The Great Western Railroad
by MAK

Comment:
Wow, I'm surprised that #2 and #3 winners in this contest both have really obvious halos in the images. I would have thought that is one of the biggest no nos in crafting a photo. It certainly is on a professional level. This contest really helped give me a better understanding of the cross section of people on this site.
But congrats on the ribbon, it's still a great photograph in many other ways.

'BERT '09
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Lovely colours and clarity. The HDR halo however is unfortunately very very prominent. I'm surprised how many people overlooked it. Congrats on the ribbon though.