I am most curious about the tat over his heart. I know fortis semper means always strong and is the navy's motto but what does fortis sed mean. I like the back lighting to this portrait of a handsome young man.

Congrats on three!

Creative + + + +

Yes bit posh for a bike

Looks like a Rols Royce of a bike.

ha....congrats.....often following the KISS principle works the best.

hope it was after dinner

Congrats Kyricom

Well done for winning

Congrats Kyricom

Has the shot been rotated sideways after stacking the books on top of each other? If not, how do you manage to get them to appear to be floating on different levels without anything under them to hold them in position?

Are you getting inspired to do some painting?

Self timer, huh?! I looked at this on high res and it really is a very powerful image that clearly shows the topic of book(s). You worked had at arranging this just so and it shows, for this creativity your image is top of the shelf. Just great and gave me my morning smile.

You have some dust spots on your sensor, image is soft with colour cast and the drape takes our attention away from the main focal point. The story is strong and tells us how books are valued in this home.

Solid presentation, sharp, good tonal values good marginal space all around.

Oh my, these feel precious and the script is Latin isn't it? The colour palette is perfect with opposing colours of yellow and purple. Why oh why did you nip off the edge of that one book???...overall I enjoyed finding this upload and it makes me want to know more.

Simplistic but effective

I am drawn to the very realistic colour palette which makes me feel cold. It is a cold miserable day and your image gets that across. Sharp in high res. Nice one.

Hey, I was here....I'm sure of it. Image is not in focus although it does look better in high resolution. A colourful autumnal path that stills the beating of my heart.

I really like the pristine unmarked snow in this one. The broken gate and fallen branches make me think no one has come or gone along this private path for ages.
It makes me wonder if the people who live on the property are so self sufficient that they don't need to go out for the winter of if they have left home for the winter to find a warmer climate. The mind boggles with possibilities and inspirations for mystery stories. Excellent work.

Great Tequila still life! YUM

Nicely set up with consideration to entire story. Cropped artistically, eye level for us to easily engage in...crisp and clear on the drink with gentle softening into the depth of the image. Colour palette realistic and not overcooked. "Pretty as a picture"...an image made, not an image taken!

different view on this contest.

Well good insect photo this,good dof and detail

I like everything about this staged photograph. The man in softness on the right gives us the feeling of them against us. It is a good thing you did not crop him out and the dead guy is fine with gun in hand , that is after all, how he fell!

I like the fast shutter speed for you have frozen this action well. It is a sports shot which involves a lot of interaction. Well done.

I never would have thought of that,clever thinking outside the box.

I love that afternoon sunlight. It gives a lovely warm glow to that very very long train which appears to go on forever. Beautiful work.

I agree with Photonuts comment but I have a question for you.
We all learn about the rule of thirds in photography so why did you place the narrow DOF so low on the frame? That position doesn't tend to draw the viewers eye into the photo but rather out of it in my opinion.

Crisp photo of this butterfly,good dof

Good sports shot this.

A different aspect of healthy living,but a good one,think the narrow dof makes this interesting

good close-up

Fair enough still think it would be better without him,although if he was in focus,then the interaction would have been better and given this a better effect.

Yes not the best acting in the world,lol think it would have been better without the guy on the right as well

Is the man on the ground supposed to be playing dead?
If we could give the actors some tips for improvement, I would suggest that he didn't hold his gun in the air while pretending to be dead.
Nice fire shot from the end of that rifle.

I was wondering how you managed to get a totally white background till I read your comment. I think it might have been better if you had managed to get the spiderweb too. There is also chromatic aberation on the insects legs which you might want to fix in post processing. That purple and green tint on the legs looks unnatural. Good luck in the contest.

Congrats Kyricom, again

Congrats Kyricom

Well done for first

Well done for first

Ah ah I thought I was on the "Picture word" contest, I was searching for the word

Congrats on this win.

BIG CONGRATS!

Wow! You really had that window smashed!

I have lost a few friends to black ice death and this image looks foreboding. It is another one of those photos that brings out the ewwwwwww in me.

ewwwwwwwww, this is so bad that it is good.

This is my hometown...thank you. You have some spots on your lens/sensor. Look on the road to the right lower section, then look in the sky and you can find dust spots in the heavens above, one above the CN tower to the right (viewer's right). You could crop up to cut off that gray spot yet leave enough lines on the road. Use your healing brush to get rid of spots.

I didn't know that! Solid upload, nice and the cars in blurred bokeh in the background support your photo.

Definitely tiny. Looks like it escaped being burned in a bush fire too.

Following KISS principle. I love it.