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Uploaded: September 30, 2009 10:54:29
09/25/09, on campus, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/400 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 370.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 50D
Sharon Day November 23, 2009
#1208590Nancyj E. Hovey November 23, 2009
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SSam Britt November 23, 2009
Congratulations, Susan! #8159907Susan Jane Allen November 23, 2009
Thanks for the kind congrats, Sharon, Nancy and Sam. But to tell the truth, it's getting rather frustrating that they consistently (now almost every time!) overlook the images which I feel have the most merit and choose ones like this, which I almost didn't even upload to my gallery and enter! Perhaps this image has good points, but it has no magic. It's getting so frustrating that I wonder if they are seeing the same things I am. I'm going to paste in the links to some images which I feel have much more worth and would really appreciate your or anyone's opinion as to why they consider this finalist to have more worth than them---just wonder what I'm not understanding here...http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/big.php?photoID=9224471&catID=&style=&rowNumber=22&memberID=130891
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/big.php?photoID=9081356&catID=&style=&rowNumber=25&memberID=130891
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/big.php?photoID=9104694&catID=&style=&rowNumber=27&memberID=130891
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/big.php?photoID=8572686&catID=&style=&rowNumber=64&memberID=130891
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/big.php?photoID=8521837&catID=&style=&rowNumber=71&memberID=130891
If they weren't so consistently choosing what to me seem such lack-luster images I wouldn't be so frustrated. Thanks to anyone who might see what I'm missing here and give me some perspective. #8161251
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