly stairs/levels and the nice position of the subject. The only I"d try to do would be to pump up the red and reduce the other colors. (Not sure if this is allowed under Basic Editing). 6. J.

"Get the point...."
by Drake

Comment:
Nice stop motion. The background is a bit disctracting and I'd score it higher if the whole bird was in the frame. Jus a preference. 5. J

Egret In Salt Marsh
by Craigoneal

Comment:
Nice, wrong challenge but nice. Shoulda entered it in free study :) 6 for the great image. J

Journey Through The Realm of Confusion
by zendok

Comment:
Hehe, Funny snap shot. Hey mommy, I wanna be like them when I grow up. 7. J.

Fluid Of Life
by Qwest30

Comment:
Very very cool. What a nice capture in time. One of my top 3 favorites so far. Hang it on your wall. 10. J.

Red Inc
by Lonz

Comment:
Love shallow DOF shots.

heart
by holdingtime

Comment:
Great job picking the color of the background. Did you think of maybe not cropping/zooming so close? Looks a little stuffy in the shot. 6. J.

Girl in a red coat....
by sonygirl

Comment:
Great use of negative space! Love how this image flows. The only thing I'd change would be to remove the color on the boots ... it would make it even more effective IMO. Hang it on your wall. 9. J

Little read flower
by idrifted

Comment:
Not quite sure what I'm looking at here, but me likes. I love the soft bokeh in the back. Nice, interesting capture. 8.

Elemental
by inshaala

Comment:
Hi, I'm writing this without reading the other comments. I'm not one to put down an image because it is cliche; I do love to shoot bugs after all :D The cliche here would be "fire and ice". Seems to me another "fire and ice" ended up in the top 10.

I think the problem here is the technical ability of the shot. It is pretty blurry and does not invoke any kind of dynamic feeling to it. It's just a shot of fire and ice, unfortunately. Next time, try to set up a shot that has more tension in it.

Back to shooting bugs.

You turn! Why did you like it so much? And to repeat a cliche, what really matters is that you liked the shot.