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It seemed to me that what he and his fellow judges were looking for, were pictures that conveyed a story to the viewer. If that was the true criteria, maybe it would have been better for the competition to have been described as having that particular interest. However, I do believe that he and his cohorts were correct, and at least they applied the standard uniformly. The contestants that have not been completely alienated by the experience, can try again next year, and know that something more than Photoshopped perfection is required.
I remember being awarded (really, thats the wrong word) the LRPS many years ago, and I can look back on those images as being totally shit. They were on slides only though, so the composition and exposure was correct in all, but they were meaningless nothings......and I keep them to remind myself that what is correct, can also be extremely poor. The only image of the lot that I like still, was a 2 minute exposure on Agfa Scala, at about 11:30 at night, on Oxford Street.