User:Dschwen/WLM/tally

Final Vote

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  1st Place
  The bold red color pops out from the white snow. It is a photographically well shot image with nice composition. And trains are iconic for America.

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  2nd Place
  A beautifully lit and well composed shot of the interface of nature and Native American culture.

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  3rd Place
  A quintessential american image. It captures a slice of Americana.

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Jury preferences

Caroll Highsmith

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Daniel Schwen

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  Amazing quality and resolution makes this a great documentary photo. I'd love to encourage this type of picture.

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  Edited or not, I like how the cabin pops out and yet the context (woods) is perfectly clear.

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  Interior shot of an unusual subject. Had to chose this as a nuclear scientist.

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  Love the maritime mood. The boat is placed perfectly.

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  Per Daniel Case's raking light, and the image that goes furthest into americas past in my set.

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  Caroll convinced me on sunday that we need something as iconic as a roundbard. And Illinois was my home for over 4 years.

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  Dramatic light, perspective and clouds make the building look majestic. Like the framing, free of distractions.

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  Classic shot, the wet pavement works for me, reaffirming my preconceptions about Vermont ;-)

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  Like the natural color and would like to see this example of Bauhaus-like american architecture on the list.

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  Dramatic colors and FOV. I'd expect this to do well in the finals.

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  Despite quality problems on the bright parts the is a nice example for american nature and widerness.

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  Love the timing and the sky in this image. Just dark enough to let the menorial stand out, but bright enough to create a dramatic mood.

David Shankbone

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Heather Moran

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  Al Mac's Diner-Restaurant Fall River MA 2012 - This has been my favorite shot since day one. I love the colors, the timing of the shot, to me that speaks of mid-twentieth century America.

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  The Plaza New York - Love the composition, beautiful shot.

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  Chicago Theater - I like the framing and the people moving through the shot. I also like that they shot it at night, it helps to tell the story.

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  The Cabin Creek "Inn" - Great timing, really shows how someone waited for the right time of year to photograph this image.

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  St._Alexander_Nevsky_Chapel - Beautiful image, nice angles, good timing.

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  Henry House Hill - Beautiful composition, your eye follows gate and wraps around to the barn and house, keeping the viewers attention within the frame. Architecturally and historically a nice shot as well.

Howard Cheng

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  File:Abbey Greenleaf Library.jpg

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  File:Al Mac's Diner-Restaurant Fall River MA 2012.jpg

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  File:Cheoah Hydroelectric Dam Graham Co NC.jpg

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  File:Chicago Theater.jpg

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  File:Gilreath's Mill 10 (11).jpg

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  File:Hearst Castle Roman Pool September 2012 002.jpg

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  File:San Francisco Civic Center Historic District 05.jpg

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  File:Spanish_Village,_Balboa_Park.jpg

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  File:St._Alexander_Nevsky_Chapel.JPG

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  File:Wukoki Ruin.tif

Rick Prellinger

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  "documentary" photo of a place that might otherwise be considered too quotidian, but sky is too postcard-blue

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Daniel Case

<gallery> File:Cannon Row.jpg| An early favorite as I was reviewing these. Very dignified and historic ... something you'd expect the NPS to use on their site File:Cleveland West Pierhead Lighthouse.jpg|How to photograph a lighthouse File:Dealey Mid Morning.jpg|Looks like the cover of a sci-fi paperback from the 1970s. File:Mount_Rainier_from_above_Myrtle_Falls_in_August.JPG|Good landscape in an area that must be filled with possibilities File:ME - Portland Head Light - Cape Elizabeth ME 02.jpg|An obvious shot, and as such easy to screw up. But not here File:Highland Lighthouse.jpg|Nice postcard image File:Shell_Oil_Com_any_"Spectacular"_Sign.JPG|If I have to pick any neon lighting from these I pick this for its simplicity File:U.S. Route 1, Florida Keys.jpg|Usually you have to choose between being arty and being encyclopedic. This one gets to have it both ways File:Vermont State House in Montpelier.jpg|Exactly what you'd expect the Vermont state capitol to look like File:Wukoki Ruin.tif|Light raking at just the right angle for this composition (Would like to have it in a more accessible format, though)