Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by Sam94720:
Congrats on your first ribbon, Andrea! The shot is really perfect for the challenge.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by FocusPoint:
Congrats... score is too high, get ready to see this firefigther almost rest of your life on your front page :P

I am still trying ti get rid of my "golden egg"... I don't eat eggs anymore :P

good luck for upcoming challenges :)

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by AVP:
While it has all the components of making a fantastic shot, I agree Im somewhat surprised this one won. As pointed out it lacks sharpness, but, more importantly the firefighter aspect is not strong. Besides the helmet, which is not that obvious, it could be anybody. I dont agree with the criticism that recent acts influence the polls, as the topic challenge is photojournalism, recent acts are expected to dominate the entries. I would have rated it a 7.

Message edited by author 2007-11-02 06:10:58.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by doctornick:
Congrats! Well deserved Blue and you made it to the select group of 8+ scorers!!!

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by KarenNfld:
Congratulations on your amazing score and first blue ribbon. Please ignore all those who are complaining that it isn't sharp enough.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by h2:
Congrats on your ribbon, but i can't believe this unsharp shot got a score of 8+.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by Aurel78:
Congrats for your first Ribbon but I do not understand
1) Where is the focus point ?
2) Where is the sharpness ?

I think the actuality of recents fires of San Diego have too much influence polls (3 "fire ribbons"/3)
(6)

:)

Message edited by author 2007-11-02 06:29:20.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by petrakka:
does anyone care that this should could be sharp and it isn't?
i'm all for out of focus shots when used intentionally and creatively, but for me this would be a photo that is an outtake while on assignment and would not get published, because it is an almost.

it's a good attempt at photojournalism work, but I can just see it getting shot down in real life right away, no offense. I've seen this done much better.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by whiteroom:
congrats, a score to dream of.

Firefighter
by andrea22_als

Comment by Neil:
Fantastic shot! Congratulations! That's going to be a hard score for you (or anyone) to top!