Thanks everyone~ :> I knew going into this I'd be really hit and miss with my shots since it was my first time in the competition, so my only goal and expectation was to make it to the finals. Now that I've somehow managed to pull that off, I'm perfectly happy with however it ends up for me. Zozomi and Stephen are such great competitors. If it's not me who wins I'm really happy it can be one of them. They both worked really hard for this.
In the meantime, have the 2 shots that almost were submitted:
Omitted because wah my face.
Omitted because I refused to submit a Holy shot.
The reason I chose the one I did was because I found it interesting, and it wasn't something I had seen done before. I want to be remembered for taking lots of risks and thinking outside the box with my submissions and I hope this fits the bill. You all should know by now that I love a nice risky shot. GO BIG OR GO HOME!