As often happens, and more so recently, I come across excellence in photos, which, by my standards at least, have not received the attention they deserve. Sometimes their placement posted in the official challenge results coincides with my (personal) evaluation, sometimes there is distance. Occasionally, a gem has been subjected to 'oversight' and/or prejudices, whatever the voters' motivations may be.
To remedy this and to pay respect to those who have made my world a little richer by sharing their works, I want to post an alternate award after and for every challenge (or at least as many as I can handle).
Here are the winners:
Zeus' Top Pic(k)s: Nostalgia
1. Place
2. Place
3. Place
My comments on the respective images are posted, where they usually are, beneath the image.
zeus - I love this thread...let me just say that up front.
but i think putting "3rd place" on redmappers comments in big bold letters is a little off color.
If I just won a contest and someone said, yeah, but I think it should have been in 3rd place, I would be a little hurt. Just my two cents.
Yes, I hear you, xhoss. I liked the image as much as anyone. It so happened, that I chose to highlight two other photos as well. For the record, I do make these choices DURING the course of the challenge, but, naturally, wait to post until it's over. Alternately, I could just not post those pics which have already won the official ribbon, but that's not exactly interesting either. After all, why not be recognized twice, through different eyes, for the same entry?
Still, I have had to consider the point you made here last night and also found it better to add a little comment to my little award, acknowledging this.
