Well.. I can say only : fantastic Reply »

Great details. Reply »

How did you get him to stay still? great shot..... Reply »

teriffic shot.....

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It's Hypno-toad! Reply »

Great shot! Reply »

Thanks everyone. Reply »

Congratulations on 1st and second place, and getting the Crown this week. wonderful photos. Reply »

Congrats on first and second, well done Reply »

That looks like a lot of fun, but if you tilt it the other way it would look like the wind is holding him up and helping to keep him from sliding off. Reply »

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author says: I can be influenced....a more effective use of the revised horizon. Thanks

kyricom says: That looks really great. Like he's going over the edge of the Earth

A great idea and a great moment, right shot at right moment at right place... GL Reply »

Congrats, we'll done! Reply »

Thanks everyone. I had great advice. Reply »

Nice one, the lines seem to fit perfectly. Good luck! Reply »

Gorgeous color! The composition & DOF are awesome and really fit the theme. Reply »

Very nice and deserved. Nice week for you! Gorgeus! Reply »

great Reply »

ok, ok,... a simple and fantastic photo! GL Reply »

simple bt too good.. GL Reply »

Perfect!
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Simple is sometimes the best. Beautiful color, clarity & composition. Brilliant DOF Reply »

Congratulations!
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Thanks everyone. Reply »

Congrats! Reply »

He needs to turn his hand over on the racquet Great facial expression Reply »

Great expression... Reply »

Great expression and lovely light. Reply »

These kids do amazing things with these new racquets. My old wooden Bancroft wouldn't stand a chance. Great eye on the ball. Thanks for your comments. Reply »

Nice action, and his expression is priceless. Reply »

Great one ! Both composition and expression are great ! Reply »

Congrats on 1st and 3rd place, my favourite sport. Reply »

Congrats Pete, 1st place well deserved Reply »

Thanks everyone. My favorite sport as well but I never played as well as the kids today. To be young again...
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Congrats for the nice composition! Reply »

Lovely macro and details of the flower bud... GL Reply »

That bit of color at the base of the petals is perfect against the deep gray-green background. Amazing. Reply »

Really great shot! Well done!
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Congrats on 1st place, wonderful photo. Reply »

and congrats again Reply »

Wonderful time of the year here for photography. Thanks everyone. Lots of beautiful entries. Reply »

Congrats for the nice composition and great week! Reply »

Beautiful Reply »

Nice idea... Good shot Reply »

Thanks everyone. Reply »

Congrat... very nice composition! Reply »

Truly wonderful, didn't recognise you, which is surprising considering how often you appear in your own photos. Reply »

Sometimes we do better photos from ourselves than if someone do it.... I feel confortable taking photos from myself, but if other person do it I feel very unsure what to do. Great photo and expression. Congrats! Reply »

Great Photo ! Brilliant.... Reply »

Congrats for the first place ! Nice week! Hugs Reply »

Look like great rules. you should protect that list and keep handing it down Reply »

Congrats on 1st place, what a lovely memory to have. Reply »

Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. As for submitting ideas for contests it's something I wish more people would do. It isn't easy, but when we get to the middle of the week and there aren't many there, I put my thinking cap on. Reply »

That looks like one big dog that close Reply »

I wonder what do you think? Reply »

This great photo truly meets our contest. Congratulations! Reply »

Congrats! On your win! Reply »

Thanks everyone. Reply »

Beautiful Reply »

Congrats Peter great entry! Reply »

Ha! My idea of a ghost! Well done, author! Reply »

fantastic Reply »

great shot Reply »

Thank you both. Reply »

Great set up. The black and white has a wonderful impact. Reply »

Nice job!
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Congrats on 1st place, great set up and photo. Reply »

Congrats Pete, well deserved Reply »

Thank you everybody for your comments. It one of the perks of PXLEYES that is so appreciated. Reply »

Very nice. Reply »

Must be 5 o'clock Reply »

It's always 5 o'clock at Margariville, isn't it. Reply »

Looks like it could handle a crowd... but there's no crowd Reply »

When i want to take pictures of kid's playing in parks before shooting i go ask their parents and ask them for their emails give them a card with my phone number and infos on it and i send the shots i take from their kids for free. before they leave i show them the results on the cam so they can see im not a random weirdo.

they usually agrees and are pretty happy about it.

A good way not to be taken and flag has a predator.

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Great take on the theme -- nice image Reply »

great Reply »

Great angle. congrats, thinking outside the box, or wait, is it, thinking inside the mailbox???? Reply »

I had a couple that included me looking in, but that's another contest. Thanks everyone. Reply »

Very nice perspective for the theme Reply »

bravo Reply »

Very convenient for the mailman having dual doors....also makes for a great photo Reply »

Pastel colours and a complementary focus -- nice image Reply »

Thanks Alan. Reply »

Lovely, just the kind of colours and tones this contest is about. Reply »

Very pretty Reply »

Wonderful capture, exquisite subject matter. The palest rose looks sculpted from porcelain. Reply »

Perfect for this contest. Great shot! Reply »

Thanks everyone.
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Wow, that's amazing Reply »

Very nice! Excellent capture. Reply »

Great capture, good setting. Reply »

Thanks for your Fav Vibeke. It means a lot coming from you. I feel to the ground when i saw these guys and someday a passerby is going to call the parametics thinking I've had a heart attack or something. Tks again Reply »

Fantastic! Reply »

Great shot! Reply »

Sex always sells Reply »

wow like a toy awesome Reply »

wow like a toy awesome Reply »

Thanks everyone. Fun capture. Reply »

Congratulations on 1st place for this amazing photo Reply »

I hope you will wear it for a long time. Reply »

Congrats on a well deserved win. Wonderful story behind the memento.
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wonderful shot. Reply »

Indeed friiskiwi ! Reply »

And congrats again! Reply »

Thanks everyone. It really turned out like an underwater shot. Fun. Reply »

well done, there goes my idea. Reply »

Congrats for your first place! Reply »

Beautiful composition, the shadows make this image for me. Very well done! Reply »

Thank. you. Reply »

EEEEEW! :p Reply »

wow! Looks like a picture you would see in a medical book. Reply »

Really well done Reply »

How come no one ever "pearls" three? Reply »

Great entry. A little dark on the needle tips, but otherwise well done. Reply »

Yes! Reply »

Amazing shot, surely it was hard to obtain! Reply »

very well done Reply »

Looks so yummy xD very delicate shot. Reply »

Very nice... might increase brightness just a touch Reply »

Small increase looks good. Thanks. Reply »

well done Reply »

Good idea...
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Ah, good one! Nicely illustrated. Reply »

Good topic, and a nice shot Reply »

very irugubak exemple Reply »

Smart thought! Good luck Reply »

Thanks everyone. Reply »

wonderful, looks like a face Reply »

Excellent image. Great entry and perfect lighting. Reply »

well used fron a mouse? ahi ahi. poor book.but beautiful photo Reply »

I agree with Friskiwi, it seems a face, and lights are perfect. Very well done author. Good luck Reply »

Thanks everyone. Reply »

Yep...a rat snake...non-poisonous, but...they will strike and bite your face...LOL nice shot author, most people fear snakes very much, so to get this close, I'd call that an on-topic shot. Well done. Reply »

definitely risky and scary Reply »

a really cool shot... but I don't see the risk Reply »

Thanks everyone especially the info about the eyes. Reply »

fantastic, bravo Reply »

Nice close up, and yes I think it is a rat snake =) Reply »

Well. Emik... I buy that getting close to water etc. without a weathersealed camera is risky to the camera (although the cynic in me suspects many of those aren't really that close and are just cropped) But a Rat Snake doesn't seem too risky. How would it hurt you or the camera? Would it be risky to get close to a baby bunny?

What did I consider risky? The last time this theme ran I entered my shot taken in mid-February where I climbed over the fence at Niagra Falls around midnight to stand on the ice right next to the falls. Not only risky - but incredibly STUPID!!! Reply »

Fabulous shot and I love the DOF. I'm sure I wouldn't have got that close to any snake..... Reply »

Wow, great focus and great capture author. Reply »

You beat me to it!! Great shot! Reply »

Sorry. Reply »

simple but beautiful Reply »

very good Reply »

very nice entry Reply »

Congratulations, great shot. Reply »

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your coments. Reply »

Very Nice Congrats! Reply »

He looks very proud, but would he be happy to be called a child? Looks like a young man to me. How old is he? Reply »

At the time of the shot he was 14, but today 2 years later he's 6' 3". I've replaced him with a younger boy at 12 taken during the same tennis event.. I hope this is better fit within the contest boundaries.Sorry. Reply »

beautiful, wonderful focus Reply »

Thanks vibeke. This was fun because I started shooting a fully intact dandelion and a breeze quickly tore it apart. The two seeds on the right were basically in flight. Reply »

Great shot, congrats Reply »

Thanks you all. Glad you liked it. Reply »

a beautiful photo and a well deserved win. Reply »

you just can't trust those babies. Reply »

interesting, great effect Reply »

I dreamt about this eye last night. Is that still good luck? Reply »

Nazar buncuk

not in Italy, is musulman, we are catholic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)

We can see an eye painted on the bow of the boat, in the countries of the Italian coast

But it is a very nice photo Reply »

Thanks for the clarification. I hope I didn't offend anyone. Reply »

The eye, at least in Turkey, is to ward off evil. They are everywhere, even pinned on babies and hung on walls of establishments. The theory is, that the evil will be reflected back to the one bringing it. The eye is on constant guard against all evil, therefore is a good luck charm. This is why it is called the "Evil Eye", not because it is evil. Reply »

Now it makes sense. Thanks. I'm going to start using mine now. Reply »

Nice exposure and lighting Reply »

congratulations on 1st. well deserved. Reply »

Thanks vibeke. It was my lucky charm. By the way, still no dessert entry. The cook has spoken. Reply »

Great focus and light Reply »

Thanks. In some other shots it looks like a wood block. I might make into a canvas for my own use. Reply »

Very beautiful. It almost looks like a bronze sculpture of a leaf. Nice work Reply »

simple et very elegant Reply »

Beautiful image! Love all the reflections! Reply »

very very fine Reply »

Congratulations, well done, so different. Reply »

Thanks everyone. Reply »

Is that a cane? Reply »

Yes it is. Looks like a simple walking cane but when you pull back the cover away from the handle, a 23 inch blade is exposed. Sorry I didn't explain it in my entry comments. Reply »

great light and subject Reply »

Either that is a very tiny cane, or an extremely large hat... Reply »

Bailey Bull Rider cowboy hat with a 36 inch cane of which only the upper portion was used in the photo. This is a gentlemen's cane for style. Reply »

this one is good Reply »

well done Reply »

Nice shot, but might have had either less than $100,000 on the label, or a larger bill than a twenty visible. Reply »

I must have keep a few hundreds for myself. Hopefully no one will count it. Right ? Reply »

This is such a great picture! High marks from me for originality and a joke to boot Reply »

Wonderful picture, the DOF is great funny too Reply »

great Reply »

Brilliant! Reply »

Thanks everyone. He made me smile too. Reply »

Congrats on 1st place, an outstanding photo Reply »

Nice, apart from the fact that you stole my idea, LOL, well done Reply »

Well done!!! Reply »

Sorry Vibeke.





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Darn, I just took a very similar photo, but yours is so much better, I won't be entering mine. Back to the drawing board. Reply »

People!!!! Pay attention..... This is a macro!! Very good! Reply »

Thank you both very much Reply »

This is a macro !!! This is great shot. Reply »

Curious as to the camera used and the settings. GREAT JOB. good luck. Reply »

Thanks for your comments. Taken with a Tokina macro 100 mm at F 11 at exposure 1.2. I took dozens of shot set ups to eliminate reflection. Reply »