To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift
by bassbone

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This is fantastic and is receiving a favorite from me. I love the moment captured, the joy, the snow. Just awesome!

Jonah
by tanguera

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Clever title and really nice picture. I find it very interesting. The person obviously makes the picture, but the texture differences between the blown up and flattened parts of the hot air balloon are really interesting too. 8

Not Too Close
by mgsmith53

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I think this is a good capture that could have been amazing with just a bit more photoediting. I think it could really use some more contrast. Really cool bug though! 6

Golden Sumac
by bobcc

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Wow, some of the most gorgeous bokeh I have seen in a long time. The lighting is absolutely awesome too.
Killer shot! 9

The Football Ballet
by FotoMunki

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This is a lovely moment captured with gorgeous lighting. I really really like it 8

The Morning After the October Snowstorm
by hahn23

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Crisp, clean and beautiful :-)
Lovely landscape!

on the pitch
by bspurgeon

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Really happy for the title that gave me a point of reference to really enjoy the movement in this photograph. Well done!

I Bust Mine . . . So I Can Kick Yours!
by ErinKirsten

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The combination of intense soccer gear and flouncy dress doesn't really work for me here. As a soccer player myself, I grow a bit tired of how people always seem to need to qualify the intense by showing the girly. It becomes kind of a cliche for me. Are you really inspired by combining the two? Are you passionate about it? What unique statement are you making that hasn't been done so many times before?
I would have rather seen her in just her soccer gear with the same pose and sassy attitude. I do love her pose, and this is a very well taken photograph, especially the lighting. 6

Blue Fantasia
by Dennisheckman

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Love the perspective! A great editing job too!
I think I might have flipped it 90 degrees counterclock wise though. I flipped my laptop and I feel that that gives the image even more depth. This lets me start at the lamp post and then follow the image upwards continually into the sky, rather than looking at the lamp post, looking up at the sky, and then coming back down again to view the other building.
Still a great shot that I greatly enjoyed perusing. 8

Low tide
by ray_mefarso

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This is a lovely picture and I love the subject matter and composition you chose. However, I think if you had shot from a lower viewpoint (at her level rather than above her) this image would have had even more impact. 6