hey Marion .. i actually looked up the definition as i live rural .. which apparently doesnt count ..
so just one of the parameters is it probably should be "a district or community within a town or city" .. that was the dictionary definition ..
my personal thought is that the voters seem to like it when its really obvious that it satisfies the challenge description ..
so if it was very close up and didnt scream neighbourhood it might get marked down ..
then again .. there can be some very imaginative approaches to the challenges that need a second or two to realize that they totally fit .. but on a quick glance they could fall thru the cracks ..
having said all that .. i get it wrong a lot of the time ... but hopefully something i've said could be helpful .. ? .. :)
Someone will post a stupendous landscape with one or two buildings in the distance and imply that this is the view of their neighborhood from their yard. Visual appeal is most important and a great shot can overcome the low votes from those who perceive a shoehorn.
I thought that neighbourhood without people would be more Architecture or Urban Landscape, and therefore people are needed to define neighbourhood. To me Commmunity is probably closest to this definition but it needs to be placed within an Urban Landscape where people live.
I hope this helps rather than muddy it up even more! ;)
PS I just searched Google Images for Neighborhood (American spelling) and got hundreds of extremely boring photos of suburban houses without any people!! I hope this is not what this challenge was meant to be about.
Personally, I would say neighborhood is about the place, while community is about the people. However, every neighborhood has those characters that define the place. So, if it is a really compelling shot, which tells me about the neighborhood, I think either could work.
I have an entry for Neighborhood, in my view it shows it but I don't think it is a winning photo. I suspect that photos of some very depressing neighborhoods will be the winners in this challenge. I would be pleased to be proven wrong.
