Congrats Nautilus. That is an interesting way to lable the placements. Although I do favor "Highly commended" over HM. 
There was an earlier comment about the pool shot but after seeing it, it's definitely a great photo. Well conceived but not what is normally considered U/W. If it's within the rules, then I see no problem with it.
The Judges comments were also very intersting. Seeing each judge with a specific technique being weighted over another. So it's easy to see why different photos do well some places and not others.
Rand
