I dunno why people listen to Shannon, like he knows how to win a ribbon, he only got about 40 of them :P
Seriously though, some wisdom in this thread and a tutorial would be good but mainly I just suggest people stick with their styles and mainly enter stuff they like first and foremost and the rest will follow. Endlessly trying to please the masses just hunting for a ribbon will not get you far and I still do not know what makes a winning photograph just that after spending more than 2 years here. I have submitted shot´s that I thought would score a 5.4 and got a 7.4 and the exact opposite so go figure...
Seriously though, some wisdom in this thread and a tutorial would be good but mainly I just suggest people stick with their styles and mainly enter stuff they like first and foremost and the rest will follow. Endlessly trying to please the masses just hunting for a ribbon will not get you far and I still do not know what makes a winning photograph just that after spending more than 2 years here.
See, he pulls out this kinda junk to try to make us think ribbons aren't important... It's very obviously his way of keeping the competition limited a little bit so that HE can keep winning ribbons...
So, either the stuff HE likes wins ribbons or he's just a ribbon hog.
The trick is to do something special with common subjects. If you just plop Snowball on a couch and snap a pic that looks like your aunt Mabel could have taken it, you might as well tie a boat anchor to your score.
HAHAHAHAHAHA OMG that is freaking funny. You know what people do that. hahahahahaha
Yes indeed, Its even harder with the Brown I think it takes extra ordinary talent to come up week after week to produce such reults in a new and fresh manner, that the voters will truly despise .
Thanks for this! I read it when Spiff pointed it out but I just read and digested it now! I appreciate it (added it to my watched threads for future reading)
The principles behind this post are great ones to keep in mind. DRATS...got to rethink Mythical Creatures now since I shouldn't use my chihuahua or Barnie the stuffed toy! ;)
