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This poll involves selecting the Best of Section – The Rose, from images representing each of the seven classes in the section. Please vote for the one you would select as the best of the seven, using the PSWD Photography Score Card. Click on a photo (below) to see a larger version.
Class 1 - One Bloom HT - Veterans' Honor
Class 2 - HT Spray - Gemini
Class 3 - Shrub Pike's Peak
Class 4 - One Bloom Mini - Hot Tamale
Class 5 - Mini Spray Marriotta
Class 6 - Fully Open - Distant Drums
Class 7 - Cinderella - Erin Alonso
Which of these would you select as Best in Section - The Rose?
- Class 5 - Marriotta (67%, 6 Votes)
- Class 2 - Gemini Spray (33%, 3 Votes)
- Class 1 - Veterans' Honor (0%, 0 Votes)
- Class 3 - Pike's Peak (0%, 0 Votes)
- Class 4 - Hot Tamale (0%, 0 Votes)
- Class 6 - Distant Drums (0%, 0 Votes)
- Class 7 - Erin Alonso (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 9
Loading ...Although not required, it would be very helpful if you would leave a comment as to why you voted for your choice.
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I voted for the Mariotta spray because all three blooms were in perfect focus with crisp clean color and it has the most “Wow” factor. The Gemini spray was also very good: good focus, fresh-looking blooms, well placed and some Wow also, but in my opinion, the Mariotta has no background to distract from the beautiful blooms. The small bud on the Gemini seemed out of place, or distracting. The Veteran’s Honor photo had hard-to-distinguish front petals due to color and focus not being sharp, distracting stem and leaves showing and the placement left too much uninteresting space. The Pike’s Peak was a little out of focus on the first row of petals. Hot Tamale was too close to the edges of the photo, the petals in the center were not sharp due to odd color bluriness, and a distracting green blob on the right side. The Distant Drums had very harsh shadows that made the rose look washed out and the in-focus leaves distracted from the bloom. The Erin Alonso looked like it was loosing substance, the many side buds distracted and there was too much greenery, not enough rose, not to mention harsh shadows on the left side of the bloom.
Juanita’s comments were very good. I agreed with her on Veteran’s Honor. On the Gemini spray the size of blooms and the bud along with the black part of the background didn’t help that photo. Not too bad but too much extra. I don’t have much to add for the rest of them. I agree that the simple background of the Mariotta really made that photo. Did I use the scorecard? No. I just looked at them and thought Mariotta has it. I thought it was a good exercise but not one that the scorecard really helped with.
The Gemini and Mariotta were my top-rated photographs. I voted for the Gemini for its sharp focus, good balance, and subtle but attractive background. The bud is a minor distraction and not immediately noticeable. The Mariotta is very crisp with good color and clean foliage, although the foliage in the lower left of the photograph is too prominent and competes with the blooms. The Veterans’ Honor presents us with an artificial, scratchy-looking background . . . very distracting. The bloom is attractive but may present better from a slightly higher perspective. The Pike’s Peak is an attractive rose but lacks sufficient definition of the inner petals. The bud at the right attracts too much attention, and the glare on the foliage is distracting. The Hot Tamale backlighting provides a very intriguing image, but the petals lack crispness. Perhaps the lighting was too harsh. The bloom image is too close to the edge of the photograph and will result in inadvertent cropping when matted. The Distant Drums appears to have been stuffed in the corner. The lower petals close to the stamens lack definition, and the foliage should be more subdued to lessen the distractive impact of its glare and damage. I like the shadowing among the petals. The Erin Alonso is an attractive rose but appears to be fading, and the buds get top billing in this photograph. The proximity of two of the buds to the edge of the photograph will result in inadvertent cropping when the image is matted.