Please accept my humble and inexperienced words.

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Paul Cassel 1:
Like the warm colours.  Not sure if it's cropped down from one
shot or if it's a stitched pano.

Tim Conway 1:
Looks like difficult lighting conditions.  You can see the
effects of the GND in the trees.  Not sure if this was the right
shot for a GND, although it has exposed the sky and FG well.  FG
seems to lack contrast?

Tim Conway 2:
Not sure what it's a shot of or what story it's telling.

Bret Douglas 1:
182mm is wide?  :)  Good action shot.

Bret Douglas 2:
Don't know why, but these sort of shots crack me up.  In Dubai
earlier this year I bought a print of a camel doing a similar
thing.  Cute.  I like it.

Tim Conway 3:
I like this one.  Maybe a little more contrast for "pop"?

Tom Gabriel 3:
I know the mandate is "wide", but this seems a little too sparse?

Tom Gabriel 1:
Looks like a test snapshot while trying out a lens?  But hey,
it's a camera store and there's heaps of things to drool over in
that shot.  :)

Tom Gabriel 2:
I like this one, although it feels as though the horizon is
tilted to right?  But train tracks like that lead me to 2
thoughts - they really suit wide angle shots, and I hope there
aren't any trains coming!  :)

Doug Payne 1:
6mm!  Now that's wide!  How come no fisheye effect?  Corrected
PP?  Cool sky.  Difficult to get that right and FG not so dark.

Doug Payne 2:
This one looks a little "snapshotty"?  Maybe the bike is too far
out of frame?  And the person on beach is distracting.

Russell Durtschi:
I like this.  Again, difficult lighting with FG in shade, sky in
BG etc.  I think it works well.

Simon Steel 1:
I like the composition and it does say "wide", but the noise and
odd colour saturation.  HDR?  Maybe little less saturation - or
convert to B&W.  Yeah, I'd like to see that.

Simon Steel 2:
Similar feel to the first one.  Like the shot, not as much as the
other one, but the HDR is putting me off.

Jim Kramer 3:
Wide-eyed?  Like the catchlights - was trying to see what else I
could find in the reflections.

Jim Kramer 1:
I really like this one.  Great exposure and composition, sells
the "wide" both in focal length and in the story.

Jim Kramer 2:
Don't understand the "wide" in this one - macro?

Cooper 1:
I like this one.  Great action shot, wide (oh, it's 105mm
cropped).  Shame the water wasn't blue and the surfer's face is
so dark.  Looks very contrasty.

Cooper 2:
200mm cropped doesn't make it wide ;)

Troy Piggins Jump:
As I commented on the shot - "not quite the effect I was after.
Think I needed to get closer to them and more underneath. The
fence rail was supposed to add something to FG but just looks
like it's in the way IMO.  Was also trying fill flash which I
have yet to master."  Could probably also do with a bit more PP -
contrast/curves for "pop".

Troy Piggins Milky Way:
"shot with 17-55 lens w/hood, ISO1600, f/2.8, and 30s exposure.
There was heaps of light pollution. Only processing was a bit of
noise reduction and playing with curves. Not the best shot, but I
was surprised at the result none the less."  Still a bit noisy.
But hey, nothing says "wide" like a couple of million lightyears
wide  :)

Martha Coe 1:
Nice colours.  I've heard of "Gegendämmerung.  Good to see it in
practice.  Bit underexposed?

Martha Coe 2:
Again, nice shot but bit under?

Bob Coe 1:
Great interpretation!  I like it.
PS - I see you  :)

Bob Coe 2:
Simple.  Pretty centred.  Reckon you could have cropped the left
hand dog out, which isn't doing much anyway, have the riders
going into the frame and the right dog is much more action.

Bob Coe 3:
I like it - if a little centred again.

Alan Browne old:
Good exposure.  I'd like to see the shot she took  :)

Alan Browne old 4:
Now I like this one.  It definitely says "wide".  SO adding
interest.  Great shot IMO.

Alan Browne old 1:
Amazes me that there are still ghost towns.  Good colours, maybe
harsh light of midday making the walls dark.

Bowser 1:
Is it wide because there are 6 guys linking arms, or because each
one of them individually is wide?  :)  Good capture.
PS - #73 doesn't appear to like holding hands with men  :)

Bowser 3:
Now that's W-I-D-E.  Another great shot, use of wide, both lens
and subject.

Bowser 2:
I'd like the flags to dominate more.  To me they're certainly
noticeable, but the building in BG fighting for attention (if
that makes sense).  Wonder what the shot looking up the slope
looked like?

Bret Douglas 5:
Great action shot and interpretation of "wide".  I like it a lot.

Solomon Peachy:
Now that's one wide guinea pig!  :)

Paul Furman:
Really like this one too.  Looks like an interesting place.
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For me, the top shots were, in no particular order:

Jim Kramer 1 - the B&W cat in window
Bob Coe 1 - Jelly Bean
Alan Browne 4 - Death Valley
Bowser 3 - fisheye groundscraper
Bret Douglas 5 - eating contest
Paul Furman - Mexico ruins