Annie
by Neat

Comment:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: . . . I'm with Posthumous on this. Mine was one of the low scores. For me the spirit of "shoot from the hip" is sort of a "flawed spontaneity" and this shot's too perfect to qualify even assuming Anita was running backward, holding the camera low, and using no viewfinder. It's clearly an "intentional" shot in that sense.

Sorry to admit that I did not vote on this challenge :( - but I would have struggled to find a "fair" score for the same reasons. The struggle would, of course, have been because it's a delightful, beautiful, fresh, capture. As such, I would not have given it below a 5 and would probably have settled on a 6; personally, that's what I do for wonderful photos that I feel don't meet the specific challenge. But I would have reserved my 7-10 scores for something else.

Secrets
by nam

Comment:
Thanks, Roz.

Mirror Mirror on the Wall who's the "fairest" of them all!
by roz

Comment:
Eye to eye. Great source photo and I quite like the face-off/confrontation suggested by this one.

Space Needle
by Lydia

Comment:
Very nicely done.

storm brewing
by glad2badad

Comment:
My favorite in the challenge. Excellent source photo and I like the back-to-back symmetry - like he's turning his back on himself. I'd like to do that myself, some days . . .

Pond
by HUETH

Comment:
Easily my top pick. This is stunning. Monet, with his love of Oriental art, would have loved it, too. 10

it never stops
by tvsometime

Comment:
Really a well-taken and beautifully processed image. Nicely seen and presented. Congratulations on the HM.

Hello Baby Fern
by glad2badad

Comment:
Stunning. Love the background color with the fern. Tied with the 2nd place winner as one of my two 8's. Congratulations on the Red.

Message edited by author 2024-04-29 21:41:40.

Spring in Bloom
by Refocused

Comment:
My favorite in the challenge, too - truly a stand-alone. It's gorgeous. Wish now I'd come back and bumped (ran out of time) - it would have had a 10 from me instead of a 9 (though a 9 on my first round is rare indeed). Congratulations.

haphazard recollections
by tvsometime

Comment:
The invisible man. A sad and evocative story told in the blur. Congratulations on the red.