Maciejewski

Placed 61^st in the challenge. A beautiful Albino Alligator peaking out of the water

Wonder if they need testers for this lens. I'm available!!!

Placed 16^th in the challenge. It is a marine fish related to the seahorse and it is slow-moving and relies heavily on its camouflage as protection against predation; they drift in the water and with the leaf-like appendages resemble the swaying seaweed of their habitat.

Appreciate all the kind comments. Thank you!!!

Placed 11^th in the challenge. NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. Each of the rockets released a chemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the edge of space. The launches and clouds were reported to be seen from as far south as Wilmington, N.C.; west to Charlestown, W. Va.; and north to Buffalo, N.Y.

Placed 23^rd in the challenge. Super Moon June 2013.

Placed 1^st in the challenge. I was shooting a baseball a game and this storm suddenly erupted. I drove to my favorite storm shooting spot and took this image.

Placed 4^th in the challenge. I went to my friends destination in St Thomas and these Iguanas were running around everywhere!!! I found this one just hanging out in a tree.

You have a pretty rare capture here... Great shot!!!

Placed 32^nd in the challenge. Rookies battling it out trying to make their teams

Placed 11^th in the challenge. A passing storm spins up this little windmill

Placed 9^th in the challenge. It was a perfect day for rainbows. I made sure I was ready for this one.

Placed 2^nd in the challenge. At the Thunder over the Boardwalk Airshow in Atlantic City one of the Geico stunt planes races with a Geico cigar boat.

Placed 14^th in the challenge. Each year the Atlantic City Race Track opens up for a couple of races.

Placed 25^th in the challenge. Some cairns made my hikers at Ricketts Glen in Pennsylvania

Placed 26^th in the challenge. A nice little isolated thunderstorm which produced a low level rainbow after it passed.