Puddlemania
by Neat

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Composition: 9
Technical: 8
Creativity: 9
Appeal: 9
Challenge: 9
Overall Calculated Average Score: 9

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The glowing bride
by Neat

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Composition: 9
Technical: 10
Creativity: 10
Appeal: 9
Challenge: 10
Overall Score: 10 Weighted, NOT calculated

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Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by Lydia:
This is fantastic, Anita! I was one of your 10s.

Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by Martus:
Congrats on the blue! This is an awesome image (scored it an 8 during voting).

Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by lovemelvin:
Congratulations!

Re that lone "3": I know beauty is subjective, and everyone responds to images differently. Still, imo, considering both the subject and the technical quality, this does not seem to fall within the 3/10 range of the rubric. I also remember that in the early years of DPC, there was a line under “Challenge Voting” that said something that any attempts to alter the point totals in any way for any photograph will result in immediate loss of account and a ban from the site (quite harsh imo lol). I am not sure whether this situation would fall under that, so I do not want to assume.

One of the hardest things about being an artist, whether a singer, painter, poet or a photographer, is finding a style so uniquely yours that people can recognize your work without any identifying marks/signature [(apologies in advance, but off the top of my head, the ones I can think of right now are librodo, gyaban, jagar, vawendy, roz). To me, that is one of the “I’ve made it” moments in the competitive scene (so, congratulations, Anita). But I also think it can be a double-edged sword.

I hope that one day I find my own style too

Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by Refocused:
Congrats on the Blue. A great image.

Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by kanaj:
Knew this had to be yours. :-) Congrats on a well-deserved blue for this dreamy, evocative art piece.

Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by spencelg:
My pick for red in this challenge.

Serendipity
by Neat

Comment by KristjanUnnar:
WOW! Guaranteed winner, no doubt!

Lillies
by Neat

Comment by kanaj:
Yeah, I heard the same "scream" Lydia did. LOL But I never get tired of these Zen-adjacent still life works from your catalog. Congrats!