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Winner Chosen - August 2010 - Admin's choice - Image of the month
Hi members,
In case you are new around here this is where the Admin (me) chooses one excellent photo each month from all the photos nominated by other members during that month in the Member's monthly choice forum.
Just so it's clear, the photo I choose is not necessarily the best one of the month. I've come to realize it's not really logical to pit images from totally different genres against each other. That's why there are categories in photo contests.
My goal is to simply choose an excellent photo and talk about why I think it rocks. I just wanted to point out that each month this is getting much harder. To my delight, the quality just keeps getting better and better and this month was another difficult month. I had LOTS of trouble choosing just 1 image. There will be several honourable mentions that will be posted in the blog in a week's time.
This month's choice is I Got It! by Iguanasan
I chose this image for several reasons:
The decisive moment - Iguanasan captured the decisive moment here; 1 second earlier or later and this moment would be gone.
Simplicity & Story - The background is uncluttered here so this shot is not busy and there are no distractions. This makes the universal story of a boy (let's call him Stanley) playing in the water with his shoe even stronger. The story is well captured and it strikes a happy chord in all of us.
Composition - Stanley's pose is very interesting to look at and helps make this shot. Despite the water drops everywhere, this is a clean looking image. I am glad we can see some of the Stanley's face here. Although I normally like to see more of a face, there are always exceptions and this is one of them. Stanley's pose and engagement in the activity are universal enough that we don't need to see the full face.
Exposure is well handled here and the drops look great. My only teeny niggle would be that the boy could be about 10% brighter to my eye.
Sharpness - The overall sharpness is very good here. Some of the drops seem sharper than the boy to my eye but for me this still works well. The drops are an integral part of the story and since Stanley is not looking at us because he is engaged in activity, the sharper drops work for me.
For all these reasons, this is my choice for image of the month. Since we all have opinions, some members may disagree with my choice. That's cool but THIS thread is not the place for debate over my pick, NOR is it the place to further critique the image. The purpose here is to suggest strong elements in the photo that we may learn from.
Congrats again Iguanasan for capturing this universal moment!
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Much appreciated. 
) Verry nice picture indeed !
Originally Posted by Lion
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