Okay so in short, I'm part of a horticultural society that has a yearly photo contest. The voting for the contest recently ended a couple of days ago but the winners won't be announced for a while. I want your opinion on the entrants to the contest. I'm not going to tell you which are mine, because I don't want your bias to taint your analysis. I will tell you that 6 of the 34 pictures are mine, so feel free to guess which are mine. I do have a fairly consistent style. Here's the images: https://www.ahsregion4.org/photos/PhotoContest/2025/2025_R4-Cat_1-Single_and_Multiple_Blooms-no_names.pdf
>>4475658rocks and leaves / 10
>>4475658I would give first place to #20 because it’s the only one that isn’t just “flower.” It’s not well exposed or whatever but jeez the rest are boring to look at.
>>4475658Oh shit I just saw the butterfly in #13, that’s pretty good stuff. Make that first place, #20 second place.
>>4475658What is the actual contest for? Is it best pictured flower or best picture of a flower? I like 1, 16, and 22 most in no order. I think they're the most refined images out of the bunch and stand out as more than just a simple picture of a flower.All the flowers are nice, but some of them are kind of sloppy. Poor framing, unsatisfying/poorly composed clusters of flowers, messy background, cropped subject etc.
>>4475699>Is it best pictured flower or best picture of a flower?Should be best picture of a flower, but some people vote for the best pictured flower.
>>4475658Are #4, #9, #15, #29, #30, and #32 your pics? They're not bad.
>>4475693>first place to #20 because it’s the only one that isn’t just “flower.”Huh? Am I missing something here?
>>4475693>I would give first place to #20 because it’s the only one that isn’t just “flower.”What the fuck are you smoking? It's just 4 flowers. It's probably the most boring of all 34 pictures.
they are almost all the same and all are quite dull. these look like documentary photos you'd see on an amateur flower database website#22 gets a little credit for having the slightest attempt at subject separation. but the composition is a bit cramped
