everybody's learning, i think there's no right or wrong. Agree with u that the judge's decision is final. :sweatsm:
Im sure the judges won't have that "im almighty, and my judgement is always right" mentality. Sometimes they can learn, why certain decisions arouse certain responses from the majority, what went wrong and right. I believe it's been difficult for the 3 judges, and mentioned by the canon guy, they were debating on what's good and not. :bsmilie:
Likewise from the participant's point of view, we too can learn, what makes photos work and what are those which do not. From the slide presentation, im sure everybody who stayed to watch learnt invaluable lessons, like don't go and shoot what the other 1000 & 1 photographers are shooting, like Mr JC says in the seminar, all the similar shots simply cancel each other out, they become a bore to the general audience. Rather than having the "i can shoot better than anybody else with the same angle" , even if you can make your own shot real good, the others with the same shot will make your shot seem mediocre.
Why not try something different and stand out? Burn a trail, don't be a pretender. :thumbsup:
Nobody's really right or wrong here. I think everybody can question the decisions of the judges (how they base their judgement and criterias). Or a judge could even ask any participant on why he/she would compose a particular shot in that way. It's all fair evaluation, that's how people learn to improve.
Let's not let this thread degenerate into mud slinging, it would be a pity if this got locked. :sweat:
