Interesting...
So in browsing some of the work on there....
I think a lot of peoples work on here runs circles around what's been posted there...
2 components I see:
1) The photo itself
2) The editing...
So really I think most people have #1 down pretty well being that we are nolonger limited to 24-26 photos on film... (I'm OLD okay!), so eventually most have figured out how to take decent photos/decent compositions. Where I see the biggest difference now is #2, the editing aspect. This is where a lot of people are standing out.
BTW: This is why I love birds/wildlife photography, because you either GET that shot, in that moment, or ya didn't... there's less emphases on spending hours editing your way to greatness. Now getting back into landscapes for a while, the biggest thing I see is just a wide variety in editing styles/expertise ( I have a lot to learn myself! ).
HannahsDad wrote in post #19274123
=Hannah'sDad;19274123]Chris -
The competition is the annual Professional Photographers of America (PPA) International Photographic Competition (IPC). Here is a link to it and you can see some of the winners from 2020.
https://www.ppa.com/events/photo-competitions
The judging is done by a group of judges who assign it a score from 0-100. It needs to score at least an 80 to merit (win). If it merits, then all of those that merited go back through judges and the ones that are selected for "loan" are chosen. "Loan" goes back to the days when the actual print was loaned out for exhibition during the year. You get one competition point for a merit and two for a loan image. You need 13 "points" to earn certain degrees from PPA, such as the Master of Photography degree. Here is a link to the PPA degree site:
https://www.ppa.com/credentials-mem/degrees
. It really is not about competing against anyone other than yourself and bettering your skills.
As for the other two that I am entering, I have already posted them in the 2021 landscape thread, so I won't post them here, just link to them.
Running Eagle Falls
https://photography-on-the.net …73&mg=284664&i=i161956169Swift Current Falls
https://photography-on-the.net …605&mg=284664&i=i96894680Both of these need a little bit of work before submission, but not like the one in this thread. I can enter up to four images and still need to select my fourth.