That's a seriously odd looking little fella! Never seen one of them before, not really sure I'd want to either...

I concur with Peter though that the sharpening's a bit strong - it's a tricky discipline to get right but you'll get there with practice

Congratulations to Spain, I think the best team won in the end - they were constistently good throughout the tournament, played well tonight and Torres' goal was a cracker. Now if England could see their way to qualifying for the World Cup in 2010 I'd probably be able to take a much keener interest (and a far less dispassionate view, but then partisanship is half the fun of footie!)

This is an argument I've heard before but I'm afraid it's a bogus one. Prior to 1989 many of the countries that played in the European Championships were communist dictatorships (and a fascist one if you count Franco's Spain up until the 1970's) - the system of government employed by a nation has absolutely no relevance whatsoever to its entitlement to enter a REGIONAL sports tournament. The only criteria it should have to fulfil is that it is located in the region in question. Israel is not in Europe and whether it was founded by Europeans is also irrelevant; so was Australia and nobody's suggesting they should be given membership of UEFA.

Like I said before, Russia and Turkey are in a unique position to choose as they straddle two continents, Israel doesn't. It's in Asia - end of story.

At least Russia and Turkey partly straddle Europe, I've always had a hard time working out what part of Europe Israel is in exactly?

Sorry fella, excellent site though huh? I can often spend hours looking through the photos on there so I have sympathy...

Anybody interested in photographing derelict buildings might be interested in this: http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/index.php

Apologies to those who've seen it before, for those who haven't it's a forum dedicated to the art and a useful source of tips on locations. I have to admit that I don't have the bottle to take the photos some folks on there do...

Much better with the plain background, now the pictures are grabbing the attention.

It works just fine and it's easy enough to use, however, I find the red/black background far too distracting - I'd personally prefer a plain single colour so that the photos themselves didn't have to compete for the eyes' attention.

Just my $0.02

I think the top one here is my favourite of the three - I like the composition and the placing of the prop in the frame, looks well balanced to my eyes.

Excellent (and fast!) judging once again Lilly - you're getting quite a dab hand at this aren't you?

Congratulations to the winners, especially Amoringello - some really nice photos again this week.