Congrats with a spot in the next round

Great colors =)

Love this one, really easy to see the 3d

wow this one really pops! great job

Excellent job on this one. It really works here!!

You know, this deep/shallow focus seems to be easier for me to see as a 3-D. I really do see a 3 dimensional rose, nice job!

I can never get these, but don't the photos have to be the same size?

Splendid!

Very interesting factoid! Nice photo, too.

haven't you already used a shot like this??

Nice Job Congrats on First Place Win

much better

Well caught, but too much negative space, IMO

Really interesting effect of the boat against the skyline. Nice work!

The light spot in the lower left hand corner is a bit ditracting, but a nice smoke capture.

Great shot ! Your sky is just amazing and gives to your picture a great mood !

o.O Isn't on-deck photography kinda forbidden? It is from where I come from. I remember I couldn't get a nice clean cloud-shot without the hostess constantly requesting me to "Sir, kindly put down your camera".
If that's the case, kudos on being a stubborn photographer

Love it, but how did you manage to capture it? That's the thing that intrigues me. (then again, I'm no photographer)

Good luck

Nice Congrats

Wonderful sky, really sets off the image dramatically.

The light on the far left edge is a bit distracting from a beautiful panorama, pulling the eye over there for no good reason. I'd crop it off, along with the black section of water, to strengthen the rest of the image.

Great shot, was it taken from Kowloon or Hong Kong Island?

Nice panorama

The overall composition is flat and too centered, with too much uninteresting hills on the side, and not enough focus on the person, or the tiny buildings in the background. Cropping some off the left would redirect the angles so the eye isn't dragged down to the center dip, and would allow more visual movement around the image.

excellent snap...........

Ooooh, bleeding blueberry, and they are triple victims attached to the nail Nice concept and I don't mind to receive the remaining blueberries to avoid anymore victims

This is awesome, Author !

Now that I know the plane is there, the eye will go to it, but I think initially my eye was looking at the amazing cloud formation you have captured.

Nice idea, but I don't think it really works, took me a long time to find the plane.

The juice makes this look so "violent..." Excellent concept, great focus!

Brutal... poor little blueberries Might have had a "safe" one unimpaled to "watch"

definitely different, great imagination.

well done, it really does look like a toy setup with those colours.

miraculous

Love them eyes tho!

What a shame you cropped his legs, guess he was as afraid of you as you were of him.

fantastic.....

They are frightening when you find one in the shower early in the morning, but they are REALLY beneficial, eating a lot of "bad" little bugs you may not be aware of in your house. They are my favorite household spider (but still risk being squished when I find them in the shower!)

4 eyes!

great shot, how big is it?

Beautiful, I have some shots of this fountain too, but they are on my other computer, just as well as yours is better.

the eye is wonderfully in focus.

Nice find but IMHO, you shouldn't have croped out the top of the picture.

You're brave. Just how close did you get to this wasp?

Hi-res is a must for this one -- great image

Wow. That is truly beautiful between the shape and the depth. Awesome find.

that's close, well done

It's too hard to make out the dragonfly with the dark values in the background.

Love the reflection of the water & sky on the dolphin

congrats dude !