fredtoo wrote:
looks like we are not helping you much, Brent. But here is my 2 cents. Yes, they are both beautiful, but #1 is by far the more unique of the two. Its hard to know about photo contests...one set of judges will give entirely different results than another. But to stand out in the crowd always seems a good approach to me.
Fred, it's interesting that you mentioned the judges into the equation. They will be the main factor of who gets recognized or not when the ribbons are handed out. A few years ago I entered at our Orange County Fair one of my surfing photos which I thought was outstanding. It got rejected and never even made it into the fair at all. I entered the same exact photo into our City photo competition and it won first place........go figure. It's all about the judge's "opinions" and not about how good a photo is. 2 weeks ago I went to our Orange County Fair to see the photograph exhibit and was very disappointed in the photos that got the high awards. I was also very disappointed on the photos that had made it into the competition but got no recognition at all and in my opinion were excellent. My father used to say something that is very true: "Life is not fair".