***APRIL PHOTO CONTEST: THIRD PRELIMINARY THREAD***
April Photo Contest: "Beauty in Black and White".Preliminary Thread three of three.
Thread #1: https://democraticunderground.com/100216582056
Thread #2: https://democraticunderground.com/100216582082
Please vote for the photo that you believe best shows “Beauty in black and white, anything and everything in black and white.” The topic was chosen by last month’s winner, George McGovern.
There are three threads. Please vote in each one and leave comments, as we love to read them!
These preliminary threads will run for 72 hours. They are posted in GD with the permission of the Administrators.
Chariot of Fire
Dogwood
Best Friends
Touched By Gods
A Murder of Crows
Osprey
New York Botanical Garden
A black and white era of sacked ruins
The pond
Homegrown
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| Chariot of Fire | |
7 (7%) |
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| Dogwood | |
10 (11%) |
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| Best Friends | |
6 (6%) |
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| Touched by Gods | |
31 (33%) |
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| A murder of Crows | |
6 (6%) |
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| Osprey | |
1 (1%) |
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| New York Botanical Gardens | |
9 (10%) |
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| A black and white era of sacked ruins | |
5 (5%) |
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| The pond | |
8 (9%) |
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| Homegrown | |
11 (12%) |
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Really beautiful work. Congrats to everyone who entered their work.
I have no idea which one I'm going to vote for.
It was a tie between Best Friends and Touched by the Gods. I finally choose the doggie photo. 
Thanks! 
I narrowed it down to three photographs. Then, I reminded myself that, in a photo contest, the quality of the picture-making ought to supersede the viewer's love or lack thereof of any particular subject matter. That helped me eliminate one of the three, as it was a beloved topic, but perhaps slightly less impressive technically than the other two.
Finally, when I thought I'd never make up my mind, I decided to choose the one that had fewer votes than the other.
Am I alone in such methodical agonizing & strategizing?
I struggled with how to express what I meant. I knew "impressive technically" wasn't going to indicate exactly what I was trying to say. It was just the best I could come up with. No question there's a lot more that makes a photo "good."
Since it is a photo contest, even though it's a friendly little contest among friends, I try to and wish others would refrain from simply, "Oh look, a [fill-in-blank]! I love [fill-in-blank]s! I'm definitely choosing this one!"
Obviously, DUers are free to choose and vote in any way they like. Especially since, as far as I know, there aren't any suggestions from the contest sponsors on what qualities they'd like for voters to consider when voting.
