Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian Reid wrote: The photo contest is anonymous. Unless the entrant's work is well enough known that you can look at it and say "Oh, yes, that's by Steve Barbour" then the judges look only at the image itself. The image that came in dead last in the January contest was this one, entitled "Snow 5": http://contest.leica-users.org/main.php/v/0801/IMG_4117.jpg.html Once the results of the contest were published and I saw that this image was by Mads Christensen, who lives in Iraq, my opinion of the image totally changed. Suddenly the brown parts of the image weren't just "brown crud" they were "sands of Iraq", and suddenly the little patches of snow took on a much more complex meaning. ========================= I would have given it first place if I were a judge, even without knowing the details. However, by the time I saw it (via Brian's link) I already knew the details. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085