From my opinion, #4 is probably the best one if we’re judging on a combination of style, technique, composition and asthetics. #2 is a close second, as well as #5 (kids are so TOUGH to shoot! You never know what they’re going to do next; you really have to be on the ball to shoot good children photos), and #11, while very simple, is compositionally ballanced and correct.
There are some that I see in the selection that, IMHO and IMPO, probably should not be in the consideration (at least I would not have chosen them)…
…all I will say is that there is at least one that I suspect was shot by a first year photography student…it’s nigh on identical to a shot that I did with my first camera when I was ten…
I went for 6. Because it was the one that touched me most. Even if it looks very composed and I usually don’t like that sort of stuff, it’s a very beautiful picture. And also, I realized that pretty much no one else would vote for it.
I guess we’re all different, I don’t see anything special about 4, this is a view I’ve had hundreds of times travelling on the tube, and could have taken myself if I thought it was interesting enough. What makes this shot so special?
I liked 1, 3 and 11 best, and voted for 3.
Most of the rest seem too posed for my taste, though I did like the lighthouse. 1 and 3 capture a moment which would be unreproduceable, and with 11 I know I couldn’t take water looking like that.
The voting ended as I was looking at some other pictures there and I came across the final tally on another page. It might not be that easy to find, so I’ll use Charlene’s method of hiding the answers in case people want to pick their own favorite before seeing what the general public picked. Just highlight the list for the final vote.
Final decision by public vote
WINNER: JP Trenque
2nd: Martina Brandstetter
3rd: Jeremy Hunter
4th: Tom Sullam
Finalists:
Benjimin Beer
Martin Jordan
Martin Konrad
Gregoire A. Meyer
Keith Naylor
Robert Prendergast
Robert Prendergast
Jan Michael Racoma