I really like this one.

Love it, did you write the letters on your feet, or did you have help?

Congratulations Mark, great photo.

Goal calls for Black and white, not monotone.

Seems to be quite a lot of colours left in this photo.

people can be an object

Congratulations on 1st place

Congratulations on 1st place

wonderful colours, but I feel the photo would be improved by cropping a bit more off the sky.

Lovely photo, but I would crop more of the water off, to make it more on Theme.

Congratulations, what a great weekl

Congratulations wonderfully imaginative.

Congratulations, a lovely gentle photo.

Big big congratulations, great photo and a great prize.

Minnesota state flower, pink lady slipper

Congratulations Dmitry, a great week.

Stunning photo, congratulations on the trifecta.

Beautifully crafted

Congratulations, a wonderful portrait

Congratulations, beautifully crafted, as always.

Congratulations, great photo

Great shot

Great

Nicely done

Congratulations, a stunning photo.

Congratulations on 1st place. Lovely photo, like a chocolate box.

Congratulations on 1st place.

That looks really good.

Great concept, shame the quality isn't quite up to the idea.

I'm certainly no expert, Here are the settings I used for my 'drop' photo last week, taken in a darken room.
Camera: Canon
Camera model: Canon EOS 70D
Exposure time: 1/8
Aperture: f/13.0
ISO: 100
From what I have read, the duration of the flash is more important than the length of the exposure for freezing movement.
However I'm no expert on external flashes, Tried to use one today and could not get it right.
On thing I have learnt in the last year, is to not be afraid of noise and higher ISO, there are some brilliant noise reducing programs around. Don't change camera brand, I belong to some sites on Flicker, and look at some of the images there taken a really high ISO on Nikons and wonder If I should change.
Good luck

Thank you, that explains why you have over 60% of you entries in the top 3%.
I certainly can't improve on your inspiration, but one thing you might try to freeze the water is instead of being in a bright place be in a dark room. The time of the flash is much shorter than 1/200 sec.

Thanks for showing us your setup. Now if you could just share your inspiration.

Congratulations

Congratulations on 1st place

Congratulations, so well done.

Professional. Beautifully done

Lovely

Thank you, it's not a process I'm familiar with, seems to be only Elements. Which is fine.

Nice photo, and it's great to see you have taken the trouble to set the scene. However, your colour balance needs a bit of tweaking. The shadows are also too dark.
Do you realise you can make adjustments to you photo and replace the entry with the corrected photo.
Good Luck

Is a dead tree still a tree?

Thanks, it looked strange.

What is the thing hanging in front of the hat?

Congratulations, great work, as always.

Congratulations, such a beautiful photo.

Looks better in High res

Congratulations, great photo.

Congratulations, wonderful to see something so different.

Congratulations, great Macro and wonderful colours.

Congratulations, beautifully done.

Nicely done