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My photgraphic mentor is a judge that I trust and has been a PSA-affiliated club judge for over forty years that I know of. His short advice is that to compete well, a photo must have 1) Impact, 2) Technical Merit, and 3) More Impact.
Those are young elephant seals just practicing sparring. They are too young to do any actual mating.
Yes, thanks for correcting me on the species. It may be practice but I notices that many of them were showing some blood from the practice.
What were the categories for awarding points? Sometimes I see competitions with several categories of points while in other cases I see a simple total of the score by several judges. I saw a judge once that scored landscape images 1.7 points lower than wildlife images on average for hundreds of images - and it kept a Peter Lik landscape from winning the competition. I've also seen single factors that violate rules be major deductions by one judge but creative decisions by another judge.
But he is better at marketing and that makes a difference if all else is equal...marketing is a skill in itself. Plus he put the money out to open galleries. There was a Peter Lik photo in my dentist's office, it was huge, and very nicely framed. It was very vivid in color and very sharp, a landscape. My dentist told me that Peter Lik told him no processing applied, he just got there at the "right time"
. My dentist was happy with it, he bought a second one after that. I applaud someone who is energetic enough to want to take their work to a different level but I won't be buying one of his pieces anytime soon. Sometimes I wish I had his energy and commitment to put his work "out there."
That may be true, but Lik's work consistently does well in contests without any marketing or knowledge of the photographer. His images are consistently selected in the top 10 of the NANPA Showcase competition and in the top 2-3 for Landscapes. The judges change every year and there are lots of participating professionals. Top images require supporting RAW files. He's won just about every photography award available. That said, he has a unique marketing and business model.But he is better at marketing and that makes a difference if all else is equal...marketing is a skill in itself. Plus he put the money out to open galleries. There was a Peter Lik photo in my dentist's office, it was huge, and very nicely framed. It was very vivid in color and very sharp, a landscape. My dentist told me that Peter Lik told him no processing applied, he just got there at the "right time"
In this competition they don't publish anything on categories for awarding points.
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Or maybe there were nothing that caused some images to stand out more than others.
1,4,3,2 for me (which probably means the judges went 2,3,4,1)
It is an honest comment. I also like the photos but don't think they are spectacular. I wouldn't have entered them either. They are beautiful photos but not what I would enter. I'm not trying to be hateful or stupid. Just my opinion which was requested by the op. I most likely should not have posted because if I don't have something good to say I should say nothing. Lol lol
As a judge, the role is to score the image and be able to articulate or defend the basis for a score. Even better is giving specific feedback about what would make an image with a higher score. There are lots of reasons for participation and different ways of getting feedback.
Wink, I'm not qualified to be a photo judge, either. The thought of doing so scares the hee-bee-gee-bees out of me, in fact.
Entering competitions and listening to judges can be of great benefit and a great place for learning, i have always found listening and watching has had such great benefits irrespective of if i felt the judges were on point or not.
You have a really lovely portfolio, love the frogs
