Nice shot. Looks like the background was artifically blurred though...

Great colours. Ideal DOF. Even though butterfly shots are plenty and not always original, I find this one VERY appealing and gets my no. 1 vote! Well done.

The bottom right and banding I see in the green keep it just out of the finalist for me.

Great macro. I love the detail.

Really pretty, nice composition, great color

Nice sharp image. Very contrasty and harsh shadows, but it seems to work with this image anyhow.

Interesting perspective, want to see wider view after contest.

nice positioning, love the sky.

Like the textures, another one making me think, wanting to see more.

i like the lighting and being able to see out the windows.

I think wider would be better, maybe more sky.

A beautiful place. Where was this taken?

nice, sharp photo - looks so fresh.

Almost symmetric on the building and like the crosswalk leading into the shot- maybe to have taken a lower perspective.

Almost Center horizon is the only think keeping me from making this my top vote.

Very nice.

very dramatic

Not sure about being a favorite, but I like it.

Wow. It was hard not to choose this one, but there were too many other great shots.

Like the bug, but the flowers on top of each other distracts me, maybe a different angle could have been better.

Beautiful place. Where was this taken?

Yeah, he saw you for sure. Good shot.

nice shot. how did u get him to pose so nicely?

Really neat shot. I can almost hear the birds chirping

What a catch! I'm sure a bird book would want it!

Did the mother attack you getting so close to her young? Or did you attach a tiny camera to the mother bird.

Oh, man. How would you like to have that responsibility? Nice shot.

I just keep looking at this, its facinating.

Nice composition

Excellent!!!!!

Really liked the interaction between the figures, good eye! A bit oversharpened or rather, some effects due to the resizing because there is some really strong stair-stepping visible that probably (hopefully) isn't in the original. Great shot nonetheless. My favorite of the bunch

Hidden romance, I think she is playing hard to get.

Good eye! A perfect catch!

clever and fun photo

What a great "humor" shot!

Not sure about the green tone, maybe fully B&W would be better.

wow, looks enchanted!

Love the look

nice colours, but a little too busy

I like this shot, but it's a little too soft for my tastes. Cound use more, saturation, contrast, and sharpening. But that's just my opinion, which is worth exactly what you paid for it.

Interesting tail, oh that's a palm tree.

great composition, very nice photo.

i like seeing past the group onto to the shore across the water. good shot.

Nice geometry and balance. The blue door is a nice feature. I would've shifted viewpoint down just a tad to avoid the top of doorframe (or window frame?) to the right and up from the door ... distracts me somewhat ... as do the signs in the lower left, I'd clone those out. Would love to see this at some time other than "high noon" but you can't always pick your moment.

I like the lonely blue door and contrasting adobe.

The letters in bottom left signs distract me from the simplicity the shot otherwise has- Very nice.

I love the geometric shapes and the one blue door that echos the sky. Good catch.

good all over focus, very sharp, one blue door!!!

Nice composition.

Love the monochrome color feel!

WOW - wonderful picture

Nice against the backgrounf, I think the even number is bothering me a little that if the buds or flowers were 3 or more it may have gotten my top vote.

lovely.

What a fun picture. Well composed. Except it may have been more effective if you had cropped the top a bit to get tid of the skyline.

The foreground bird's head with the water behind needs more contrast between, as it almost gets lost- maybe a close shot of one with tight DOF.

This picture makes me wonder what those birds are looking at. Nice shot.

very interesting photo, love the reflections and the birds, really nice pic.

Nice. Good silhouette.

very nice color and light.

Fantastic silhouette, love the colors - well done!

amazong colours and realy good focus.

Maybe to have put them in bottom left thirds rather than the top right, but maybe something outside frame distracts- nice catch.

Giant Squash- big leaves?

I really like all the color, lines and shapes offered, and the photographer reflection in the light adds a nice touch to the shot- good location to zoom in for a self portrait.

Great composition, great colors.

wow, nice shot, interesting composition and colors are wonderful.

good colours, not too sharp.

Holy neon colors bug-man!

Magnificient colours. However my eyes are drawn to the pointy side of the leaf (which I find very appealing) rather than to the bug. Strange!

Interesting bug, nice colorful catch against the green.

Nice macro. Great colors.

great color and focus.

Good juxtaposition of plants and reflection. It may have gained from a deeper depth of field.

Maybe a little more DOF would help the shot, unless emphasis on the sinking flower was the point of the shot- Botanical Gardens glass dome reflected???

I like the composition very much. It looks a little out of focus to me.

really great pic.

Very nice capture, nice colors, maybe to clean up the background noise, but don't touch the butterfly.

so pretty.

clever.

One of my favorites - well caught

cute!!