There are a huge photographic theory filling books and manuals, so I think they are the best to explain some things beyond detailing and brightness.
I voted for Empty before because I thought it was the best photo. It's technically good, the composition of all elements, the horizon rule, the 1/3 rule, the beautiful vanishing line and the whole geometry fitting all together nicely helped by a useful frame inclination. I think it has more than a cool car zoomed and detailed...
Mine is more simple, I had a bunch os more stantard photos, but this have got an interesting element that even i'm not sure what it's but works. Probably the intersection between both cars is placed in a point of the 1/3's grille, and the dramatic light and close battle of wild Spoons are giving an interesing effect to the senses.
Since some weeks ago I was thinking if some voters can understand what people is doing at GTP. And I've been noticed some names are voting, week by week, photos with evident less photographic quality imho. This is not that situation btw, and I think Empty easly could have won this week with the Elise ( I thought so till I watched the results)
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