jewel
by ursula

Comment:
My out-and-out favourite in this challenge. Originally gave it a 9 and have just bumped it up a notch to 10. Excellent bokeh and absolutely stunning image all round. Well done... hope to see this ribbon. Deserves the blue IMO.

All Ball
by kaiser_chief

Comment:
Congratulations on winning the cup dude... I assume this was when you were out of action b/c of injury? There's a lot going on in this image, i.e too many distractions from what you want the viewer looking at, the ball. Tighter crop would have really helped this... IMHO

Dragon Boat Training
by Lonni

Comment:
Congratulations on the top 10 finish. Great effort, especially considering the last minute reprocessing you did b/c of the SilverEffects debate.

I Can Fly.............
by dougi555

Comment:
Way to go Alan!!! Congratulations on the blue. Well deserved.

VERY complicated
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Excellent poster. I particularly love the text that "nobody reads". Congratulations on the top 10... :)

Ominous
by Retroesque

Comment:
Ah... my wonderful Melbourne. Love the cloud and the processing on this is excellent.

Le Mont Saint-Michel
by gyaban

Comment:
This is one of the most deserving blue ribbon winners I've EVER seen. Simply outstanding photo. Congratulations...

King of the Castle
by ChapmanStapleford

Comment:
I've said this on a few other images, and again, I can't believe this didn't do better in this challenge. Interesting, well composed, sharp... anyway... heres a MUAIMHO as a small offering of compensation for the voting masses not recognising a wonderful photo.

Lavochkin La-5FN
by kolasi

Comment:
No this is a great photo, and truly one of the most under appreciated in the challenge. I love the subject matter, use of shallow DOF and the lighting is great. Probably punished for using a kids toy... DPC voters tend to look down their noses at that... unfortunate in this instance as I really feel this deserved to be in the top 10... one of my highest scoring images in the challenge... as a result, your well and truly entitled to a MUAIMHO

soon
by silverfoxx

Comment:
Absolutely stunning photo... one of my favourites in the challenge. Thought it's get the blue... would at least ribbon... came close to it, but as a result, I'll offer you the smallest of compensations... a MUAIMHO