Winners of November's 'Silhouettes' contest

Personally, I like the 2nd place photo over the 1st place photo, and I really enjoy the cleverness and simpleness of the 8th place photo.

Only offering up my own personal taste and subjective eye here and not wanting to take anything away from the top 3 finishers. Congratulations to the winners and the Top 10!

The 3rd place photo is great and should be 1st if I were to judge. It would be great if you let the children's shadows fit in the entire frame. Having them cut off takes away from the image; nevertheless, this is a great shot... The 1st place photo is really cool and very clever; this definitely deserves a prize!

As for the second photo (please don't hate me), I think it is a bit underexposed and too busy. In my mind, a good silhouette should have a consistent message. I don't like the branch hanging down right in the center of the frame.

Concur on #8

First, I have to say - to the top 10 congratulations.

Then to the Judge: I think some of the top 10 were not well-composed, well-executed photos. One wasn't even a silhouette.

Captivated by Number One from the first moment that it appeared. Congrats to all!

Second place for the heron? C'mon. You can take a photograph of the Guggenheim most times of the year, but that heron photograph is truly inspiring....

the winner was my clear favorite. well done to all.

Well done, congrats to the winners and top 10 finishers!

I love these competitions.... but I'll be honest, DK is right. There are a few photos in the top 10 that I question what the judge saw in them. I realize that art is subjective, but the top 50 had some really beautiful silhouettes that were much better works of art than what made this top 10.

Thank you Lloyd for taking the time during this very busy time of year to be a judge- and Teresa, have a great holiday!

Congrats to all winners. I like five and nine, too! All great shots...

I loved the winner from the start--great choice. Always subjective, photo contests provoke such differences of opinions! My choices would be different, too, but the number one pick here would be in my top five. Thanks for taking the time to get this up so early in the month for us!

I agree with some of the comments regarding the composition of some of the winners. The horizon on #3 isn't even straight. Congrats to the winners! And thank you to the judge for taking time to judge.

Thanks to the judge for taking the time to make the winning selections and for the thoughtful feedback! I am excited to have placed third in the November contest and will definitely continue to enter these monthly contests. I also feel compelled to add (to Ronia) that the horizon on my pic certainly wasn't supposed to be straight. I really enjoy playing with lines and angles in my photography and hope that it offers a different view of something that we've all seen! To each their own, though!