"World Cup Four Cross - Angel Fire, NM"
by jemison

Comment:
8 - Good action shot. Good crowd feel too. Criticism; sharper focus, more 'bold, on the rider, maybe tighter crop (top right), perhaps showing more depth/perspective of where he is going to land.

Ugh!!!!
by rlinn3

Comment:
8 - Great action shot. Good intensity capture. Another 'home feel/run of the mill scrimmage' shot. Criticism; maybe richer colors, more/sharper focus on the ball, slightly different angle, maybe making it look like he is 'coming out' of that 'scrum'.

Extreme Sports
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
8 - Good shot. Criticism; whilst the background is very nice as is, for me, even simplified with a tighter crop removing the house and car would make this a better shot. Maybe a little lighter on the parasailor, or at least the harness, but primarily the parasail and the strings emphasized would make it better. Perhaps slightly richer color in that, but then that is likely difficult with such a rich background. Perhaps if the focal point was changed the background may have been more blurred, which may have worked better, not sure.

Great Shot
by graphicfunk

Comment:
8 - Good clean simple shot. Criticism; 'if only' that ball were 'motionless', or just sharper, more focus, not sure how or 'what'. Seems the ring and net is in focus, and for me, either enhance the ring or else get the ball in focus. Great angle, nice and clean. Good simple colors.

Kite Surfing
by Seanachai

Comment:
8 - Good shot. Criticism; sharper, bolder color. If you could enhance that water 'dripping off' would be really good. Maybe a tighter crop.

Final Turn
by ReallyColorBlind

Comment:
8 - Good capture. Good colors. Good 'dirt'. Criticism; sharper angle, tighter crop (to utilize the blue fencing only), slightly richer colors, would make this a better photograph for me.

and the Bat went Cuh-Rack!!!
by Skip

Comment:
8 - Excellent opportunity capture. Criticism; sharper, bolder (colors and texture) and 'if only' to capture that bat in absolute focus, would make this a better photograph for me. A different crop, 'if only' to get the catcher out of frame, but pretty impossible from this angle. Superb action shot and I think, aside from a tighter crop, you have likely done the best you can with the opportunity you were given. Possibly, black and white, but I am sure the bat would be lost even further. Good title. Good shot. Memorable.

Street Ball
by irishempress

Comment:
8 - Good, fairly clean, simple action shot. Criticism; for me this would be a better picture with just the two 'players'. The one in the background takes a lot away from this shot. Good capture of the 'feel' though. Sharper, different crop, better focus.

Slalom
by Zoomdak

Comment:
8 - Nice clean shot. Excellent 'wave' and spray capture. Criticism; skier is a little dark, and if they were looking up or 'toward' would be better. Background is very good. Maybe a slight rotation to the left, not sure, to get that background water/shrub line level, would also give more 'angle' and intensity to the skier. I like the black and white, but given the simplicity of the water/spray/shrubs, perhaps the color would have played well.

Surfing
by micro

Comment:
8 - Good surf shot, good capture of the wave 'cut' and 'spray'. Criticism; more detail, maybe stronger colors, different crop. Given the water 'spray', maybe black and white for this would work, not sure.