Congrats! Reply »

Hee-hee! Put a smile on my face this morning. Love it! Reply »

I laughed a lot when I saw this photo ... congrats...GL Reply »

Great shot! Reply »

Excellent capture! Beautiful work with light & shadow. And the detail is great! Reply »

Even though it is not really sharp I really like this shot. I assume it is taken in an aquarium and I know how hard it is to get a good shot through that thick glass, usually bad lightning and the moving objects. Personally I'd be very happy with a shot like this. Reply »

Great capture. GL. Reply »

Congrats on second! Reply »

Nicely done Reply »

Nice shot, but not a lot of green. Reply »

Congrats! Reply »

Nice... but it'd be nice to have the top of the building in the center included Reply »

I like it but I think the HDR is just a little over cooked leaving a halo effect around the main building. It lloks like Geelong, Vic? Reply »

lol. Reply »

lol - cute Reply »

congrats on 2nd place! I think your's personally was better. (one of my favs) Reply »

wonderful Reply »

beautiful Reply »

@Nem: Thanks a lot for your kind compliment Reply »

nice detailing Reply »

Nice composition and DOF - BUT... it has WATER DROPLETS!!!!!!!!! Reply »

Really beautiful. Reply »

great angle, really makes you look. Reply »

great picture Reply »

I really like this one. Reply »

wow, amazing photo, beautiful at that!! Reply »

This is a really beautiful photo: very well composed, and with very nice light. But I think the rain drops (if they rain drops) on the lens are quite distracting. Why don't you try removing them in Photoshop? Reply »

Thanks for the compliment alerizzo, in my understanding, I cannot manipulate partially using photoshop for the competition and I kinda like the "bokeh" effect by the raindrop Reply »

hey, I loved that bokeh effect, its adding beauty to the image Reply »

Beautiful capture author.
I would crop the bottom of the frame,right on the diagonal curve of the concrete bench (leading line) to be technically perfect IMHO. Reply »

Totally agree with Karaflazz and the image is updated Reply »

This is a rather good photo, so how is one to vote for it? Reply »

The lighting of the feathers is enchanting, with the tail illumination doing a wonderful job of separating bird and trees. It came out fine, really! Reply »

@Jerostone & MossyB: In my opinion, I classify this image as an orphan due to "not so sharp" bird image especially with the head. In order to make it a good photo, I assume that the bird must be in focus wholly. I do appreciate your kind feedbacks and I will leave this image to the moderator to decide Thanks a lot Reply »

I too have tossed many shots like this. Right there but just does not POP for prints, but again hard to delete.
IMO the tree is ok but i do feel your pain.
Good luck Author. Reply »

The composition does a good job of making the lens distortion work. Nice photo. Reply »

Great shot =)

can you please tell us the setup for this HDR shot ?
and what program you used for merging & noise reduction!!!! Reply »

@m0nm0n: I shot the image using RAW files at the lowest ISO possible (100 - 200) and use Lightroom to create 3 different exposure images (+2, 0, -2). +2 to reveal the detail of the shadow, -2 to reveal the detail of the hightlight (sky). Then use Photomatix to merge the images creating the above image I hope that's helpful Reply »

Congratulations on second, lovely view and very good HDR effect Reply »

Thanks Orientallad Reply »

Lovely, works well being desaturated Reply »

great DOF ...great photo! Reply »

NUTSS
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Very nice... like the bokeh Reply »

Nice panorama. Reply »

I agree.. great shot Reply »

beautiful Reply »

I like this! The pole would be the only distracting thing in this picture in my opinion but you can't do anything about that so AMAZING JOB! Reply »

One of the best black and white photos I have seen in a very long time. Excellent values!

EDIT: You've changed your entry. Pity. Reply »

I'm sorry MossyB, I have been requested to edit the entry, but if I can revert it back to the original photo, I will for sure revert it back. If not, I'll upload into my album collection Reply »

I don't understand what is the white outline around the pole, cables and almost everything (but not everything) that is in front of the dark sky. Could you explain it please ? Reply »

@Artifakts: The white outline around the cable, pole and any other stuffs in front of the dark sky is the result of using blending mode. The original image was duplicated and inverted, then using blending mode to merge the original image and the inverted image - all of the post processing is done on the overall image as per photography guideline - hope it helps Reply »

Thanks for your explanations. I didn't know that kind of effect. It gives the picture a special mood and nice aspect. Reply »

Wow. This is a great black and white. Very much on theme and very dramatic. Reply »

this is really cool. Is it done by jumping up and using real quick shutter speed to capture the image ?? Reply »

It's actually done by jumping down from the stone bench, and yes, using fast shutter speed to freeze the moment Reply »

Very nice shot, the expresion of his face is very natural. Good work! Reply »

Awesome photo, and great use of the phone as a prop. It makes the situation appear very natural. Reply »

Excellent shot & love the title as well author. Real good. Reply »

Nice Job Congrats Reply »

very creative! Reply »

I feel that the hand ruins this otherwise excellent photo, it dominates the photo, do you have any without the hand. Reply »

Hi Friiskiwi, fortunately I do have another shot with no hand. I see your point and really appreciate your feedback. I'll update the image Reply »

well done, this is so much better. Reply »

I like everything about this snap!! Reply »

really lovely Reply »

Very nice DOF Reply »

Congratulations on 2nd and 3rd place, lovely photographs. Reply »

Hi Jfish, it's not fish eye lens . It's 18mm, multiple shots vertically and stitched in Photoshop Reply »

Wonderful lines and patterns, I would how ever loose the air-conditioning units at the top, they add nothing to the photo. Reply »

i would cut the air-conditioning units,great shot Reply »

@Friiskiwi & Kathyw: Thanks for your valuable feedback, the air-conditioning indeed is distracting factor and is taken out from the image Reply »

Congrats on 2nd. place, well deserved. Reply »

well done congrats Reply »

Nice lighting of the holder. The stylus outline is very elegant. Reply »

nice Reply »

excellent. Reply »

Good Job Congrats Reply »