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by jmlelii

Comment by tfaust:
Poor subject choice and composition. What might have helped this is to capture someone hanging from the hoop after slam dunking the shot.

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Comment by Klauss:
this is a cute shot; looks like the eyes of a robot... :)

ESPN
by jmlelii

Comment by peecee:
The sky seems to detract from the main subject here.

Under Construction.
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Comment by nordic:
cropping detail from the top and bottom of the image would have improved the importance of the main subject I think - nice idea

ESPN
by jmlelii

Comment by rich:
The composition is lacking a subject - even just a ball going through the hoop would have helped some.

Under Construction.
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Comment by kellian:
Very clear. I like how the lights curve backwards into the photo. Nice.

Under Construction.
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Comment by amandawriter:
Clever - nice idea

Check Mate!
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Comment by tfaust:
This is a really good image, but the emphasis is not on the parallel lines. Very little of that is in this shot.

ESPN
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Comment by RonB:
Though this is a nice capture of a Basketball hoop, it's not the kind of photo that would appear in ESPN magazine - even inside. Now if you had someone in ACTION, like in the midst of a slam dunk, it would be more apropos.

ESPN
by jmlelii

Comment by cbonsall:
(I'm writing this to everyone who submitted a landscape shot) The challenge was to produce a shot worthy of a magazine cover but to me a shot like this is not suitable to be put on a "portrait" format magazine.

As for the photo itself, its not very exciting, considering the great sporting shots usually seen on magazine covers.

---ADDITIONAL---
Due to forum discussions and accusations that marking landscapes down is nitpicking, I'm going through them and remarking. I still think some of the landscapes would not make good covers because of their orientation but I am no longer marking down because of that.
I still think landscape is inapropriate for the majority of magazines but I'll give the benefit of the doubt to the photographers.