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I understand the stiffness of the competition, but no way in a million years would I have pegged this for the Brown ribbon. I'm guessing it mostly has to do with the compositionally unconventional decision to use the subject as framing for negative space rather than the other way around. Personally, I responded well to it. For me, this has a clean, attractive airiness that makes the square crop feel expansive rather than constricting. |