Nice effect! GL!

WOW.
congrats. this is a great photo. and i love the slightly desaturated look to it.

Congrats for a beautiful photo, kudo's to you for the work you do!

wdf. bello

plus the hose material folded underneath it

175 gallons per minute. At 50 pounds per square inch.

water nozzle... firefighter.... I could stare at that tool for the rest of my life... Ade, how comes you know everything?

I don't know what that tool is (I have not yet looked at other comments) but, WOW, whatever that is, the shot is remarkable!

is this a water nozzle.............. so you are a firefighter.............. excellent capture too.

Fire fighter, and I guess I know who you are. Nice shot.

great shot, something to do with cars?

I might have to go shoot some fire fighting equipment myself.

NICE! Love the color in this shot.

Very Cool shot!

Nice shot my friend! GL!

ok author... I have a fire department place right next to my drive through liquor store so I might have to take some shots there just to mix people thinkin stuff is yers LMAO I sooo love your shots btw!

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH ALL THE COMPLIMENTS! You really did a great job on this. Hence... one of my favs

Fantastic... very cool

Author...thanks for doing a job that requires total self-less dedication. and...I love the way you shot the theme!

Well done! Love the colors

Yes, for those who know you, it's obvious. Nice shot. GL!

No NO amanda! He's a bus driver! DUH! LMAO

Yup! A unique entry my friend. Nice shot! GL!

There's only one fireman I can think of when it comes to this site. Am I right?

awww... I love a man in uniform or suit... I'm such a sucker for them!

FIREFIGHTER?!!??!?!?!
Did I guess right!?! ; ))
Love this shot!

AWESOME SHOT BTW!!!

ooooo I know I know!!! Yer a doctor? hehehe

Well deserved GREAT SHOT!!!!

Congrats for your first place!

very very nice shot...gl

Great entry author...gl

Great shot author...best of luck

great shot author...extra points for humor and great title...well done

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

great depth author...best of luck

I found it rather clever, author! GL! P

Definitely looks better in high res. I guess you didn't have any black rocks? GL!

Very creative! GL!

Great composition & focus!

I like the DOF on this. Nicely captured

Perfect exposure, and tack sharp focus.......GL

nice one...gl

great shot author...well done

Great light, focus & backdrop!

*LOL* awesome entry! GL!

I think it would have been better the other way around.... a bunch of lit matches around a single non-lit match....but that would have been nearly impossible to pull off...and, I'm rambling... still, great entry and idea!

fun metaphor

Nice

wow, jeani, you're right! Great image! At the beginning I was not so sure about the choice of the background but finally I think it's perfect and the result is very refined.