1st - 10 pts - 15 Relic (Great subject and brilliant b/w composition)
2nd - 8 pts - 14 Ceský sen (beautiful scene, nice warm lighting, taken at the perfect time of day)
3rd - 6 pts - 2 Untitled (great composition--good eye; I like the ground-level viewpoint; nice rich depth of shading)
4th - 5 pts - 17 Powers Out Toughest Stains (very good, with lots of visual interest and strong emotional impact)
5th - 4 pts - 13 Life on the Streets (powerful emotive subject and well-composed)
6th - 3 pts - 10 Bodemuseum, Berlin (nice composition; I like the vertical symmetry from the reflections, and the horizontal framing by the trees and building)
1st - 10 pts - 2 Untitled (Excellent exposure, and an image that definitely fits the subject)
2nd - 8 pts - 20. Wishful (Intelligent picture, I think, and typically urban to me, though not at first sight. Would have been an excellent entry for the next round)
3rd - 6 pts - 19 18 Chicago Sears Tower (for 1600 iso, the noise isn't too bad. I liked this Chicago picture better because of the more traditional size of the crop.)
4th - 5 pts - 17. Powers Out Toughest Stains (I love the dramatic composition)
5th - 4 pts - 14 Ceský sen (I can't add much that hasn't been said before. Beautiful light, painting-like quality. I'm curious what (if any) kind of post-processing this image had. But I don't think 'urban' if I see this image, otherwise I would have given it more points.)
6th - 3 pts - 3. Anachronism
7th - 2 pts - 13 Life on the Streets (This looks like a small part of the original photograph?)
8th - 1 pt - 10. Bodemuseum, Berlin
1st - 10 pts - 14. Ceský sen - lovely picture.
2nd - 8 pts - 4 Deserted - I'm a sucker for shots like these!
3rd - 6 pts - 2 Untitled
4th - 5 pts - 8 Edna's Sports
5th - 4 pts - 15. Relic
6th - 3 pts - 17. Powers Out Toughest Stains - I like this - it has great colour and shows urban life as many of us will never see it. I just don't like the telegraph pole on the left, without this it would score higher.
7th - 2 pts - 19. Chicago Skyline
8th - 1 pt - 18. Chicago Sears Tower - nice skylines on both these chicago shots, I prefer the composition and colour at ground level on 19 over 18.
Other Comments:
9. Passing Through - mind the crane! I know we can't help building work that's ongoing, I just wouldn't take the picture in this case.
10. Bodemuseum, Berlin - nice reflection, but cranes again - in both pics these could be edited out using photoshop perhaps? The sky is such that this would be possible.
20. Wishful - interesting interpretation of the category. I guess the brolly makes this urban?
A nice set of pics in general.
