Great! They'll love it. I have PM'ed you the address to send it to.

Rgds,
Jon

Here's a link to a wikipedia article on them.

They are called Hole Punch or Fallstreak clouds and are formed when an aircraft has passed through a thin layer of cloud (while climbing or descending), creating a dissipation hole. The holes occur when supercooled water droplets form into ice crystals and then fall as Virga. Ice crystals rob neighboring supercooled water droplets of vapor to further their own growth, working outward in a circle. The end result is a feathery Cirrus precipitation in the middle of a Altocumulus or Cirrocumulus layer.

This is the best example I have ever seen, and the Cloud Appreciation Society (Yes, seriously!) would bite your hand off to get you to put it on their website. It would probably be shortlisted for their annual callendar.

I have never seen two of them so close together: they must have been formed by different aircraft.

It looks like an alien face looking down!

The B+W version of the pier shot is excellent, even though the walkway itself seems a little blown. I'm not so keen on the colur version. I like the reflections shot too.

I like the first one, agree with the comments about her face re the second one, though I prefer the colour version of it.

The first one is an absolute cracker, well spotted and executed! There's a strange blob at the bottom right of the clock, next to the middle upright, which could perhaps be cloned out, but it's a great image. The stained glass shot is lovely too.

I'm getting tempted to trade in my K7...must resist....

I would add Mattwhittington to the list, all of which I agree with. There is one photographers pictures I can recognise from the thumbnails but I won't mention his name as I don't want him to get a complex about being in a rut

And well done Judith Ann too of course! Forgot to mention my fellow second-placer! I think it should have been the outright second place shot.

No problem. I hope it's been of some help. After another look, was wondering if a crop could improve it too, especially as her right toes are missing anyway?

Congratulations Tim! I wish my parents had been keen photographers, the only photo of me my Dad still has apart from a few faded family shots is of me passed out on some steps after drinking too much beer when I was about 16.