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<blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 53994" data-attributes="member: 1573">Because we have so many levels of photographers who are participating in these challenges, I'm going to provide a little more feedback on the photos and post the &quot;runner-up&quot; entries when they're close.I am not the sole judge.&nbsp; I keep judges anonymous, and often use my photography class for input.&nbsp; I also take into consideration the &quot;likes&quot; on each entry and appreciate that everyone seems to be &quot;liking&quot; the photo and not whether the photographer is a &quot;favorite&quot;.&nbsp; Based on all this, I take the top three entries and import them into Lightroom so that I can compare them side by side.&nbsp; For this challenge, the winning entry is: Lscha[ATTACH]10368[/ATTACH]My one recommendation for this photo is that the noise be reduced.&nbsp; (Laura, you might want to look into a de-noising program such as Dfine by Nik software)&nbsp; So, this cost half a point in technique.&nbsp; but composition and impact were high enough to carry this photo to the top.A very, very close second place entry is Marcel.[ATTACH]10369[/ATTACH]This photo is perfect compositionally and in terms of technique and subject.&nbsp; It needs a little more impact and punch (richer blacks and brighter whites).&nbsp; &nbsp;The third place entry is backdoorhippie[ATTACH]10370[/ATTACH] The one reason that this photo did not place higher is subject/composition.&nbsp; The viewer is drawn initially to the house and then the eyes travel to the bright section of the sky.&nbsp; All three of these were a fraction of a point away from being the winning entry.Congratulations to all, and especially to Lscha.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ohkphoto, post: 53994, member: 1573"] Because we have so many levels of photographers who are participating in these challenges, I'm going to provide a little more feedback on the photos and post the "runner-up" entries when they're close. I am not the sole judge. I keep judges anonymous, and often use my photography class for input. I also take into consideration the "likes" on each entry and appreciate that everyone seems to be "liking" the photo and not whether the photographer is a "favorite". Based on all this, I take the top three entries and import them into Lightroom so that I can compare them side by side. For this challenge, the winning entry is: [B]Lscha[/B] [ATTACH=CONFIG]10368._xfImport[/ATTACH] My one recommendation for this photo is that the noise be reduced. (Laura, you might want to look into a de-noising program such as Dfine by Nik software) So, this cost half a point in technique. but composition and impact were high enough to carry this photo to the top. A very, very close second place entry is [B]Marcel[/B]. [ATTACH=CONFIG]10369._xfImport[/ATTACH] This photo is perfect compositionally and in terms of technique and subject. It needs a little more impact and punch (richer blacks and brighter whites). The third place entry is [B]backdoorhippie[/B] [ATTACH=CONFIG]10370._xfImport[/ATTACH] The one reason that this photo did not place higher is subject/composition. The viewer is drawn initially to the house and then the eyes travel to the bright section of the sky. All three of these were a fraction of a point away from being the winning entry. Congratulations to all, and especially to Lscha. [/QUOTE]

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