Catch
by Jimmie

Comment:
This is unique. Good for you. Makes the viewer think a little, which is fine overall. Hopefully the voters will slow down enough to figure it out. ;^) Only distraction for me is the few branches in the top left. Why not clone those out since it's advanced editing? Just a thought. Best of luck to you in the challenge.

The Flip
by cutlassdude70

Comment:
Yikes! Took me a sec to see the skates! This is clean, interesting, well lit and focused. Should do ok with this entry. Almost looks like the person flipping is on the spiked wall. Best of luck in the challenge.

The Flip
by jjbeguin

Comment:
This is interesting. Hard to tell if there's really any motion being stopped or not with the black background. In theory, he could be just on his back. I bring it up not to belittle your image but to make a point on how viewers/voter's could perceive this. That's all. I like the color tones in this - makes it easy to look at. Best of luck to you in the challenge.

Climbing the Tree
by Sunniee

Comment:
This is fun. Good action shot...everything working for it with one exception and that's the sky background. It's not bad, it's just not helping you as it could if the detail was brought out via a polarizing filter or post-processing work. Everything else about this I like. ;^) Good luck in the challenge.

Maxwell in the Sky
by PhotoTess

Comment:
I like this. Silhouettes are fun and you've done this nicely. A true silhouette. There are not any motion blurs/trails so it looks like you did a good job freezing the action to meet the challenge theme of "Stopped Motion". Overall, very well done. Good luck in the challenge.

Urban Summer Fun
by madison461

Comment:
Cute picture. You've stopped the water spray pretty well. The boy could be a little sharper (just a tad). I like the line the grate forms thru your image...that's cool. Good luck to you in the challenge.

Splash!!
by LalliSig

Comment:
Yep. It's a splash alright. ;^) Good color, nice capture of the water splashout. Lighting looks good as does the focus. Should do ok with this one. Good luck.

Break Free
by zaflabout

Comment:
Nice action shot. Not quite fast enough on the shutter speed IMO as the water spray coming up behind him isn't really frozen as the challenge theme requires (no motion blurs, etc...). The chair in the top left is a bummer as it takes away from the subject. Nice blue color in the water. Almost looks like the blue was bumped up some in saturation it's so vivid. Just curious, what's that yellow line in the lower left?

Overall, nice capture. Good luck in the challenge.

Perpetual Motion Stopped Momentarily
by xianart

Comment:
Lensbaby! Hooray! They are fun to play with aren't they? ;^) I like your image, it's an image that will fit well in the family album as well. The problem here is going to be a couple of things; 1) You're not really stopping any motion, therefore you haven't been challenged to control shutter speed like others have. Voters are going to give you a hit there. 2) Lensbaby lens in general creates many "it's blurry" comments... ;^)

Again, nice capture - it's really a keeper. Just probably in the wrong challenge. Good luck.

Splash!
by Neuferland

Comment:
Another wet kid. ;^) Sorry...I've been trying to comment on all of the entries in this challenge and I've seen a LOT of water at this point. You've done a decent job of freezing (stopping motion) the water splash. Something about the boy looks funny. Maybe it's just the smooth water, but to me it looks like a heavy dose of NI was applied (the hair is the giveaway to me, although I certainly could be wrong). His face being in shadow is going to take away some from scoring potential also. Best of luck to you in the challenge.