eerily nice

Wonderful!

very nice -- like the lighting

😄😄😄😄😄😄

beautifu.. as a painting

Nice Congrats

i think kettle is smoking...

That's a keeper. Great kettle

nice image -- lighting is great especially given the subject has so much potential for stray reflections

B&W suits perfectly this photo! I love the lighting!

good work, author

fine portrait

If it weren't for your description, I could never tell this was an amusement park. Nice shot, though.

Beautiful...great detail.

Great bokeh!

Very cool. Great catch author. Let's build a spa.

beautiful

Yes Friiskiwi - sorry this didn't get a place as I loved it. Please keep doing more of this delightful work.

Nice one. I like the B&W

really thought this would place so much higher, it is absolutely brilliant with great detail work.. Still okay, but kind of a burn in my eyes, but who am I? giggle snort.. Great work, you should be very proud of a job super well done!!!

Interesting. What actually created the steam. Putting out a fire?

Congrats to you for making it to the third round Good luck there!

Beautiful. I look forward to your winning this tournament serices. Good luck.

Wow, great photos! Good masking of all, author.

Dazzling

hi !

Wow, this is so cool, I can't believe no one has commented.

I like how delicate this flower looks = )

I may be wrong, but given the surrounding vegetation and the angle of the sunlight, I'll say it's more like morning mist.

Congrats!

Very nice colors & textures.

They seem so happy!!

Very nice dof and tones here.

wow... that sounds like a light-hearted song

Hard to beat Ella. Nice shot, too

nice one -- like the Verticality

Funny you have a left handed camera!

Great picture, where's the pilot?

You are a Tourist (solemn happiness)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM4Mmd2y4nE

oh lord, have mercy on what is left of my soul.. LOL.. very cute concept

Good one..!

The guy to the right sure looks terrified

nicely composed, I like that you included the dried flowers in the shot

Yes - agree with drivenslush. This is gorgeous! I love how the colour of the litte pink flowers is picked up in the robes.

The HILLS ARE ALIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! with sound of MONKS!!! hehehe
super great masking, and the little flowers are fantastic at the base of their robes

AWESOME!!!!

Someone finally broke the seal! Very nice (cute necklace, too)

Oh my... Ok, we had German, we had English... Danish now: Tillykke med førstepladsen!
Googles fault, it it's wrong!

Glückwunsch zum zweiten Platz! I was tired of all the "congrats", so I switched to German

Again! Congrats!

And the third also! Congrats!