Few people take more than a few seconds to actually vote. Some few think that if you don't get all artsy on them, that your image is 'uninteresting' and not worthy of anything more than a two or three. In a challenge, this may not do so well, but I don't see anything that stands out as 'something went wrong with this snap.'
If a monitor is calibrated properly for contrast and brightness, the eyes in the top of the fountain splash can be seen as can the nose just below. The mouth (an indent at the base) could be 'washed out' if the bright is too high or not enough contrast on the monitor, but I can see them all.
As a basic editing, this would stand. In advanced editing, you would be expected to clean up the stray splashes of water on the right side, and the color highlights in the background would be considered by some to be distracting. By looking at the thumbnail, you can easily get a good feel for the thirds-rules and the background is offset in such a way as to balance out the diagonal on the fountain splash. In the larger image, these areas seem somewhat out-of-place if you simply glance at the pic and move on.
I like it. Some would say that the effort to find the face would be a voting loss, but I don't see it that way.
Composition: 8
Interest Level: 3
Color Coordination: 8
Distractions and Effort:4
I'd have given this a 6 at least, but judging from the hits my own shot took before the DQ (deleted the raw by mistake and prolly got questioned on the text that was on the sunscreen), most would have put it in a 2-3 category for either being naturally ocurring or just not 'set-up' enough.
(Interesting: as I look at it even more, I see another frog-like face at the very top of the splash...of course, lately I see faces in alot of things and my doctor tells me to stop listening to the voices too ;-) )
Message edited by author 2004-12-29 14:17:15.
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