Frolic
by Judi

Comment:
Beautiful.

The Nor'easter
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Moody and graphic, but maybe little over processed for me

Vigor
by fitz3000

Comment:
I'd love to see how you got this. Etheral and chilling.

End
by odriew

Comment:
This needs to ribbon or I'm losing my faith in this website! Is it a reflection? And did you notice the alien in the bottom left when you took the picture? On a serious note, the blur gives it a graphical quality that I've not seen before and it's not let down by the composition - 10!

Squatter's Delight
by jeger

Comment:
Like the light, the contrast, the wideangle. Nice shot.

Preening
by Ken

Comment:
A lot of nature photography on this site seems to fall down when the subject is simply snapped as is and is left with too much work to do to hold the viewer's attention. Not here. So much going on but such a simple composition. 10.

D P C . S C R A B B L E
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:
Almost fooled me into giving you a nine... That deserves an eight.

A Fluid Game
by timwest167

Comment:
And just when you thought the drop shot ideas had all dried up... 8.5 if i could..

Doom Watch
by Imagineer

Comment:
Lowell,

Computers, within the rules of this website at least, cannot alter composition save by cropping. The balance, poise and urgency of this image are very much real, and I believe are the reason this obtained a well deserved average of over 8. To avoid taking this shot or press the delete button would have been greater affronts to photography, not reducing unavoidable noise and background disturbances. If a "great image with terrfic impact" posted on a digital photography website with strict editing rules leaves you "kind of sick to [your] stomach", may I suggest that you're in the wrong place.

Dale

Walkway to Heaven
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
Very effective, the striking colour matches well the power of the composition. It pulled my eye in and some of the more subtle elements kept it there. Well done.