This is a WOW for me. Love the lines and curves of the grasses, and the background is well controlled to show the grass off to best advantage. Great shot and use of light.

I really like this image. It is evocative of decay and days gone by. It could almost be the 'skeleton' of an old boat. Would the image have been better if the tops of the posts had been more above or below the horizon? Great sky.

Great fun. Really captures a mood and culture.

Top notch...from POV to monochromatic handling. All is beautiful.

A happy snappy shot!

British sense of humour

Careful with cutting the image in half...remember your horizontal cut rule in photography. I feel had you followed it you would have had a stronger shot, but don't get me wrong....it is a great image.

Takes a photographer to see this and to change it to bw was the way to go. Top notch.

Yes, really nice lead lines on this and I do think your gradients are well done encompassing a wide range. Did you know that there are approximately 256 shades of gray?

I love the soft / hard focus and the B&W

I love the honesty of this image - the women and wrinkles and all ...

Nice shooting angle. Good idea to make it BW.

Oh Zizounai....you are making a groaning joke....and only one other person I know makes groaning jokes and he is from Britain. He always makes jokes and I always groan!

Yes: the foam is blown out by the wind

Nice one again but no blowouts are there?

This is great, but I don't see any blow outs, but it is a good photograph..."seaside".

I liked this one, ought to have done better.....!

I bet you were thinking of "colours are everywhere" contest! Good eyes, nice to fill the frame with lusciousness.

Yes, good eyes. Did you shoot this on A or M? Manual gives you more creative leeway and the exposure can be calibrated to diminish hot spots.

You caught the patterns, the monochrome is well done with broad range of grays, a rather mundane image made better through your post processing thinking.

Nice and sharp, almost looks metallic, very visually dynamic.

I looked at this through hi res and what a difference. It looks much better there.

I like the story that this depicts, it is well taken and fills the frame.

this does look a tad soft on this side of the planet but it sure is different and I like your pov looking straight at it.

Great shot - good story here - love the eyes - action captured in the feet.

Good presentation although I do think there is a tad bit of softness, maybe it was low light conditions and your shutter was slow. BUT I do like this.

Like this one much much better. You will do well.

Oh so British and b.w is great. The fact that they are oblivious to your presence adds a natural feel of two fellas enjoying their friendship over a cuppa. Do you think you might have a wee bit of a tilt to the left with this upload? You might want to straighten that out before the voting starts.

Yes, to b/w for it shows the textural quality well. Somehow your photo feels 'squashed' and for my eyes needs more marginal space all round, but you surely have focused well on the bridge.

Raining hats and I instantly thought of "raining cats and dogs"...LOL The multitude of hats works for me but those shadows cast do draw on our eyes.

YAYAYAYAYAY nice Brian, congrats.

nice image, but would've scored higher if a hat was actually 'dropping'

Congrats Brian

Congrats on 4th Brian

Creative thought went into this one. Nice work.

Good one, good eye, nice colours, just a delightful shot.

Went here but didn't go on this walkabout. Should have....grrrrrr. Nice catch.

Patterns are lovely in this take. Nicely seen and shot.

I've seen this somewhere before and it still looks just as great as before...top notch

Yes, to monochrome and rural....wow this is rural....almost isolation. Good gray zone handling showing skill in photo proccessing and photo manipulation.

Yes to this one as well. NIce and sharp I really like that outcrop of stones there because it gives us the feel of "peeking in" on a scene and whether it is rocks as in this case or grasses I always love that effect. Very nice.

YIKES, I love this. I love "taking a walk with you" feel and how we get pulled into the shot. Also, very lovely are the colours and what a clever composition, you take us into that rule of 3 grid line....ahhh ahahahahah you didn't think we'd notice...excellent.

Shows us the beauty of the land, the vast beauty of the land and you have provided a visual anchor making this a solid photograph that one can enjoy.

Interesting and imaginative take.

Love the juxtaposition of overhang and the distant building. Do you think this shot could use a splash of brightness as it seems a bit flat.

Great angle to this shot.

Nice idea but I can't see enough detail on the statue to get a full feel for what it is a statue of.

Good edit / crop that emphasizes the subject. Well done.

What an interesting shot. Great combination of components here.

Great perspective. Love the colours. Looks very cold. Great composition.