Smiling to victory
by arnit

Comment:
This to me is real front page stuff - well framed and with the splashing water frozen nicely. Slightly noisy image (especially visible on the Omega board in the background) but it doesn't really detract from the shot. Nice!

Firemen on Picket Line
by Dazzermas

Comment:
Would have worked better for me if you'd got closer in, so we could see the expressions on their faces properly. There's too much dead space to have that "front page" impact.

The Face of American Resolve
by Turbotech

Comment:
I do like this, but to me it's a touch underexposed. The visor on the hat throws a shadow over his eyes that's just too deep, so we're left with half an eye. I either want to see his eye properly, or not at all. Hard to explain...

Monday Morning Traffic @ Heathrow!
by robcon

Comment:
On another challenge I'm not sure I'd rank this so highly - I'm not too keen on the framing (although I can't decide how I would have cropped it better!) but it does exactly what a front page picture has to do - tells a story - and it tells it well. Cracking stuff!

Santa & the sun spotted in Manchester
by Paulk

Comment:
The sun in Manchester? Obviously some illegal photoshop work going on here... :-)

As the clouds of war gather once more: We WILL remember them
by Delta_6

Comment:
Shame the railing blocks off parts of the quotation.

Mayan Mysteries
by lykofos

Comment:
I've no idea what I'm looking at, and your flash is too strong on the foreground - but I do like that effect on the water...

Big Dipper Attacked By Leonid Meteor
by SSonnentag

Comment:
Wow!

My buddy "BUDDY" (the beagle
by rogerspaul

Comment:
Ok, I'm willing to accept I might have missed something, but isn't this just a dog? Ahh, no I get it. It's a robot dog! Cool...

Bright Idea
by ganders

Comment:
To those of you who commented on the focus, I agree entirely! That's the trouble with taking the shots on Sunday evening, I spent ages trying to get it right and this was the best shot I managed.

The problem was, I had to tilt the bulb steeply forward, to throw the reflection of the element out of shot. As it was only lit by the bulb itself, dimmed as far as I could, the aperture was wide open and shortened my DOF even more. What I SHOULD have done is switched over to manual and closed down that aperture as far as I could, but of course I came to that conclusion on the Monday!!

Thanks all for your comments and the surprisingly high placing - I shall try and better it for the next challenge!!