I never scored or commented on this image at the point of submission (my long comment series seems to take so much of my time); I wish I had taken time to score and comment on this though - this is a very fine image; not at all a match for its 5.3379 score. 301st is just plain wrong; but then what do I know - the 10s I gave in the 2009-09 FS came 43rd, 102nd, 103rd, 138th, 149th, 151st and 214th.
Could this have suffered from "poor voter monitor calibration syndrome"? I'm looking at it on a very crappy monitor at work and it is much darker than what I saw at home. To many voters, too dark = oops you made a mistake. And they go no further.
The photo really is wonderful. Mesmerizing motion and contrasting elements... I see Neptune, morphing into an angry sea-bird, about to devour the graffiti-like reflection.
You, especially, could pen a treatise debating the wisdom of entering photographic art into a contest designed to judge stock photography. This photo probably belongs in an art gallery. I don't understand why you, even briefly, considered the possibility it would be received/scored well at DPC.
I think it's a fine image. If I were to venture to guess why it didn't do very well or register with voters I might say it lacks musicality. The image strikes me more like a complex chord which is fine in itself but doesn't have enough elements to make the average viewer sway to it's rhythm. I can get lost in it but for people breezing through, at a few seconds...you know they won't take the time to feel or explore the energy.
Not going to be much help for you here I'm afraid, as I was one of your 7s. I do in fact agree with you it is a wonderful image and I can only just imagine what it looks like printed. Normally I go back over my votes and tweak scores, but this week I didn't get chance. I feel pretty sure this is one that would have had a bump up. I can totally understand why you are not happy with the outcome. I assume it didn't score how you would have liked due to the abstract nature, but for me that's what makes it. As I have been discussing with a couple of other members this week, it is increasingly difficult to predict what will work in a Free Study, which makes choosing even harder than it has been in the past. There are at least 24 of us who liked it though that maybe small consolation.
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