[superwaxer]

Originally Posted by John Thawley

I have not voted.

While I understand your defense of your image, the fact remains, you submitted two images, not one. Regardless if you put them side by side or stacked them on top of each other, the fact remains, it's a composite of two images. Pixel manipulation is pixel manipulation. So, I respectfully disagree.

The wider field of view you're proposing could have been accomplished simply by cropping at a 16x9 aspect ratio.

What troubled me most about your image (which is quite nice, btw) is the fact you didn't straighten the horizon. With all the work in Photoshop, I'd have thought you'd catch that.

Anyway.. I guess the guidelines for submission are subject to interpretation.. and you've got yourself a winning photo and a nice one at that.

JT

PS: This totally flies in the face of your argument... it references sensor... not monitor or file.

Thanks. I always like receiving feedback from other photographers because it helps me to improve my photographs. I think all shots should be given feedback like this.

As I mentioned before, Im very sensitive when it comes to post-processing my photos in photoshop mainly because I used to be a more traditional film photographer a few years back. One thing I have noticed though - over a six year period of time - is that judges can never agree on what they "dislike" about a photograph. Three judges wouyld say they dont like the skew horizon while two other ones would say they like it that way.

Its all a matter of opinion I guess.