ButterFly
by MelTech1

Comment:
This is a tough one to catch. The butterfly having it's wings nearly closed makes it almost impossible to retain detail unless you have a very deep aperture. But then you'd have to have a very high shutter speed to stop the motion. What to do...what to do. ;^) I also wonder if instead of a square crop (I'm assuming, maybe incorrectly, that this was in landscape orientation originally), if you had taken just a bit more off the left and right to give it more of a portrait orientation, what that would have looked like. Just a thought. All of the above is JMO of course. Good luck in the challenge.

Family Fun
by trailwalker

Comment:
Looks like everyone is having fun. Nice potential here. You have a nice composition with the raft coming into the frame and some good action going on. The motion has been stopped for the most part. On the downside, the lighting is very harsh and the image is overexposed. Looks like midday sun, so that is hard to get, especially with limited time for adjustments. Would have been better to slightly underexpose perhaps in this case and try to bring it back in post-processing. Once you've lost detail you can't recover it. Nice capture overall, just that darn lighting... Good luck in the challenge.

A Little Tune
by macrothing

Comment:
Good title, cute picture. Is the bird singing or giving you a lecture? ;^) Not sure if it's the bird or the focus making it seem a little fuzzy/blurry. Focus is sharp directly underneath the bird on the larger leaf. Hmmm. You do have some noise/grain that could hurt your score a notch or two. Did you crop this down, or use too high an ISO? Nonetheless, it's a fun image. Good luck in the challenge.

The Dance
by SJCarter

Comment:
That's fun getting so many hummingbirds at one time! ;^) Actually, in this case it helps having that third one even though the back one is a bit out of range for the aperture selected. I say it helps because odd numbers seem to balance an image better than even. Really don't have much to say in ways of trying to improve this. The two birds even with the feeder are nice and sharp, and most importantly (for this challenge) you've stopped the motion quite well. Good luck.

Dragon Fly
by andrea22_als

Comment:
I know this dragonfly COULD be moving, but it doesn't look like it is, especially with it's legs on the branch. :( Considering that the challenge theme is 'Stopped Motion' you are probably going to take some flack on this one. JMO of course. The dragonfly itself could be better focused, it seems soft. The end of the leftmost stick looks blownout, yet the dragonfly seems slightly underexposed...not sure how that happened? Best of luck to you in the challenge.

Jumping Waves
by PeterPic

Comment:
Cool jump! He's getting up there. You've caught the action at the pivotal moment is seems. Water is nicely frozen - maybe a little hot but not bad. The jetski is well focused and I'm not sure how you could have composed this any differently for better impact. Should do ok with this. Good luck.

Baseball Ballet
by autool

Comment:
Good title! ;^) The dust at the feet makes this image work (along with the feet off the ground). B/W was a good choice to eliminate background distractions. Slight blur or fuzziness in the body area, and his shirt is a little hot (overexposed), are a couple of observations that could impact your score with viewers on the down side. Good luck in the challenge.

Overhead
by Dragonphenx

Comment:
Wow. Now that is detailed, you can dang near count the rivets! Question, how do I know this is moving? Just being a bit cynical (sp?), but seriously, it's hard for the viewer to get a sense of context here and the challenge calls for 'Stopped Motion'. If you've really captured this, this sharply, and this plane IS moving - then WOW! ;^) Good luck in the challenge.

POP
by massmediakid31

Comment:
This one is fun. Creative idea and mostly well executed. The expression on her face works, composition is fine with the popcorn coming across the top third of the image. Couple of minor nits; 1) The lighting on the popcorn and the bowl is a little strong (not sure how you could have reduced it and kept details on her - sorry) and 2) Don't take this personally, but her skin around the eyes and on the forehead is a little oily and this has caused some distracting glare. Hope this does ok for you because it IS a fun image. Good luck.

Buzz Off!
by pminne

Comment:
This is a challenging shot to get and have it meet the Stopped Motion theme of the challenge. The wings appear to have been stopped, but they are a little blurry, which could be simply from DOF and your aperture setting rather than too slow a shutter speed. The bee does look not quite sharp overall, where the flower is... Good luck in the challenge.