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Can I ask what is this?! I liked it but could not work out what it was.

It is a red Legged Seriema. It is not endemic (which means occurring in one country only) but is found in C and E Brazil, through E Bolivia and Paraguay, to Uruguay and C Argentina. It frequents ...

This was one of my favourites. Lovely feel to the processing. Well done. It deserved to place higher.

This looked to be the winner to me. A great image from an unpromising starting point which was exactly the point of the challenge.

Placed 2^nd in the challenge.

Yes thanks Bren. I'm another of the quiet majority that silently appreciates the efforts of all you hosts.

Thanks. I guess here in the UK I'm going to struggle to get it that cold.Oh well you deserve some advantages for enduring that cold! I'm still wondering how to make dull wet weather look interesting.

Sorry DPI was a typo. Pixels per inch is what I meant as in the screenshot below:

Its the original scene and its reflection in a car bonnet then inverted isn't it?
Nice shot, I placed it first.

That's clever. I've not seen a frozen bubble before. I see from your gallery you've done this before.
Do you form it in a freezer or outside in a very cold place?
What temperature do you have to...

You are likely to get a quicker answer by Googling it than posting here. I just got this that might help you: http://lightroomtricks.com/resize-images-lightroom If you have photoshop as well it is ...

I had to look the quote up. It's funny, I also sometimes have a quote or a song lyric suggested to me by a photograph. It really adds to the enjoyment of the picture for me.

Placed 14^th in the challenge.

Placed 7^th in the challenge. Steam Locomotive Green Arrow with Teak Coaches in Autumn Colours

I agree with the others. It has very good composition and lighting.
Welcome to the challenges.

Great fun picture. I hope you've cleared up the mess by now!

Let that thought be a motivation to vote in the challenges! We need more logical people voting. You could have used the complain button and or voted it a low vote if you felt it did not fit the...

Thanks Ruth,
I don't know who was most displeased by the gull's presence at the time. Me or the puffin! But now he won me a challenge and the Puffin got away with his fish.

Placed 10^th in the challenge. One of the French Air Force aerobatic team makes a stylish curved final approach to get the nine team members down in timely fashion.

Placed 2^nd in the challenge.