Judging for "My Home Town"

Postcard Mostar +3
Foggy night +1

Edwin

3 points - “Postcard from Mostar” by Samir

1 point - “Foggy Night” by Gianluca

Very difficult one, congratulation to the finalists.
Great job.

I will try to do the excercise done in the last DPC by brettania and comment in everyone of the final ones.

I am not a photographer but you learn by commenting and watching another people's work, so here is:

“The ‘Concorde’ Fontains, Paris” by Spiritx: great technique, clear colors and very sharp for beeing a night shot. I just have problems with how the fountain is cut.

“Sydney Storm” – by Eleshun: very nice shot, I would like to see the city more close to the viewer. Very nice and difficult shot you made IMO.

“Sydney Storm” – by Eleshun: excellent perpective is the kind of photo that I like, I do not like the noise in it, it is on porpuse?

“Postcard from Mostar” by Samir: a postcard and the winner for me. It is a remind to us of what we once builded and what the human stupidity destroys.

“Cleaner” by Cleaner: very nice mood, great shot but I do not like the strong light in the photo. There are zones very dark and another very bright.

“Power of Nature” by phOtOman: great moment you captured here. Too much empty space above for my taste.

“Foggy Night” by Gianluca: Very nice mood, very well done and a nice composition. A very simple subject but great done. My 2nd is here

So at the end:

“Postcard from Mostar” by Samir: 3 points
“Foggy Night” by Gianluca: 1 ponit


PS: Please do not get irritated for my comments, all are winners in my eyes, hope I could take these kind of pictures.
I just want to try to explain my choice to you.

Thank you for your great pics!

Edited by Sanjuro - 15 November 2005 at 21:13

"Foggy Night" by Gianluca : 3 points
"Power of nature" by phOtOman: 1 point

Welcome to dyxum Martin !!

3 - “Sydney Storm” – by Eleshun
1 - “The ‘Concorde’ Fontains, Paris” by Spiritx

Sheesh, what's a bloke gotta do to become a finalist? Seriously though a great bunch of photos yet again, and sooooo hard to choose.

Concord fountains - 3 points.

I may edit my post later to award the 1 point (and post my logic, glad that Sanjuro has started that trend, it's part of what I think this forum has lacked up until now for us non-professionals who just want to learn more), for now I just need to look and think.

A comment to the finalist selection judges / admins, partly in response to "postcards". Many of us lack the resources / skills to take a good shot and convert it to a post-processed shot, and to me such "photos" have drifted away from being a photo. Maybe as we grow the forum and the competition we could introduce two sections / classes ("original" with rules similar to photo.net and "touched up") that the rest of us have a chance.

BTW, I do think Postcards is great and I suspect I am starting the whole art / craft discussion again in the "wrong" forum topic.