I am so glad you put this back on here!

haha.. Yeah.. well... I had some Virginia Truth girl..who I'm sure will leave.. another nasty comment... leave several nasty comments... and I took it down to appease her... and got a bunch of nasty calls and emails from friends saying they took time out of their day to vote for me..and it was all a big waste...So I decided... I'd rather disappoint some girl... who may just be envious... who doesn't have ANY work up...than disappoint friends and family who voted... I'm tired of pleasing everyone! So.. vote away! Thanks! And Virginia...Truth whoever you are.. save your comments for someone else... I already know what you have to say.

Hey. Wanted to say thank you for the critique on my Lightning picture..... And I don't care what anyone says about your Rome, it's a great picture... Your whole gallery is very impressive.

Glad to see you brought this pic back, it is definitely top 5 material.

TheTruth.. You are absolutely right... There were a ton of people voting on this image... Its not even THE BEST... but I let them down when i deleted it... and realized... I was STUPID to listen to someone who doesn't even have gumption enough to show your work..or your face. Ugh. You should really mind your own business You'd be a little more classy if you would just shut your mouth.

That's fine, but if you don't want your photo to be judged negatively... don't allow your friends to vote for it over 600 times in a day... and they're still voting as I type this trying to get it in the number one slot... and you're fine with that? You're going to be influenced by people that are willing to sit a computer and vote for one photo hundreds of times? That's just sick... I don't see how anyone could respect you for blatantly cheating.

THey voted me back up because I guess they thought I had an image worth review.. at least?.. I guess you're saying I don't have talent... Interesting.

I really enjoy the movement and the moment this image entails.

Folks, vote-stuffing is not cheating, its allowed. VH1 could block it entirely with a simple line of code, but they dont. And while you can be eliminated for breaking the Official Rules, the line about one-vote-per-day is not in the Official Rules. Its in the FAQs. What follows is a fast and effective way to vote-stuff, but there may be better ways. First, create a Critic account with a fake email address and a very simple password. A good password is five quote-marks in a row, since the quote-mark key is right next to the Enter key on your keyboard. Login to your new account, being sure to Copy your email address so you can Paste it later. Go to your photo of choice and repeat the following over and over -Step 1 Click on VOTE NOW.-Step 2 Click on LOGOUT.-Step 3 Click on your browsers back-arrow.-Step 4 Click on LOGIN.-Step 5 Paste your email in the email field.-Step 6 Type in your password, and then hit your Enter key.-Return to Step 1.Sometimes youll be thwarted by pop-up ads, but simply click on your back-arrow and then forward-arrow to avert them. If youre quick you can crank out 5 votes per minute, close to 300 an hour. Realize that Critic profiles show their last 12 votes. So when finished voting for your photo, vote for 12 of the other photos in the contest to keep your competition from finding your trail and viciously pouncing on you.This is crazy, but this is whats happening at the Top5 level of this competition. Ive out paced several of the Top5 regulars using this method in click-sprints against each of them. So if you have a great photo, be prepared to do a lot of clicking to reach and remain in the Top5. Then be prepared for really nasty critiques and verbal abuse from stealth critics, who are actually your competitors and their friends in disguise. And have a sense of humor when you see contestants fain ignorance about all the votes they receive and act humbled by all the attention. These contestants are the real masters of the game. If attention is what you crave, welcome to the rat race!

Very nice shot. V