Odd with such a precision instrument that the circle does not look round. Optical illusion?

High res looks great

simple et very elegant

I like the red, yellow and blue intersection

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

She better not catch you

very very fine

Great focus and light

Great close up, and I like how the cement shines.

mediterranea colours? very nice

Beautiful image! Love all the reflections!

nicely done author...great comp and color...

Congrats with a spot in the next round

The more, the merrier!

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

bravo.. must also sing

Freinds with benefits have a different meaning here. Probably wouldn't need to call

lol, this would also be a great shot for a self portrait contest. Well that is if that's you =)

Oh, I'm so sorry bout that! She seems to be very smart, and anyways, you can teach her how to open a certain gate!

Funny, the water on the chin looks like ice!

you may replace this one

great light and subject

Very cool shot - I appreciate how difficult these are as I'm an International gymnastics judge and Senior coach. Pity there isn't more blurring going on in the shot. Frustrating we're not really allowed to take photos in GBR. Maybe see if you can slow the shutter speed just a little to create more motion blur. Well done

Is that a cane?

Awesome.... Good luck author...

congrats on second, nice Palmer photo.

Great capture, author

I like the lighting in the clouds

great

!melborp oN

I like this one a lot.

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

I just think it's hysterical that Coke and Pepsi et al have somehow convinced us that we need to pay for the most plentiful element on the planet. I'm with you, cabldawg, I used to drink from those streams too, but now you'll get Giardia. However, even with all the problems, the US still has the cleanest water on the planet. If you drink from the tap, you'd be fine. But now we're supposed to waste our money on Coke and Pepsi's tap water - in court they both had to admit (Aquifina and Dasani brand) that there's nothing "special" about their water - they just got it from the factories' taps.

Nice. Good take on the theme

Wow! I know that horse must be a great barrle horse, and the rider. Am I right? The only problem I have with barrel racing is that in the future when the horse is older, its joints can be all wear and tear, or something related to that.

great shot, and perfect for this contest

great shot

Nice one =)

great photo, did you sue some kind of filter to get the outline of the riders so clear?

well done

good onre

this one is good

Oops.. the thought itself hurts... but a nice snap... Good luck author...

cute but a lot of noise

If the dog can't read, how would he know to close the gate? (or, maybe some punctuation on the sign would have helped)

Does that sign mean they used to happily accept bad checks

Thanks for the story, just goes to show that money doesn't make you happy.

Very true Emik. In USA we could drink out of any stream just a little over 100 years ago. Now we can drink from no streams at all. In the 60s I drank from high mountain streams, cold clear water. Now if you do it will make you sick. Very sad indeed.

That's sad, I think sometimes it's easy to forget how precious water is, thanks for the reminder.