Enjoying the sunrise with a bowl of fresh peaches
by markwiley

Comment by ThingFish:
Lovely view of beautiful Mykonos 7

The Underbelly of the Bean
by markwiley

Comment by LevT:
Cool reflection, looks like an eye of a monster hurricane. Congrats on your win!

The Underbelly of the Bean
by markwiley

Comment by tnun:
We're all going to hell.

The Underbelly of the Bean
by markwiley

Comment by jomari:
Fabulous! 10

Muralist at Work
by markwiley

Comment by jomari:
I really love this. It was my pick for the blue. 10 and I'm adding it to my favourite.

The Underbelly of the Bean
by markwiley

Comment by spencelg:
My favorite in this challenge.

Muralist at Work
by markwiley

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I'm not sure on this. I like it, but also feel I am evaluating the quality of the muralist's work instead of the photographer's. But there are aspects of this that are the photographer's choices.

Nessa in the Sun
by markwiley

Comment by ThingFish:

Originally posted by markwiley: Originally posted by ThingFish: Quote" Hopefully people skipped over the part in the challenge description that mentions: "Let's keep it classic, let's keep it simple..." I think I've missed that mark. Oh well, this was the strongest portrait I had."Unquote I did read that and even posted a thread about it in the current challenge topic but it was removed with a message to me that it might not be a good idea to post that while the challenge was in the voting stage. My own entry was entirely based on that full challenge description but was voted down by most voters as they obviously didn't read or recognise that it adhered to the full challenge description. Neat's entry certainly did and she deserves the Red and imo should have taken the Blue. I am glad for you that you won the Blue as it is a beautiful entry in it's own right but like you yourself said it does not adhere fully to the challenge description. I can appreciate your perspective. However, I tend to take the challenge theme and especially the challenge description more as a general suggestion rather than a rigid rule. For entering and voting. If I have two candidate images and one is a stronger image but the other adheres more strictly to the challenge theme/description, I generally enter the stronger image. In my experience, the stronger image will result in a better score. Perhaps that is because people are paying close attention to the description. Or, perhaps it is because lots of voters are like me and see the theme/description as a guideline to inspire creative images rather than a strict rule in need of enforcement.

Well it is NOT my perspective at all..It is what I thought we HAVE to adhere to. It's that I am a bit upset that I have been entering challenges very diligently believing that we HAVE to stick to the rules and description. Well damn the rules from now on then. From now on I won't adhere to any of the description anymore either and will take it as a loose guideline also. I have always believed in artistic freedom.And I hope the voters who like me have been taking it to the letter will then also relax their expectations and vote accordingly...My goodness to think how many entries I have voted down just because they did not fit the description 100%

Message edited by author 2024-09-06 11:00:46.

Nessa in the Sun
by markwiley

Comment by markwiley:

Originally posted by ThingFish: Quote" Hopefully people skipped over the part in the challenge description that mentions: "Let's keep it classic, let's keep it simple..." I think I've missed that mark. Oh well, this was the strongest portrait I had."Unquote I did read that and even posted a thread about it in the current challenge topic but it was removed with a message to me that it might not be a good idea to post that while the challenge was in the voting stage. My own entry was entirely based on that full challenge description but was voted down by most voters as they obviously didn't read or recognise that it adhered to the full challenge description. Neat's entry certainly did and she deserves the Red and imo should have taken the Blue. I am glad for you that you won the Blue as it is a beautiful entry in it's own right but like you yourself said it does not adhere fully to the challenge description.

I can appreciate your perspective. However, I tend to take the challenge theme and especially the challenge description more as a general suggestion rather than a rigid rule. For entering and voting. If I have two candidate images and one is a stronger image but the other adheres more strictly to the challenge theme/description, I generally enter the stronger image. In my experience, the stronger image will result in a better score. Perhaps that is because people are paying close attention to the description. Or, perhaps it is because lots of voters are like me and see the theme/description as a guideline to inspire creative images rather than a strict rule in need of enforcement.

Nessa in the Sun
by markwiley

Comment by ThingFish:
Quote" Hopefully people skipped over the part in the challenge description that mentions: "Let's keep it classic, let's keep it simple..." I think I've missed that mark. Oh well, this was the strongest portrait I had."Unquote
I did read that and even posted a thread about it in the current challenge topic but it was removed with a message to me that it might not be a good idea to post that while the challenge was in the voting stage. My own entry was entirely based on that full challenge description but was voted down by most voters as they obviously didn't read or recognise that it adhered to the full challenge description. Neat's entry certainly did and she deserves the Red and imo should have taken the Blue. I am glad for you that you won the Blue as it is a beautiful entry in it's own right but like you yourself said it does not adhere fully to the challenge description.

Message edited by author 2024-09-06 03:33:57.