Okay this is by far the best picture that I have seen so far, and believe me I have no life and have been through just about every single picture on this website. Really awsome job. The backround just makes it even better, and doesn't overdo it at all. The model is gorgeous too. Amazing.

awesome job man. this chic is perfect for the shot. u captured her just right

At first I was just going to be silent but I can not be silent any longer. I have watched you gain in the area of 900 votes today. That was bad but now you are maneuvering your other photo into the top five and this is just to unfair to be tolerated. You are a talented photographer but your morals are nonexistent. Sir you have no honor. If you are the winner I will launch as much of a complaint as I possible can. This injustice will not happen without attention being drawn to it. Also remember you have used you actual name and the rest of the professional community will know just what kind of a person you really are. You need to stop!

Wow Adla, sorry you feel so strongly against anything I have done. I did read the voting rules thoroughly and I can definitely say I have followed them 100%. I haven't wrongly solicited or automated one vote. Just spent a lot of hours voting just like all of the top competitors around me. The rules don't in any way say that that is unacceptable or immoral. I assure you the top images here have closely followed each other throuout this whole voting process and all have jumped hundreds at a time. Sorry, guess it's just the nature of this type of voting system. I think in the end we all just want to finish close to the top. I apologize to you that somehow that got you steaming.

Allllright.. This one is MUCH less busy than the other one... but SERIOUSLY... can I commission some of my work to you?? LOL if you have this much time to vote for yourself.. surely you have extra time to work for me while I get some sleep? haha j/k... If you believe in your image strongly enough that you want it to finish in the top 5... THE ONLY way to keep it there is to vote for yourself... unfortunately.. that is how this GAME is played... its not a competition of good work anymore..its a competition of who has enough stamina to keep voting so they aren't beat out of the top 5 spots... I like this one more than the other one that was voted up... she stands out enough from the background... so its not completely distracting... and your website is great...i checked it out as well...

unfortunatly the only way to play the game, is to play dirty. everyone substantually votes for themselves, if not has someone else do it for them. thats the way thing goes and anyone who says they do it differently is a liar. however if you have as much dedication to your picture, you'll do what it takes to win. if voting for yourself or getting someone to vote for you is cheating, the rules and site should be changed so there is no way to do so. until then, best of luck! your site is awsome.

everyone who knows how to play this game... plays it. The only thing that really cooks my canary is when I see 'critics' aka photographers who have taken on an alias... leave very nasty comments on other people's photos. bad sportsmanship is bad enough... but when someone is voting for themselves or getting people to vote for them... then gets nasty and leaves a bad comment on someone ELSE's page for doing the SAME THING that they are... more than likely in an attempt to intimidate the other person into slow down voting or to stop voting out of shame... that's just fighting dirty. Contrats, MJG, for not backing down... or being intimitated by 'adla'... or whoever you are... play on!

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Very nice work Michael, congrats on top 5. I ran out of voting steam along the way but made it to number 1 in the sports contest. People don't understand that the voting structure was set up to see who wants it bad enough. If we stay up all night and vote our asses off, it means we want our work to be seen more than the next guy. All the top photographers here get that. So vote away my friend, I'm just happy that the top photos really are done well. I wish Churchs' shot would have made it up there as well as mine, but good luck to ya and get some ice on the mouse hand! I know how it is brotha!

Thanks for the comments, I really appreciate it. I wish I could have gotten my picture to the top 5 too, but I just didn't have the fight in me. You have some very nice work, great attention to detail, keep it up. You'll fine your place, it just takes time. I feel I still haven't found my place, and it can be really frustrating at times. Best wishes and kind regards.